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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.

Dutch | may 15, 2012

Basic Instincts in Arnhem

After showing Berlin last year, Basic Instincts now travels to the Eusebiuskerk in Arnhem from 1 June to 29 July. The exhibition reveals 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 | may 8, 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 | april 13, 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 | february 4, 2012

Connecting Concepts Eindhoven

What makes Dutch design special? Answers arise from a dialogue with India, China and soon Turkey. Visitors, designers and  producers add new designs and principles to the dynamic exhibition. On January 28 in Eindhoven Designhuis Connecting Concepts came home.
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Dutch | january 27, 2012

So how was China?

In the past year, several Dutch designers visited China as participants in trade missions to Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Building up to the Creative Industries Update China on Jan. 31 in Pakhuis de Zwijger, they share their experiences. Portrait 5: Martine Vledder.
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Dutch | january 2, 2012

Creative Amsterdam Update China

On 31 January 2012 at Creative Industries Update China, the focus is on sharing experiences on doing business in China. The day reflects on recent trade missions to Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Guangzhou and activities of the Dutch Design Workspace and Desk.
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Dutch | november 9, 2011

Architecture 2.0

India and China took centre stage in the 3rd edition of NAI's symposium Architecture 2.0 on 11 November at De Doelen in Rotterdam. Architects from both countries elaborated on developments in these fast-growing economies with rapidly evolving architectural traditions.
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Dutch | october 26, 2011

DutchDFA at Dutch Design Week 2011

Opportunities for Dutch designers are increasingly found abroad, but how do you enter a foreign market? DutchDFA is developing various instruments to support Dutch designers in doing business abroad and presented an overview at Dutch Design Week on 28 October.
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Dutch | may 28, 2011

What Design Can Do 2011

The conference What Design Can Do, May 26 and 27 in Amsterdam, focussed on the role of the designer in creating a more sustainable future world. Speakers came from China, India, Brazil, UK, USA, and elsewhere. Design professionals from India visited WDCD as part of the DutchDFA programme.
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Dutch | may 9, 2011

Creative Amsterdam 2011

From 11 to 13 May, Creative Amsterdam hosted leading Dutch creative entrepreneurs operating abroad. The programme included a DutchDFA workshop on doing business in China on 11 May, in which established designers shared their knowledge and experience.
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Dutch | april 29, 2011

2/4: Halfway DutchDFA

The DutchDFA programme has reached its halfway point! On 29 April it was time to look back at 2010 and forward towards 2012 and beyond. The event at Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam (OBA) included speed-dating, networking, and the presentaton of the second DutchDFA annual report: 2/4.
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Dutch | september 4, 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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