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Milan Design Week 2013

Connecting Items debates
Together with Items magazine we joined forces in two debates during the Milan Design Week in collaboration with the Dutch Embassy in Rome and the Dutch Consulate General in Milan.

To Curate, or not to Curate
Domitilla Dardi MAXXI Museum
Ingeborg De Roode Stedelijk Museum
Jurgen Bey Studio Makkink&Bey

Fluid Collaborations
Caroline Bos UNStudio
Wendy Plomp Dutch Invertuals
Jan Boelen Art Museum Z33

 

 

 

 

Magazine #7
Next edition of Connecting the Dots magazine will come available in April 2013 during the Milan Design Week (9-14 April 2013) and printed back-to-back together with ELLE decoration in 75.000 copies.

#7 April 2013 Milan is partly financed by the Creative Industries Fund.

Click on the thumbnail to download a digital copy.
Connecting Items debates - 10 and 11 April.

Connecting Items debates - 10 and 11 April

To Curate, or not to Curate, debate with Domitilla Dardi, Ingeborg De Roode and Jurgen Bey.

To Curate, or not to Curate, debate with Domitilla Dardi, Ingeborg De Roode and Jurgen Bey.

Cover of Connecting the Dots #7 April 2013 Milan

Cover of Connecting the Dots #7 April 2013 Milan

Business of Design Week Hong Kong & Guangzhou Design Week
South China – 2012

Magazine #6
All Dutch designers companies active in South China within December 2012 are presented in this new issue. Further the magazine includes interviews with 10 designers and architects with experience in doing business in China, a column by Richard Hutten, an article about the Dutch ambitions to promote the creative industry, an interview with Mark Hemel (designer of a 600m high building in Guangzhou) and much more!

Out in December 2012, Business of Design Week Hong Kong (3-8 Dec) and Guangzhou Design Week (7-9 Dec).

This edition is published as part of the DutchDFA program
Cover Connecting the Dots #6, South China 2012

Cover Connecting the Dots #6, South China 2012

During the official ceremony of the Chinese prestegious JINTANG Price during the Guangzhou Design Week The Dots were given to all guests.

During the official ceremony of the Chinese prestegious JINTANG Price during the Guangzhou Design Week The Dots were given to all guests.

London Design Festival 2012

20-23 September
Presentation + magazine #5
Connecting the Dots was present during the London Design Festival 2012 with an edition of the magazine and a presentation of 12 Dutch design studios. The magazine covered all 25 Dutch presentations throughout London + many articles, interviews + more. The presentation, as part of Tent London attracted more than 10.000 visitors.
Read the magazine online and find out more information about the presentation here.

Participating studio’s

Anon&Co.
Tiago Sá da Costa
Teun Fleskens
Imme van der Haak
Bathroom Mania!
Dennis Parren
Bo Reudler
The Cottage Industry
Versaflex Systems
Rik ten Velden
Jolan van der Wiel
Studio-Re-Creation
Cover of #5 September 2012 London

Cover of #5 September 2012 London

Presentation at Tent London. Photo by James Champion

Presentation at Tent London. Photo by James Champion

Presentation at Tent London. Photo by Sophie Mutevelian

Presentation at Tent London. Photo by Sophie Mutevelian

New Identity for Connecting the Dots

June 2012
Haller Brun new design studio for magazine + identity
Graphic designers Sonja Haller and Pascal Brun, from studio Haller Brun, are the new designers for the magazine, starting with issue #5. They also designed the new identity for Connecting the Dots, including logo, website and all printed stationary

Identity Connecting the Dots

Milan Design Week 2012

17-22 April
Magazine printed together with ELLE decoration (NL)
Connecting the Dots printed its fourth edition during the Milan Design Week. The magazine was puplished together with ELLE decoration wich increased the amount of copies to 75.000. This edition received financially support from SfA (The Netherlands Architecture Fund). Click here to reed the full magazine.

The Dots Milan 2012 cover