The Auto-Ethnographic Turn in Design is emerging from a growing recognition of design’s capacity to make sense of one’s world while at the same time to express and convey this personal insight or knowledge through rich, layered, and ultimately meaningful processes or objects. Auto-ethnographic design seeks to come to terms with one’s context and self—as well as the materiality that mediates these two. In doing so, it offers a vision of design that is free of commercial commissions, as...

The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning. In this context, we understand commons as community-based processes that use, collectively manage, and organize generally accessible resources—referring to both goods and knowledge. Commons in Design explores the meaning and impact of commons—especially knowledge-based peer commons—a...

An overview of the work of illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and 70s

From FREDERIC magazine, the best – and most unexpected – decorating pro tips and tricks of the trade in one accessible guide

Francine Broos is een interieurarchitecte die zich onderscheidt door haar sobere, krachtige en licht strenge stijl. Haar oeuvre bestaat uit een grote diversiteit aan opdrachten in binnen- en buitenland die in schaalgrootte variëren van kleuradvies tot totaalconcept. Francine Broos weet tijdloze ruimtes te creëren die door hun proporties, dimensies, materialisatie en lichttoepassing aangenaam zijn om in te leven en te werken. Deze publicatie met tekstbijdragen van Eleonoor Jap Sam presenteer...

Art rules the world. But what about the rules of art? In our current day and age, the general consensus seems to be that creativity, divine inspiration and art can never be bound by rules. Artists need to push the envelope, be ahead of the curve, and if there are any rules out there it is the artist's prerogative, if not God-given right, to break them.

But up to the early 20th century, artists did not have the complete artistic freedom that they are believed to enjoy today. They were bound by...

The role of design professionals' in innovation is growing towards a more strategic one. They are no longer just executors of new product and/or service design briefs but are increasingly involved in the crafting of these briefs and in the strategic decisions leading to these briefs. In order to effectively play this role, design professionals need to master a set of strategic practices - i.e., routinized actions and ways of working. However, since the strategic role of designers is a relativ...

John de Koning, liefhebber en verzamelaar van Ravelli-aardewerk, schreef deze rijk geïllustreerde geschiedenis van pottenbakkerij Ravelli. De potterie is opgericht in 1944 door de broers Dick en Jaap Ravelli en heeft internationaal bekendheid gekregen met hoogwaardig huishoudelijk aardewerk in zeer karakteristieke stijl. Van asbakken tot tuinaardewerk, van zwart-wit vazen tot de uitvinding van de 'keramobiles' - hangende bollen voor kamerplanten - en van dierplastieken tot wandtegels ter ver...

Een boek over grafisch ontwerper Jurriaan Schrofer (1926-1990) waarin zijn werk, zijn avontuurlijke carrière en de posities die hij innam in kaart worden gebracht.