A couple of years ago I started collecting Dutch Design online. After a few months, I decided to share my collection on Instagram. Creating a stage for Dutch Design including my own work on my account @wisse_design.
Over time I learned how to increase my reach and how to speed up the growth of my account with targetted followers.
In a masterclass, I share the experience I gained; insights on how to grow faster and reach a better audience.
Studio Willemiek designed this tapestry for Fair Fabrics during a design project made possible by The Boudless Edit initiative.
“This The Boundless Edit initiative has realized an incredible creative collaboration that allowes to showcase the talented artisan women working hard to support their families and community. Through this project Fair Fabrics could start a collaboration with the Dutch designer Willemiek van Kuijlenborg. Together with the incredible talented Fair Fabrics artisans from the various cooperatives in the Atlas Mountains we could actually working and designing together from the start.” www.fairfabrics.nl
Picture via Fair Fabrics
Above Sea Level side table and vase by Klaas Kuiken for Cor Unum.
“Klaas designed a series of vases and a side table for Cor Unum: above sea level. For the series, he made models out of styrofoam. The models are translated into molds that preserve the aesthetic qualities of the styrofoam.
This series is designed for Cor Unum: "Cor Unum is a ceramic art center founded and based in 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. We produce ceramics designed by leading international designers, architects, and visual artists. Cor Unum takes social and cultural responsibility for the legacy of ceramic crafts. Our mission is brought to the market through a team consisting of professionals, students, volunteers, people with distance from the labor market and designers. They all share one common passion: everyone deserves a place, everyone has got a talent and anyone can contribute to making the world somewhat nicer." www.klaaskuiken.nl
Picture via Cor Unum
Dutch design inspiration: ‘Sweet Memories’ graduation project by Stacey Kuijper at graphic spatial design at AKV St.Joost Breda.
‘’In the land of adulthood, is nostalgia a rewarding escape route for those who have had enough of reality, the urge to perform or headaches. For me, it is a safe cocoon in which I hide from the present and go back to the phenomena of my childhood”
For my graduation project I designed a collection of home accessories based on candy. The collection brings back the enthusiasm of childhood. It is not so much about the candy itself, it is mainly about the memories that come up again. That little candy in my childhood used to have much more value than it has today. It had the magic to turn a bad day into a great one.” Stacey Kuijper
Pictures by Sifra Kuipers
‘Twirl Bowls’ graduation project by Lenny Stöpp at Arts & Crafts at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.
“My work arises from a fascination with something that I encounter in my daily routine, which can be a material or a production technique that appeals to me. By investigating this fascination, experimenting with it and being critical of what I do, I give it my own signature. What I find important in my process is that human action has been involved because this gives a product more character and makes it more personal.
For my graduation project I designed a collection of sculptural bowls. The bowls are made by experimenting with the traditional technique of running cornice. The traditional method of running cornice has been used for centuries to embellish interiors and exteriors with plaster ornaments. Because the method has usually been used to make ornaments, it has become old-fashioned. By using the process to create contemporary objects, the technique will gain a new value so that it is no longer lost in obsolescence. By making a hollow mold and replacing the plaster with an acrylic composite, the bowls are made reversible.” www.lennystopp.nl
Pictures by Lenny Stöpp
‘FOCUS. And find yours’ HKU fashion design graduation project by Josja Louise Feld. Discover more about her work and other graduates at the HKU online graduation festival on exposure.hku.nl
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“In ‘FOCUS and find yours’ I use my fascination for people that love to collect, to find deeper layers of our consuming behaviours. I see goal-oriented collecting as a way of consuming, a strategy, to become more conscious about the way we purchase. I believe that you can only cherish certain things when you have discovered your personal collection. When you learned which (physical) things truly contribute to your happiness.
In my work I embedded the acts and essence of collecting in my own creative process. You will find this in my prints, handmade materials and throughout my whole collection.
Collecting is embedded in our DNA and explores the act of diligently uniting things, arranging them, rank them on colour, shape, number or type of material. Collecting entails the quest and the desire of completeness. To enjoy and cherish the things that have been collected with love and undivided attention. Whilst distinguishing what does, and what does not resonate with you at that moment in time.
These times forces us to be more aware of what we own and cherish what we possess.” www.josjalouisefeld.com
Pictures by Marie Hoogland
Model, Namikka Mugerwa
Last week I launched my Circular wall lamp collection during Isola Goes Digital by Isola Design District. A collection of wall lamps made with recycled materials such as used cutting boards or yogurt pots. Untill the 30th of June you can win one of the three small wall lamps you see in this post on the Facebook page from ELLE Decoration NL, via the link in bio
Behind the scenes picture by Vere Maagdenberg
Zooming In, Zooming Out 3D rugs by Nina van Bart in collaboration with csignLab by CSRugs. “With Zooming In, Zooming Out, Nina Van Bart develops new material qualities and strives for a new perception of matter. On the one hand the sensory experiences of touch are stimulated and on the other hand spatial and visual effects are added to our spaces.Zooming in, Zooming Out invites you to feel – both physically and emotionally, both in its details and in its entirety.” www.ninavanbart.nl
Pictures by Leon van den Broek
Lisanne Kamphuis is one of this years HKU design graduates, for her project Kunst-S she made handmade objects with recycled plastics. From the 24 till the 27th of June Lisanne and other graduates present their graduation projects on exposure.hku.nl during an online graduation-festival!
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“During my graduation project – in which I craft plastic granulate into products – I came to the conclusion that this way of working with plastic is not only sustainable, but it also leads to beautiful products, highlighting the beauty of recycled plastic. My concept "K U N S T – S" has resulted from this, literally and figuratively. My goal is to show to the world, including the plastics industry, the beauty of recycled plastic.
These works will raise questions and spark conversations. The ambition for a circular economy
not only need to come out of a necessity or form business opportunities, above all I don't want just the beauty of the thought I also want to show the beauty of the product.” www.kunst-s.nl
Pictures by Lisanne Kamphuis
Design Academy Eindhoven alumni Benedikt Stonawski co-founded ANTE UP with Hauke Unterburg. In Vienna, they work on future-proof products both autonomous as well as for their international customers. One of their autonomous products is the pendant Patersonia. Discover more about ANTE UP coming Tuesday on Isola Goes Digital!
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“Patersonia is a pendant lamp that can be put together from three identical, flat metal discs. The sheets have incisions, which make them stiffen when hanging together and no additional screws are required. For shipping, the three plates can be placed on top of each other, which results in a small packaging size. Since all three levels are flat, the perceived spatial volume of the lamp varies greatly with the viewing angle. This way, a large black circle can become a thin line in the next moment.” www.anteup.at
Pictures by Michelle Mantel
The Flax on the Beach surfboard by Studio Bart Vernooij, a flax fibre composite surfboard, 100% fibreglass free. Bart Vernooij is a Design Academy Eindhoven alumni. He will join the Rethinking Plastic exhibition by Yksi Expo during Dutch Design Week 2020 and show his latest work on Isola Goes Digital. “Replacing the fiberglass with a natural flax fibre weave, combined with a partially bio-based expoxy resin (29%), paves the way for the next step in surfboard production. One that is non-toxic, a lot more renewable and thereby better for the health of surfboard shapers and the environment.
Contrary to fiberglass, lax fibre can be dyed and printed on, allowing for a whole new outlook in surfoard design. In this case some of the reinforcing patches on the deck of the board have been dyed with natural indigo.
Besides the board itself the fins have also been hand made with the same flax fibre composite.” www.bartvernooij.com
Picture Nicole Marnati
Tufted wall carpet by Studio Mieke Lucia, have a look at her Etsy store via the link in bio to see more carpets and her smaller tufted artworks.
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“Textility is about integrating more textiles in to our interiors. Studio Mieke Lucia designed a collection of hand tufted wall carpets and textile wall pieces made in collaboration with Tarkett. Tarkett is a global flooring company with innovative flooring solutions and large-scale productions. Mieke Lucia is making use of the overcapacity from their big carpet orders. She transformers this semi-manufactured product by using hand tufting tools. By experimenting with the tufting technique a new form language arises. Mieke likes to combine craftsmanship and industrial technology in her studio, resulting in vibrant and intuitive work.” www.miekelucia.nl
Pictures via Studio Mieke Lucia
A look inside the GHYCZY estate. GHYCZY designs and produces high-quality furniture in The Netherlands. The furniture is hand-crafted from solid materials, giving the furniture a characteristic look with knots in the wood and irregularities in the metal parts made during sand-casting.
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“GHYCZY [gitsi] is a family heirloom, founded in 1971 by acclaimed architect and designer Peter Ghyczy whose prolific career has pioneered techniques of furniture making that have influenced the design industry for 45 years. His son Felix Ghyczy joined the practice in 2001 and today the father and son duo continue to build on the GHYCZY heritage from their family atelier nestled in the flatlands of Swalmen, the Netherlands.” www.ghyczy.com
Pictures via Ghyczy
