- Droog Design
Droog Design ("droog" is a Dutch word meaning "dry") is an internationally renowned Dutch
design collective which designs and manufacturesfurniture and architectural features. Droog Design has helped launch the careers of designers such asMarcel Wanders ,Hella Jongerius ,Tejo Remy ,Richard Hutten andJurgen Bey ., combining a shop, an exhibition room, a library and a kitchen where design dinners are cooked.
In 1999 an exhibition on Droog Design was presented at
Fundació Joan Miró inBarcelona , followed by a retrospective exhibition in 2006/2007 at theMuseum of Arts & Design inNew York City entitled "Simply Droog: 10 + 3 years of creating innovation and discussion". In 2004 a book was published on Droog Design, entitled "Simply Droog: 10 + 1 years of creating innovation and discussion".Activities
*projects & product development
**Droog initiates projects and is also commissioned by international firms and institutions such asMandarina Duck ,Bang & Olufsen ,Levi Strauss andBritish Airways . Droog projects can result in a single product, developed by an individual designer, or in group shows presenting a coherent series of variations on a theme.
*exhibitions
**Droog organises travelling exhibitions showing Droog collection products. In its own gallery droog@home Droog presents young (inter)national design talents in the field of conceptual design.
*education
**Droog lectures world-wide at congresses and seminars. Since 2001 Droog is head of the Masters Design course IM: Identity, Industrial and Interior Masters Industrial Design studio at the Design Academy Eindhoven.
*publications
**Droog takes position with provocative publications, both in terms of content and form. The design of Droog’s catalogues is as much a statement as the texts and products they contain.Droog collection
The Droog collection is curated by Renny Ramakers and Gijs Bakker and consists of over 180 products by more than a hundred designers. As Droog Design is not a style, but rather a view on design in the 21st century, the founders of Droog prefer to have the initiative in the contact with designers, to ensure that new ideas have not been inspired by exisitng Droog products but represent innovative and creative concepts.
External links
* [http://www.droogdesign.nl Droog Design]
* [http://designguide.dutchdesignlab.com/?p=59 Milan 2008: A touch of green exhibition video]
* [http://designguide.dutchdesignlab.com/?p=42 Video interview Gijs Bakker, Dry Tech 3]
* [http://artkrush.com/72504 Artkrush.com] - review of Simply Droog: 10 + 3 Years of Creating Innovation and Discussion at New York's Museum of Arts & Design
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