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Category Archives: Design
Rijks Studio
Discover the possibilities of 125,000 masterpieces at Rijks Studio. With over a million art pieces in its collection, and 8,000 on show in the Rijksmuseum itself, you can create your own “Studio”. All photos on the website above are high-resolution pictures. … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Art, Design, Museum, Netherlands
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Best Of Amsterdam #40 – Whack !!!
Whack, is not a product but a sound which the product makes when it’s used. Today I’ll take you to the wonderful world of stamps, like embossing stamps, but also wax stamps, the world of Royal Posthumus. The “Royal Posthumus … Continue reading
Posted in Best of Amsterdam, Design, Graphics, Traditions
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Mine !!!
My last payment is out the door, finally this unique vase is mine. The maker gave me 10 months time to pay for it, which I did in six, and no interest. It measures 48 by 36 cm or 18.9 x 14.2 … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Daily life, Design
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New Series in the New Year
Sometimes a word or just a hint brings me to a subject, and in this case a new series. An email from ‘the dealer’ yesterday afternoon made me aware that maybe my order couldn’t be filled before Xmas. And since it just … Continue reading
Posted in Amsterdam, Architecture, Art, Books, Daily life, Design, Fashion, Food, Museum, Netherlands, Theater
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Are All The Screws In?
Anthony Gormley’s latest mammoth sculpture, Exposure was unveiled September 17, and has the opinions divided. Nothing particularly new there, you might say, this is the Netherlands after all. Yet Exposure, weighing in at sixty tonnes, 26 meters [85 ft] in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Design, Netherlands
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If I…
If I had some [a lot] spare money lying around, I would buy these curtains by Jeroen Vinken. or these… You would think it’s a different design, but that’s not so. He started with a flower design and stretched it on the computer. … Continue reading
Posted in Daily life, Design, Netherlands
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I Did Not Know We Had That Too…
A museum dedicated to Graphic Design, and it’s the first in the world. Certainly a future museum of the month!
Posted in Art, Design, Dutch, Graphics, Museum, Netherlands, Photo
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Exhibition at the CIA
The Conrad N. Hilton Library on the campus of The Culinary Institute of America (CIA) is featuring the art of Andy Warhol, Claes Oldenburg, Wayne Thiebaud, and Tom Wesselman. A new exhibit, “Popping into Art: How Changes in Food Consumption … Continue reading
Amsterdam Hidden Treasures #5
In this series there’s also part 1, 2, 3 and 4 FASHION & DESIGN Dedicated to design For the whole month of September, the city of Amsterdam is dedicated entirely to design. Around the archipelago In the area surrounding the … Continue reading
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