Introduction

A number of Dutch designers travel to Mumbai to participe in Kyoorius DesignYatra on September 3 and 4.

 

Lively young Indian designers and a live example of an IN-NL win-win situation in yin-yang chairwomen.

Short documentaries about the creators of Dutch design, fashion and architecture are launched online and in real life.

Over 400 people attend Ole Bouman's lecture and the Dutch Profiles premiere takes place.

The DutchDFA programme for India aims to build networks for knowledge exchange   and doing business, while focussing on Design for Basic Need. Projects include the travelling Connecting Concepts exhibition,...

DutchDFA invited a selection of key professionals from India for a design mission to The Netherlands from June 13 to 17, 2010. The Indian delegation was introduced to the world of Dutch fashion, design and architecture...

Dutch design visited the Kyoorius Designyatra conference in Mumbai from September 4-7, where the Netherlands was partner country this year.     A multidisciplinary Dutch Design Delegation, led by BNO, was...

It is the end of Monsoon time. One common ground between the Indians and the Dutch presents itself even before the Designyatra conference has even started: rain. Today September 4 at the Designyatra conference in...

Dutch Design Workspace India opening in Mumbai On 5 February 2012, the Dutch Design Workspace India (DDWI) in Mumbai officially opened its doors. Initiated by Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DutchDFA), the Workspace...

On the 2nd day of the Designyatra conference, students of the Mumbai architecture school KRWA take a group of tall white Dutch people into the biggest slum in Asia. Yes, it's an uneasy experience, and a marked contrast...

Design and Fashion dialogues On the 3rd day of the Designyatra conference, a white room with a minimalistic array of white cubist chairs forms the setting for a debate on future collaboration between fashion and design...

Last week in Mumbai, five Dutch and five Indian architecture firms collaborated on a joint design proposal during a workshop as part of the Matchmaking Programme organized by the Netherlands Architecture Institute...

Design and Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid The Dutch Design Workspace in Mumbai hosted the conference Design and Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid this week. The conference, which explored ways to improve...

The Connecting Concepts exhibition penetrates the surface of Dutch design to look at how ideas combine to create not only singular objects but also a design culture. After showing in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the...

The Dutch Design Workspace India is a home base for Dutch designers and design companies wanting to establish themselves in India, and the first point of contact for Indian designers and organizations who want to...

On Sunday Februari 5 the Dutch Design Workspace opened in Mumbai, India. After the Dutch Design Workspace in Shanghai and Dutch Designs Desks in Guangzhou and Maastricht, Mumbai is the second Dutch Design Workspace....

The results of the fact finding mission (or mapping) are meant to support and stimulate the development of an exciting and effective programme for exchange between India and the Netherlands on a cultural, social and...

The Dutch Design Awards are given out annually to the best examples of Dutch design in all areas. The economic relevance forms in that respect an important factor. The awards generate national attention, but are also...

The 11th CII-NID Design Summit was held on 8 and 9 December 2011 in Delhi. The theme for the 11th CII-NID Design Summit was “Design Innovation”, which provided a platform to explore key challenges and...

Kyoorius Designyatra is an annual international design conference on 9 and 10 September, this year at the Grand Hyatt in Goa. The programme includes lectures from acclaimed international design professionals like...

The nucleus of Dutch Design is explored in the exhibition Connecting Concepts. The travelling exhibition started its international tour in India, opening in Ahmedabad in February 2011, before moving to Mumbai in June...

Delhi 2050 brings together Indian and Dutch experts in a joint research into long-term urban scenarios for India's capital city. The first results were presented to the Delhi public on 7 and 8 May 2011, with four large...

India is the second-largest country for fashion production in the world. Renowned fashion companies prefer to produce their clothes in India, not just because of lower costs but also due to the traditional...

The Architecture of Consequence exhibition opens in India on 10 February in Studio-X Mumbai. The exhibition will be opened by Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb of Rotterdam, who will be visiting Mumbai with a number of members of...

The two day conference Kyoorius DesignYatra 2010 will be held on the 3rd and 4th of September, and will feature speakers like John Jay, Michael Ian Kaye and Alok Nanda. Dutch speakers include Gert Dumbar (Studio...

As part of a trade mission of the Vice-Mayor and Economic Board of Amsterdam, THNK (the Amsterdam School of Creative Leadership) hosted a Creative Leadership Workshop at the Dutch Design Workspace in Mumbai on...

 The activist conference What Design Can Do, held May 26 and 27 at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, is initiated and organized by designers, for designers, and thus for all those whose daily lives are affected...

Dutch Design Workspace India opening in Mumbai On 5 February 2012, the Dutch Design Workspace India (DDWI) in Mumbai officially opens its doors. Initiated by Dutch Design Fashion Architecture (DutchDFA),...

The activist conference What Design Can Do, held May 26 and 27 at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, focuses on design in social context, highlighting the role of the designer in imagining and realising a more...

Based on the international experience as a company in the creative industry, Maurer United Architects initiated the formation of a desk to help Dutch Design firms with the ambition to enlarge their market beyond the...

 The activist conference What Design Can Do, held May 26 and 27 at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, focuses on design in social context, highlighting the role of the designer in imagining and realising a more...

 The activist conference What Design Can Do, held May 26 and 27 at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam, focuses on design in social context, highlighting the role of the designer in imagining and realising a more...

On behalf of the DutchDFA programme, a delegation of 4 Dutch fashion professionals travelled to India on a fact finding mission from 9 to 14 October 2011. This mission takes James Veenhoff (Fronteer Strategy),...

Connecting Concepts at the Designhuis Exhibition reveals what’s special about Dutch design   “Dutch design” is a well-known concept. Around the world, it's viewed as groundbreaking and...

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...

The international design event Beijing Design Week took place from 25 September until 3 October 2011 at various locations in China's capital city. The Dutch participated very successfully...

Premsela's travelling exhibition Connecting Concepts headed for China in fall 2011, after showing in the Indian cities of Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Bangalore. The show of Dutch design, fashion and architecture was part of...

The Unbox Festival took place from 2-5 February 2012 in New Delhi, examining design and architecture through the lens of 'interdisciplinary processes and experiences that shape contemporary thought and action'. The main...

On 17 & 18 March 2012, the 361 Degrees Architecture Conference was held in the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. The conference hosted Indian and international speakers with 650 participants in attendance. The...

After showing in China, India and The Netherlands, the exhibition Connecting Concepts travels on to Germany. It will spark a conversation between German, Dutch and international participants at DMY International Design...

The Dutch Design Desk İstanbul was launched in May 2012. It is a cross-cultural platform that facilitates cultural and economic exchange between Turkish and Dutch designers and societies. As part of the Dutch Design ...