Inspiration – To Kiss or not to Kiss

To Kiss or Not To Kiss at the Dutch Design Week 2017, An unexpected and rewarding impact.

Dutch Design Week is busy. We all know that. But that we would be stormed by people with questions, remarks and suggestions in this way is something we didn’t see coming. And we loved it. The months of hard work

25/10/2017 communication / Inspiration / Kissing / Multicultiralism / Tradition

Only a Kiss Away!

This post about ‘ Kissing” is a contribution from Allison Heidrich. Allison studies International Communication Management at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. She’s been supporting the project with the external communication and social media about our participation in Work

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

13/05/2016 China / Inspiration / Knowledge / Multicultiralism / Tradition

” There is no such thing as the Dutch-Chinese”…

…said Jenny Ho, whom I was fortunate to meet a few weeks ago. Jenny is a sociologist and co-founder of the China town Amsterdam Foundation. During our conversation I felt like a knew her for a long time. I enjoyed

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

27/02/2016 China / Design Process / Garment / Inspiration / Textiles / Tradition

“Decorated with Gold and Silver” exhibition leads me to learn more about the Chinese culture.

I went to visit the new Exhibition at Textile Research Center -Leiden “Decorated with Gold and Silver”. I recommend to visit it and to dive into the fascinating world of Silver and Gold embroidery and garment accessories. Here you can

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