Victor and Rolf for Samsonite Black Label.
Via Yatzer.
Category: Dutch Design
The Worst Hotel in The World (Dutch Design 43)
The Hans Brinker Budget Hotel advertising campaigns are the stuff of Amsterdam legend. Culturally significant not just for their humour and genius, but because they reveal something of the city’s mindset and the attitudes of the people that call this city home.
If you want to know how to market a really bad hotel, there is something to learn from the Amsterdam based KesselsKramer agency’s recent book The Worst Hotel of the World of their ad campaigns for the (In)famous Hans Brinker Budget Hotel.
Via Design.nl
Dutch Design (42): Phat Knits by Bauke Knottnerus
What’s in a name? Bauke “Knot”tnerus (knotting is a variant on knitting isn’t it?) proves again what I’ve said and will repeat once more: The Future is: Back to Knitting:
dutch designer bauke knottnerus designed the ‘phat knit’ series in 2008. the series of oversized furniture
pieces each resemble knitting in a variety of scales. one piece features a series of multi coloured strings
that can be tied or woven together, while another consists of a single giant knot. the knitted pieces are
actually made using giant knitting needles. these needles and the over-sized strings can be used to
produce a variety of object from carpets to seats.
Via Designboom bauke knottnerus: phat knits
Dutch Design (41): Dutchtastic
20 Dutchtastic Designs (COUNTDOWN)
(TREND HUNTER) I’m fascinated with Dutch design; not only because I’m a Dutchman, but mainly because Dutch design has a reach that exceeds far beyond the relative importance of the Netherlands, which has roughly only….¦ [More]
Hilarious Heineken Ad (Dutch Design 40)
Talking about beer: This ad is really hilarious.