Collaboration – To Kiss or not to Kiss

Where can I buy the Souvenirs?

Many people have been asking me when the multicultural souvenirs will be available on the market for purchase. I admit, I would love to see the new Dutch Kissing Couples and the Stroopwafels on the market somewhere. It would be

24/10/2018 Collaboration / communication / Design / Design Process / Dutch Design Week / Education / identity / Kissing / Knowledge / Multicultiralism / samples / Tradition

One more turn around the sun

Dutch Design Week 2018. It’s already been one year! It all goes so fast! A year ago, To Kiss or Not to Kiss participated in this design event in collaboration with the Innovation Networks Lectorate from The Hague University of

25/10/2017 Collaboration / communication / Design / Design Process / Education / Inspiration / Kissing / Multicultiralism / samples / Tradition / Uncategorized

Diversity is sweet!

The richness of cultural diversity can be expressed in different types of souvenirs. As an opportunity to expand this idea, Aliana Bertolo one of my students at IDE/Open Innovator took the challenge to explore how she could express multiculturalism through

01/10/2017 Collaboration / Design / Design Process / Education / Inspiration / Multicultiralism / samples / Uncategorized

Pop-up Plans

The project is expanding in interesting directions. Through the co-creation sessions I met Anja Overdiek who works as a senior researcher at the Innovation Networks Lectorate of The Hague University of Applied Sciences. After a couple of inspiring conversations Anja

28/05/2017 Collaboration / communication / Design Process / Inspiration / Multicultiralism / Uncategorized

Co-Creating

While the Chinese kissing couple was in the glazing process, I thought it would be a valuable opportunity to involve a multidisciplinary and multicultural group of students in the project. In agreement with the IDE-Open Innovator program managers I organized

03/06/2016 Collaboration / communication / Inspiration / Multicultiralism / Tradition / Treasures

Mr. Friday

…said Musab

17/04/2016 3D scanning and printing / Clay Models / Collaboration / Design Process / samples / Uncategorized

3D thinking

As we all know 3D printing has been growing and progressing in leaps and bounds in the past years. I was curious to find if it would be an option to 3D print this souvenir in porcelain at the famous

17/04/2016 Clay Models / Collaboration / Design Process / Inspiration / samples

The efforts it costs to get a cost price

Next to exploring stories about cultural similarities or differences in the multicultural Holland, finding out about the design – and the production process for it – has been challenging. One of the main purposes of this project is that the

19/02/2016 Collaboration / Inspiration / Knowledge

Multiculturalism and inclusion a conversation with Dr. Daniela Vicherat

This project has made me pay more attention to concepts such as multiculturalism, integration, inclusion and social cohesion. I met with Dr. Daniela Vicherat Mattar who is Assistant Professor in Sociology in the Global Challenges Program of Leiden University College to

25/09/2015 Collaboration / Design Process / Textiles / Tradition / Treasures / Uncategorized

Leiden’s hidden treasure

When I visited the National Museum of Ethnology, I discovered that my next visit should be the Textile Research Center in Leiden. A few weeks later I visited this amazing place which to me has been very valuable for the

27/02/2015 Collaboration

Inspiring visit from Adriana and Carlos

While I carry on making the models of the 6 multicultural kissing couples, I am thinking about the different directions this project could take, the needs and requirements for each of the possibilities. I was getting a bit scrambled up