CitizenM Times Square Hotel: The brand’s first American outpost for the mobile citizen continues to shake up the outdated hotel industry

CitizenM Times Square Hotel


When citizenM announced they were opening their first American outpost in Times Square, we were a bit skeptical. After a stay, however, we were happily proven wrong—they’ve created an oasis in the middle of one of…

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Word of Mouth: Amsterdam: Our updated look at the creative Dutch capital and its “normal” approach to urban living

Word of Mouth: Amsterdam


Much like the city’s compact urban landscape, Amsterdam’s creative history is also densely formed, and even a quick visit to the Dutch capital can be extremely inspiring. Interestingly, you often hear Dutch people say they strive to act “normal”—yet it’s their dynamic way of viewing the world that has continued…

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Studio Visit: Dirk Vander Kooij: A further look at the promising designer, his Eindhoven workshop and what’s to come for Dutch Design Week

Studio Visit: Dirk Vander Kooij


Less than three years ago we watched the budding Dutch designer Dirk Vander Kooij explain his graduation project to a packed house at Cape Town’s Design Indaba conference. The Design Academy Eindhoven alumnus humbly presented…

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Folkert Gorter Photography

Les photographies du designer numérique hollandais basé à Los Angeles, Folkert Gorter sont très étonnantes. Paysages aériens, géologiques ou marins, il s’en dégage une impression de sérénité et de pérennité. Une sélection de ses superbes clichés à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.

Korshun Footwear: Shoes made without any glue or stitches fashionably merge style with sustainability

Korshun Footwear


by Dora Haller Dutch footwear designer Anna Korshun creates leather shoes that don’t require any glue or stitches. Almost magically constructed, the upper and outer soles are clicked together and…

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Interview: Aldo Bakker: The Dutch designer on material, process and his family’s extensive history

Interview: Aldo Bakker


by Stefano Caggiano Designs by Aldo Bakker look quite different from designs by his father Gijs Bakker who, in 1993 founded—with Renny…

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Interview: Mirjam Vogt of Magazin: The co-founder of the Amsterdam design boutique discusses the strengths of Dutch design

Interview: Mirjam Vogt of Magazin


With one large window facing the street, Magazin looks out onto one of Amsterdam’s newest design districts. The artisanal shops lining the long street of Czaar Peterstraat seem to have appeared almost overnight, although locals will…

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Smool Kitchen Tools: Magnetic cooking utensils keep your kitchen clutter-free and looking good

Smool Kitchen Tools


Dutch design agency Smool, led by founding designer Robert Bronwasser, presented an exhaustive collection of products for the home this past week in Milan as part of …

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Interview: Victor Muller on the Spyker B6 Venator: The Spyker CEO and designer on creating a sports car in 22 days

Interview: Victor Muller on the Spyker B6 Venator

By Josh Rubin and Evan Orensten “For the tenacious, no road is impossible.” So goes the Spyker motto, a saying that has taken on new meaning with this week’s unveiling of the Spyker B6 Venator at the 2013 Genenva International Motor Show. Designed by CEO Victor Muller, the mid-engine coupe…

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Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo: Jan Fabre’s bug-based series tackles King Leopold II’s Congo

Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo

Sponsored content: One of the most captivating artists at Miami Art Week, Belgian artist Jan Fabre painstakingly creates massive allegorical works entirely out of naturally shedded jewel beetle wings. In the series “Tribute to Hieronymus Bosch in Congo,” he uses the biological emerald detritus to comment on the gruesome history…

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