Lotte van Laatum works as a contextual designer. She searches for ways where design can contribute in a positive way to society. With this vision in mind, she has created a collection of tulip vases based on the idea of a shared identity.
It was around 1600 that Dutch diplomats brought the tulip from Turkey [...]

Lutes Suites in The Netherlands is the brainchild of renowned Dutch Designer Marcel Wanders and local chef Peter Lute. The seven 18th-century small houses are located on the outskirts of Amsterdam, in the village of Ouderkerk aan de Amstel. Wanders has given the suites distinct personalities.

Each suite is individually decorated, some with a signature [...]

I recently spent some quality time in ubercool Copenhagen. The Danish capital must have one of the highest concentration of design shops in the world. You can literally find design at every corner. My favorite shop is Normann in Østerbro, the eastern side of Copenhagen. This Danish company works with some of the most talented [...]

When in Copenhagen the design minded should stop at the Danish Design Centre and visit the permanent FLOWmarket exhibition. The FLOWmarket is a supermarket selling consumer awareness and is designed to inspire consumers to think, live and consume more holistic. The goal is to encourage sustainable innovation and growth through out the world. On the [...]

Over the years the internationally acclaimed Design Academy in Eindhoven has produced many great designers. One of them is Kiki van Eijk who graduated cum laude at the Design Academy in 2000. Now Kiki’s own collection is presented in galleries and museums in cities as London, Paris, New York, Milan, Tokyo, and Amsterdam.

Kiki’s most well [...]

Dutch designer Sigrid Calon presented her latest work at the Dutch Design Week 2006 in Eindhoven. I especially love her colorful tea towels which can be ordered (€ 10) by sending Sigrid an email.

Sigrid also designed the DahliaShowWall which can be used as a room divider.

One of the most innovative and original designs at the Dutch Design Week’s Graduation Galleries 2006 was in my opinion Sleeping Beauty by Nadine Sterk. This young designer has created a lamp that develops like a living organism. Similar to living organisms, this lamp contains all the essential “mechanisms” that will enable it to develop. [...]

Last Saturday I headed off to Eindhoven to visit the Dutch Design Week 2006. This event, organised for the fifth year, is the largest design event in the Netherlands. During the week of October 21-29, the latest developments in the field of design were shown in a stimulating and inspiring way by means of a [...]

Welcome at The Style Files! After weeks of preparation, I am excited that today I can finally publish my first post. The first topic is my visit to the Dutch Design Week 2006 where hot, young designers were presenting their innovative designs. The coming days I will post more about my impressions of this [...]