Category: Magazine articles

From the street to the canvas

We took our tape recorder to Woensel, which is located in the far north of Eindhoven. This is where the 20-year-old mixed media artist Stijn van Leest lives together with his dad and sister.

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Maarten is seen as one of the most influential Dutch Designers of the 21ste century so far. His work can be described as rebellious, humorous, intellectual, theatrical, and artistic.

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FASHIONTECH

“Our current society sees clothes as a ‘disposable’; –
designed to be used once and then thrown way. I think we
should be able to do this differently”.

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UNNECESSARY INVENTIONS

Matt Benedetto runs an Instagram page where he displays designs that are out of the ordinary and
pretty much useless. But in some way, the uselessness is still useful.

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Lightyear One – the car of the future?

The Lightyear One is the first car of the company Lightyear. It is an electric car that is charged by sunlight. You might say that many electric cars nowadays are charged by sunlight. But this car has its own solar panels integrated into the roof and hood. This car is a fundamental change in how we use energy for transportation.

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Brutalist Design

The Brutalist architecture movement, named after the French term “Béton brut” (meaning raw concrete), has similarities to trends in other design fields, like website and product design. Brutalism reflects the type of thinking and the materials used when creating new things.

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Spring Festivals

You might have taken a look at the last two pages of the 39th UNID magazine and thought: what am I supposed to do? That’s okay, we recommended six fun (and lesser well known) festivals for you to visit this spring. This web-article will build further on that list for more inspiration!

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Stephan Wensveen, Director of Education

Why did Stephan Wensveen not become a professional surfer? Welcome to the third episode of the UNID.podcast! Jori will talk with Stephan Wensveen, the director of education for Industrial Design at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Stephan studied Industrial Design at the TU Delft and since 2002 he works at the TU Eindhoven.

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The constant question of art versus design

Text: Emily van Leemput Media: Bart Bolluijt Located in Natlab at Strijp-S: Baltan Laboratories – a lab that works on the crossroads of art, design, science, and technology. As stated on their website, “the lab functions as a collaborative mindset and network, connecting curious …

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