Product Description

This is an extensive and timely survey of innovative contemporary design in the Netherlands: always verging on the experimental and universally recognized as a melting pot of cutting-edge twenty-first-century creativity. This overview features work by Rem Koolhaas, MVRDV, Ben van Berkel & Caroline Bos, Marcel Wanders, Petra Blaisse, and Jop van Bennekom, among others. One thousand images offer a visual sourcebook of Dutch design in all forms, including architecture, urban planning, industrial design, and graphic design.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #544105 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

About the Author
Aaron Betsky is director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAI) in Rotterdam. From 1995 to 2001 he was Curator of Architecture, Design, and Digital Projects at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art where he curated Do Normal: Recent Dutch Design in 1998. Adam Eeuwens is a Dutch critic and writer currently living in Southern California. He specializes in writing about Dutch design and helped assemble Do Normal. Irma Boom is a world renowned Dutch graphic designer who has established an international reputation with her book designs. Her work is recognised for an uncompromising attitude in approaching projects, reinterpreting the facts, and adding a unique dimension to each project.