Magis at the Salone del Mobile 2018

Posted on 24/05/2018 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Magis

The presentation by the brand Magis was one of our favorites at the Salone del Mobile 2018 furniture fair in Milan. We, at Mimi Berlin, are always drawn to the designs produced by Magis, but this time it wasn’t so much the chairs, stools and tables we liked; it was the stand-design itself we favored. Huge classisistic columns, embellished with perspex and metal cubes in brown/orange/pink tones, stood in the middle of the large and open space, which ended at a wall wich had several fake arcs in it. In total: a postmodern delight from the 21st century.

The D is from Driade wich presented opposite of Magis.

Stand design by Note Design Studio

‘Cyborg’ chair series by Marcel Wanders.

‘Cyborg’ chair by Marcel Wanders for Magis

Detail of the ‘Déjà-vu’ stool by Naoto Fukasawa.

Stool ‘Bureaurama’ by Jerszy Seymour.

Porte-Manteau/Coat-hanger Four Leaves by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby.

Mirror series ‘Vitrail’ by Inga Sempé

New: Mirror series ‘Vitrail’ by Inga Sempé

Award

When we did our research later on, we read that Magis had won a Salone del Mobile.Milano Award and that: “The exhibition design project at the Salone was a product of the collaboration between the company and Note Design Studio in Stockholm.” Congratulations to both companies!
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Lichting 2017 Fashion Design Award goes to Lizzy Stuyfzand

Posted on 15/07/2017 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Lichting 2017 Fashion Design Award goes to Lizzy Stuyfzand

Yesterday (7/14/2017), on the second day of Amsterdam Fashionweek (MBFWA) Mini Berlin Blogger Team went to see the Lichting show (the annual contest for 14 graduating Dutch fashion design students) Lizzy Stuyfzand was the winner of the Lichting Award, for most promising talent, which is €10,000! Congratulations!! Ms Stuyfzand graduated last month at ArtEZ Arnhem with her menswear collection “Call me magpie” (see more about that here on this blog)

Lizzy Stuyfzand and her models. Congratulations!

Finale at the Lichting show

Participants/voting at lichting show (image via mini berlin’s insta)

CATWALK AMSTERDAM FASHIONWEEK SS18 (credits:team peter stigter)

LICHTING 2017 LIZZY STUYFZAND CATWALK AMSTERDAM (credits:team peter stigter)FASHIONWEEK SS18

LICHTING 2017 SARAH BRUYLAND CATWALK (credits:team peter stigter)AMSTERDAM FASHIONWEEK SS18

The second award, €3000; is ‘The Audience’s Favorite’ went to Sarah Bruylant of AMFI. The students participated to this lovely show were: Roos Boshart, Rachael Cheong, Annebel de Kok, Miro Hämäläinen, Karlijn Krijger and Ninamounah Langestraat (read more about them here lichting.nl) The winners truly deserved the prices they got, but we also rooted for Ninamounah Langestraat (Gerrit Rietveld Academy) her part of the Lichting show really stood out to us because of it’s very strong personality. Congratulations to all students; we wish you the best in your careers! xoxo Mimi

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Project Monsoon

Posted on 03/11/2015 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Project Monsoon

D&DAD and Pantone teamed up for New Blood Awards 2015; The briefing was; Reimagine your hometown through the language of colour. The Creative Team of Seunghoon Shin, Yoonshin Kim, Nu Ri Kim, students from School of the Art Institute of Chicago, tutored by James Lee, came up with a concept called Project Monsoon. They made colorful illustrations/graphic designs which will appear on some streets in Seoul when it rains, using hydrochromic paint (a special formula which changes from transparent to opaque when it gets wet)
See all the entries for this New Blood challenge by Pantone HERE

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Bastian Visch wins Lichting 2014

Posted on 12/07/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Bastian Visch wins Lichting 2014 supported by V&D. Visch graduated from the Royal Academy of Arts the Hague this year. Bastian Visch received the V&D Talent Award, he gets the chance to design a capsule collection for the Dutch Department Store V&D. He will be getting professional advice and guidance for the development and production. In the spring of 2015, the collection will be sold in a selected number of V&D stores. Wir sind gespannt, we liked his trompe l’oeil printed garments very much, and are curious how they will look after going through an actual (mass) production process.

Mimi Berlin Blogger Team also took some PARTY SNAPS for yous >>>See them here<<<

Winner of The Frans Molenaar Couture Award 2014

Posted on 25/06/2014 by Mimi Berlin Amsterdam

Winner of The Frans Molenaar Couture Award 2014

Winner of The Frans Molenaar Award 2014 is ArtEZ Fashion Design BA graduate Karin Vlug, She won this Wednesday, June 25th 2014, and received the amount of €10.000,- to invest in a new couture collection which she will present next year at the 2015 edition of this Award. Congratulations!! (about: Frans Molenaar is a Dutch couturier)

*We have to be honest; sadly we couldn’t attend this show ourselves because of other work obligations elsewhere. Our seat won’t be empty next year!