Partners
What Design Can Do 2013 is generously supported by:
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| The Creative Industries Fund NL is a government funded organization that issues project grants in order to foster substantive quality in architecture, urban design, landscape design, product design, graphic design, fashion and E-culture, to foster innovation and cross-sector approaches and to professionalize entrepreneurship. Improvement of the links between designers and clients, and expansion of the international market are important concerns of the Fund. www.stimuleringsfonds creatieveindustrie.nl/en/ |
Making enterprising, cultural and extraordinary social initiatives possible: that is the mission of SNS REAAL Fonds. The fund supports remarkable projects, large and small, in the fields of Art & Culture, and Youth & Society. In the first section, SNS REAAL Fonds supports a broad spectrum of (interdisciplinary) projects in the fields of music, theatre, e-culture, design, fashion, art, architecture, literature, new media and other disciplines. Willfulness, innovation and self-reliance are important criteria for support: SNS REAAL Fonds is specially meant for surprising and innovative initiatives, projects that add to the development of the sector. www.snsreaalfonds.nl |
The DOEN Foundation’s believes in a green, socially-inclusive and creative society. For this reason DOEN supports committed entrepreneurs eager to develop sustainable, cultural and socially-engaged initiatives. People who are not afraid to take risks, while putting their pioneering ideas into practice. People who inspire others! DOEN receives its revenues from the Dutch Postcode Lottery, the BankGiro Lottery and the Friends Lottery. www.doen.nl |
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| ‘I amsterdam’ is Amsterdam’s city motto and marketing campaign that helps to improve the image of Amsterdam across the globe. The campaign is backed by Amsterdam Marketing, a platform in which the city government, industry and organisations join forces to promote Amsterdam as a place for both leisure and business. Amsterdam Marketing focuses on businesses, citizens and visitors. What Design Can Do is happily supported as it demonstrates Amsterdam’s renowned combination of creativity, innovation and commercial spirit. www.iamsterdam.com |
AkzoNobel is a leading global paints and coatings company and a major producer of specialty chemicals. The company works closely with architects and designers all over the world to develop new products and technologies for various industries and markets, including construction, transportation and consumer goods. AkzoNobel’s coatings products beautify and protect. They are used on anything from mobile phones, aircraft and houses, to Sydney Harbor Bridge, the Halley VI base in Antarctica and Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum. www.akzonobel.com |
The Amsterdam Fund for the Arts believes artists, creativity and experimentation are inextricably linked to Amsterdam. The AFK supports projects and programmes that increase interest in art and culture, appeal to a wide audience and maintain the multiformity of the array of art available in the city. www.amsterdamsfonds voordekunst.nl |
Lenoirschuring is a renowned studio and printing office for quality print work and therefore a favourite printer of many designers in the Netherlands. With ten people the print shop is specialized in print work that need attention and dedication. www.lenoirschuring.com |
Pictoright is the author’s rights organisation for visual creators in the Netherlands: illustrators, artists, graphic designers, photographers and other professional image creators. Pictoright distributes collective royalties, manages copyrights for artists, provides legal assistance, offers advice and strives for a better copyright position for image creators. www.pictoright.nl |
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The Sandberg Instituut Amsterdam, part of the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, offers Master’s programmes in Fine Arts, Applied Arts, Design, and Interior Architecture. The Design Department is a think tank for visual strategies and since 2000 they organize together with the Dutch Cultural Media Fund the yearly masterclass ‘Sandberg@Mediafonds’. During this 5-month-long professional lab, new forms of digital storytelling are developed. The 2013 edition “Liquid journalism” was set up in collaboration with HKU, Utrecht School of the Arts, the Association of Investigative Journalists and What Design Can Do.
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Dutch government declared the creative industries as one of nine top sectors for the Dutch economy. The Dutch Creative Industries Council is an independent strategic advisory board to this creative industries top sector. The DCIC wants to stimulate the innovative power of the Netherlands by increasing the impact of the Dutch creative industries. With this objective connections are made and intensified both within and outside the sector. The Council warmly supports What Design Can Do because of its multidisciplinary display of the creative industry’s potentials. |
Staff development in creative industries, that’s GOC. GOC gathers and develops knowledge and translates it into products and services that range from business advice to tailor made courses. Thus, GOC supports employers with their staff development and helps to create a healthy, strong and social innovative industry. As What Design Can Do’s goal too is to broaden the knowledge of all working in the creative industries, GOC is an enthusiast partner of the event. www.goc.nl |
Antalis is the world’s leading distributor of paper, packaging solutions and visual communication products for professionals. The company was born in 2000 through the merger of 40 international distribution companies across the globe. Antalis sponsors the yellow paper for all What Design Can Do publications. For more information visit. www.antalis.com |
De Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam’s city theatre hall, is the leading centre of theatre culture in the Netherlands. The theatre hall offers the public a programme of theatre plays, modern dance, music theatre and cross-overs. In its Expanded Theatre programme the Stadsschouwburg co-operates with other parties and organizations to bring all kinds of current and social issues to the stage. The role of design in social change as propagated by What Design Can Do is an example of this. www.ssba.nl |
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| The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam is the largest museum of modern and contemporary art and design in the Netherlands. The museum’s history and unique relationship with design is shown by its substantial design collection. The Stedelijk holds its leading position by closely following developments within the field and by collaborating with new initiatives like WDCD. www.stedelijk.nl |
The Trotter, a mobile billboard, is a great solution for temporary outdoor advertising and signing. Trotter mobile billboards are available in three sizes and can be placed virtually everywhere. Trotter is part of What Design Can Do on 16 & 17 May with a small exhibition in public space on the Leidseplein. www.trotter.eu |
The Melkweg (The Milkyway), located in a former dairy factory neighbouring the Stadsschouwburg, is one of the most well-known cultural centres within and outside the Netherlands, and is unique because of a programme that unites five artistic disciplines under one roof: music, dance/theatre, film, photography and media art. This year What Design Can Do extends to the rooms of the Melkweg for the first time. www.melkweg.nl |
De Vorm is a Dutch producer of design furniture. Thanks to its strict lines, colour design and hidden features, furniture by De Vorm is surprising, contemporary and timeless. Comfort, quality and permanence are key issues in the designs by different designers. But what characterizes the designs by De Vorm most is this distinctive something they add to the rest of the interior to create a new, more valuable atmosphere. www.devorm.nl |
BeamSystems is one of the main suppliers of audiovisual techniques to the cultural sector in the Netherlands. BeamSystems originates from the time when video entered the club circuit, festivals, museums and galleries. Today BeamSystems develops audiovisual installations for museums, theatre, festivals, congresses and company presentations, including What Design Can Do. www.beamsystems.nl |
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| The Association of Dutch Designers (BNO) is the professional association for designers and design agencies in the Netherlands. The association unites more than 2,500 individual designers and 150 design agencies and corporate design departments. The BNO is committed to advancing the economic, social and cultural interests of its members and to promoting their work and the profession both domestically and internationally. www.bno.nl |
A building where once prisoners were detained is now home to the free word. Since 1982 De Balie (slang for The Prison) hosts debates, seminars, cultural events and daily film screenings all focusing on social and political issues. De Balie shares some of its rooms with What Design Can Do for breakout sessions and a special film programme. www.debalie.nl |
The New Institute celebrates the innovative power of architecture, design and e-culture. The organization arose out of a merger between the Netherlands Architecture Institute; Premsela, the Netherlands Institute of Design and Fashion; and Virtueel Platform, the e-culture knowledge institute. www.hetnieuweinstituut.nl |
WeTransfer is an online file-transferring platform, based in Amsterdam. WeTransfer’s mission is to create a platform that allows anyone in the world to send large files. With WeTransfer you can send up to 2GB per transfer free of charge. Since 2009 WeTransfer has sent over 200 million transfers, bringing WeTransfer close to being the biggest transfer service on the web. www.wetransfer.com |
The Lloyd Hotel and Cultural Embassy is the first 1-to-5 star hotel in the world. Located in the upmarket Eastern Docklands the Lloyd Hotel is situated in a freestanding monumental building, that once served as hotel for emigrants waiting for their ships. Most of today’s guests carry cultural baggage and the hotel’s Cultural Embassy links them up with artists in Amsterdam. www.lloydhotel.com |
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| Athenaeum nowadays remains one of Holland’s largest independent bookstores. Its company-structure in fact features a co-ownership by the staff to underline this independent status. The Amsterdam bookshop on the lively Spui boasts a large stock not only in the literary field but also in various academic fields. Its unique ‘Newscentre’ next door offers a huge selection of foreign and local newspapers and magazines plus a selection of travel guides and books on design, jazz and pop music. www.athenaeum.nl |
Some 1300 agencies are united in BNA (Royal Institute of Dutch Architects), the sector association for Dutch architectural agencies. BNA is a network promoting modern, creative entrepreneurship, inspired by the power of architecture with respect to the social and domestic environment. www.bna.nl | BNI is the Dutch Association of Interior Architects, representing around three hundred interior architects. The aim of BNI is to stimulate and enhance interior architecture in the broadest sense. BNI supports interior architects in their practice, and also offers advice to those looking for an interior architect. www.bni.nl |
MODINT is the Dutch trade association for manufacturers, importers, agents and wholesalers of clothing, including sports clothing, fashion accessories, carpets and textiles for interiors. MODINT has approximately 800 business members, representing a combined annual turnover of €9 billion in the Netherlands, of which 45% is exported. www.modint.nl |
PIBN, the Dutch Platform for Internet Agencies, is the professional association for the best Internet agencies in the Netherlands. Together they represent the Dutch online industry. PIBN looks after the interests of its members and actively stimulates the professionalism, transparency and the creative and innovative quality of the branche. www.pibn.nl | ||||
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| Capital D is a platform for designers and design driven companies, organizations and knowledge institutes in the Brainport Eindhoven Region. Capital D (Design Cooperation Brainport) stimulates and unites creative initiatives that strengthen the (inter)national reputation in the field of technology and design. All projects Capital D is involved in are meant to contribute to improving the economic, cultural and social climate. Capital D is the driving force behind the annual Dutch Design Week. www.capitald.nl | M°BA (Mode Biënnale Arnhem) is a biannual event shedding new light on the current state of affairs in lifestyle and fashion, fashion design and culture. During six weeks Arnhem, the fashion capital of the Netherlands, hosts exhibitions, fashion shows, films, workshops, performances, conferences and publication launches for an international audience. www.moba.nu |
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| Frame is the world’s leading interior design publication. Since its launch in 1997, the magazine has remained faithful to its mission: putting interior architecture on the map as a creative profession that’s equally important as design and architecture. In six issues per year, Frame publishes the world’s most inspiring interiors, spiced up with design, art and creative endeavours like window displays and stage sets. Sold in 77 countries, Frame is printed in English, Chinese, Korean and Turkish. www.frameweb.com |
Established in 1995 with its flagship conference, Design Indaba has evolved into a multidisciplinary experience that now comprises the globally acclaimed annual Design Indaba Conference, Simulcast, Expo and FilmFest, as well as a host of community initiatives, training workshops, music festivals, design projects, performances and publications. Designindaba.com is the online culmination of the Design Indaba experience. From the start Design Indaba has been a media partner and strong supporter of What Design Can Do. www.designindaba.com |
VENUEZ Hospitality & Style magazine gives up-to-date information on beverage, design, trends, products and technology in the bar, club, restaurant and hotel business in the Benelux. VENUEZ is an essential trade magazine for everyone in the hospitality industry with a passion for the profession and love for design and trends. www.venuez.nl |
De Groene Amsterdammer (The Green Amsterdammer) is the Netherlands’ oldest opinion weekly, independent since 1877 and ever since a beacon of free spirited opinion making in the fields of politics, society, culture and literature. The magazine has a readership of over 20.000 people, up from 12.000 five years ago. De Groene Amsterdammer takes What Design Can Do this year for the second time as an occasion to publish a special supplement on design. www.groene.nl |
It’s Nice That exists to champion creativity across a whole host of disciplines. We publish exciting, original and engaging work from both established names and talented newcomers. www.itsnicethat.com |
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| The daily Het Parool is the leading newspaper for Amsterdam and surroundings. To the general national and international news it adds news and information on the Amsterdam area. This includes the highly appreciated weekly supplement PS van de Week with an inspiring overview of what’s on in the city. The newspaper generously supports What Design Can Do with pre-conference editorial coverage. Het Parool is part of De Persgroep. www.parool.nl |
Since its inception in 1983, Blueprint is a leading magazine title dedicated to architecture, design and art, respected around the world and described by The Observer as the ‘design bible’. Published monthly, it is lovingly produced in large format on the best quality paper, with photography and illustration of the highest standard. Its long-standing appeal is due to the strong opinions, critical thinking and interdisciplinary approach found in its pages, directed at professionals and non-professionals alike. www.blueprint magazine.co.uk |
Good design management makes an essential contribution to the products, services and communication power of organisations and enterprises. The Design Management Network unites a hundred design managers in the Netherlands and aims to further the knowledge of the profession among its members and all others interested. www.dmnetwerk.nl |
Design.nl is the Dutch design news website, published by Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion (now part of The New Institute). The site and weekly newsletter reports on all things happening in the Dutch design world. www.design.nl |
Fontanel explores creative culture in the Netherlands. In a personal and inspiring manner, the online magazine reports on design, art, music, film, lifestyle and technology. The focus is primarily on the Netherlands, but as with the Dutch, also on the rest of the world. A world that is interesting for creatives and those who want to be part of rich Dutch creative culture. This idea hooks up well with What Design Can Do, an event that with a sharp eye puts in the spotlights, discusses, celebrates and explains the world of design. www.fontanel.nl | ||||
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| Founded in 1999, Designboom is the world’s first and most popular digital architecture and design magazine. By publishing the latest news and key issues in the fields of architecture, design, technology and art, Designboom’s mission over the past 14 years has remained the same: unearthing the best projects and curating a selection of the most interesting aspects of contemporary culture… before you can find it anywhere else. www.designboom.com |
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