Connecting the Dots has succeeded in uniting all Dutch presentations in one magazine!
Connecting the Dots, the newest magazine on Dutch design to be distributed during Milan Design Week, is nearing completion. All Dutch design studios and companies active in design exhibiting in Milan can present themselves, free of charge and under their own name, in this magazine on Dutch design.
Besides a description of the Dutch presentations, the magazine contains several maps indicating the locations of the Dutch exhibitions. Connecting the Dots also serves as a guidebook and includes a number of articles on design in the Netherlands and elsewhere. An interview with Gijs Bakker, co-founder of Droog Design, will be featured, in which he lays out his take on the latest developments in the Netherlands. ‘Opportunities for Dutch designers in Italy’ is an article by Erik Wesseling, who researched this subject at the request of the Dutch embassy in Rome and Delft University of Technology. An interview with Alessandra Salici, Project Manager of Zona Tortona, concentrates on the special role the Dutch exhibitions play in the Zona Tortona, the most exciting part of the Milan Design Fair. A photo reportage by photographer Roos Kroes portrays several Dutch designers in their work environment: the studio. The magazine also pays considerable attention to sustainable design from the Netherlands. Furthermore, several columns will be included by Rory Dodd, founder of Designersblock, and Jeanne Tan, freelance linchpin of the Dutch design world, among others.
Connecting the Dots will be launched during:
Mixing the Dots - Cocktail Party
Partners
Netherlands Consulate General in Milano
Netherlands Embassy in Rome
Premsela – Dutch Platform for Design & Fashion
Rabobank Milan branch
Tuttobene
Date
Wednesday 14 April 17.30–21.00
Program 18.00 – 18.30
Location
Spazio Fondazione Maimeri
Corso C. Colombo 15, Milan
(in front of Stazione Porta Genova)
Celebrating Dutch design at Milan Design Week 2010 with:
- Welcome by Nora Stehouwer Consul General of the Netherlands in Milan
- Official launch of the new magazine Connecting the Dots – uniting all Dutch design in Milan
- Short interview with designers Gijs Bakker and Doreen Westphal by Jeanne Tan; about the role of
- Dutch designers abroad and foreign designers in The Netherlands
- Drinks & finger food
Invites will receive an invitation by post. Please bring your invitation
