House 5A
Staten Island / Staten EylandtPop up store: 100 dollars or less: Marcel Schmalgemeijer; store powered by Droog New York and Wabnitz Editions
This house, designed by Marcel Schmalgemeijer,...... read more
USA & CANADA
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WORLDWIDE
Governors Island, New York, sign 'LAND! Pioneers of Change' by Experimental Jetset
Dutch fashion collective Painted (Saskia van Drimmelen, Margreet Sweerts, Desiree Hammen) in collaboration with Pascale Gatzen and IDC fashion students of Parsons The New School for Design in New York, Native America
Volunteers are painting used chairs from New York outside while Franck Bragigand is transforming the inside of the Rhode Island / Roode Eylandt house
New York volunteers prepare the meal slowly but attentively at the Go Slow Cafe by Droog with Marije Vogelzang, sloom.org (Rianne Makkink and Herman Verkerk) and Hansje van Halem
Opening words by Frank Heemskerk, Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Renny Ramakers, curator Pioneers of Change
Platform21 = Repairing by Platform21
A relaxed visit by Crown Prince Willem-Alexander.
Princess Máxima receives a crafted gift from Saskia van Drimmelen (Painted) and Pascale Gatzen (IDC fashion, Parsons The New School for Design) at Coney Island / Conyne Eylandt.
Pioneers of Change
date: September 11th - 20th 2009
location: Governors Island, New York
With over 25.000 visitors, Pioneers of Change, a festival of Dutch design, fashion and architecture on New York’s Governors Island as part of the NY400 celebrations, commemorating the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Dutch to New York has been well attended. Conceived and curated by Renny Ramakers, co-founder and director of Droog.
Visitors were tickled by a robot, they repaired broken chairs and moth-eaten sweaters, chewed and swallowed very slowly, watched real time pass by, and filled their backpacks and purses with Dutch design ware all under $100.
All this and more took place in eleven former commanding officers' houses in Nolan Park transformed by Dutch designers, artists and architects in collaboration with elderly New Yorkers, local students and the public.
Take a look at the news postings, participats' insights and snapshots here.
Participants included 2012Architecten, Atelier NL, Maarten Baas, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, Franck Bragigand, Droog with Marije Vogelzang, Herman Verkerk, Rianne Makkink and Hansje van Halem, Experimental Jetset, Pascale Gatzen, Christien Meindertsma, MVRDV and The Why Factory with Work Architecture Company, Painted, Driessens & Verstappen, Arthur Elsenaar & Taconis Stolk, Parsons The New School for Design, Platform21 and Marcel Schmalgemeijer.
Pioneers of Change was initiated by Han Bakker under the authority of NY400, the result of an initiative by the Dutch Government in close co-operation with Dutch local and provincial authorities, with New York City and New York State, and with active participation of a great number of organizations from the private, cultural and not-for-profit sectors.
www.ny400.org
Pioneers of Change is supported by the Dutch Design Fashion Architecture programme, which aims to strengthen the international position of these sectors through a joined-up approach.
www.dutchdfa.nl
Graphic design and website by Experimental Jetset.
www.experimentaljetset.nl
Production:
Stichting Droog Design / www.droog.com,
Droog New York / www.droogusa.com,
Formavision / www.formavision.info
Sponsored by the Premsela foundation, Fine paints of Europe, Wijzonol, Lensvelt, NgispeN, Ketel One.
twitter @droogamsterdam @renny10
Visitors were tickled by a robot, they repaired broken chairs and moth-eaten sweaters, chewed and swallowed very slowly, watched real time pass by, and filled their backpacks and purses with Dutch design ware all under $100.
All this and more took place in eleven former commanding officers' houses in Nolan Park transformed by Dutch designers, artists and architects in collaboration with elderly New Yorkers, local students and the public.
Take a look at the news postings, participats' insights and snapshots here.
Participants included 2012Architecten, Atelier NL, Maarten Baas, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York, Franck Bragigand, Droog with Marije Vogelzang, Herman Verkerk, Rianne Makkink and Hansje van Halem, Experimental Jetset, Pascale Gatzen, Christien Meindertsma, MVRDV and The Why Factory with Work Architecture Company, Painted, Driessens & Verstappen, Arthur Elsenaar & Taconis Stolk, Parsons The New School for Design, Platform21 and Marcel Schmalgemeijer.
Pioneers of Change was initiated by Han Bakker under the authority of NY400, the result of an initiative by the Dutch Government in close co-operation with Dutch local and provincial authorities, with New York City and New York State, and with active participation of a great number of organizations from the private, cultural and not-for-profit sectors.
www.ny400.org
Pioneers of Change is supported by the Dutch Design Fashion Architecture programme, which aims to strengthen the international position of these sectors through a joined-up approach.
www.dutchdfa.nl
Graphic design and website by Experimental Jetset.
www.experimentaljetset.nl
Production:
Stichting Droog Design / www.droog.com,
Droog New York / www.droogusa.com,
Formavision / www.formavision.info
Sponsored by the Premsela foundation, Fine paints of Europe, Wijzonol, Lensvelt, NgispeN, Ketel One.
twitter @droogamsterdam @renny10
House 5B
Bowery / BouwerijThe luxury of silence and care: Driessen & Verstappen, Arthur Elsenaar & Taconis Stolk
People love to be caressed, preferably by a beloved person. But when a person...... read more
House 6A
Harlem / HaarlemPlatform21 = Repairing
Platform21 favors repair over throw-away. Their house will feature four different repair stations in four rooms, and the public will be invited to...... read more
House 6B
Hempstead / HeemstedeKnitting: Christien Meindertsma
Christien Meindertsma is interested in the origin of things, raw materials and the history of techniques. At Pioneers of Change, she...... read more
House 7A
Bushwick / BoswijckUrban Farming: MVRDV and The Why Factory with Work Architecture Company
How can we make the distance between our cities and places of food production shorter? Can we...... read more
House 7B
Flushing / VlissingenHarvest map: 2012Architecten
2012Architecten believe that the growing scarcity of oil and raw materials will encourage us to mine local materials and put them to use...... read more
House 8A
Bloomingdale / BloemendaalGo Slow: Droog with Marije Vogelzang, sloom.org (Rianne Makkink and Herman Verkerk) and Hansje van Halem
The project reacts to an accelerated society, where people...... read more
House 8B
Gravesend / 's GravesandeDrawn from Clay: Atelier NL
By digging in the ground, Nadine Sterk and Lonny van Ryswyck of Atelier NL discovered the great variety of clay within the Netherlands....... read more
House 16
Brooklyn / BreukelenRealTime: Maarten Baas
Maarten Baas makes us aware of time by showing it passing in ‘real time’. He makes clocks by projecting footage of people in action,...... read more
House 17
Coney Island / Conyne EylandtDutch fashion collective Painted (Saskia van Drimmelen, Margreet Sweerts, Desiree Hammen) in collaboration with Pascale Gatzen and IDC fashion students of Parsons...... read more
House 18
Rhode Island / Roode EylandtOpen Talks: presented by Pioneers of Change in collaboration with Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York; Franck Bragigand; Dutch Profiles
On the...... read more
Lawn
Greenwhich / GreenwijckFor your leisure on the lawn, don’t miss:
AVL – Skull: Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt
Boombench: Michael Schoner (NL Architects) for Droog...... read more