Blade–Made is a design solution to the growing global wind industry waste problem. Every modern wind blade is hand crafted from highly durable, weather resistant, polyester-glass fibre composite. These pieces of aerodynamic engineering feats range in length from 6m to over 80m with circular hollow bases with diameters of 40cm to over 5m. The ever…
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Lost Pearls
This large landscape work of art consists of 69 terrazzo ‘pearls’ and a shell-shaped terrazzo fountain. They have an underground construction to keep them in place and are connected by pieces of rope with an iron connector, to serve as the string. The whole construction has been officially approved as safe playground equipment. Madeleine Berkhemer originally designed a…
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Blade Made is a design solution to the growing global wind industry waste problem. Every modern wind blade is hand crafted from highly durable, weather resistant, polyester-glass fibre composite. These pieces of aerodynamic engineering feats range in length from 6m to over 80m with circular hollow bases with diameters of 40cm to over 5m. The…
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Dutch Design Week 2017
Dutch Design Week this year for us was great. With the launch of a new beanbag lounge series designed by Piet Hein Eek from the collection of fabrics that pattern designer Christie van der Haak has woven especially for New Citizen Design. The fabric is very high quality jacquard woven and fire retardant. They have a…
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London Design Fair 2017
This year’s edition of London Design Fair hosted a Dutch Pavilion for the first time. On the invitation of the Dutch embassy in the UK and under the curation of fair initiator Jimmy MacDonald, New Citizen Design was one of the 21 selected participants of Dutch Stuff on the top floor of Old Truman Breweries,…
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ELLE Décoration NL
New Citizen Design was featured in the August/September 17 Issue for one of its new design products. Design expert Anne van der Zwaag selected our Christie’s Carpet for her Notebook with design tips and news. This vinyl or felt-look carpet is designed by Christie van der Haak, well known from her patterned artworks and her…
Read MoreDevelopment: Making Art Reproducible
Together with Christie van der Haak, New Citizen Design is turning some of her art patterns into design products. It is Christie’s great wish to open up to a wider public through accessible design products. The vinyl ‘Christie’s Carpet’ is the first in this series of Christie van der Haak for New Citizen Design.
Read MoreHappiness and Spacial Design
For its design thinking expertise, New Citizen Design was asked to take part in a panel discussion about Spacial Design & Happiness at the New Institute HNI. Architects from ZUS and OMA+AMO wanted to explore the need for a new ‘Ministry’ of Spacial Affairs and kicked off with a session about the possibility to enhance…
Read MoreHospitality Projects
Interior architect Robert van Oostrom has been appointed to design the interior of Paviljoen aan het Water in Ridderkerk in the greater Rotterdam region. New Citizen Design was asked to supply Sander Wassink’s Happy Lights in a tailored colour and a chandelier was designed by Sander to serve as eyecatcher in the central area of…
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