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Breathing Textile at Dutch Design Week

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With the fast-paced lives we lead, many of us are in an active mode most of the time and have difficultly unwinding at the end of the day. In response, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Desiree ...

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Lava Wellness

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This week at Dutch Design Week 2015, Jasper Rombouts gives a new perspective on this material with ‘Lava Wellness,’ a collection of tiles for wellness architecture. This collection features six different designs showing different applications ...

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Oxidation Aftermath

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Oxidation Aftermath is based on the graduation project of Marlies van Putten, for which she won the KAKB award from the Royal Academy of Art, the Hague. Together with designer Rutger de Regt, van Putten ...

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Wooden Aquarelle @ DDW2015

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Provoked by the movement of pigments and water the compositions are formed by an autonomous colour-dynamic. Wooden aquarelle, a colouring technique for wooden surfaces by Meike Harde, allows the mass production of individually unique pieces. ...

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Bottle-Up: What if Glass Waste Could Become a Valuable Asset In Zanzibar?

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WHAT IF…glass waste on Zanzibar could become a valuable asset? That is the question a team of Dutch designers is taking on as part of their new bottle-up foundation by upcycling glass waste from this ...

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Precious Waste

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These textiles are handmade in Mexico from used plastic shopping bags. Designer Michelle Baggerman developed the process of making fine yarn from plastic bags in her project ‘Precious Waste’. With support from Mexican NGO Anundando, ...

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