May
21, 2007 4PM
VORMGEVING:
Dutch Design round-table discussion with Dutch designers talking
about their role in the current state of design: Wieki Somers,
Joris Laarman, and Bertjan Pot
Milk
Gallery
450 West 15th Street
New York, NY 10011
In
conjunction with the Dutch Design Port exhibition, Vivid Gallery
Rotterdam organizes a roundtable with renowned Dutch designers
Wieki Somers, Joris Laarman, and Bertjan Pot. Wieki Somers (1976)
graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2000. She established
Studio Wieki Somers in which she collaborates with Dylan van
den Berg. Joris Laarman (1979) graduated from the Design Academy
Eindhoven in 2003. One year later he established Joris Laarman
Laboratory, a studio for 'innovation, aesthetics, curiosity,
freedom and more.' Bertjan Pot (1975) graduated from the Design
Academy Eindhoven in 1998. He gained international recognition
for his lamps and chairs, but also designed sand ashtrays and
a bedcover woven from three different color seatbelts.
At
Milk Gallery, work
can be seen by: Bertjan Pot, Chris Kabel, Demakersvan, Hella
Jongerius, Atelier van Lieshout, Joris Laarman, Jurgen Bey,
Richard Hutten, Simon Heijdens, and Wieki Somers. Click here
(pdf 1,6 MB) to download the exhibition brochure.
©
Vivid
Contact:
Aad Krol & Saskia Copper
Designws.com
Vivid Gallery
Email: a.krol@designws.com
Tel.: +31-6-1467-5278
www.designws.com
For more info about Orange Alert:
Robert Kloos
Director for Visual Arts, Architecture & Design
Consulate General of The Netherlands
One Rockefeller Plaza, 11th Floor
New York, NY 10020-2094
Tel.: 646-557-2237
Fax: 212-581-6594
Cell: 917-640-8670
E-mail: robert.kloos@minbuza.nl
E-mail2: robert@dutchdesignevents.com
www.dutchdesignevents.com
