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Dutch | 7 March 2013
DutchDFA 4/4
On Thursday 4 April 2013 the DutchDFA programme presented its fourth and final Year Report: 4/4 at the Paard van Troje in The Hague. The event included Creative Industries Fund NL announcing plans for a new internationalisation programme for the Dutch design and several key notes.
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Dutch | 17 December 2012
Dutch Profiles Night
Monday 17 December 2012, DutchDFA celebrated Dutch Profiles Night: an evening of Dutch design, fashion and architecture. Aaron Betsky showed his favourite fragments of the Dutch Profiles series, thereby revisiting the arguments of the book ‘False Flat: Why Dutch Design is so Good’.
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Dutch | 23 November 2012
Elefantenkaefig Return Visit
Architectuur Lokaal organised a two-day excursion for Dutch and German urban developers to projects in Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam on 30 November and 1 December. with the theme ‘Empty Buildings and Re-Use'.
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Dutch | 8 November 2012
Your Street Eindhoven competition
Gloeilampplantsoen by Cindy van den Bremen, Berry Sanders, Ellen de Vries and Vincent Wittenberg is the winner of the Your Street Eindhoven competition for applications and solutions to improve life in the city's streets and public spaces.
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Dutch | 25 October 2012
Dutch Design Worldwide
Dutch Design Worldwide is an international network offering tailor-made services and support to Dutch creative companies doing business abroad, with Desks and Workspaces in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Istanbul and Maastricht - and a central front desk in The Netherlands.
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Dutch | 19 October 2012
Dutch Design Desks Day @ DDW
Dutch Design Workspaces & Desks in China, Germany, India and Turkey present themselves collectively as Dutch Design Worldwide at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven on Thursday 25 October.
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Dutch | 15 October 2012
Design Turkey Winners at Dutch Design Week
The winning projects of Design Turkey Industrial Design Awards were on show in the exhibition Design Turkey Winners at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven from 20 to 28 October 2012.
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Dutch | 24 September 2012
Design.nl in Turkish and Chinese
Dutch design portal Design.nl - the leading international news site for design from The Netherlands - introduced monthly newsletters and online information in Chinese and Turkish on 20 September 2012.
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Dutch | 18 September 2012
Workshop on Doing Business in Turkey
Join experts and designers with experience in Turkey for a workshop on 18 September 2012 at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. The workshop offers infomation, business insights and will help define the skills needed to successfully enter the Turkish market.
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Dutch | 7 September 2012
Base of the Pyramid Symposium in Delft
How can design improve the lives of the four billion people at the ‘Base of the Pyramid’ surviving on less than 2 euros a day? TU Delft hosts a symposium on this subject on 7 September 2012, which includes a key note by Prof. Prabhu Kandachar (India) entitled Beyond Design.
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Dutch | 2 August 2012
Indigo Embassy at Modefabriek
Modefabriek's new denim platform Blueprint was the backdrop on 22 and 23 July 2012 for the succesful first edition of Indigo Embassy, a networking hub for the Dutch jeans industry. It provided a good setting for informal meetings connecting denim professionals.
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Dutch | 4 July 2012
DutchDFA China Update
On 5 July, DutchDFA presented an update on the China programme. The day included the launch of Dutch Design Desk South China, information on a BNO trade mission to South China, and a presentation of mappings on the design and fashion industry in China.
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Dutch | 2 July 2012
Basic Instincts in Arnhem
After Berlin last year, Basic Instincts showed at the Eusebiuskerk in Arnhem from 1 June to 29 July. The exhibition revealed the Netherlands' unique fashion and design culture in six varied landscapes, each centred around the work of one clothing designer.
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Dutch | 30 June 2012
Creative Industries Update: Doing Business in India
On 20 June at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam, the Creative Industries India Update offered workshops, keynotes and inspiring stories on doing business in India. Speakers included Anuradha Gupta of Dutch Design Workspace India. Jeanne Tan reports.
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Dutch | 29 June 2012
Blooming Season network event
The Foundation of Chinese Designers in the Netherlands organized the Blooming Season event in The Hague on 19 June. The successful event included presentations by Peter Kersten (BNO), Daan Roosegaarde and networking with Chinese designers active in the Netherlands.
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Dutch | 7 June 2012
DutchDFA supports speakers at Creativity Now in Haarlem on 7 June
Creativity Now is an interactive congress on 7 June in Haarlem. The spotlight is on development of the creative industry and collaborative ventures in cities like Mumbai, Hong Kong and Istanbul.
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Dutch | 8 May 2012
What Design Can Do 2012
Activist conference What Design Can Do 2012 brought designers from around the world to Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam on 10 & 11 May. Speakers included interior designer Marcelo Rosenbaum (Brazil), fashion designer Alphadi (Niger) and architect Cameron Sinclair (UK).
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Dutch | 13 April 2012
Presentation Year Report '3/4'
On Thursday 12 April 2012, the DutchDFA programme presented its year report 2011. (Inter)national partners and guests shared experiences in China, India, Germany and Turkey of the past year, and presented projects for 2012. Ingeborg van Lieshout reports.
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Dutch | 4 September 2009
Dutch Profiles
Dutch Profiles are short documentaries about key figures in Dutch design, fashion and architecture, with interviews that explore the analytical and experimental origins of their work. They can be explored on the web and watched in exhibitions and lectures. Each year new items are added.
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The DutchDFA programme also includes activities that bring international developments and experience to the Netherlands. Projects include Dutch Profiles, incoming trade missions and supporting events such as Dutch Design Week, Creative Amsterdam and What Design Can Do.
