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julien carretero: the condition of being surprised
Your own expectations can be your own enemy. I decided to try not to have any. That doesn’t mean it always works. In fact, at design events you sometimes have to make an effort to understand what you...
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depot basel: when a craftsman gets a chance to become a draftsman
Neolithic II collection by Guilio Parini – before the ceramics were fired a 2nd time Depot Basel works with designers. In the last two years, since we self-initiated our flexible place for...
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CLASH PROJECT: 5 x 10 wearable projects by people who don’t know how to sew
Tijana Mirceta in Tymek Jezierski & Maria Zaleska, Janneke Jeurissen in Esther Noben, the purple suit is part of the outfit by fantastic photographer Madame Peripetie and the paper suit is worn by...
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jacopo sarzi: initiates constant culinary experiments
I met Jacopo Sarzi at London Design Festival 2012 while performing his ‘Understory’ at the Brompton Design District. He was serving taste infusions to the guests. Three different food experiences with...
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Moshe Zarhy & Vera Ronnen: a shining example of architecture, art and...
2004 Tel Aviv was inscribed on the World Heritage list of Unesco – because of the largest concentration of Bauhaus buildings worldwide. Mosche Zahry’s father Zeev Rechter was one of the architects who...
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Basel: one week in june image drop
Currently I am working on my new portfolio website. It should have been online already, but that’s not the case yet. While collecting all material from the past years I came across a project from 2011...
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jonah takagi: from rockstar to designer
Albert Camus states that life is the sum of all your choices. Jonah Takegi is the living example of someone who makes choices. First I thought he was joking when he told me that he was a musician...
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milano: digital blast chapter 1
Philipp C Schöpfer – similarities with a pig’s roast were not intentional :-) Analog Blast was the title of the exhibition presented by Domus at this years Milan Design Week. Photographs of Italian...
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milano: digital blast chapter 2
David Derksen and Lex Pott – looking smart After 1 comes 2. Here is a second bash of images from last month’s Milan Design Week. Just faces, no objects = a lot of fun! For these who missed the first...
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lola lely: a designing surrealist with romantic thoughts
Lola Lely is one of the designers that my Depot Basel colleague Rebekka Kieswetter and I put immediately on the list of the designers that we wanted to approach for our Craft & Drawing exhibition....
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new friends: nothing is new when you meet weird friends
Nothing is new when you meet weird friends that become new friends – Kelly Rakowski and Alexandra Segreti stalked each others blogs for a while until they started to work together. They liked the...
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what design can do: for an amuse-bouche
You know that feeling when you are bit hungry but you need that specific something before your appetite becomes real hunger. We thought that’s what people need during a conference break. When Robert...
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Depot Basel: can change be an opportunity?
Moritz Lehner replaces the old plexiglass sheet with the Depot Basel logo Today was the last official day of the exhibition CHANGES – CHANCES. (you can still visit it by appointment until mid January...
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dik scheepers: it’s good to go with your instincts
Dik Scheepers has decided to become a designer later than the usual design student. First he worked as chemical laboratory worker in Amsterdam and afterwards as a fine mechanics toolmaker in Leiden....
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2014: we will see what it brings
The agenda assumes that I had a lousy 2013. What’s the definition of a good year or bad year anyway? Julie Joliat hopes to make it better by suggesting the owner of a book a new challenge every week...
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Bureau Matylda Krzykowski: surprise me!
‘The view from that chair in the corner I was sitting ‘ – A surprise post by Raya Stefanova – the first intern at Bureau Matylda Krzykowski. Aug – Dec 2013 As every designer I was looking for a...
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Krytyka Dizajnu: makes it happen
One of my favourite trips from 2013 was the one I did to Warsaw end of the year. In November Rene Wawrzkiewicz, Agata Szydłowska , Paulina Paga and Julia Missala invited me to speak at the “Design...
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Design Date: What kind of partner are you looking for?
“What is the urge to initiate this format?” That is what Barbara Visser asked me when I was telling her about a format I am working on. With Depot Basel we wanted to do an emulated version of the...
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Summer traditions: are light blue
Adam Stech Adam Stech and I have been speaking a lot about how spending time with people build relationships and traditions since we met years ago. In 2015, during a summer that spoiled us with sun...
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