Hierbij een vergelijking tussen de regeringsverklaringen van – Balkenende I 2002 – Balkenende II 2006 – Balkenende III 2008 – Rutte I 2010 van samenleving, zorg, veranwoordeljkheid en overheid naar Nederland, nederlandse, land was twee jaar terug cultuur nog een item, nu is deze vervangen door crisis moeten is vervangen Lees verder
Tijdens het verblijf aan het Nederlands Instituut in Rome deed Hannie van den Bergh onderzoek naar labyrinten in de stad. Door de eeuwen heen waren er labyrinten geweest: romeinse vloerpatronen op het Forum Romanum, christelijke vloeren in oa. Santa Maria in Trastevere en tuinlabyrinten uit de 17e en 19e eeuw. Lees verder
4 books, 1 second, 24 images flipboekje Up-Down voor Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens Deurle België
while i was reading a book with lectures and articles by wim crouwel ‘ways of thinking’ i thought about the absence of capitals in japanese writing. in the beginning of the 20th century in europe we had an interesting discussion about the use of lower case and capitals. designers wanted Lees verder
During the processing of the data, I gathered through the surveys, I was wandering how I could present this in an elegant way and with humility. Although the graphs look like hard facts, I wanted to make them soft and personal. One way was the use of washi (handmade paper). Lees verder
The flyers and posters which attract my attention most are those with a combination of computer made straight forward design (font types and photographs) and hand made drawings. Those images make a link between handcraft and modern culture. This way of working is also expressed in theatre and animation films. Lees verder
This is the cup from which I take tea everyday day. You can see clearly that’s handmade: the shape of the cup is irregular, the surface has little cracks (raku fired) and the painting is rustic. With our western values we should say it’s not a piece of beauty, with Lees verder
When people say “there’s no communication between parents and children”, this is an American way of thinking. In Japan we didn’t need spoken communication between parents and children. A glance at the face, a glance at the back and we understood enough. That was our way of thinking, and it Lees verder
One of my daily routines is taking my bike, opening the entrance door, taking out my bike and closing the door.
Sometimes the door is slightly open, but then I close it afterwards.No locks in my house, so no problem with lost or forgotten keys. This sliding door only a few Lees verder
Last month I described two teahouses, one by Terunobu Fujimori (30-10-2011) and the other by students of the art academy (31-10-2011), where you had to crawl through a low entrance door to get in. It felt rather uncomfortable and a bit like a joke. But lately I had a discussion Lees verder