No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips

No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips
The classical still life, redesigned with contemporary design from The Netherlands

During DesignTide Tokyo 2007, held in Japan from 31st October – 4th November, 19 designers from Eindhoven, Amsterdam and Rotterdam will be presenting work that illustrates the strength of Dutch design. The exhibition ‘No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips’ will be presented as a still life, like those familiar to us from the ‘old masters’, putting contemporary design from the Netherlands on display in a classically Dutch way.

A three-dimensional painting
These objects are presented as a still life, like those of the ‘old masters’ who painted during the 17th century: an artistic composition of objects. In ‘No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips’ the different shapes, colours and textures have been arranged and illuminated to resemble a modern-day ‘best room’; a three-dimensional painting of Dutch design at a high standard of quality.

No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips
The Netherlands has a lot more to offer than windmills, cheese and tulips. Design, for instance. No matter how small the Netherlands may be, it still ranks fourth on the list of major design countries. All over the World, Dutch designers are renowned for their conceptual abilities and their ability to translate these concepts into designs that are suitable for mass production.

Furniture, interior accessories, household items and jewellery
The exhibition ‘No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips’, an initiative of Maarten Baptist and Margo Konings, puts 21 objects on display that stand as a symbol of this characteristic design mentality. The objects vary from furniture (such as the perforated chair Perf by Khodi Feiz and the stool Lost & Found by Demakersvan) and interior accessories (vases Botanical Ceramics by Jo Meesters) to household items (water bottle Waater by Tjep.) and jewellery (Trésor du homard & Les pinces et l’argent by Margo Konings).

‘No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips’ is part of NL4 Design, a programme of activities initiated by Brainport Eindhoven, the municipalities of Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the BNO (the Association of Dutch Designers) and Premsela (the Dutch platform for design and fashion) to create an unequivocal and recognisable international profile for the Netherlands as a design country and to promote the export of Dutch design.

Concept and Art Direction: Maarten Baptist and Margo Konings.

photo : Maurice Scheltens

Participating designers and objects on display:

Amsterdam
Pieke Bergmans – Unlimited Editions
Wiebe Boonstra – Bird is free
Khodi Feiz – Perf
Ted Noten – Love Bag
Idiots – Fake IIII
Scholten & Bajings – Colour Plaid 05
Tjep. – Waater

Eindhoven
Maarten Baptist – Louise, Tables
Drift - Lonneke Gordijn – Dandelight
Kiki van Eijk – Quilt Chair
Gro Design – Nokia 6500
Margo Konings – Trésor du homard & Les pinces et l’argent
Jo Meesters – Botanical Ceramics
Buro Vormkrijgers – About Time

Rotterdam
Jurgen Bey – Kokon Stubborn
Demakersvan – Lost & Found
Richard Hutten – Low Res Elephant
Chris Kabel – Flames, Bowls & Plates
Ben Oostrum – Low Res Jenever Bottle

No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips
DesignTide Tokyo 2007
31st October – 4th November 2007
Opening hours: 11:00 - 19:00

Venue
ESPACE 218 / L’Eclaireur
4-21-26 Minami-Aoyama
Minato-ku
Tokyo 107-0062
Japan

Subway
Omotesando station, on the Hanzomon Line, Ginza Line or Chiyoda Line.
Exit A4, 4 minutes walk from the station.

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