if you find starbucks a little bit too ‘regular’ then maybe the latest project from ‘mister boonstra’ is more your cup of tea… a new coffee hang-out for the arty crowd in amsterdam city centre: screaming beans, caffeine plus a twist of david lynch…
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money talks
a recent project from ‘universal everything’ and ‘field’ for deutsche bank in hong kong: …atmospheric cityscapes, hand-drawn sceneries, patterns and landscape animations welcome visitors and staff, shown on a 12m wide hi-res screen…
(thanks to fontanel for the tip and links)
the best of the century
dutch broadcaster ‘vpro’ is renowned for being a staunch supoorter of the arts and have always featured great design on the cover of their weekly TV guide, you have until the 1st of july to vote for your favourite from a selection of the best ones (dutch only)
more than a woman
nice idea (link via ralph booms)
when design can do what
i’ve been (very kindly) invited to attend the much talked about two-day design seminar ‘what design can do’ this coming thursday & friday in amsterdam’s stadsschouwburg, the event promises a broad range of speakers on a variety of topics and has ambitions to be about achieving results: not just discussing and showing what the effect of design can be in society but to actually provide useable examples from brainstorm sessions and workshops during the event, we shall see whether this actually transpires but the intention is certainly laudable, as is the fact that busy working designers like richard & pepijn from the ‘designpolitie’ have even initiated the whole event, whilst running their own practice… if only more of us put this much energy back into the dialogue about the future of our own profession…
my personal favourites for the two day event are both british and from very differing backgrounds and generations, although i hope equally as interesting to hear: the experienced wisdom of michael wolff and the eclectic curiosity of daniel eatock, however if previous events are anything to go by, the unknown names could well be the real source of surprise and inspiration… the event also mysteriously promises to release a book (made on the fly) which will be released in a fashion that ‘will stir the world’… promises, promises… see you all on thursday morning maybe?