Dec 2011 Bravacasa: Design brands

Lensvelt; A very special Dutch company

I met with Hans Lensvelt at the first time in June 2002 at a boat trip on the canals in Amsterdam, after the presentation of moooi in an old church in the centre of the city. Hans introduced himself ...........

Oct 2011 Article about Jerszy Seymour and his Amateur Master Arm chair for Ngispen

Jerszy Seymour: Design is all about passion and love.

Design is about making things, it’s about passion and love, about emotions and the essence of being. In his work and projects Jerszy Seymour expresses this natural attitude. His design phillosophy comes from the process of the volcano understanding people as complex beings of emotions and desires. He questions exciting designs and modifies them. .....

Exhibition: Richard Hutten - Obsessed with Chair from April 2 to September 9, 2011

The Zuiderzee Museum presents the exhibition Richard Hutten - Obsessed with chairs, the work of Richard Hutten, one of the most successful Dutch designers of the moment. The presentation shows several generations chairs that served as inspiration for Hutten himself. It is specifically focus on the history of the huts specially designed for the Museum Zuiderzee Chair.

The rooms also include chairs from Arne Jacobsen, Gerrit Rietveld and HP Berlage see. A combination of chairs, prototypes and sketches provide design enthusiasts and museum experts to be the possibility of the design by Richard Hutten close. The exhibition is part of the policy of the Zuiderzee annual issue orders to contemporary designers using ancient craft techniques.

Designed by Richard Hutten Zuiderzee chair is based on the old-fashioned buttons chairs from the 18th and 19th with woven cane seat and back. The wealthy churchgoers had their own chair. Their name was on the back calligraphy. Richard made this chair a modern, lighter version. See the Zuiderzee into production by NgispeN.

http://www.zuiderzeemuseum.nl/en/10/home/

May 2011 In this month's Bravacasa (Bulgaria) our report on Dutch design at the Milan 2011

През този месец Bravacasa (България) ни доклад за холандски дизайн в Милано 2011

April 2011: LENSVELT PRESENTS “JUST SOLUTIONS” at 50th Salone Internazionale del Mobile 2011. For the first time at the Milan Design Week, Lensvelt, the Dutch brand for contract furniture, is pleased to announce the FuoriSalone event “Just solutions” at spazio AG22, in Via Alserio 22, Milan. The installation curated by Studio Job, presents the new “Job Office”, together with a selection of iconic pieces from Lensvelt collection, including the “Skull” by Atelier Van Lieshout and the “Krattenkast” by Mark van der Gronden.

Oct 15 2010: At the leading fair Interieur in Kortrijk Belgium, NgispeN launched the new chair by Jurgen Bey "Stubborn Chair"

Two stackable chairs placed slightly off centered are melted together. It is impossible to place these chairs in straight, neat rows. “One never sits on a chair the way it is meant to be used: you sit on it like this, or you could sit on it like this,” Bey says shifting in his chair. “In the end you’ll have a chair that is never right, and that is always right - a very stubborn chair.” Stubborn Chair will be available in 3 versions, rough, smooth and upholstered.

JULY 2010: NgispeN at Sensation Amsterdam For Sensation Amsterdam 2010, the world's largest dance event, Ngispe designed and decorated the DeLuxe Lounge. In the VIP room there are the challenging SexyRelaxy, the new Central Museum chairs in white the tough Rhino easychair and the Zzzidt elements. The sleek white, but still playful products, designed by the Dutch and most eccentric designer Richard Hutten, fit seamlessly with the look of Sensation White.

Richard Hutten in Design museum Gent: Feb. 26 - June 06 2010 . Design museum Gent asked Hutten to design his own exhibition. The result will be persuasive and shows typicaly Hutten.

TNT Post celebrates the 75th Book Week with unique stamp TNT Post celebrates the 75th Book Week with a unique stamp. National Book Stamp is simultaneously a book of three to four centimeters that can be detached and read. Never before a postal stamp was issued in the form of a booklet. Richard Hutten signed for the design and Joost Zwagerman, the author of the Book Week gift, wrote the story for the book.'

JANUARI 2010 Interview with Richard Hutten about the NgispeN collection Richard Hutten is probably the best internationally known and certainly one of the most unconventional Dutch designers. Hutten is now creative director of the new label NgispeN, witch is specially aimed at the home furniture market. “Happily, Gispen is putting the emphasis back on design”, says Hutten. ‘I look forward being able to give the collection its own identity. ........