Category: Design

A profound historical understanding of design – a tribute to Marjan Groot

Written by Javier Gimeno-Martinez Design is easily connected to modernity with canonical histories of design starting with the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century. However, more recent accounts question this starting point. They reckon the divide between design and the decorative arts as artificial and relativize the importance of the Industrial Revolution in the conceptualization… Read More A profound historical understanding of design – a tribute to Marjan Groot

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Design in the Anthropocene – in memoriam Marjan Groot

Written by Joana Ozorio de Almeida Meroz This present Corona pandemic is so much more than a health crisis. Indeed, it throws into light how intimately intertwined our concerns are – concerns that we however often think of in terms of silos: health, politics, the environment, education, culture, the economy, even globalisation… One of the… Read More Design in the Anthropocene – in memoriam Marjan Groot

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Students’ Stories: Tamara Klopper on an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Bags Amsterdam

Written by Tamara Klopper As a Master’s student Arts & Culture, specialization Design Cultures, I am completing a research project on an upcoming exhibition at The Museum of Bags Amsterdam. This small museum houses in a historical canal house originally built as a residence. That is why you experience a personal atmosphere when walking around… Read More Students’ Stories: Tamara Klopper on an upcoming exhibition at the Museum of Bags Amsterdam

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RE-source Collective shows ‘design research’

Festive Opening of the exhibition RE-SOURCE during the Dutch Design Week (19-27 October 2019) in Eindhoven, written by prof. dr. Ginette Verstraete During Dutch Design Week RE-source, the winner of the Dutch Design Award 2019, will show an interactive installation on urban waste streams. RE-source is a NWO-SIA collaboration between Design Academy Eindhoven / Lectoraat… Read More RE-source Collective shows ‘design research’

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Lecture on Environmental Humanities by Simone Post

Written by Ginette Verstraete On Tuesday 11 March 2019 our 2nd speaker in the MA Lecture Series on Environmental Humanities presented her work to us: Simone Post, who is a  textile and product  designer. She graduated with honours from the Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE) in 2015 and since then  her work has received numerous accolades… Read More Lecture on Environmental Humanities by Simone Post

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Uitnodiging: Kunst en Cultuurwetenschappen Alumni Evenement

Beste alumnus / alumna, Op 20 december 2018 zal voor het eerst een activiteit speciaal voor jou georganiseerd worden! Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam heeft een feestelijk programma samengesteld en Marten Kuijpers (Architect en Senior Onderzoeker bij HNI) geeft voor Kunst & Cultuurwetenschappen Alumni een exclusieve rondleiding door de nieuwe tentoonstelling Work, Body, Leisure. Deze… Read More Uitnodiging: Kunst en Cultuurwetenschappen Alumni Evenement

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Participation in RE-framing Residual Materials in Design Theory, Practice and Education.

Written by Joost Adriaanse Participation in RE-framing Residual Materials in Design Theory, Design Practice and Design Education. RE-source is a two year collaboration between Design Academy Eindhoven – lectorate Places and Traces, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam – Faculty of Humanities, Municipality of Rotterdam and Studio Ester van de Wiel. The research project ends in October 2019.… Read More Participation in RE-framing Residual Materials in Design Theory, Practice and Education.

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Students’ Stories: Kalì Earth Architecture Workshop Ghana (Internship) – Aukje Worm

Geschreven door Aukje Worm  Na een lange reis, met een tussenstop op vliegveld Caïro, een overnachting in Accra en een langdurige busreis richting Kumasi, ben ik vrijdagavond 28 september aangekomen bij de accommodatie in het dorpje Kwaso. Het weekend was goed om even te acclimatiseren, kennis te maken met de workshopleiders Nadia en Irene, de vrijwilligers en het dorpje Kwaso.… Read More Students’ Stories: Kalì Earth Architecture Workshop Ghana (Internship) – Aukje Worm

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MoMoWo Symposium 2018 in Turin, Italy

Women’s creativity since the modern movement (1918-2018): toward a new perception and reception  by Ilja Meijer Architecture, design, engineering and related fields have long been – and sometimes are still – perceived as masculine dominated professions. Since 2014, the internationally oriented MoMoWo – Women’s Creativity since the Modern Movement project has aimed to draw attention… Read More MoMoWo Symposium 2018 in Turin, Italy

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