OMA unveils PRINCIPLES
Rotterdam-based architecture firm OMA has worked together with UniFor to create PRINCIPLES. The fundamental concept of PRINCIPLES is to provide furnishings that can be used by anyone, at any time, to best support the flow of operations and communications required by the contemporary workplace. PRINCIPLES was awarded with iF Design Award. The collection is composed […]
The New Raw crafts plastic waste with robots
The New Raw is a research and design studio based in Rotterdam and was founded in 2015 by architects Panos Sakkas and Foteini Setaki with the ambition to give new life to discarded materials through design, robots and craftsmanship. The New Raw already introduced several meaningful products that are 100% circular. The Knotty is their newest […]
The first Rotterdam Fashion Week is coming
From 8 to 18th of June Rotterdam Fashion Week takes place for the first time. A unique 11-day event that distinguishes itself from all other fashion shows by combining fashion, art, culture and sustainability. More than twenty leading international (fashion) designers will show their collection in Rotterdam. The eleven-day event Rotterdam Fashion Week will be […]
Rotterdam-based Lex Pott designs for Vero
Vero is a young furniture brand advocating a new era of Italian design. It believes in the values of informality and transparency. The brand asked Rotterdam-based Lex Pott to design for them. Pott employs a raw and intuitive method. In his work, he returns to the origin of the materials he uses most: wood, stone […]
Joline Jolink slips in a new design to her collection of sustainable footwear
The Rotterdam-based fashion designer Joline Jolink successfully launched her first vegan trainers in 2019. Next came biodegradable trainers and trainers and boots made of apple leather. Now she adds a summer slipper made of grape leather to her collection of sustainable footwear. The designer develops, produces and launches collections at her own rhythm and on […]
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 […]
VICO presents a new collection of footwear
The Rotterdam-based footwear brand VICO was founded in 2011. It was born from the idea to create Dressed Sneakers. It just revealed its new collection, with a new model called: Borgo. This model has a padded foam on the heel tab for extra comfort and can be worn in a sportive, casual or smart way. […]
Formal menswear brand TWENTY6 Suits has landed on Blaak 22
Twenty6 Suits was born out of a passion for style and personality. The brand was founded in 2022 and is based in Rotterdam. Junior Veiga Gomes, founder, and personal tailor, has a background in both sophisticated menswear and streetwear. These worlds are combined at Twenty6 Suits. Focusing on custom-made suits. Combining classic and smart, with […]
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 […]