Archive
2017
Big Yes for the Tunnel as Meeting Place
No to kitchen gardens, Yes to fruit trees, Yes to rocks, and a Big Yes for the tunnel becoming a meeting place. This is the feedback of residents in Amsterdam Nieuw-West on our proposals to enhance their living environment. Earlier in the ‘Re-dreaming the Street’ project we […]
Laying the Groundwork for the Start-up Accelerator by and for Young Dapperbuurt Entrepreneurs
On the January 23rd Design+Desires organized the ‘Dappere Ondernemers’ (brave entrepreneurs) public meeting in Amsterdam. Young entrepreneurs, residents, and business people from in- and outside the Dapperbuurt neighborhood in Amsterdam came together to pulse interest and discuss developing a neighborhood entrepreneurial […]
Poster campaign Dapper(e) Ondernemers
What does it really take to be an entrepreneur? The aim of Dapper(e) Ondernemers (brave entrepreneurs) is to create a valuable connection between young entrepreneurs and experienced entrepreneurs in Amsterdam East. To share information, learn from each other and be […]
2016
Centrepiece
by Studio Droog. A lavishly decorated centre piece by German silversmith Wenzel Jamnitzer, is now re-decorated with 3D-printed magnetic miniatures of the Rijksmuseum collection. Source: Merkelsche Centrepiece, Wenzel Jamnitzer, 1549; miniature, anonymous, ca 1770; Miniature burnt wine bowl, Frederick of […]