ED-Awards winners 2010

ED-Festival photos

Photo galleries from the ED-Festival are now published on Flickr. ED-Festival photos ED-Awards ceremony 2010 by Nils Schoonhoven

Reza Abedani to lecture at the ED-Conference

There has been a late cancellation by one of the speakers of the ED-Conference. Polish designer Jacek Utko will not be able to make it for his presentation. Again, we are happy to say that we have taken this negative event and turned it in something very positive. One of our times’ most respected designers, […]

Graphic Design Festival Breda

Graphic Design Festival Breda (GDFB) is a biannual festival on graphic design. The festival goes into present developments on this subject and a large part of it takes place in the public space. Over 200 graphic designers hack, remix, sample, mash up and code image, information and interaction. On 25 May, GDFB organizes a seminar […]

David Carson is the Hero

The guest for the Heroes’ Night is now revealed. David Carson has accepted the invitation to hold a lecture and answer questions at this event organized by students of the Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University. The lecture at Lantaren/Venster will be followed by the opening party of the festival. Tickets are sold in the […]

Accommodation support!

News have just arrived that our recommended hotels are almost fully booked. The good news are that HotelService Rotterdam is offering continuous support to the ones among you who have not managed to book their accommodation yet. Message from HotelService Rotterdam Dear Mr/Ms, Thank you for registering for European Design Festival 2010 in Rotterdam, The […]

ED-Festival in Rotterdam 2010

ED-Festival 2010 photo kit

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Get Citified

Veer is hosting Get Citified, an exciting design competition in association with EDA. Four members of ED-Awards’ prestigious jury Bettina Schulz, Michel Chanaud, Linda Kudrnovska and Lynda Relph-Knight will judge Get Citified. The winning designs will be featured at the ED-Festival’s award ceremony in Rotterdam, and the top three designers will win a Bamboo, Medium […]

Friday May 28th

09:00-17:00 ED-Conference day 1 Willem Burger Zaal, De Doelen 10:00 Opening performance by Studio Dumbar 10:30 Fantasy Interactive 11:30 Bauer – concept & design 12:30 Lunch + exhibition Viral communication 13:30 MnP 14:30 Coffee + exhibition Viral communication 15:00 Reza Abedani 16:00-17:00 Dietwee 17:15-20:30 Design Walk Rotterdam South to Boompjes, Studio Dumbar, Strange Attractors & […]

Visible Creativity in Rotterdam

Designplatform Rotterdam (DpfR) collaborates with Rotterdam Media Commission (RMC) on Saturday, May 29 at Arminius to hold a public debate on the theme, ‘the importance and visibility of creative industries in Rotterdam.’ This event will feature people from the various design schools in the Rotterdam area. In addition, designers from other renowned European cities will […]

Ideas from Rotterdam

Designplatform Rotterdam (DpfR) is organizing a traveling exhibition entitled “Ideas from Rotterdam.” Starting May 26 in the lobby of City Hall, this exhibition will display various products designed by Rotterdam designers. Among these products are brands like Senseo, Maxi-Cosi and IKEA. Also, known artwork will be on display from Rotterdam designers, such as the icons […]

KesselsKramer at VIVID Gallery

VIVID Gallery proudly presents the work of KesselsKramer KesselsKramer is an independent international communications agency located in Amsterdam. It lives in an old church, comprises thirty four people of eight different nationalities and has been in operation since 1996. Its campaigns include Absolut Vodka, Diesel Jeans, 55DSL, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, Unilever, Bavaria Beer […]

Design Walk WdKA

A Design Walk is normally a guided 2-3 hours tour to local design agencies but in this case you will also visit a gallery. The design agencies has promised to welcome you into their offices, answer your questions and exhibit some previous work. This is a chance to meet great designers eye-to-eye on their home […]

Bar Camp on digital design

A bar camp is an open source/open participation/’unconference’ for presenting new media projects, a collective speaker’s corner for media people. Designers, artists, activists can come, sign up on the schedule and give a presentation. No pre-registration is required. www.barcamp.org What is a bar camp? What to expect of a Bar Camp? The rules of a […]

Viral Communication

Presentation of the ‘viralcommunication.nl’ conference on social media and internet memes and their impact on communication and advertising. Organised by Piet Zwart Institute’s research programme ‘Communication in a Digital Age’: http://wdka.hro.nl/news.asp?articleid=714&lng=en&categoryid=1#4Vci48hDMHkyns446Us0k87G-0 The video presentation includes all lectures and panel discussions of the conference. You can watch it on LCD screens with headsets in The Doelen. […]

Heldenavond “Special Edition”

The Heroes’ Nights are initiated by Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam University and organised by a special group of students. These nights are a platform for Heroes from the realms of the visual arts and design. The Heroes are invited to talk about their profession and challenged by the audience – YOU included! On this […]

Bigger than Dutch Design

Presentation of the results of the project week of Willem de Kooning Rotterdam University’s bachelor course Graphic Design: International designers in the Netherlands, a research into cultural influence on design and design culture. A project week with David Bennewith, Liza Enebeis, Ontwerp Atelier Chromosoom, Yomar Augusto and Sarah Carlier. WdKA Willem de Kooning Academy (Media […]

Design Walk RDM Campus

A Design Walk is a guided 2-3 hours tour to local design agencies but in this special Design Walk there will only be one stop at the RDM Campus. There will be two groups on Friday (none on Saturday) and each group contains about 19 participants plus a design guide. We will also make a […]