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Innovative bench

07-Dec-2011 15:19
This innovative bench was designed by graduate student Petra Hekkenberg. In collaboration with Foreco and Landschap Overijssel, Petra designed this bench which is almost floating above the water.With your feet dangling over the water looking for fi...

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Innovative bench
Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Jetske Visser made an impressive splash at this past Dutch Design Week with both her graduation project and also her inclusion in the Invertuals exhibition, “Untouchables”.  For her graduation pr...

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Impressive splash by Jetske Visser
Designers are generalists who need to consult specialists. For Don Norman, one of the foremost design thinkers, this is the future of our domain. On November 9th, he held a Lecture at the Design Academy Eindhoven through the format of an open discuss...

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Design is Applied Social Science
Our alumnus Mieke Cuppen won the Mercure Cultuurprijs. This was announced on Tuesday November 29 during the Award evening at Mercure Hotel Amsterdam Aan de Amstel. Congratulations! The assignment was: design a table concept for Mercure hotels. Ce...

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Mercure Cultuurprijs Mieke Cuppen
A few alumni students and a tutor of Design Academy Eindhoven are nominated for the Rotterdam Design Prize! Bart Hess, for Various designs Ester van de Wiel, for Eetbaar Landschap, NuHier, Werkplaats Buijtenland, et al. Piet Hein Eek, for The...

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Rotterdam Design Prize nominees

Symposium Design as Service

24-Nov-2011 14:04
26 October, 2011 Conference Centre of TU/e Report by Heather Daam, Adrian Madler and Danielle Arets Is service design the outcome of big business based endeavors or grass root community organizations? The “Design as Service” sym...

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Symposium Design as Service

Creative with hair

23-Nov-2011 09:39
Hair is a material which attracts designers, in the nrc (Dutch) newspaper there was a whole article about this item. DAE alumni Ellis Droog was also mentioned in the article with her graduation project  'Intimate fur'. See here ...

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Creative with hair
2012 Grand Summer Exhibition april 26th 2012 till september 30th 2012 In the summer of 2012, Oranienbaum Palace will be hosting an exhibition of contemporary Dutch Design and fashion in combination with historical artefacts from the Dutch Royal...

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Dutch Design in 'Huis van Oranje'
Our bachelor student Mickael Boulay is rewarded for hisproject Transitions. This weekend he won the BRAINS award 2011 in the city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The project description: Can we grow the motricity of a disable hand step by step ? ...

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MIckael Boulay wins BRAINS award

BRAINS award

18-Nov-2011 11:41
Mickael Boulay, Dave Hakkens, Rianne Koens en Vincent Meertens are nominated for the BRAINS award 2011. During the opening ceremony of the STRP festival in Eindhoven tonight the winner will be presented. He or she will receive a receive a prize ...

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BRAINS award
Henry Wilson Won the 2011 Bombay Sapphire Design Discovery Award. A prize that recognises young, emerging Australian designers. His project  A-joint is really a celebration of standardisation. The table is one particular thing you could ...

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Henry Wilson won a design prize!
Didn’t you have a possibility to see Dutch Design Week 2011? Check here for more photos! Photos below, Graduation Show 2011. Photo credits: by Core77! Chloe van Diepen
Another photo overview Dutch Design week 2011

Aldo Bakker by NY Times!

15-Nov-2011 14:05
Design critic Alice Rawsthorn wrote about Aldo and his exhibition at Perimeter in the New York Times and International Herald Tribune. Keyed to Detail, No Matter How Crazy AMSTERDAM — At first glance, there doesn’t appear to be anything unusual ...

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Aldo Bakker by NY Times!

New Energy in Design and Art

15-Nov-2011 10:05
at dae we always focus on design thinking and the relavance of design and research! a new exhibition at museum boijmans van beuningen shows excellent  works of multiple alumni of dae! New Energy in Design and Art is an exhibition about energ...

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New Energy in Design and Art

Photos by Remko Spittel

10-Nov-2011 14:40
Pure impressionism! Great photography by Remko Spittel, as he reveils another layer of OUR WAY Graduation Show 2011. All photo's can be seen on his Facebook page! Thanks Remko for sharing these with us!
Photos by Remko Spittel

Photo overview by Doron Ohaly

09-Nov-2011 13:17
See this photo impression by visitor Doron Ohaly!
Photo overview by Doron Ohaly
Always a highlight, Design Academy Eindhoven's showcase of over 150 graduates' work, set within the former Philips light bulb factory WitteDame, and this year curated by Ilse Crawford, didn't disappoint. Standout students included Miya Kondo and Femk...

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Wallpaper photo overview of Graduation show 2011!

Taggie by Niels van Hoof

09-Nov-2011 11:15
The Pop up City published an article about Niels van Hoof's Taggie. Designer Niels van Hoof developed Taggie, a smartphone app that enables children to research where their supermarket food comes from. By aiming a smartphone camera at a product tag,...

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Taggie by Niels van Hoof

Philip luschen by Designboom

09-Nov-2011 10:52
Article about Philip Luschen by Designboom dutch designer philip luschen displayed his work 'wait here' at dutch design week 2011 as part of the 'our way' graduation show at the design academy eindhoven. the project investigates the passive dynamic ...

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Philip luschen by Designboom

Documentary Dutch Design Week

08-Nov-2011 14:45
A (dutch) documentary of 20 minutes by Avro's Kunstuur about Dutch Design Week presented by Walter Amerika. See the highlights of DDW 2011 with many alumni students and graduation students of Design Academy Eindhoven. Bekijk de video in ande...

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Documentary Dutch Design Week

More of Germans Ermics

03-Nov-2011 15:21
  Besides the project Isometric Mirros Germans   designed also the project a four course mail.   Here you can see some impressions of this   project and a video interview (Latvian spoken).   Isometric mirrors ...

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More of Germans Ermics

House Wine at Designboom

03-Nov-2011 14:59
House Wine the graduation project of Sabine Marcelis published at Designboom. See here an impression and a video! HOUSE WINE from sabine marcelis on Vimeo.
House Wine at Designboom
People are staring .....what is it they see? Dennis Parren's "CMYK Lamp," which purportedly casts 3D shadows, was exhibited at the Design Academy Eindhoven's graduation show during Dutch Design Week. "It's like standing i...

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Dennis Parren CMYK lamp at Core 77
Reporter Lieke van Wijck from Arts Thread blog selected five projects from among all the interesting and creative designs on show at the Graduation Show of the Design Academy Eindhoven. Schillenpracht, Rianne Koens Oturakast, Rianne Koens Mine K...

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Top 5 of 2011 on Arts Thread
That's it! Done, finished... Just one last photo...
Group photo of all graduates 2011
Rob van Gijzel, major of the city Eindhoven, home to Design Academy Eindhoven, showed his interest in design with his visit to the Graduation. One of the projects he visited was Wolwaeren. This project by Roland Pieter Smit was highlighted during the...

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Project Woolwaeren meets social design

Public Awards Graduation

30-Oct-2011 15:46
At the final day of the Graduation the public awards were granted by Eindhovens Dagblad. During our show visitors were asked to vote for their favourite designproject. This lead to a total of more than 25.000 votes on all projects. In the end only on...

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Public Awards Graduation

Visitor 28.000 Graduation

30-Oct-2011 14:44
We just had the honour to welcome our visitor number 28.000. And guess what? This might be the biggest design talent yet to be discovered since he's only 1 year old! Birger Ackers from Amsterdam is now visiting Design Academy Eindhoven with his paren...

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Visitor 28.000 Graduation
Videoreport by  Studio 040 (Dutch Only) 
Videoreport Graduation by Studio040

Two more inspiring days

29-Oct-2011 12:09
Today and tomorrow we give you the last chance to visit our Graduation Show 2011. Both days we are open form 11am till 18pm. This morning the first visitors were already waiting at the 4th floor in front of our entrance gates for another creative day...

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Two more inspiring days
Article Volkskrant - 28 October Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper, published an article and lovely video about the Graduation Show. Volkskrant foccuses on the work of several students. Vincent Meertens with 'Timemaps', 'Illusion of the perfect generati...

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Volkskrant highlights Graduation

DAE welcomes alumni

28-Oct-2011 15:58
Today DAE alumni visit the Graduation show 2011 during the special Almuni Homecoming day. Many of our alumni have acquired impressive and exciting jobs or careers after they have graduated. Today they are welcomed by our academy. They will have a cha...

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DAE welcomes alumni

Master Projects #DAE11

28-Oct-2011 10:02
Impression of some Master projects on the 3rd floor at Design academy Eindhoven #DAE11
Master Projects #DAE11

Taggie on Dutch TV

27-Oct-2011 22:13
Taggie app by graduate Niels van Hoof featured on Dutch TV 'RTL Boulevard' today. In order to help children become aware of where their food comes from, Niels van Hoof has developed the Taggie. Taggie is an application with which children can researc...

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Taggie on Dutch TV

5 projects on homebuildlife

27-Oct-2011 16:41
The Synergy of Colour by Yannic Alidarso LINK http://www.yannicalidarso.nl/ Peeling Paradise by Rianne Koens LINK http://www.riannekoens.com/ Shades of Light by Aoife Wullur LINK http://www.aoifewullur.com/ Bird Bricks by Fanny Hofstra LINK ht...

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5 projects on homebuildlife

Impression DAE Graduation 2011

27-Oct-2011 14:28
SOME thursday IMPRESSIONS: another fantastic and busy DAY AT DAE!
Impression DAE Graduation 2011

VIDEO IMPRESSION DAE 2011

27-Oct-2011 11:53
17+ MINUTES VIDEO-IMPRESSION OF GRADUATION 2011 ON SUNDAY 23RD OCTOBER MADE BY MR. J.K.A. MEIJER (THANKS!)
VIDEO IMPRESSION DAE 2011

DESIGN AS SERVICE

27-Oct-2011 11:47
HOW ARE THE ROLES OF DESIGNERS CHANGING, AS THEY OFTEN NO LONGER PROVIDE A SERVICE TO ONE ORGANIZATION, BUT RATHER COLLABORATE IN OPEN AND NETWORKED INNOVATION CONSORTIA? AND WHAT DOES THE INCREASINGLY STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTION OF DESIGN TO INNOVATI...

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DESIGN AS SERVICE
Nominees for the Social Design Talent Award 2011 are: Oohoo: by Mark Thielen, Rik van Donselaar, Roland Coops and Idowu Ayoola (TU/e) http://www.dse.nl/~oohoo/     Vendopark: by Michiel Kersteman (TU/e) http://www.michielkersteman....

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Social Design Talent Award 2011

DAE alumni home coming 2011

27-Oct-2011 09:39
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DAE alumni home coming 2011

Impression DAE Graduation Show

26-Oct-2011 15:33
SOME IMPRESSIONS OF THIS SUNNY DAY AT DAE!
Impression DAE Graduation Show
Bright is a Dutch crossmedia brand that reports about and always seeks news on digitale technology, design, science, arts and media. For their report on the Dutch Design Week, the starting point was the Graduation Show. The video shows a lot of foota...

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Bright report: Dutch Design Week 2011
Frans Parthesius The Netherlands, 2011, 53 min, English WHERE? * FREE ENTRANCE Thursday 27 October, 14:00 h Design Cinema Piet Hein Eek A documentary on the work of Petra Blaisse, Dutch interior and landscape designer, and her Amsterdam bas...

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Film+Design Festival: Anthon Beeke
by Guus van Waveren / The Netherlands, 2011 / 51 min / Dutch WHERE? Sunday 30 October, 14:00 h Klokgebouw 10 How a butcher's son became the single most influential designer of the Netherlands. Anthon Beeke's work spans decades, be it his in...

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Film+Design Festival: Anthon Beeke
Maarten Kolk and Guus Kusters win the stichting doen Materialprize 2011 "Studio Maarten Kolk & Guus Kusters is based in Klokgebouw, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Together we do practical design projects, as well as autonomous work. Living with n...

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'Waterloop' wins Doen | MaterialprIze 2011

DAE ALUMNI @ Dutch Invertuals

26-Oct-2011 14:01
Daphna Isaacs, Maaike Seegers, Eefiene Bolhuis, Jetske Visser and many others are Dutch Invertuals. Dutch Invertuals are presenting their latest work at #DDW11. With the title 'Untouchables' they are celebrating vulnerability. See their website for ...

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DAE ALUMNI @ Dutch Invertuals

What Design is Worth?

26-Oct-2011 14:01
In a unique exhibition during DDW, Design Academy Eindhoven students ask consumers to value their products on esthetic innovative, technical, emotional and -offcource- commercial value! On this findings they will prize their works that can be sold on...

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What Design is Worth?

report trendbeheer

26-Oct-2011 13:55
    See this nice (DUTCH only) article with highlights from the Graduation Show: http://trendbeheer.com/2011/10/24/eindexamenexpositie-design-academie-eindhoven/   FLLUFFY OBSESSION cuppycake - with subtitles from Thalia de Jong...

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report trendbeheer

Who cares? Design Cares.

26-Oct-2011 10:14
The cost of healthcare is increasing, and quality of life is at stake: we need breakthrough solutions. Design can transform analytical, out-of-the-box ideas about health and sickness into new values for end-users, care-providers, and other people inv...

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Who cares? Design Cares.
The anniversary exhibition "Spring, on excellence in design, talent and inspiration" at Dutch Design Week was officially opened on Monday at Designhuis Eindhoven. Fifteen prominent designers are presented in direct combination with young talented de...

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Anniversary Exhibition SPRING at Designhuis
BEST PROFESSIONAL PRODUCT Philips FreeStreet, street lighting Philips Design Philip FreeStreet is a new type of product in the current product category. The playful structure provides new ideas for other designers. It responds to issues of securit...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (7/7)
Best Graphic Design The work of Design Academy Eindhoven alumnus Rop van Mierlo is awarded 'Best Graphic Design - Dutch Design Awards 2011'. He is awarded for his illustrations picture book ‘Wilde Dieren’. The book is an icon inviting people to...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (6/7)

Social Design Talent Award

25-Oct-2011 16:33
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Social Design Talent Award
As visitors of The Graduation Show 2011 have already noticed many projects of the graduates are supported by videos, or in some cases they are a vital part of the project. For those who didn't get the chance to see the videos during these busy days o...

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videos of graduation 2011: our way
  5th Floor, Building Witte Dame Eindhoven (the Netherlands) October 22th – 30th : daily 11am – 18hrs pm (Thursday & Friday till 22hrs)   Food and design, a tempting combination which seduces our senses. Keukenconfessies knows how t...

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Foodexperience Graduation by Keukenconfessies
MINI YOUNG DESIGNER AWARD: BART HESS (ALUMNus DAE) A perfect presentation in which the tactility of the materials that are used, is transferred in an extraordinary way. His work is sensational, almost dramatic through the use of modern techni...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (5/7)
BNO PIET ZWART LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD OF THE DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS: MARIJKE VAN DER WIJST (FORMER HEAD OF MAN AND PUBLIC SPACE) Marijke van der Wijst is an exceptionally disciplined designer, who cannot be captured in any design discipline. Her ...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (4/7)
BEST CONSUMER PRODUCT: 'Colour Carpets and bed linen for HAY' by Scholten & Baijings (TUTORS AT DAE) In this collection, the tea towels make a big impression. Good graphical image is carried by a surprising colour palette, on the one hand crea...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (3/5)
BEST AUTONOMOUS DESIGN: 'Endless' by Dirk Vander Kooij (ALUMNus DAE) Endless is an example of the chemistry of the 21st century: it transforms waste into practicability and beauty. Dirk van der Kooij graduated at DAE in 2010. http://www.designac...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (2/5)
BEST CLIENT: AHREND WE CONGRATULATE OUR FRIEND OF THE ACADEMY WITH THIS AWARD! Ahrend demonstrates, as it used to do in the past, great love for design. Design is even more in the company’s genes than in its strategy. Design is primarily tactical ...

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WINNERS OF 2011 DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS (1/5)

Face your Facebook

24-Oct-2011 16:10
Social media have incorporated in our daily lives. It's no surprise then that they are subject for our graduates as well. Take Charlotte Porskamp's project Face your Facebook for example. It questions how much fun life really is on a digital platform...

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Face your Facebook

Hidden truth of machines

24-Oct-2011 13:04
  During our Graduation Show 2011 different unique projects are exhibited. One of them is the Re:Machine. Does the outside of a machine reflect your personal inside world? Do you have a high-design smartphone with a glossy case? Does it symboli...

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Hidden truth of machines
"Designers aren't simply artists, their work improves society.", this is the closing sentence of the item that aired yesterday on national television, during the eight o'clock news. We couldn't have said it any better.     If t...

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DAE AND DDW ON EIGHT O'CLOCK NEWS (NOS)

Visitors increase Graduation

23-Oct-2011 14:18
At the second day of the Graduation Show 2011 again many people are visiting our inspiring show. Since we have already seen an increase in people attending the show yesterday compared to the first day of the Graduation in 2010, we are pleased with th...

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Visitors increase Graduation

Graduation report Dutch Radio

23-Oct-2011 13:52
This afternoon you can listen to a radio report about the Graduation 2011. From 16hrs - 18hrs the Graduation is part of the Radio 2 show High Tea. Reporter Lars Sørensen has interviewed people who are connected with the Graduation. Check out the stat...

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Graduation report Dutch Radio
The first day of the 11th Graduation Show has almost come to an end, but what a great day it has been. Not only the official opening, this morning, was packed. Throughout the day the visitors kept coming to indulge themselves to the high standard ...

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Official opening and award ceremony

Bastiaan Hemmes in Volkskrant

22-Oct-2011 15:31
In an article last Thursday the newspaper Volkskrant announced all hotspots for this years Dutch Design week. The call the Graduation Show 2011 the highlight of the DDW. In the article they highlight one of the graduates Bastiaan Hemms with his inno...

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Bastiaan Hemmes in Volkskrant

Michael Kluwer at Core77

22-Oct-2011 15:23
 Designer Michael Kluver recently completed his degree from Design Academy Eindhoven and he's pleased to present one of his student projects, "Just Chairs," on the occasion of Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, from October 22 – 30. It's a fair...

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Michael Kluwer at Core77

Countdown Graduation

21-Oct-2011 12:16
At the moment an impressive group of experts are working on creating the DAE Graduation 2011. Producers, constructors, students, teachers and creative masterminds are putting effort in creating the design inspiration of the year. With only one day le...

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Countdown Graduation

On 'OUR WAY'

21-Oct-2011 11:53
To inform visitors about our Graduation 2011 we are covering the city Eindhoven with the Graduation posters. Something nice to see 'along the way' since our Graduation statement is: OUR WAY.
On 'OUR WAY'
Design Academy Eindhoven alumnus Tom Dissel is awarded for his HANG ON chair during the event Inside Design in Amsterdam. The jury, Elle Decoration and Label company, has chosen his design amongst many other impressive design projects. The chair is ...

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Award for Tom Dissel's HANG ON chair

Maarten Baas exhibition Paris

20-Oct-2011 15:06
During DAE Graduation our alumnus Maarten Baas exhibits at Les Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Baas graduated at Design Academy Eindhoven in 2002. The museum (located in the Louvre) is focused on decorative-arts and design, and is internationall...

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Maarten Baas exhibition Paris

DAE at DesignBoost

20-Oct-2011 13:01
You are hereby invited to be a part of DesignBoost - Dutch Design Beyond Design during Dutch Design Week at EVOLUON Noord Brabantlaan 1A., Eindhoven. Date: October 28th, 10.00 - 16.00 hrs. Design beyond design is not just about minimising the negati...

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DAE at DesignBoost
You want to have lunch, diner or any other food experience by a wellknown DAE alumnus? Get hungry at Piet Hein Eek's restaurant in Eindhoven (the Netherlands). He also hosts several exhibitions of other DAE graduates in his restaurant.   Duri...

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Piet Hein Eek invites foodlovers

Symposium

05-Oct-2011 12:39
Compassion, or has it always existed as a basic human trait? Design Academy’s 2011-2012 academic year opened on Wednesday 7 September  with the ‘Our Way’ symposium. A series of lectures and workshops focused on this theme and brought together a...

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Symposium

Exchange project

05-Oct-2011 12:38
An exchange between Chinese and Dutch students from eight universities across the disciplines lead to Next – a book that was released during Beijing Design Week by FRAME China. Sander Wassink from the Design Academy Eindhoven juxtaposed bottom-up li...

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Exchange project

Dutch Design Awards finalists

03-Oct-2011 13:02
The finalists in the categories Communication, Product and Spatial have been made public. On 23 Octobre, an international jury will choose a winner in each of the seventeen subcategories.  DDA also hands out the Rado Young Designer Aw...

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Dutch Design Awards finalists
DAE is happy to announce that 5 projects of DAE students are selected among 120 projects as a Top 10 finalist for the Brains Award Eindhoven 2011 Brains Awards 2011 One of the most "promising" prizes is to get help and funds to developp the idea fur...

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5 students nominated Brains Awards 2011
Curator of Design Academy Eindhoven Ilse Crawford designed a new collection of furniture (Companions) presented during London Design Week. Link to the collection.
Companions by curator Ilse Crawford
The talented illustrator and Design Academy Eindhoven alumni Rop van Mierlo has been nominated for this years prestigious Dutch Design Awards with his work Wild Animals. Check out his work and check out his interview with DDA  
Alumnus Rob van Mierlo has been nominated for DDA

First show in Paris By Borre

28-Sep-2011 14:09
Design Academy Eindhoven Alumni Borre Akkersdijk will have his first Paris fashion show, 4th of October. By Borre will present ' The first cycle - from the yarn to the show ' click here for the invitation.
First show in Paris By Borre
Mieke Cuppen, design duo DejongKalff and designer Sander Lucas are the three finalists to proceed to the final round of the Mercure Cultuurprijs. The jury selected their designs from a total of 62 entries. The designs will be elaborated by the nomine...

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Mercure Cultuurprijs 2 finalists of Design Academy Eindhoven
At the lectoraat (UK: Readership, US: Professorship) in Strategic Creativity we explore how design and creativity can play a strategic role in society and the economy in general, and in service innovation in particular. We do this...

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Strategic Creativity in Service Innovation

Room with a view

07-Sep-2011 12:09
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Room with a view
Studio Job & the Groninger Museum exhibit the famous designs of Studio Job (Job Smeets en Nynke Tynagel). The Groninger museum collected the last 10 years a collection of Studio Job. Important collections like Homework (2006-2007) and Robber Barr...

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Studio Job exhibition by Groninger Museum

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