The Netherlands pavilion for the World Expo in Dubai, a spectacular design by V8 Architects, embodies the connections this country manages to establish between renewable energy, water management, agriculture and circularity. The 4,000-m2 building is designed as a circular climate system, a biotope: water is produced from bone-dry desert air, energy is generated and food is harvested.

Raining Stories portrays the Dutch contribution to the World Expo. It presents the story behind V8’s design ...

'Proud South' is een betoverende visuele ervaring die de creatieve krachten van de zuidelijke delen van de wereld laat zien. Door de kleurrijke en expressieve lens van hedendaagse mode, fotografie, styling en kunst, brengen Lidewij Edelkoort en Lili Tedde opkomende en gevestigde talenten van heinde en verre samen.

Edelkoort heeft meerdere thema’s onderzocht die talenten uit Latijns-Amerika, Afrika, Zuid-Azië en Zuidoost-Azië met elkaar verbinden.

'Proud South' vertegenwoordigt een geëman...

UXUA UTOPIA

A VERY GIFTED GUESTHOUSE

A remarkable book about a special hotel in Brazil, designed by Wilbert Das (former fashion designer) and his partner Bob Shevlin (former marketing manager).

ON CRAFTING HOSPITALITY

by Lidewij Edelkoort

This is not a coffee table book and it is not a travel book. It feels like an object more than a book. The publication is designed as a testimony for tomorrow, on how an ideal society could live together in crafted harmony and with nature. The holistic quali...