What if Lab: smart society meets design
Last week, Dutch Design Foundation and VNG - Vereniging van Nederlandse Gemeenten selected three projects to carry out within the framework of What if Lab: smart society meets design. For this What if Lab, designers are asked to come up with solutions for the social issues that Dutch municipalities are faced with in practice. Check out the chosen projects in this video (in Dutch)!
During Future Series #9: Start-ups in design, award-winning inventor and solar designer Marjan Van Aubel (Caventou) tells about the importance of aesthetics qualities of the products around us, for example in her Current Table (a table with solar cells, to immediately charge your devices). Entrance is free, more info & registration: goo.gl/bC8Kaz
On Friday 1 December, Future Series #9: Start-ups in design will take place in Pakhuis de Zwijger! This evening, design collective StoneCycling will elaborate on their experience as a start-up. Entrance is free, more info & registration: goo.gl/bC8Kaz
What if Lab continues! Jan Pieter Kaptein tells about his Mindful NS app for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Come and check it during Dutch Design Week 2017 at Ketelhuisplein or on the train from Amsterdam to Eindhoven! More info: goo.gl/Hu7RBi
What if Lab continues! Govert Flint (Enrichers) tells about their concept Reis je fit for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Come and check it during Dutch Design Week 2017 at Ketelhuisplein or on the train from Amsterdam to Eindhoven! More info: goo.gl/Hu7RBi
What if Lab continues! Waarmakers | Ontwerpers tell about their project Spoorwijs for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Come and check it during Dutch Design Week 2017 at Ketelhuisplein or on the train from Amsterdam to Eindhoven! More info: goo.gl/Hu7RBi
What if Lab continues! Designers Manon van Hoeckel and Tom Loois tell about their Luisterruit audio tour for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Come and check it during Dutch Design Week 2017 at Ketelhuisplein or on the train from The Hague to Eindhoven! More info: goo.gl/Hu7RBi
Future Series #8: Gebouwde Toekomstbeelden | Meet Roosje Klap, graphic designer and founder of Atelier Roosje Klap. The studio researches the experimental boundaries of graphic design, in which the focus lies on collaborations and crossovers with different design disciplines. Roosje Klap speaks during the 8th edition of Future Series, 30 June 2017, 20:00, Pakhuis de Zwijger. Entrance is free, sign up via: goo.gl/0Dmn6A
Video: Dutch Profiles
Future Series #8: Gebouwde Toekomstbeelden | Ronald and Erik Rietveld RAAAF Rietveld Architecture Art Affordances, will talk about their multidisciplinary studio that operates in the boundaries of architecture, art and philosophy. With their experimental projects, such as the sawn-in-half Bunker 599, The End of Sitting and Vacant NL, they won many international awards. The constructed images of the future by RAAAF take centre stage during the 8th edition of the design talk show Future Series, 30 June 2017, 20:00, Pakhuis de Zwijger. Entrance is free, sign up via: http://bit.ly/2rqFIXa
What if Lab | Check one of last year's results of 'What if Lab: Nederlandse Spoorweken'. Want to collaborate with the Nederlandse Spoorwegen and present your design in trains to Eindhoven during Dutch Design Week 2017? Join the kick-off at the Spoorwegmuseum next Friday for a look behind the scenes, talks by various experts on train travel and the opportunity to ask questions about the design assignment.
FB event: Kick-off What if Lab: Nederlandse Spoorwegen
More info: www.ddw.nl/ns
Sign up for the kick-off: goo.gl/r43g5H
