The Dutch Collection

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The exhibition focuses on the important influence of the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The Academy has built a formidable reputation over the last twenty years, and regularly produces designers that rank among the most respected in the world. The ethos considers design as a stimulus to examine the issues of how we live and consume, and in what ways design solutions can improve and alter our lives. The curation is particular: its emphasis is creative, questioning, light and holistic. A spirit of research and adventure has meant that selection, curation and delivery have transmogrified into a Freshwest/Netherlands road trip. Marcus Beck and Simon Macro (Freshwest Design) and Joby Barnard (photography/design) venture to Holland in a van to meet with designers on a whistle-stop ‘select and collect' tour from some of the best design studios in The Netherlands. The exhibition will feature the work of 13 important or emerging designers: Maartin Baas, Riener Bosch, Formafantasma, Daphna Isaacs, Chris Kabel, Digna Kosse, Christien Meindertsma, Mieke Meijer, Berjan Pot, Tejo Remy, Frederik Roije, Peter van der Jagt, Nathan Wierink