The Historia Supellexalis: “N” for Netherlands
Netherlands
A Gulf; A Commonwealth; A Context
#campustour 2018: Exposure, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, Netherlands
Since 2000 Utrecht has been home to, when not the world’s longest poem, then certainly the world’s longest-term poem: running its way down Oudegracht through the heart of the inner-island, De Letters van Utrecht is extended every Saturday by the addition of a new letter, a process planned to continue ad infinitum. And which is in many ways similar to how smow blog posts are formed: we start writing, adding new words at regular intervals, without any real plan, far less any intention, ever to stop, but rather to just keep going on and on and on and on and on and on…….
As we strolled down Oudegracht towards the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht’s Exposure 2018 Graduation Exhibition the last letter set was number 965, was to be the first letter of a new word, and was a Z. But what would the new word be? Zaaien? Zaakkennis? Zakken, zalig, zalf, zagen, zangliefhebber, zakdoekjesboom, zandloperdolfijn?
Putting down our dictionaries we headed for the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht…….
5 New Design Exhibitions for September 2017
The September architecture and design exhibition recommendations are arguably the cruellest to write: the fact that the majority of the exhibitions end in the depths of the European winter meaning that as we sit here hoping that summer keeps going just a little, little, longer…. we’re forced to think about winter jackets and gloves.
And so before things get that far, best get out there and visit an exhibition!! Our five recommendations for September 2017 feature new exhibitions in Weil am Rhein, Los Angeles, Utrecht, Frankfurt and Malmö…….
5 New Design Exhibitions for March 2017
For George Orwell nothing heralded spring quite like the re-appearance of toads, emerging from their subterranean hibernation and setting off, once again, on life’s great cycle.
Our toads are the flurry of new design and architecture exhibitions which open globally every March, as the international museum and gallery community awake from their winter slumber.
Our highlights for March 2017, featuring new exhibitions in Bielefeld, Helsinki, Weil am Rhein, Utrecht and Paris
Klaarhamer according to Rietveld. Craftsman, frontrunner and innovator at the Centraal Museum Utrecht
As we noted in our post from the exhibition Der entfesselte Blick – Die Brüder Rasch und ihre Impulse für
5 New Design Exhibitions for December 2014
One of the advantages of having been running our “5 New Design Exhibitions” series for over a year is that
(smow) blog compact: Woody Skateboards
No sooner had we published our post on the innovative high-tech world of silbærg snowboards, than we received information on