DUS is currently leading an international team of partners in “research and doing,” connecting science, design, construction, and community by 3D-printing a canal house in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
DUS Architects: Hans Vermeulen is Building Your 3D-Print Canal House BY PAKSY PLAKIS-CHENG DUS Architects was founded by Hans Vermeulen, Martine de Wit, and Hedwig Heinsman. DUS won the prestigious Amsterdam Awards for the Arts 2011. In addition to their [...]
Philip Van Traa, founder of GrownDownTown, has been transforming the rooftops of a number of commercial buildings in Amsterdam. He collaborated with Master Chef Chris Naylor, of the Michelin-starred restaurant Vermeer in Amsterdam, to develop Rooffood, a year-round, higher-yielding roof garden for the restaurant.
impactmania speaks with Axel Rüger, director of the Van Gogh Museum. Rüger offers some insight on the responsibilities that come with managing such a beloved and impactful organization and what he has learned from “living” with Van Gogh.
Marcel Wanders spoke with impactmania about what design can do in a political and social context. His whimsical design seeks to serve as a new connection between people beyond borders and across cultures.
Marcel Jansen, the retail advisor for Dutch entities such as Albert Cuyp Market, shopping area in De Pijp Amsterdam, and a collective of flower growers with more than 2,500 members, is now also a shop owner — something that was in his DNA all along.
Soon you will be able to own a trumpet based on the horn used on Star Wars, The Force Awakens. Jon Lewis, First Trumpet for the movie, is working with horn maker Hub van Laar in Limburg, the Netherlands, on a limited edition production instrument based on Lewis's trumpet.