Dutch designers visited GastGastgeber, Norm=Form, Brachen Siedlung and other projects during an organized trip to the RUHR.2010 festival from 25 to 27 September. On the last day they participated in the Deutscher Designkongress. DutchDFA newscaster Ingeborg tweeted and blogged about the three day trip.
For the first time in 20 years, it was not a German agency that got the award but Dutch agency Concern.
Pink police cars, iPhones and Levi's in a geographically non existing area. Read the final report of the excursion to RUHR.2010.
Giant pigeons, the smell of currywurst at the Gastgastgeber store and a crowded Zeche Zollverein. Read the report of day 2.
Meet the Dutch at RUHR.2010 cultural capital during the excursion this weekend. Or read the report of each day here.
The exhbition Norm=Form on standardization and design will be on show at Zollverein in Essen from August 27 to October 19.
Interior designer Gilian Schrofer decorated 7 apartments in Dortmund for the GastGastgeber project during RUHR.2010. 'Dutch Colours' will open on July 17.
Highlight of The Hague Design and Government that focuses on public design, architecture and visual communication.
Today the first GastGastgeber temporary hotel for RUHR2010 visitors opens in Oberhausen.
The exhibition Dutch Design Awards is on show at the Red Dot Design Museum until 2 May.
Grand opening at Zollverein to start Dutch programme for RUHR.2010
