Dutch Design Week 2025: exhibiitions and presentations
     - Wireworks with Vepa at Kazerne
     - Ordinairy furniture and REX at 'Tafelwerk' dinners with Atelier FIG plus pop-up dinners
     - Forward Furniture, signature and collectible objects DDW x Liv Vaisberg at Caai
     - curator of graduates expo Universität der Künste Berlin - tools for tomorrow at class of 25
     - 19 Oct. 17.00h Foundation We Are: Education & Praxis, with Stefan Diez & Carole Baijings
     - 23 Oct 14.00h Van Abbemuseum symposiium The future of design archives by LKI/NADD

• The TRAP collection is longlisted in the Dezeen Awards 2025, read more

11-13 sept: 40 m² – A Living Room of Unproduced Design, see more

- a.o. jurymember Henry van den Velde Awards 2026

- launched: WIREWORKS for Vepa

6 june: finisage Hocker at Barkow Leibinger Schaufenster, Berlin
6 june: panel member at What Design Can Do live festival, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam
10 june: 'new design approaches',  talk at Checkpoint, 10th Alvar Aalto Seminar Jyväskylä

- expert jugde in What Design Can Do Accelerator 2025, see
- 9-11 may: Strand NL x GLUE connected by design, see
- 16 may: opening of 'Hocker',  an expo at Barkow Leibinger Schaufenster Berlin, see

Milan 2025, a Pink Cloud?
- Social Label - The Pink Cloud: Confalonieri 11 (Isola)
  on show: TRAP collection for Social label's 10th anniversary, see
  a talk: 10 april 10.00h COFFEE, COOKIES & DEBATE moderated by  Amy Frearson, see
- Circuform + REX at Masterly: Palazzo dei Giureconsulti, Piazza del Duomo/Mercanti
  on show: in room 23/24 with ROOTS  and room 20 with Zadkine/Microfactory, see
  a talk: 9 april 11.00h room 23/24 The last Supper at ROOTS, see
- Students Design & Social Context UdK Berlin present UnDogmatiK at SaloneSatellite, see

Listen to a conversation with Kristina May of Denmarks design podcast Design Kan. Part of a series presented with 3daysofdesign 2024, titled: Design Can Dream. You can listen HERE

- 5 feb, 11.00h: Ineke is one of the Design Disruptors in the Dezeen talks at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2025. After a keynote on disruption she will be in conversation with Max Fraser, editorial director of Dezeen, read more
- 7-9 feb: Ineke will give Designer's Tours for the Press in the Living, Giving and Working area's of Ambiente Frankfurt, read more

at the start of a new year: read an interview with Ineke in DAMnº Magazine. The design magazine celebrates it's 20 anniversary with 20 interviews with 20 designers. A good read? check it out.

- online: a conversation with Max Fraser, Dezeen's Editorial Director, this summer at 3days of design

- during Orgatec in october WIREWORKS was launched with vepa, a new modular meet & seat system for contract environments, see 
- till 16 nov in Galerie Zelhem: art & design from Arnhem, see

19-27 Oct. Dutch Design Week Eindhoven:
- TRAP collection for Social Label at Social Hub + Area 51
22-25 Oct. Orgatec Köln:
- Wireworks, modular office for Vepa,at Hall 7.1 / A021 + Boulevard B009
- REX, the first dutch deposit chair for Circuform at Hall 5.2 / H051

3 Oct. UdK-berlin/HbK-saar students win best School Presentation Award Designblok Prague
4 Oct. talk at van Eesteren Museum for Stichting Het Nederlands Interieur on male-female gaze
5 Oct. opening expo: Arnhem designers & artists at Galerie Bibliotheek Zelhem 

talking
- 8 Sept, 14.30h: finissage at Haus Lange, Haus Esters Krefeld Museum Without Borders
- 22 sept 15.00h: a story on design with Circuform at GLUE Amsterdam (expo 19-22 sept) 

on show
- from 5 sept: part of the Handling Collection, Crafts Council London 
- till 8 sept: The Creative Circle-Eco-Conscious Design & Craft, Chipping Campden + blog
- from 17 sept: WELL MADE, Yorkton Workshops London/LDF at PearsonLloyd

holidays in Romania
and till 8 sept:
- Haus Lange, Haus Esters Krefeld (DE): Museum Without Borders, Art-Design/Dunkirk-Krefeld
- Court Barn Chipping Campden (UK): The Creative Circle - Eco - Conscious Design and Craft

13 july - 10 august: Gallery Umelka, Bratislava: Design Without Borders, 2024
twice on show till 8 sept:
- Haus Lange, Haus Esters Krefeld (DE): Museum Without Borders, Art-Design/Dunkirk-Krefeld
- Court Barn Chipping Campden (UK): The Creative Circle - Eco - Conscious Design and Craft

3 Days of Design, 13 June 12.00-13.00h: Common Grounds symposium - Leading with ESG and design

10 April-23 June: Kiscell Museum Budapest: Design Without Borders, 2024
opened in April:
- Haus Lange, Haus Esters Krefeld: Museum Without Borders, Art-Design / Dunkirk-Krefeld
- Fondazione Vico Magistretti​: 'Il Magistretti inglese'  an exhibition with focus on designer Vico Magistretti's relationship with the UK and a small pop up of Ineke's work.

- just opened in the Sustainable Dutch Design exhibition at the Netherlands Open Air Museum: FOOTPRINT 1850, a research project of Ineke Hans in cooperation with ArtEZ, and NOM. 
FOOTPRINT 1850 compares the social, ecological and economical footprints and impacts of 15 aspects of our daily lives in 1850, 1950, now and 2050. It shows artefacts, historical facts, special calculations by the RIVM (the national institute of public health and the environment) and additional facts & figures, in the historic farm Midlum. | Graphic design: Studio Boot.

- opening 10 April at Fondazione Vico Magistretti​: 'Il Magistretti inglese'  an exhibition with focus on designer Vico Magistretti's relationship with the UK and a small pop up of Ineke's work.

till 23rd June: Plastic Remaking our World: National Museum of Singapore, see brochure
talks on REX: 6 March: vdwf-praxisforum kunststofftechnik / 12 March: Sitting Pretty, RCA London

till 3 sept: Maak 't Even, repair and sustainable design, Museum Speelklok, Utrecht, see brochure
till 23rd June: Plastic Remaking our World: National Museum of Singapore, see brochure

till 10 jan: Made in Green, Women Designing for a Healthier Planet at Las Naves, Valencia
till 14 jan: Statement Chairs / Stoel neemt Stelling, Centraal Museum Utrecht

At the end of 2023....
a last thought of REX and its first recognition: the Dutch Design Award 2022!
2021: REX, the first Dutch deposit chair was launched with Circuform
2022: REX found a home to 5 fantastic museums and won 1 shortlist and 3 awards
2023: REX found its way to more museums and won 3 sustainability awards

REX won the 2023 AGC Glass Europe Award for Sustainable Design in Prague, see
14 nov: Made in Green, Women Designing for a Healthier Planet at Las Naves, Valencia

Dutch Design Week Eindhoven 2023:
- 24 oct. 18.00h Fuutlaan 12 - design perron: Dutch Design Dinner, see
- 26 oct. 16.00h Fuutlaan 12c - an agreement announced: Ineke Hans X Social Label, Joy of Work
- 27 oct. 23.50h NPO1: VPRO TV portrait 'De Wereld van Dutch Design', see or see
- 21-29 oct: GDG interconnected, Klokgebouw, see
- 21-29 oct: REX on show at GIO-G100, Klokgebouw

Ineke is president of the International Jury at the 25th (!) Designblok Prague, see
and she shows 'The second life of REX' at the Museum of Applied Arts in Prague, see

23 Sept: Centraal Museum Utrecht: Stoel neemt Stelling / Statement Chairs, see
7-16 sept: Bundespreis Ecodesign at Goethe Institut de Paris
till 11 sept: Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (MAAT), Porto: Plastic Remaking our world

holidays in france
till 11 sept: Plastic Remaking our world at  Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia (MAAT), Porto
till 16 feb: Tin Ten Toon at Zilvermuseum Schoonhoven

REX won the Chicago Athenaeum Green Good Design Award 2023
on show till 23 July at Designtransfer Berlin:  Expo Bundespreis Ecodesign 

8 June: talk at Materials of Tomorrow symposium: SPACE10 & 3 days of design Copenhagen
12-14 June: REX present at Neocon Chicago
3-28 June: Designing Circularity, Hong Kong 
15 June: Designing Circularity / Hong Kong Polytechnic Uni: online talk on REX
16 June: Tin Ten Toon at Zilvermuseum Schoonhoven
16 June: talk on REX at opening Bundespreis Ecodesign expo at Designtransfer Berlin

A career switch to professional jury member...?
Proud to be judge of the Dezeen Awards 2023! and.... to be president of the International Designblok 23 Jury in Prague which celebrates its 25 anniversary this year! 
In my jury: Ben Hobson, co-ceo dezeen - Simone Post, designer Rotterdam - Birgitta Homburger, artdirector Berlin - Joseph Grima, co-director Design Academy Eindhoven & Alcova Milano

REX keeps popping up: till 1 May: Designforum Vienna
and.... a talk on sustainability, circular economy and deposit chair REX at Interzum trendstage
Invited by Haute innovation Friday 12 May 14.00h - Boulevard Nord / Hall 8, see or see

- 17-23 April: Cor Unum at ALCOVA - a plate for Cor Unum's 70th anniversary: the Legends & Legacy collection - Viale Molise 62, Milano, see
- 20 April 10.00-11.00: Norwegian Presence Breakfast talk with Amy Frearson: Challenging perceptions of sustainable materials - Via Maroncelli 2, Milano, see rsvp
- 17-23 April: REX informal pop up - Viale Vittorio Veneto 30, Milano

Another award with Circuform: REX is Winner Green Product Design 2023 !
REX popping up: till 1 May: Designforum Vienna
To hear in a conversation with Grant Gibson in the Materials Matter Podcast. 
and... a small jubilee project at Alcova Milano soon (info coming up)

Working on design and several architectural projects.
In the mean time... have a look at the the Montreal Stewart Collection: designed by women and the story of women working in design

- Three out of the five finalists for the German Design Council's Newcomer Award are Ineke's students at UdK Berlin! Tobias Trübenbacher became Newcomer 2023! Super proud, also of Anna Koppmann and Tim Schütze, see
- till 26 Feb: The Spirit of Chairs, private collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller at Mudac Lausanne

Read the recap on the 2022 awards and adventures of REX, here

REX is nominated for the Green Product Award 2023!
The Green Product Award honours sustainable, innovative products & services.
The awards will be handed out in March, but have a look and vote for yourself too

on show:
Till 5 Feb 2023 V&A Dundee: Plastic - Remaking Our World, see

REX is WINNER Bundespreis Ecodesign 2022!

The Ecodesign Award - Germany's highest state award for ecological design - in the category Service was handed out at the Ministry for the Environment in Berlin by the Bundes-ministerin and the President of the Umwelt Bundesamt, see info + short film

WINNER DUTCH DESIGN AWARDS!

Ineke Hans wins Dutch Design Award 2022 wth REX in category Product

Jury statement: ‘REX does away with furniture as disposable items: with great dedication and decisiveness, Ineke Hans and Circuform have created an ecosystem that gives value to exchangeable furniture’. see & read more

in the Media
21/22 Oct, 00.00-01.00: Nooit meer Slapen, in conversation at VPRO's late night radio at NPO 1, hear podcast

22-30 Oct: Dutch Design Week
- From Flint to Footprint, three early evening salons: see DDW program, and press (EN/NL)
- REX in 2022 Dutch Design Awards show, see more
- REX in 2022 GIO Awards show (Good Industrial Design), see more

25-29 Oct: Orgatec Cologne
- REX at Designpost Köln, where Ineke will also be involved in a talk on 26 Oct, see 
- REX at Materials for Future, curated by Haute Innovation, read more here
- Van Esch took Forest for the Trees into their collection, Orgatec: Hall 10.1, B05 1, see

REX is nominated for the Bundespreis Ecodesign, see

VOTE for REX ! ! ! !

REX - the first Dutch deposit chair - is short-listed in the Dezeen Awards 2022 (seating design)
and... till 30 Oct. Kunsthal Rotterdam: Here we are! Women in design 1900-today

Holiday in Denmark

On show:
till 25 Aug: Stadtschloss Fulda: Design & Dynastie
till 4 Sept: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: It’s our f***cking Backyard
till 4 Sept: Vitra Design Museum: Plastic. Rethink our world
till 4 Sept: Frugal & Fun, solo at Côte d'Azur: Villa Noailles: Design Parade 16, Hyères
till 30 Okt: Kunsthal Rotterdam: Here we are! Women in design 1900 – today

nice news:
REX is nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 2022 in the category Product, see

Exhibitions

Opening:
23 June – 4 Sept: Frugal & Fun, solo at Côte d'Azur: Villa Noailles: Design Parade 16, Hyères
18 Juni – 25 August: Stadtschloss Fulda: Design & Dynastie
18 Juni – 30 Okt: Kunsthal Rotterdam: Here we are! Women in design 1900 – today
On show:
till 4 Sept: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: It’s our f***cking Backyard
till 4 Sept: Vitra Design Museum: Plastic. Rethink our world

18 May: MAGAZIN München
Nachhaltigkeit - Wer macht die Arbeit, Ineke Hans, Stefan Diez, Daniel Kern

26 May: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
It is not your f***ing backyard - designing material futures

Design Fest Gent
22 April - 1 May: REX in permanent collection Design Museum Gent, see
26 April - 17.00h: Ineke in Urban Mining/Recycling talk, see
Just opened:
Plastic: Remaking Our World - Vitra Designmuseum, Weil am Rhein

Ineke is president of the 2022 jury of Design Parade Hyères, annually taking place in the Villa Noailles at the Côte d'Azur.
She could compose a fantastic jury which was presented to the press in Paris end of February: 
• Kim Colin (designer and founder of Industrial Facility, London)
• Inga Sempé (designer, Paris)
• Tulga Beyerle (director of the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg)
• Jana Zielinski (director of Designblok, Prague)
• Johanna Agerman Ross (curator V&A Museum and founder of Disegno magazine, London)
• Charlotte de La Grandière (artistic director and founder of Rue Herold, Paris)
• Barbara Minetto (General Manager Magis, Torre di Mosto)
• Jacques Averna & Cécile Canel (designers, winners Grand Prix Design Parade Hyères 2021)

As guest of honor Ineke will exhibit in the Villa in June. In a hybrid session the jury selected 10 finalists who will also present in the Villa and compete for the Grand Prix de Design Parade Hyères, see

since its launch in September 2021, REX joins 4 museum collections:
- Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rottterdam
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
- Die Neue Sammlung/The Design Museum, München
- Vitra Design Museum, Wheil am Rhein

Nice start of the year: 'REX, the first dutch deposit chair' acquired by Vitra Design Museum and handed over personally

REX is produced and delivered!
The first REX chairs are on their way to clients, www.circuform.com

3-5 November: Design District Rotterdam 2021 - Stand S17
The second life of REX, the first Dutch deposit chair
Het tweede leven van REX, de eerste Nederlandse statiegeld stoel

16-24 Oct, DUTCH DESIGN WEEK 2021 - Things that matter @Microlab Hall:
The second life of REX, the first Dutch deposit chair
Het tweede leven van REX, de eerste Nederlandse statiegeld stoel

A knife can be useful
and... why take the bus and not a taxi
interview in Dutch newspaper NRC

coming up: The second life of REX, the first Dutch deposit chair
16-19 Sept: GLUE Amsterdam, at CONTACT
16-24 Oct: Dutch Design Week Eindhoven, in Microlab
3-5 Nov: Design District Rotterdam, stand S17

Last chance to see upto 12 sept:
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam: From Thonet to Dutch Design
With Interesting insights into the position of female designers and covid effects on design

A last slow month before things open up again completely?
Have some summer reads: 2017-Explore & Act Pamflet, 2017-Was ist Loos?, 2010-Mind Sets, 2003-Black Bazaar, 1997-Eidetic Furniure and.... available via Kunsthal Rotterdam & Musuem Valkhof: 2020-Geel als citroen, rood als tomaat

opened! Crafts Council London - Maker's Eye: 
Ineke curated a selection of 15 objects and advised on new aquistion, see
special openings during Art Rotterdam at the Kunsthal
- Thursday 1 Juli, 18.00-21.00: a late night opening with Ineke present, book your evening ticket
- Saturday 3 Juli, 17.00: an ‘after hours’ artist-tour by Erik & Ineke for a limited group, apply here

FINALLY OPEN!
5 June: Zoute Haring, Rode Kroot / Brined Herring, Red Beet
Kunsthal Rotterdam, book here
4-13 June Rethinking Plastic Romanian Design Week, Bucharest

Tram driving through Rotterdam and announcing: Zilte Haring, Rode Kroot
The terrace & shop are open, the exhibition is opening soon, see

Who made your Storage or Stool?
People of The Sun communicates this very clear
see more on Storage & Stools, here

Coming up after the Lockdown till 19 September:
Iittala - Kaleidoscope, from nature to culture, Design Museum, Helsinki
including a  book 140-year history of Iittala by Phaidon

Coming up after the Lockdown till 5 September:
Zilte Haring, Rode Kroot / Brined Herring, Red Beet
Ineke Hans & Erik Mattijssen in Kunsthal Rotterdam

The end of 2020 meant:
closed (temporary): exhibitions Stedelijk Museum, Museum Valkhof, Moscow Design Museum
compliments (dutch!): NRC - G.v.d.Wal, Design Digger - J.Junte, Volkskrant Magazine - E.v.Veen
coming up (soon): a new exhibition, sustainable chairs, new research 

Happy 2021!

Geel als citroen, rood als tomaat is - extended - still on show in Museum Valkhof till 31 January
For the exhibition 6 animations were made: 'Zuinig-Sparsam-Frugal'.
They show some designs that are extremely economic in its use of material, such as:
Eat Your Heart Out, Tête à Tête set, Laser Chair and Instant Desk, see more: work 2020

- till 22 Nov: Kunstmuseum Den Haag Royal Blue, William and Mary's finest Delftware, read more, including the vases William and Mary designed for Kunstmuseum Den Haag in 2007
- re-opening 19 Nov: Valkhof Nijmegen, Geel als citroen, rood als tomaat, see more

3 Oct: An in-depth interview in Dutch national newspaper
Volkskrant Magazine design special: on life, design, future, women, farmer instinct and more, see
(interview Evelien van Veen, photos: Oof Verschuren, visagie: Chris Volkers)

Roald on longlist for Dezeen Awards Workplace Design
On show, a.o:
- last day 6 Sept: Bentwood and Beyond,  Thonet and Modern Furniture Design - MAK Vienna
- first day 8 Sept: Fantastic Plastic - Moscow Design Museum

Just opened: From Thonet to Dutch Design - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, till 21 March

other exhibitions during this summer:
- till 6 Sept: Bentwood and Beyond, Thonet and Modern Furniture Design - MAK Vienna
- till 13 Sept: Geel als citroen, rood als tomaat, Ineke Hans & Erik Mattijssen - Museum Valkhof
- till 22 Nov: Royal Blue, William and Mary's finest Delftware - Kunstmuseum Den Haag

open again:
- Bentwood and Beyond - Thonet and Modern Furniture Design at MAK Vienna. Kunsthalle Chair on show till 6 Sept. Hear more about the exhibition here.  
other expo's:
- opening 25 July: From Thonet to Dutch Design, at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, hear more (NL)
- till 13 Sept: Geel als citroen, rood als tomaat; Ineke Hans & Erik Mattijssen Museum Valkhof Nijmegen

Opening in times of Corona...
On 21 June the exhibition 'geel als citroen, rood als tomaat' (yellow as lemon, red as tomato) opens in Musuem Valkhof. It will be one of the first openings in the Netherlands in times of Corona, showing work that has been coming together in this complicated time with great help of our international clients.

In a large overview artist Erik Mattijssen and designer Ineke Hans show their work and relate to their mutual love for the common things with which we surround ourselves. With a leading role for intuition, room for wonder, surprise, comfort, music, animations, joy, love and new work.

21 June - 13 September: Museum Valkhof, Nijmegen for more info mail to press

odd times .....

coming up in Museum Valkhof Nijmegen: geel als citroen, rood als tomaat  
​Ineke Hans x Erik Mattijssen: drawings, furniture, comfort, music, joy and love

cancelled openings in Time of Corona:
- 21 March till 16 Aug: William & Mary on show in 'Royal Blue' Kunstmuseum Den Haag
- End of March: opening new Gallery in Crafts Council London with 'The Maker’s Eye', with Ineke's selection of 15 works and to a purchase proposal from a young designer.

2-11 Febr. Storage & Stools with People of the Sun at Show Up, Amsterdam and Ambiente
8-9 Febr. investigating design, production and sales today in guided tours at Ambiente, Frankfurt

Happy 2020!
For now a blank pink page, but for this year on the menu: 
a boardroom interior, new chairs, a museum exhibition, press tours, pop up presentations, discussions and.... new directions

As part of the Bauhaus 100th aniversary Ally was designed. 'Lamps of the Modern' asked four designers to reinterprete lights by Wilhelm Wagenfeld. see more

10 Nov: last day on show: German Design Graduates, a new initiative set up with Mark Braun & Herman Weizenegger
11-16 Nov: Global Grad Show, Dubai with Anna, Philipp, Marie, Tobi & Louis 
11 Nov: moderation and part of panel discussion Sustainability and Design: Designing for a Future-Proof World at Global Grad Show Conference, Dubai. A conference with focus on Innovating for Social Impact.

London panel: 2 October 19.00 Tate Modern Terrace Shop, a panel discussion with Ineke Hans, Kim Colin (industrial facility) and Faye Toogood in the run-up to the book launch of Women in Design, by Charlotte and Clementine Fiell for Laurence King Publishers.

Friesland lecture: 4 October, 16.00 Ineke wil give a talk on the occasion of the presentation of the 'Vredeman de Vries Prijs voor Vormgeving' by Gedeputeerde Staten van Fryslân.

MAK Vienna: till 6 October on display in Vienna Biennale for Change 2019 and in the reinstalled MAK DesignLab for the upcoming years.

Berlin Design Week: 10 October 2019 opening of German Design Graduates, in Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, initiated by Ineke Hans, Mark Braun & Hermann Weizenegger. On show till 10.11.2019, with public talks in opening weekend.

Cube DesignMuseum Kerkrade: 12 October opening of the new permanent exhibition What is Design? It shows the diversity of design, see

Designblok Prague: Finally a family! The MAMA-jars for Krehky are complete.
Public presentation: 18 October 15.00 Prague International Design Festival Průmyslový palác, VýstavištÄ› Praha Holešovice.

Dutch Design Week: 19-27 October Rethinking Plastic (also see) an exhibition by Serious Business and Dutch Design Foundation at Yksi Expo, Torenallee 22, Eindhoven.

The studio in Holland is open as usual, but a new small studio has popped up in Berlin Mitte this summer. From here Ineke will carry on her design work and other activities and combine that with her professorship Design & Social Context at the University of the Arts in Berlin, note the new address

On summer holidays? Have a read!
In February Ineke will take over Hansjerg Maier-Aichen's position to take visitors on tours at Ambiente Frankfurt. An interview with her took place at the last Ambiente. You can find it HERE

Bye.... London and UK, indecisive about Brexit....  made us decide recently. 
Due to some more reasons and with a bit of pain in the heart the small canalside studio in London closed, but please stay tuned for the next move. For now - above - a short film that was made by Kooyman & Ko in that lovely studio with Ineke in the Mondriaan/de Stijl year 2017.

- 26 June: In conversation on social design and collaborative cities with Ezio Manzini a.o. at Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin
- till 30 June: Last chance for overview-expo Made in Holland-400 years a global brand at Keramiekmuseum Princessehof

a glimpse in the diary:
22 May 18.00: discussion with Disegno at Flokk/Offecct showroom during CDW, London
24-26 May: presentation and talk at art design fesitval in Mikulov (Cz)
29 May - 2 Juni: at work in Chengdu, China

last chance to see us lovely local till 21 April: 
Alle Macht aan de Kunst in Omstand Arnhem

last chance to see: 
till 3 March: Speculative Design Archive - Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam
opening:
9 March: Ghosts of Sunday Morning (ekwc) at Designmuseum Den Bosch 
9 March: Alle Macht aan de Kunst in Omstand Arnhem
and...
28 March 20.00: talking at Omstand X de Groen in BAR.DE.GROEN, Arnhem

Bye bye Friso, designer of dutch design icons.

FLIX - the modular furniture system designed for the British company Hitch Mylius - received a special mention in the German Design Awards!

FlIX is a flexible seating system that is compact and soft, which works for both formal and informal spaces today, offering multiple and single seating options. With a minimum of components it is possible to create a range of configurations for office, hospitality and co-working environments, see more

For more Germany related news, see our February news

Happened in 2018: Kunsthalle Vienna Chair - made by Gebrüder Thonet Vienna - has become part of the MAK collection (Museum of Applied Arts Vienna). 
Thrilled since it is now in the company of MAK's fantastic Thonet collection.

- Jug-jar came out with Tsjech brand KÅ™ehký. see more
- untill 3 March: Speculative Design Archive - Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam
- untill 31 Dec: Arnhemse Helden - Rozet Arnhem

- 20 Sept-20 Nov: WASTE - Palais de Hollande, Istanbul Design Biennial
- 19 Oct-3 March: Speculative Design Archive - Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam
- 9 Sept-31 Dec: Arnhemse Helden in Rozet

- 18-19 Oct: Creative Blur symposium at Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe Hamburg
- 20-28 Oct: Explore & Act - Dutch Design Week Eindhoven
- 23-27 Oct: Launch of Lowroom with Offecct - Orgatec Cologne
- 24-29 Oct: Launch of A Jug with KÅ™ehký - Manifest Colloredo Mansfeld Prague
- 24-29 Oct: Manifest at Manifest Colloredo Mansfeld - Designblok Prague
- 20 Sept-20 Nov: WASTE - Palais de Hollande, Istanbul Design Biennial
- 19 Oct-3 March: Speculative Design Archive - Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam

21 Sept, 10.30-12.00: New Dutch Touch, a conversation with young Dutch designers at London Design Fair together with Max Fraser
20-23 Sept: Lauch of STILTE with Hitch Mylius at Design Junction, Doon Street F27

till 6 Nov: Seoul, Dongdaemum Design Plaza: Luna Park.The Design Island
till 30 June 2019: made in Holland, Museum Princessehof Leeuwarden
till 15 Sept. 2018: Dutch Design Ineke Hans, Villa Mondriaan Winterswijk
till 10 Oct: Berlin, designtransfer vitrine: EXPLORE & ACT II

Dates:
5 July: 'Een goed ding', Ontwerp Platform Arnhem (OPA) - on Fogo Island nutrition label
27 Juli - 6 Nov: Seoul, Dongdaemum Design Plaza: Luna Park.The Design Island
untill 30 June 2019: made in Holland, Museum Princessehof Leeuwarden
untill 15 Sept. 2018: Dutch Design Ineke Hans, Villa Mondriaan Winterswijk

Presentating two sustainable collections: Ordinairy Furniture & Berit Furniture... and cooperation with Guus van Maarschalkerweerd
• 1, 2, 3 June: Design Kwartier, Den Haag: presentation at Edwin Pelser 
Events: 2 June, 15.00: talk at de Tempel / 16.30 - 18.00: drinks at Pelser
• 6, 7, 8 June: Design Districtt, Rotterdam with Guus van Maarschalkerweerd, Stand S53,
free ticket here Event: 7 June, 16.00 - 17.30 drinks and meet & greet with Ineke & Guus
• 7 June: 9.30 -11.30 Offecct Off Site, Flokk Rotterdam: talk Eat Design for Breakfast

14 May: Ineke speaks at DES Debates Edinburgh, with a.o. Annemartine van Kesteren (Museum Boijmans van Beuningen), Max Lamb, Grant Gibson, see
and... we are working on new projects that are coming up in autumn

- In times of rapid changes Lensvelt presents: NOTHING NEW
Museo Dicesano di Milano, Corso di Porta Ticinese 95, Milano

'Designers select designers', 15 years Aram Gallery London on show till 28 April. Ineke's choice: Mark Laban. Some interesting reviews on in a.o: wallpaper, dezeen, home and garden. 

16 - 17 March: 'The Butterfly Project' at Vigdisar-Stofa Reyjavík, during DesignMarch Iceland

2 March - 16 Sept: A small solo overview & films at Villa Mondriaan, Winterswijk
8 March - 28 April: 'Designers select designers', 15 years Aram Gallery London.
Ineke's choice: Mark Laban
16 - 17 March: 'The Butterfly Project' at Vigdisar-Stofa Reyjavík, during DesignMarch Iceland

6 Febr - 10 Febr: new developments for Offecct at Stockhholm Furniture Fair, see Lowroom
17 Febr - 2 June: four dutch designers at 25th anniversary of WOW, Utrecht
25 Febr: a conversation with Crafts Council's Grant Gibson at Collect London

Design: Irma Boom
Texts: Deyan Sudjic (Designmuseum London), Bart Lootsma (Prof. Architectural Theory Innsbruck), Oliver Stratford (Disegno Magazine) - Intro: Nicolaus Schafhausen & Juliane Bischoff (Kunsthalle Wien) - Publisher: Sternberg Press Berlin, more + order

This summer Max Fraser invited designers to create a one-off artwork with three coloured A4 sheets of paper. All objects where auctioned for for Maggie's Cancer Centres.
With this lasercutted 'Bundle of Joy' for Maggie's we bring some joy and wish you: a merry Christmas and a fantastic new year!

Chair! 
Our exhibition 'Was ist Loos' in Kunsthalle Vienna is finished, but there are still nice stories to tell: Kunsthalle Wien Chair, made by Gebrüder Thonet Wien, see

'Was ist Loos?' - Ineke Hans on the status quo of design today.
To see till 12 November 2017 at Kunsthalle Wien or see and read more here

Was ist Loos? - Kunsthalle Wien am Karlsplatz.
28 September - 12 November 2017

27 September 7 pm: Opening

Side program, a.o:
28 September 6 pm: The Pragmaticism of Ineke Hans
a conversation at Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz with Oliver Stratford (Disegno) Bart Lootsma (Prof. architectur theory Innsbruck) & Ineke Hans, read more
29 September 7 pm: Design and Living Together
a talk by Deyan Sudjic (director Design Museum London) followed by conversation between Nicolaus Schafhausen (director Kunsthalle WIen) Lilli Hollein (director Design Week Vienna) & Ineke Hans, read more

coming up in September:
1 Sept, Somerset House London: Learned Society late, wrap up of Learned Society expo
5-10 Sept, One Poultry, London: our contribution for Maggie's 'Joy for Living' project' on show 
12 Sept, Design Museum London panel discussion: Friend of Faux?
19 Sept, V&A Museum talk: Design Chameleon

plus...
16-24 Sept. presentations at Brompton Design District during London Design Festival, see
- Last London Salon: an exhibition and pamflet as wrap up of London Salons + talks with BDD:
     21 Sept: Models for Social Design - Community Economics
     22 Sept: Models for Social Design - Designer's Perspectives
- Fogo Island Shop: Economic Nutrician Through Design
- People of the Sun Malawi launch our Storage & Stools

and...
28 Sept -12 Nov: 'Was ist Loos?' solo exhibition at Kunsthalle Wien, 
with talks and special events coinciding with the start of Vienna Design Week, see

Exhibitions:

• 5 July-3 Sept: 'The Learned Society of Extra Ordinary Objects', Somerset House London, see
• 13 July-19 Aug: 'Prototypes and Experiments 9', Aram Gallery London, see

And... save these dates!

• 16-24 Sept: 'Furniture & the future', salon-wrap-up, Brompton Design District London, see
• 28 Sept-12 Nov: 'Was ist Loos?' Ineke Hans in Kunsthalle Wien Karlsplatz, Vienna, see

New upholstery system with Hitch Mylius received very positive!
See first models online and check with Hitch Mylius.

Coming up: FLIX, a new upholstery system for Hitch | Mylius 
- 23-25 May, Clerkenwell Design Week London, 10am till late
- Malmaison hotel, 18-21 Charterhouse Square, London​, read more >

Written reports on the six East London studio-salons are online.
These salons are part of Ineke's London research project into 'The future of furniture design & the changing position of the designer' taking place in 2016-2017. Find overview and all links here.

In Milan 5th April? reflect on design...
- 14.00-15.00 Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Via Matteo Bandello 14/16: SUMMIT launches the fourth volume in their critically acclaimed series of collected interviews. Ineke wrote the introduction for it, read more
- 16.30-18.00 Aterlier Clerici, Via Clerici 5: Disegno x British Council: a conversation on design and industry. Johanna Agerman Ross, curator V&A, in conversation with Orhan Niksic (Zanat), Ineke Hans and Jan Boelen (Z33). Free but RSVP, read more
The conversation is part of the Open Design School program, see

The Netherlands celebrates the 100th anniversary of De Stijl.
Ineke reflected on De Stijl and Dutch Design in Museum Kröller Muller.

• 1 February: last East London studio-salon: furniture & the luxury of less
• 10-12 February, Object Rotterdam: Workshop Of Wonders: Zitten is nog steeds een werkwoord (sitting is still a verb)
• 10-14 February, Frankfurt Ambiente products with BK Cookery, Hall 3.1 C20
• 22 February, London: speaking at De Ruyter Netwerk

Announced today: Kunsthalle Wien's program for 2017.
From 27 September - 12 November: Ineke Hans - WAS IST LoOS?

We wish everyone a great 2017, but also with more understanding, compassion and a bit less polarisation and anger then in 2016 please: let's celebrate our differences! 
This was starting point to make this message  for Disegno.

(STUDIO INEKEHANS will be closed till 2 January)

Read about INEKEHANS SALON projects

• online: with DAMnº Magazine
• printed: get Intramuros Noº187

Plus images online of studio-salon #5

- Project: 
INEKEHANS COLLECTION - Ordinairy Furniture for Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Geleen (NL)
- Speaking: 
15 Nov: de Vechtclub, BNO-Utrecht / 19 Nov: Arnhem ArtEZ Art Research Conference Refl/acting; Futuring Furniture, about the changing role of designers in the furniture industry
- Salon: 
29 Nov: London Furniture & social context

• Time to Think on PAMONO: and interesting read on STUDIO SALON here
• 24 Sept-29 Jan: Houselife - Musée des Arts Décoratif et du Design Bordeaux, France
• 25-29 Sept: Orgatec Aline family with Johanson, Hall 10.2 K29/L28
• 29 Sept-4 Dec: Primeira Escola - Museu José Malhoa, Caldas da Rainha, Portugal

Things ain't what they use to be... (Oscar Peterson Trio)
An animation is online about the London Salons so far. Find it here.

Ineke Hans & INEKEHANS|SALON during LDF: dates of all presentations & conversations

17-25 Sept. V&A: Ineke Hans - Cuckoo Eggs, interventions in the Furniture Galleries, see
17-25 Sept. Brompton Design District: Furniture is not working 2.0, popup expo, see
.....

• 17 August Panjat Pinang: independance day events in Indonesia and our inspiration for routing & signing of Sonsbeek '16 - read more about Panjat Pinang and see more on Sonsbeek '16.
• coming up in Sept: presentations & conversations during London Design Festival & London Design Biennale at V&A, Ace Hotel, Brompton Design District and Somerset House -  SAVE OUR DATES! 

CHOPS: choppingboards out of recycled plastic hanging in Pavilion Royal Palace.
We made an installation for BAL! in the gardens of the palace of Queen Juliana of the the Netherlands. BAL! is on till 25 Sept, see

GREAT!
Offecct's O2asis concept wins Green Good Design Award 2016 and our Smallroom furniture - as one of the first - is part of that... see

Working on all 3D design of routing and signing for 'Sonsbeek'.
Sonsbeek '16 is the 11th version of the most acclaimed exhibition of contemporary art in public space in the Netherlands taking place in Sonsbeek Park Arnhem at irregular years since 1949 and appears this year from 4 June to 18 September, see

During Clerkenwell Design Week London (24-26 May) Ineke is curator of 3 unique UK-NL popup salons in the Goldsmiths' Centre & a UK-NL popup exhibition in MOSA's London Flagship Store.
.....

Launched in Milan: SNIP & CHECK handmade rugs by Nodus

• SNIP for Nodus High Design Rugs Collection, read more
• CHECK is the first series of rugs for Nodus 'in stock' Collection: three colours, high quality and interesting price, read more

New projects in Milan this year are carpets:
limited and less limited editions, read more ...

Above a glimpse of SNIP a carpet for Nodus

PLOUF, our chair & foot'pouf' for Moome (2014) is available in yellow and other exciting colours.

- 1 March: East London STUDIO | SALON#2: furniture & shifting means of production
- 18 March: BERIT outdoor collection launched at Strand West, Utrecht (NL)
- 23 March: talk at Tomorrow's Designer: What next for Designers in  Residence? Design Museum London
- 31 March: East London STUDIO | SALON#3: furniture & economics

Announced today: our London Studio|Salon will cooperate with Clerkenwell Design Week (24-26 May) on two Dutch-British events. CDW will host 3 East London Salons for a larger audience - the XL salons - with acclaimed UK and NL speakers. Next to it a pop-up a exhibition of PROOFFLab (NL) and of a joint UK research project of Opendesk and Ineke. read more

• 2 Feb. London: STUDIO | SALON#1: furniture & us
• 3-5 Feb. Lund: Project at School of Industrial Design of Lund University
• 4 February Malmö: Ineke talks at Form Design Center
• 9-13 Feb. Stockholm: Barstool Aline for Johanson design has new relatives to complete the family, Stockholm Furniture Fair: stand A20:18
• ​25 Feb. München: Ineke speaks at DeUTsCH in Siemens Auditorium Pinakothek der Moderne a symposium on Dutch-German design during Munich Creative Business Week

In 2014/15 Ineke was the first Guest Professor at the Product Design course of the School of Arts & Design at the University of Kassel. She adopted the year to explore current issues in design with her students. The catalogue of 2014/15 - conceptualized and designed by Lambl/Homburger from Berlin - is online now, read more

The topics for six studio-salons are clear as are the first dates and speakers, see. 
The salons will hop around different East London studio's hosting limited groups of professionals from all over the design scene with an interest to join the furniture discussions. The first salon is fully booked, but if you are interested please mail to be added to the guestlists of one of the others.

Last summer Ineke stepped down from the board and organisation of OPA (Design Platform Arnhem) but till the end of 2015 she took care of OPA blogs with editor Peter Nijenhuis. 
For a whole week online platform Dutch Design Daily pays special attention to OPA and OPA's blogs, see... plus of course the 6 following days.

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam published an art-make-do-book: 'Maak het met Kunstenaars' (Make it with Artists) celebrating 10 years of artist workshops. With contributions of Viktor&Rolf, Rineke Dijkstra, Marcel Wanders, Mark Manders, Ineke Hans, Marlene Dumas and others, see

Ineke has set up studio|salon in London; design studio & research salon.
The studio will work on design projects with the studio in Arnhem. For the salon London as a city is carefully picked. Check out the website for salon London or our latest newsletter.

BERIT outdoor furniture from sustainable Accoya wood on stock from now on (also indoor of course)

Exhibitions:

• 23 Oct- 13 March: Design Derby Design Museum Gent (B)
• 21 Nov - 15 May: Berlage, godfather of Dutch Design, Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam
• 21 Nov - 18 April: Zones de Comfort in CNAP and Galerie Poirel, Nancy

22 Oct: a workshop for children by Ineke in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (unfortunately sold out)
23 Oct - 13 March: Design Derby in Design Museum Gent

Island furniture
- A private client asked to design furniture for her small island in the Netherlands. This summer we delivered new sustainable outdoor furniture made of Accoya-wood by boat, see.
- â€‹The client agreed to have the furniture produced on a larger scale. The Berit-collection will become available via INEKEHANS COLLECTION soon.

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

• Seven Chairs in Seven Days have been donated to Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam by the generous 1995-buyer. The complete serie is therefore on display in the 'Superbox' of the Stedelijk Museum from 5 Sept-25 Oct, see

London Design Festival

• Other early work of Ineke (the Johanna stools) are on show with the Crafts Council. 'Inside Out: Furniture from the Crafts Council Collection', featuring early work from a.o. Tom Dixon, El Ultimo Gritto, Michael Marriott, in Habitats Platform Gallery, from 19 Sept-17 Oct. see   
• 'The Deadgood Library', an installation in the Shoreditch Triangle based around the idea of losing yourself in reading. Influential emerging and established persons in the design industry were asked: What is your favourite book? From 22-27 Sept, see

Talking

• 11 sept. afternoon: conversation on Dutch-Belgium design at Design Derby, Museum Boijmans
• 11 sept. evening: talking about Fogo Island projects at architecture centre casa-Arnhem

above: a glimpse of BERIT, our new wooden outdoor furniture coming up soon.
and... during this summer Ordinairy Furniture (our outdoor furniture from recycled plastic):
- as usual deliveries in all types and sizes.
- on show in Design Derby, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen till 13 Sept

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• June 2-7 DDays Paris: Vert le Nord, see and Oracles du Design
• June 3-5: Aline for JohansonDesign presented at Design District
• till June 6: Design Museum London: Welland for SCP in 'The Arrangement of Furnture...'
• interview and sharing opinion in roomed & onoffice
• a report on Plektra presentation in Stockholm

Plektra is out!

Our first project for iittala got launced at the Salone 2015.
Iittala extends its collection with small items for interiors and introducing Finnish birch.
Presentations coming up in Helsinki, Stockholm, Amsterdam & Munich.
see more or see

• iittala see, www.iittala.fi, or(April 14)
• arco see, www.arco.nl, or
• johanson www.johansondesign.se, or 
• scp see, www.scp.co.uk, or see. For 30th anniversary see
• kÅ™ehký see, www.krehky.cz, or see. For Palazzo Litta see 
• formtalk see, Svensk Form panel discussion addressing tomorrow’s office

for all see

• 1 Apr-16 Aug: Oracles du Design - Centre national des arts plastiques (National center for visual arts - CNAP) at La Gaîté lyrique: rue Papin Paris
• Ineke is jury member for D&AD London
• and... an interview online interview on Core77

• We have new tape for INEKEHANS|COLLECTION and like to use it!
• 5 March: 23h00 documentary on Fogo Island on Dutch Television, see
• 26 March: Ineke talks for Dutch Culture about her design experience in Eastern Europe
• till 26 apr: Noord Brabants Museum, Design from the Country of the Potato Eaters

6 febr: revealed for housing-association Ymere, Haarlem: one km of balconies
3-7 febr: a new barstool for Johanson launched at Stockholm Furniture Fair
19 febr: Arena Design Poznan talk on: New materials New habits Future products
26 febr: speaking in Chicago at the School of Art Institute Chicago

The Drawer Table for Arco.
Launched during Cologne Furniture Fair. Also see

We are very proud and pleased to show with Arco again. Arco will launch the Drawer Table at Design Post Cologne during the Cologne Furniture Fair 19-25 January. We hope to see you too. From Monday onwards you'll find info and images also online. For more info and press see also.

Noted!
Five 2014 design breakthroughs edging the industry forward in different ways were noted by Design Indaba. One of them: our N34 roadproject for Provincie Drenthe, see also

An enlightened 2015!

above: our TWIST candleholders for MOOME
Exhibitions: 

• till 15 jan: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt: Give Love Back
• open 24 jan: N-Brabants Museum, Design from the Country of The Potato Eaters 

Above: our Smallroom sofa's for Offecct.
Worldwide they have become a very popular system in the last 2 years. For working environments and even at home!

Above: Our Home Office installation 'human touch & the clean desk' for Stylepark during Orgatec

Exhibitions:

• 22 nov-10 jan Limoncello, London
• 22 nov-16 jan Galerie Bibliotheek Zelhem
• 13 nov-30 april Global Design, Tainan Hotel Royal Beitou, Taiwan
• 13 sept-15 jan: Give Love Back, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt

• 7-12 oct, Designblok Prague: installation at Art House with glass for KÅ™ehký and new furniture from impregnated wood via current sustainable technology making it suitable for outdoor.
• 7 oct: Design Talk at Superstudio Evropa the Jugendstil style Grand Hotel Evropa in Prague
• 17-26 oct. Interieur Kortrijk: introduction of two new products for new Belgium brand MOOME
• 21-25 oct. Orgatec Köln: an installation on modern working environments/Home Office for Stylepark

more info on october here

London Design Festival:

• 16 sept: Ineke takes part in Global Design Forum at Victoria & Albert Museum, see 
• 18-21 sept: INEKEHANS|COLLECTION is partner in designjunction: we equip the press room and pop-up with a tiny booth (F72a)
• 19 sept: Ineke in conversation with Disegno editor in chief Johanna Agermann Ross at 100% design, see 

pressinfo London

- enjoy the summer

- 3-6 July: the studio is opened! We have stocksale and two studio tours see
- 11 July: Ineke is keynote speaker for Department of Design in Cape Town World Design Capital 2014, see more

Dutch Design Supermodels will make a short stop in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam from June 6th, before it heads off around the world. Four of Ineke's chairs are part of the classic Dutch Design Models. Next to that you find our black 3d-printed interior in the Dutch Design Dollshouse. See the website and the nice film of the making proces.

We made t-shirts!
A nice local project: Our 'Rare Bird Collection' for Okimono in Arnhem is for sale via Okimono's webshop and on show in Caspar - one of our favorite local cafes - till July 6th.
All t-shirts are limited edition, but fair and ecofriendly make and good quality.

We made Wonderwoud.

Icons and pictograms for fun and for guiding are an old time favorite of Ineke. Pictograms and icons are used in Wonderwoud for primary school 'De Windroos' to challenge and guide children through rare libraries, see

During the Salone
- new projects with Magis: Salone del Mobile, Hall 20, stand C15-D12
- 3d printed models in Supermodels: Dutch Design Models|the Dutch Design House initiated by Concern, Ventura Lambrate 5

read april news

Out now: De Architect, Ineke is on the cover and there are 14 pages dedicated to our work related to architecture and design, see

• Film: Peer Eriksson from Sweden came to our studio in October and just launched his interview with Ineke on PeerTV, see
• Ineke will be Dutch Design ambassador on a trip to South Korea at the end of this month, talking about dutch angles in design and investigating opportunities for Design cooperations.

diary week 6:

• Stockholm: event with Finnish company Iittala as appetizer for what is coming soon (keep your ears and eyes open!)
• London: speaking with graduating students of RCA (Ineke is external examinar for designproducts this year)
• Textile Museum Tilburg: opening of LIVING SPACES hundred years of textiles in Dutch interiors (photo above: Rene van der Hulst)

• image of our red furnture for Fogo Island Inn above is by Alex Fradkin
• Fogo Island Inn in Azures 2013 Top 10 architectural projects, with a.o. Piano, OMA, Foster&co, Mecanoo. Inn's furniture designer is mentioned too!
• recently great articles came out on our Fogo-work, see DAMnº Magazine #41
• we also recommend buying this months German Form Magazine for a good read from p.79 onwards (we think buying magazines is a good idea anyway)
• but you can always check out some online coverage on our Fogo projects

• Last month we posted stories on our Fogo Island projects on Facebook. Read about them too: 1. a trip to Fogo 2. the story behind our projects 3. Fogo People and crafts 4. Furniture for the interior of the inn 5. Outdoor furniture for the inn 6. Furniture for Fogo Island
• We will work more with Social Media in the future, so follow us via twitter or facebook if you like the latest updates...

FOGO ISLAND:
Two years ago Ineke started work on a very special project for the Fogo Island Inn in Canada: designing furniture for its interior and later on outdoor furniture. We will fill you in on the projects during November. Keep checking the work section on this site and our facebook page.

While we work on new projects there is a personal interview with Ineke to read for you here
and... we finally filed our recent work for MoBA13: a. Furniture for Fashion b. Info-, leisure-, bookshopdesign c. 3d routing see

6-10 September, Maison & objet, Paris:

• Hall 3 E18 two new products for RoyalVKB will be presented
• Hall 8 E43/F44 pop-corn presents INEKEHANS|collection, catalogue

• 24-25 August: Ineke will speak at New Wave in Jyväskylä, Finland: the 7th international Alvar Aalto Design Seminar 2013
• Summer holidays, but Ahrend 380 furniture is getting applied in many schools at the moment.
• Ineke is scout for Rotterdam Design Prize.

• our Welland furniture for SCP is now in the restaurant and public spaces of the Shakespeare Globe Theatre in London
• all in- and outdoor 3d design (shop, ticketoffices, pedestals etc.) we did for Mode Biennale Arnhem is to see till 21 july
• Ineke was jury member of the Hema Design prijsvraag in Holland.
• till 29 Sept: From stand der Dinge, Wilhelm Wagenfeltd Haus, Bremen.

• studio|INEKEHANS did all 3d interior and exterior exhibition design for MºBA (Fashion Biennale Arnhem): pedestals, ticketoffices, bookshop, infopanels, stages, displays, info-houses, the totem (!), city benches for routing from station to locations. See MºBA and also our facebook page.
• Ineke is external examiner Design Products at Royal College of Art London

coming up:

• 22 May: a breakfast-talk at Ahrend London during Clerkenwell Design week
• 24 May-29 Sept: Vom Stand der Dinge, Wilhelm Wagenfeld Haus Bremen see
• 15 May-July: Ordinairy Furniture in Cafe Brasserie Dudok Arnhem

• working on: 3d design of MºBA, (Fashionbienale Arnhem): exhibtion items and routes. Curator Lidewij Edelkoort, see
• coming soon: roadfurniture for Provincie Drenthe, wonderkabinets and libraries for a school, our projects for an Inn in the north of Canada

6 - 11 March, Signapore Design Week:

• Ineke is guest speaker and judge for Singaplural Singapore
• Special shopevents: My Storage for Magis at XTRA, work for Cappellini and talk at Dream, a conversation and furniture for SCP and Arco in The Foundry

9 March: work in 'Hand Made' Museum Boymans van Beuningen on till 20 May

Smallroom Sofa's for Offecct

• have been awarded a The Chicago Athenaem Good Design Award 2012
• and... is labeled Möbelfakta. Möbelfakta is a Swedish label that guarantees quality, environment and social responsibility.

• Eigen Huis & Interieur made a 'Travelguide on Designmekka Arnhem', with 12 pages of tips from Ineke (from Rietveld building to pancake restaurant) and an interview on her work, see apetizer
• 31 Jan - 3 Feb: open studio and sales, see Arnhemse Stockdagen

Arnhemse Stockdagen, INEKEHANSARNHEM opens doors and has sales!

• Selling: a. stock, second choise and special editions b. our RoyalVKB products at attractive prices c. 40% off on all INEKEHANS|collection items
• Special tour on 1,2 Febr. for limited participants, see, and apply quick!

• Orangebloom – bought by Haags Gemeentemuseum – joined older sister William and Mary and are in permanent exhibition Delftware Wonderware
• Black Gold a.o. in Winters Tafelen in Museum Princessehof Leewarden
• Split and other items for SCP at Maison & Object, Paris

We are working.
Working on exciting projects, in amazing places like above.

We keep our feet to the ground...
but its nice to get taps on the shoulder:

• EigenHuis&Interieur made a Top25 of Dutch Design with intriguing flowers
• Sanoma Woonawards nominated us twice! Swing Wing for iH|c as best 'woonproduct' and Ineke as best 'woonprofessional' of 2012, see

Interieur Bienale, Kortrijk (20-28 Oct.)

• on show: Welland for SCP at Corso Blue / Ahrend chairs 380 and Revolt with DutchDFA film / Forest for the Trees in a great Lensvelt display
• Ineke talking at Design Fusion, 22 Oct. 12.10 pm

Orgatec, Cologne (23-27 Oct.)

• on show: Offecct hall 9.1, C030 / Van Esch hall 10.2, R011
• Ineke in stagediscussion at Design Post, 24 Oct. 6.00 pm

• 7 Oct. 14.00-17.00: at Future City Festival Arnhem Ineke will guide a lego workshop for children, building the city of the future see
• 10 Oct. Dutch Auctionhouse Venduehuis will have its first Design Auction. There will be 14 redesigned chairs for charity by dutch designers. Our good cause is Sofa-fonds that supports upcoming dutch furniture designers in the Netherlands.

28 Sept: Budapest Designweek runs untill 7th Oct. This years theme is Slow Design. There will be a small presentation of our work a.o. for Ahrend, Offecct, iH|C. Ineke will give a talk as 'star'designer on Oct 4, see

• Sept 14-23 : studio|INEKEHANS during London Design Festival for SCP,
  135-139 Curtain Road London, EC2A 3BX
• Sept 21-23 : INEKEHANS|collection shown at Elle Decoration Inside Design,
  starting at IJburglaan 837, Amsterdam

• DutchDFA made a filmed profile on Ahrend, Friso Kramer and Ineke.
• Friso is 90! Doesn't he look great? see film
• In autumn involved in many presentations, talks, etc... check some here

enjoying holidays: change of cheese
(Łęgi, eastern Europe)

to enjoy the summer and brush up your Dutch:

• you can find a nice read and...
• a short film that came out with our presentation of iH|collection at Toonkamer: 16 July till 15 Sept.

• Wall Street Journal: "Offecct's Smallroom - a Reading Chair for the 21st Century", see
• Ineke is external examiner for Design Products students of Royal College of Art, London

Orangebloom in Oranienbaum: lifesize glassinstallation for queen Henriëtte Catharina van Anhalt Dessau. Purchased by Haags Gemeentemuseum Den Haag for its permanent collection.
Summer exhibition Dutch Design: 26 april - 30 sept, read more

• Smallroom for OFFECCT Pav. 20 stand E18, also see
• Welland for SCP in the new Most venue, via Olona 6b
• Swing Wing & small items at Tourbillon/Adriana Morandi: Via Baldissera 4
• D... come Donna, Design e Digital, 24Ore cultura, Via Monte Rosa 91

see more details or ask for Milan presskit

• Swing Chairs and Wing Desks finds lot of interest by shops and specifiers
• 8 March: Ineke talks about material innovations and sustainability at Cradle to Cradle café Amsterdam
• Ahrend 380 has won a prize again: the Chicago Atheneum Good Design Award

7-11 February, Stockholm Furniture Fair, stand A20:20:
for OFFECCT we designed a new contract furniture system, for working, waiting and contemplating. The single elements can stand alone or can be combined in projects, lounges and if you like at home!

Ahrend 380 became the studiochair for the Design Products department of the Royal College of Art.
Ineke will be external examiner to this years RCA Design Products graduates.

• WELLAND: table, benches and stools, are the first results of our cooperation with London brand SCP. See more
• SWING-WING: studio project of chairs and desks for INEKEHANS©OLLECTION presented with our French friends of Pop-Corn. See more

New products for INEKEHANS©OLLECTION launched as lounge in Pure Village Club IMM-fair
see some more

16-22 January IMM Cologne:

• new INEKEHANS©OLLECTION launched as lounge Pure Village Club (3.2 D18)
• Design Post Charity for Museum Angewandte Kunst get an Ahrend 380.

20-24 January Maison & Object Paris, Now! Design á vivre!:

• new iH© homeoffice with our distributor POP-CORN (hall 8, A81-B82)
• and... Ineke's first furniture with English brand SCP (hall 8, A51-B52)

First of all: the best for Christmas and a super 2012!
Find out how to make this fantastic tree yourself: see here or get one here

In January and February new work will be shown in Cologne, Paris and Stockholm. We will inform you on this soon.

Since early November 'My Storage' for Magis is available from stock and part of Magis Me Too Collection. Reed and see more on 'My Storage'
And... the last day of November Paul Comenencia, Rio de Janeiro's Dutch Consul General sent a twitter message

Updated: you can enjoy our site now on iphones and ipads and... October ended with prizes and acknowledgements see
On show from 8 nov: Black and White - Designing Opposites, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich

Here is a picture from Belgium made in July. In the meantime we are working on many nice things. Travelling a lot this month and involved in some events during Dutch Design Week by the end of October.

More Frozen Johannes for Bestuurscentrum Rabobank Nederland. The high version is excellent for projects.
Rabo project nominated for LAI prize and you can vote for Ahrend 380 in DDA.
Any other sept. issues: Neef Louis, My First Design Collection, iH© at Woonbeurs with EH&I, Via Milano and Strand.nl, New Olds in Holon extended, De Bijenkorf starts selling Ahrend 380.

enjoying the summer (hat by Vík Prjónsdóttir)

• Ahrend 380 is one of the six finalists for 'professional product' in the Dutch Design Awards 2011. The winners - selected by an international jury - will be announced in October.
• First parts of our designs for Bestuurscentrum Rabo Nederland finished.
• Find a german read for your holidays here

onoffice on Ineke Hans: online and on paper

New Olds at Design Museum Holon (Is) 26 May-10 Sept, read more
Making Histories at TS2, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, since 3 March read more

Talking about latest designs

On show a.o.:

DesignSALON Amsterdam, 28 April-15 May, read more / Zetel at ARTAmsterdam, 11-15 May

• presentations with MAGIS: Fiera Hall 20, stand C01-D02
  and AHREND: Ventura Lambrate, Via Ventura 6 read
• see on Magis, see Magis storage highlighted, and more Magis / see also Ahrend 380 chair, and more Ahrend, and Ahrend 380 chair highlighted in NY Times wrap up on Milan.

For the entrance of Netherlands exam institute CITO we designed a huge light object and one of the nicest roof terraces you can imagine. Her Royal Highness Beatrix of the Netherlands opened the new building.
Photo's: Herman van Ommen. see more

to come:

• 29th of March: our design for Cito Nederland will be opened by her Royal Highness Beatrix of the Netherlands read more
• 12-17 April: new work launched with MAGIS and Ahrend in Milan

Read: more on Milan and more on Ahrend

Insights and interview:
Elle Decoration, Eigen Huis & Interieur

'KNOWARE - some nice and true stories to survive life'

8 Feb: Pecha Kucha at Berns Stockholm
Manières Noires at Beaux-Arts Mons, till 13 Febr.
EveryDayDutch at Selfridges London, 24 Feb - 27 March

to read from 17 Jan: Wohnrevue (CH)
to hear on 8 Feb: Pecha Kucha at Berns, Stockholm
to see till-13 Febr: Manières Noires at Beaux-Arts Mons and... 21-25 Jan Maison & Object / Now! Design a Vivre Paris: Corner Guy with Van Esch Hall 8, stand L16

A SUPER 2011 FOR YOU AND US!

denis, koen, sanne, ineke, frans

Exhibition: till-13 Febr: Manières Noires at Beaux-Arts Mons
Ineke is talking on recent projects on Orgatec

• sound panel GEO from recycled PET-bottles received a Red Dot and is now available in green, see
• coatstand Corner Guy is received very well by architects

Ineke is talking on both projects on Orgatec