Design Pub Friday

On request from participants previous years we recommend one pub each evening to facilitate networking. It is more a place to meet up after dinner, than a real event. So to meet other designers Friday night we recommend you visit the pub Elit. www.elitrotterdam.nl Opening hours Friday May 28th: 17:00 – late Location Elit: Wijnhaven […]

Design Walk Rotterdam South

A Design Walk is a guided 2-3 hours tour to 3 local design agencies. Those 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 ground and a perfect way for international guests to experience […]

Design Walk Rotterdam West

A Design Walk is a guided 2-3 hours tour to 3 local design agencies. Those 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 ground and a perfect way for international guests to experience […]

Design Pub Saturday

On request from participants previous years we recommend a pubs each evening to facilitate networking. It is more a place to meet up after dinner, than a real event. So to meet other designers Saturday night we recommend you visit the pub Parket. www.cafeparket.nl Since this is the night of the Eurovision Song Contest we […]

ED-Awards winners 2009

ED-Awards winners 2008

ED-Awards winners 2007

ED-Awards finalists 2007

Formal reception in the City Hall

The Mayor and the City of Rotterdam invite all ED- Award winners to a formal reception in the Stadhuis (the City Hall). It will also be possible to see the exhibition “Ideas from Rotterdam” by Designplatform Rotterdam. Snacks and drinks will be served, however since the ED-Awards ceremony will follow directly after the reception you […]

Philippe Apeloig

Speaker: Philippe Apeloig Time & date: Sunday May 30th, 16:00-17:0 Location: Paris, France Website: www.apeloig.com Philippe Apeloig was born in Paris in 1962. He studied at the École Supérieure des Arts Appliqués Duperré and at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs. In 1983 and 1985 he was a trainee in Amsterdam, at the studio […]

Kustaa Saksi

Speaker: Kustaa Saksi Time & date: Sunday May 30th, 13:30-14:30 Location: Finland (now lives in Amsterdam) Website: www.kustaasaksi.com Kustaa Saksi’s illustrations are a syrupy disarray of elements: playful, paradoxical, often over-glossy, inviting, troubling, messy, and yet strangely clear. Finland born illustrator, nowadays living and working in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, combines organic touches and viscous shapes […]

Astrid Stavro

Speaker: Astrid Stavro Creative Director Time & date: Sunday May 30th, 10:30-11:30 Location: Barcelona, Spain Website: www.astridstavro.com Astrid Stavro set up her Barcelona based studio upon graduating with distinction from The Royal College of Art and Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design. She has since worked for the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte […]

Moving Brands

Speaker: James Bull Time & date: Saturday May 29th, 16:00-17:00 Location: London, UK Website: www.movingbrands.com At a time of rapid evolution across business, culture and technology, we believe a brand should be as dynamic and inspiring as the company, service or product it represents. Our aim is to redefine what branding can achieve by setting […]

Raffinerie

Speakers: Nenad Kovacic and Christian Haas Time & date: Saturday May 29th, 11:30-12:30 Location: Zürich, Switzerland Website: www.raffinerie.com Raffinerie AG für Gestaltung was founded in march 2000. It is being directed by Reto Ehrbar and Nenad Kovacic (both founders and partners) and Christian Haas. We started small with 3 people, and we grew constantly every […]

Zup Associati

Speaker: Karen Balest Time & date: Saturday May 29th, 10:30-11:30 Location: Perugia, Italy Website: www.zup.it zup associati is a communications lab that helps clients to redesign their “corporate identity”, revolutionizing their image in the marketplace. In order to affront this rather daunting task we have designed a work method that tackles problems from a global […]

Fantasy Interactive

Speaker: Producer Tom Knowles and designer Kristoffer Brady Time & date: Friday May 28th, 10:30-11:30 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Website: www.f-i.com Fi is a full service interactive firm and digital production studio with 11 years experience, 50 employees, 2 offices, 52 Industry Awards, 1 sister company, 90% Direct-to-Client relationships and 10% Agency Partnerships. We believe in […]

Dietwee

Speaker: Tirso Francés Time & date: Friday May 28th, 15:00-16:00 Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands Website: www.dietwee.nl Tirso Francés is co-founder and co-creative director of Dietwee. Dietwee (Dutch for Thosetwo and pronounced Deetway) is the largest small design agency or the smallest large design agency in the Netherlands, it’s hard to tell. They like it that […]

Reza Abedini

Speaker: Reza Abedini Time & date: Friday May 28th, 11:30-12:30 Location: The Netherlands/Iran Website: www.rezaabedini.com Background Wikipedia

Bauer – concept & design

Speaker: Erwin K. Bauer bauer – konzept & gestaltung, Vienna Time & date: Friday May 28th, 16:00-17:00 Location: Vienna, Austria Website: www.erwinbauer.com bauer – konzept & gestaltung is one of the leading design studios for visual communication in Austria. Their approach to comprehensive visual identities isn’t merely limited to classical print or digital media; spatial […]

Exhibition: Every Thing Design

The collection of the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich How is a design object perceived? How does this perception change over time? Why does a museum put it in its collection, and how are meaning and value established? Is everything design today? The museum poses these questions in the presentation of its collections, which have never […]