Workers / Designers The young French 5.5 designers created a new range of tableware based on classics by porcelain manufacturer Bernardaud. Under the name ‘Workers / Designers’ these unique designs were displayed in the Netherlands for the first time. 5.5. designers were commissioned […] 12.12.2006
Master Pieces 2006 Eight graduates from the renowned Design Academy in Eindhoven showed their Master Pieces at Droog. During the opening Pirjo Haikola’s performance ‘Disguising Identity’ took place. Master graduates Students of the master program IM learn to connect their design with vision and […] 02.07.2006
Garden of Delight date: 5 – 9 April 2006 location: Trussardi Alla Scala, Milan This morning Droog opened the doors of its Garden of Delight in Milan. While rain covers the streets of the city of design, the visitors experience the beauty and […] 05.04.200611.12.2020
A Human Touch Traveling Exhibition Droog’s travelling exhibiton ‘A Human Touch’ started its tour 3 March 2006 in Shanghai and followed its way to Shenzhen, Sydney, Melbourne, Jakarta and Lower Hutt (New Zealand). Its final destination brought us back to China, to the Yong He […] 03.03.2006
Rapid Manufacturing Rapid Manufacturing features the work of French designer Patrick Jouin. Droog flagship store shows Jouin’s latest innovation the OneShot. It’s the first time this unique one piece, folding stool is presented in the Netherlands. This revolutionary design made by Rapid […] 02.03.2006
New British Designers An exhibition with works by Loop.ph, WOKmedia and Julia Lohman. The official opening was preceded by an Open Talk with the designers of the three design studios featuring in the exhibition. Droog director Gijs Bakker operated as a moderator […] 01.03.2006
New Swedish Designers ‘Objects tell stories about moments in our lives, people we have met and places we have been to. What happens with products after they have left the store?’ In 2004, Front design surveyd the ‘Story of Things’ by interviewing Swedish […] 23.09.2005
Slow Fast Food The ‘slow’ feeling from the Droog presentation during the Salone del Mobile 2004 in Milan is recalled in co-operation with the Slow Food organisation. For two weeks, Droog hosts a Slow Fast Food snackbar in its own gallery. Things that […] 31.05.2005
New Dutch Designers Wieki Somers, Simon Heijdens, Chris Kabel and Joris Laarman: four young Dutch designers who brought their work as well as their sources of inspiration. They found out what they had in common in the way they work and the way […] 26.04.2005
Value for Money Droog’s 13th Milan presentation. What determines the price of a product? The amount of raw material? The value of the material? Production time? Labour costs? Edition? Uniqueness? The name and reputation of the designer or brand? In Value for Money […] 13.04.2005
IoDonna presentation The Italian fashion magazine IoDonna presents a photo series that partly has been shot in Droog’s gallery in Amsterdam. The Droog products they used are also present ‘in real life’. 12.04.2005
Master Pieces 2004 As part of the programme of Amsterdam Design, an annual event and initiative of the city of Amsterdam, Droog organised a Meet and Greet with the designers of the Master Pieces exhibition. With this exhibition Droog presents the work of […] 02.10.200418.06.2020
Droog Event I: Open Borders, Design etc. Droog launched the first edition of its triennial Droog Event, which will always be held in a different European city. The aim of this triennial is to highlight the recent developments in European design with crossovers to other disciplines as […] 04.09.2004
Opening Droog Staalstraat Droog has moved into a splendid, historical building dating from 1641 at Staalstraat 7a-7b in Amsterdam. With an area of 700 m² at last Droog has space to expand her activities. Over 500 guests visited the official opening of the […] 02.08.200426.02.2024
Go Slow date: 14 – 18 April 2004 location: Gallery Postart, Milan Droog’s 12th Milan presentation In a white environment you could enjoy a moment of ‘going slow’; resting in the hustle and bustle of Milan during the furniture fair. Senior people […] 14.04.200418.06.2020
No Design, No Style, Droog Design The Seoul Arts Center in South Korea took the initiative to organize a major exhibition about ten years of Droog; ‘No design, No style, Droog Design’. More than 800 square meters show 65 items of the collection, which were mostly […] 26.09.2003