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Wim Crouwel at the Design Museum

Dutch Inspired — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:01:38 +0000

The Design Museum in London celebrates the prolific career of the Dutch graphic designer Wim Crouwel. As one of the leading designers of the twentieth century, Crouwel embraced a new modernity to produce typographic designs that captured the essence of the emerging computer and space age of the early 1960s.

Wim Crouwel by Michael Levy

Spanning over 60 years, the exhibition covers Crouwel’s rigorous design approach and key moments in his career including his work for design practice Total Design, the identity for the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, as well as his iconic poster, print, typography and lesser known exhibition design. The exhibition will explore Crouwel’s innovative use of grid-based layouts and typographic systems to produce consistently striking asymmetric visuals.

Sushi collection, Morosso

Dutch Inspired — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:33:50 +0000

One of the more global and intriguing furniture designs this year is Moroso’s Sushi Collection, designed by Edward van Vliet.

Sushi collection, Morosso by Edward van Vliet

For global furniture, Sushi is a design that does not appear to be suffering from economic woes. In fact, it looks quite well-off! Sushi debuted this year and has already been featured in three international design shows in Amsterdam, Milan, and New York.

Via InventorSpot

Phat Knits by Bauke Knottnerus

Dutch Inspired — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 01:27:25 +0000

Phat Knits, created by Dutch designer Bauke Knottnerus, is a series of brilliantly over scaled furniture pieces. Knit, woven, knotted or piled like spaghetti, the series includes seating, rugs, and multifunctional interior objects.

Phat Knits by Bauke Knottnerus

Via Design warrior

Hawaii-Sized Island Made of Recycled Plastic

Dutch Inspired — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:34:11 +0000

What can you do with all the plastic waste floating around in the Pacific Ocean? A group of Dutch architects has an answer to this question. Their idea is to create an island, about the same size as Hawaii, out of it.

The island would be populated by ‘climate refugees’ who will live in recycled plastic homes and work on farms or grow seaweed. The idea is to make the entire plastic island self-sufficient with the habitants producing their own food and energy.

Here are a few sketches and ideas of what the island is going to look like:

Beaches are placed near the housing for residents to enjoy.

More info

Inhabitat website: Inhabitat.com

Clockwork Love by Tjep

Dutch Inspired — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 09:17:56 +0000

The Dutch design studio Tjep presented a collection of jewelry in the Gallery Ra in Amsterdam. The collection is called Clockwork Love. Clockwork Love is different “heart whims” through the use of free characters, addressing topics such as transience, passion, insecurity and desire.

Clockwork Love by Tjep

Via Daily Art Press

Sneak peek into the home of Yvette Laduk

Dutch Inspired — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 13:54:38 +0000

Dutch designer Yvette Laduk works and meets clients from her waterfront home, she lives inside her own portfolio. When she and her partner Bas de Boer, a contractor, first found this bungalow in Alphen aan de Rijn they knew it had potential.

Photography: Henny van Belkom

Via Design*Sponge

A Dutch Government identity design pitch

Dutch Inspired — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:58:10 +0000

In autumn 2007, Koeweiden Postma pitched for a new logo and housestyle for the Dutch government. They made it to the final round but didn’t get the job. Here’s what we could have had:

Via Creative Review

The Bavaria redesign

Dutch Inspired — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:06:12 +0000

Bavaria is a Dutch brewery founded in 1719 by Laurentius Moorees in Lieshout, North Brabant, and currently owned by the Swinkels family. The brewery produces a range of standard and low alcohol pale lagers under a variety of brand names including Bavaria and Hollandia.

In october 2009, Bavaria introduced a bold, cohesive new look for its range of beers that spans everything from the glass you drink it in to the crates you use to haul it home.

One of the main distinctions of the new look is its adoption of blue as the brand color, a decision probably aimed straight at gaining some territory against Heineken’s green.

Via Brand New

Interview with Jurryt Visser

Dutch Inspired — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:37:33 +0000

A month ago, Aiden Kolh did an interview with Jurryt Visser. Jurryt is a graphic designer from Groningen, the Netherlands. In the interview Jurryt tells us about how artists such as Van Gogh, Escher, Kooning, and so on, influenced him to create digital art and how his unique style of art is created.

http://abduzeedo.com/interview-artist-jurryt-visser-pixel-vs-vector-mixmaster

Via Abduzeedo

Bronx Shoes

Dutch Inspired — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:54:37 +0000

The shoeboxes created by THEY were part of a bigger international re-branding for the trendy Holland-based shoe company Bronx. The claim “So today” comes from the insight that what shoe a woman buys or wears differs from day to day.

http://lovelypackage.com/bronx-shoes/

Via Lovely Package®