CUPRA City Garage Rotterdam is also a place for art and music
The young Spanish car brand CUPRA has stood out for its unconventional way of doing things, and for creating more than just a brand of cars. The brand operates several CUPRA City Garages. Here, in addition to showcasing the cars and lifestyle, they organize unique experiences. After a pop-up the CUPRA City Garage opened its […]
Let’s have a Kunstenaarsbal, the official afterparty of Rotterdam Art Week
The Kunstenaarsbal will close out Rotterdam Art Week with an arty afterparty at De Doelen. On Saturday, February 11, the Kunstenaarsbal offers a unique and multidisciplinary evening and night full of visual arts, photography, performance, theatre, audiovisual art, and music. It’s the first edition in Rotterdam and brings different generations, disciplines, and groups from all […]
Rotterdam-based interior designer Lotte Faassen presents the Benson Sofa Collection
Lotte Faassen is an innovative young interior designer from Rotterdam. She works with a feeling for beautiful, luxurious and innovative materials and already has several award-winning projects. Now, together with Rapture Interior Luxury, Lotte created the Benson Sofa Collection. Lotte Faassen has been working independently as a designer for Studio de Blieck, her mother’s interior […]
Het Nieuwe Instituut presents Architecture Prix de Rome
The Prix de Rome is the Netherlands’ oldest and most prestigious architecture prize for architects under 35. Het Nieuwe Instituut presents the nominated architect’s submissions for the 2022 Architecture Prix de Rome from November 18 to April 2023. Arna Mačkić, Dividual (Andrea Bit and Maciej Wieczorkowski), Lesia Topolnyk, and Studio KIWI (Kim Kool and Willemijn […]
De Dépendance hosts events about UniverCity and architecture and climate
In the upcoming last weeks of the year De Dépendance will host public talks with three distinctive thinkers. Geert Lovink speaks on the idea of reclaiming the internet tonight. Later, on November 24 Davarian Baldwin talks about the effects universities have on their urban environments, or: UniverCity. December 8 Daniël A. Barber, author of ‘After […]
Morrow, MVRDV and Studio Makkink & Bey win Dutch Design Award
Dutch Design Awards (DDA) has been leading in the interpretation of excellent Dutch design for years. Several Rotterdam-based nominees have won. Independent expert juries of design specialists nominated three projects in each of the following categories: Product, Habitat, Communication, Fashion, Design Research, Data & Interaction, Best Commissioning, and Young Designer. They assessed the projects based […]
The Boyscouts designs jewelry in collaboration with the Depot
The Boyscouts is a fashion accessory label from Rotterdam. It has designed a collection in collaboration with the Depot. The rings and earrings feature the abstracted curves of the building. The Boyscouts like to think of their designs as trophies, jewelry that is timeless and has a minimalist design. This correlates with the building, the […]
De Dépendance and IABR discuss food and architecture with Carolyn Steel
Carolyn Steel is an architect, academic and writer, and a leading thinker on food and cities. On Wednesday, November 2nd, De Dépendance welcomes her for a talk about how our food shaped us at De Fruitvis. Carolyn Steel is the author of award-winning books. ‘Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives (2008)’ and ‘Sitopia: How […]
Space Available presents Plastic People at ANSH46
Plastic People is a Space Available art project exploring the story of synthetic plastics. Part of the case study is an NFT series that will be presented via a series of global pop-ups, beginning at ANSH46 in Rotterdam on October 28. The collaboration consists of a pop-up exhibition and a tee. Space Available is a […]
Schot Coffee Roasters now has a café at de Huidenclub
The Huidenclub is a workspace, gallery, studio, and event location and now also offers good coffee. Schot Coffee Roasters has opened up a café in the canteen area. Schot is a regarded coffee roastery. They source partnership coffees directly from the farmers they work with. They buy their coffee year after year and pay a […]