2013

New Urban Luxuries

By The Why Factory for Droog Lab The Why Factory (Winy Maas with Pirjo Haikola, Mick van Gemert and Ania Molenda). Artificial Suns by Louisa Au, Alice Guarisco, Ley Lee, Tomas de Loo, Chrstian Lunde, Garyfalia Pitsaki, Alexandra Vlasova, Stefanie […]

12.04.201314.10.2024

Masterpieces

In 2012 Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum launched Rijksstudiom a public database of over 200.000 digitalised high tech resolution images of the musuem’s collection of artwoks and historical artefacts, On the Rijksstudio webstie, users can download en modify the artworks, and start their […]

08.04.201304.06.2024

Low Tech Factory

Opening exhibition and debate Why are so many young designers making machines these days? Hôtel Droog March 21st, 2013 Start debate: 19.00 Opening exhibition: 20.00 – 22.00 RSVP [email protected] What at first glance appears to be a rocking chair, turns […]

21.03.2013

A Beautiful Future

by Droog Lab with Metahaven Can the combined impact of digitization and structural instability produce new aesthetics and new ways of living? A Beautiful Future engages a society for whom digital infrastructure is home. Nomads are wearing blanket coats emblazoned […]

12.03.201314.10.2024

Centerpiece by Studio Droog

Studio Droog Centerpiece, 2013 Steel base with white powder coating, figures made of nylon with magnetic bases A lavishly decorated centre piece by German silversmith Wenzel Jamnitzer (1549) is now re-decorated with 3D-printed miniatures from the Rijksmuseum collection. Droog used […]

01.01.201312.12.2024

2012

Family Vase

The “Family Vase” is part of The New Originality: lessons from China, a project about copying as a new understanding of originality. The series of vases are inspired by the Chinese “Famille” colored vases of the 17th and 18th centuries. […]

11.12.201229.10.2024

SZHKSMZ Special Material Zone at 2013 Shenzhen Biennale

date: December 7th until 28 February 2014. location: Shenzhen Biennale At the 2013 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen, Droog and TD present SZHKSMZ – an imagined Shenzhen Hong Kong Special Material Zone designated to stimulate alternatives to material […]

07.12.2012

Identity Land: space for a million identities

date: 06-11-2012 location: Z33 – House for contemporary art by Droog Lab with Erik Kessels in partnership with Z33, Hasselt, BE Identity Land is an imaginary society with space for a million identities. Inspired by Belgium, a country of converging […]

06.12.201206.04.2023

The UP Factory at VCUQatar Gallery

date: October 15th – November 15th, 2012 location: Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar UP by Droog is an investigative economic model that aims to increase the value of dead stock through re-design. An alternative to recycling and disposal, UP treats […]

15.10.2012

The UP Factory

Initiated by Droog in 2011, UP is a new economic model that aims to increase the value of dead stock through re-design. An alternative to recycling and disposal, UP treats leftover goods as raw material for creative re-interpretation in order […]

15.10.201214.10.2024

In Praise of Diversity: Benches from Brazil

In Praise of Diversity: Benches from Brazil September 16th – October 21st, 2012 The exhibition brings together, with no hierarchical differentiation, around 55 benches conceived by designers, artisan communities and indigenous peoples of various regions of Brazil. Diversity is the […]

16.09.2012

Droog Lab

Here, there, everywhere Initiated by Renny Ramakers (co-founder and director of Droog), ‘Here, there, everywhere’ offers a new vision on the future of design. In collaboration with designers, consulting experts and local partners, Droog speculates how people in daily situations […]

02.06.2012

Material Matters

Our economic system is in turmoil. Our resources are becoming scarce. In the meantime, we stick to the same economic models, producing more products, producing more waste. What if, in an alternative economic model, income tax is replaced with tax on […]

17.04.201229.10.2024

WIJkonomie Tarwewijk

From hairdressing to car repair and radio broadcasting, the residential neighbourhood of Tarwewijk in the South of Rotterdam has a hidden network of homeworkers. WIJkonomie Tarwewijk visualizes and builds on existing social and economic networks in Tarwewijk, proposing new tools […]

22.02.2012

Lounge of Layers by Katrin Greiling

Katrin Greiling Lounge of Layers, 2012 A stack of cushions piled on each other form a very cosy sofa. The Lounge of Layers looks like a tasty sandwich for seating or comfy sleeping. It comes in two designs: with or […]

01.01.201211.12.2024

My Cup of Thoughts by Annelys de Vet

Annelys de Vet My Cup of Thoughts, 2012 My Cup of Thoughts is a cup and saucer depicting thought-provoking statements in various combinations. Drinking coffee often serves as a moment for reflection or conversation. By rotating the cup on the […]

01.01.201215.11.2024