25 February 2016.
Announced today: Studio|Salon will cooperate with Clerkenwell Design Week (24-26 May) on two Dutch-British events. This year CDW will host 3 East London Salons for a larger audience - the XL salons - with acclaimed UK and NL speakers. Next to it a Dutch-British pop-up a exhibition is on show.
UK-NL Pop-up Salons XL
During Clerkenwell Design Week 3 salon talks for larger audiences are included in CDW's official talks programme. These salons will be stage conversations with each time a Dutch and a UK designer regarding furniture & work environments, moderated by Gareth Williams or Johanna Agerman Ross.
The three breakfast salons take place in the auditorium of the Goldsmiths' Centre in Clerkenwell 42 Britton Street. The Goldsmiths' Centre's café will serve morning coffees and breakfasts before the conversations start.
- 24 May: New approaches for work environments
Speakers: Jurgen Bey (PROOFFLab) & Sam Hecht (Industrial Facility)
- 25 May: The domestification of the workspace
Speakers: Jorre van Ast (arco) & Pearson Lloyd
- 26 May: Furniture is not working
Speakers: Joni Steiner (Opendesk) & Ineke Hans
UK-NL Pop-up expo
Next to the breakfast salons there will be a UK-NL pop-up exhibition at Clerkenwell Design Week, addressing furniture & work environments as well. Dutch innovation platform PROOFLab presents a project related to PROOFFLab Magazine and London based Opendesk & Ineke Hans will present 'Furniture is not working' their design collaboration with three UK and three NL designers based in the UK.
The 'Furniture & work environment' events are a cooperation of STUDIO | INEKEHANS with Clerkenwell Design Week, Opendesk, Prooff and ProoffLab.
Furniture & work environment is supported by The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in London and the Internationalization Programme of Creative Industries Fund of the Netherlands
Please find more info on these events via the press info and CDW's website.
Ineke Hans, 25 February 2016