Koningsdag, King’s Day
Creative lead: King’s Day. Marijn served as creative lead of King’s Day in 2021 helping create a visual narrative for the hour and a half long televised visit of the Dutch royal family to the city of Eindhoven. At location at the High Tech Campus a hybrid physical and digital programme was realised to create […]
CONCEPT DESIGN meeting German Chancellor and Dutch Prime Minister
What do you do if you have 5 minutes to leave a memorable impression on a world leader or a CEO of a multinational? Two months ago we were asked to design the concept for a meeting between two prime ministers- Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany and Mark Rutten, the Dutch Prime Minister. So how? You do […]
Custom parts for Mayster
A set of customised details for the MINI Countryman Limited Edition, Dutch Made. What started two years ago with the exchange of skills between Mayster’s studio and ours has turned into a series of collaborations. This is the latest one for their client MINI. We designed the bespoke details based on a brief of the […]
NEW BOOK- Right brainer by Marijn van der Poll
Consider the following as you read on. Your left brain has received a solid 20 plus years of training, your right brain, 0. Your left brain has clever tools such as math, language, and science. Faced with everyday, open-ended, slightly more complex questions, and we wind up staring at a canvas or clutching small pieces […]
Association of Dutch Municipalities- innovating local government
Designing for municipalities allows you to design and prototype a governmental product or service in one city- test, fail and improve and make the final product available to all of them. Decentralised, bottom up development. That is the idea behind the collaboration between the Association of Dutch Municipalities & the Dutch Design Foundation. We have […]
NEW OFFICE AT WORLD’S SMARTEST SQUARE MILE
After a three month creative residency we have decided to stay and open up a satellite office at the High Tech Campus. We are running our Online Masterclass Conceptual Thinking to train the individual creative brain bringing together companies like ASML and TNO in a classroom based training process. We will also look to expand our […]
First Water Carafe
Anouk designed this drinking water carafe in 2002. It vitalises tap water by creating a vortex to return the water to its natural state after being stagnant in angular water pipes in buildings. Water needs to flow, the vortex is the same a s you find naturally appearing and fading in streams and rivers. […]
Science Gallery in collaboration with Museum Modern Art New York
The Science Gallery in collaboration with Museum Modern Art New York presents Design&Violence, an exhibition showing our Do hit chair. Opens 14th of October. If you missed the exhibit at Marta Herford earlier this year, this is your chance to see it in Dublin. Or visit Gallery Tutti Cortex in Rotterdam where the chair is being exhibited that was […]
Conceptual Thinking Masterclass
Conceptual Thinking is the individual skill in creating multiple ideas fast, cutting through complexity and developing them into powerful Concepts. Conceptual Thinking fuels and directs inspiration by allowing individuals to create and nurture ideas. This type of ‘creative’ thinking is seen as a gift or talent- it is not, it is a skill. How does it work? By combining the structure […]
Waste water facility redesign Bladel/Hapert
Anouk was brought in on the project for a water treatment plant in Bladel Hapert for Waterschap de Dommel to do a thorough analysis of the sites recreation and education. Routing through the natural landscape surrounding the site with ecological subsequent treatment systems, educating visitors and school children on this new way of cleaning waste water. […]