Topic: Amsterdam

For the the Greenest Office, Shop Vintage. Buy Thrift. Recycle.

With all the hubbub about green products, the point that everyone seems to miss is that the greenest move of all is to buy used stuff. Variously called "vintage," "thrift," or "second hand," its ...READ»

Free-Agent Clubhouse

It used to be a church. It's got the vibe of a funky nightclub, the technology of a wired office, and the members-only attitude of a lodge. Meet Baby -- René Eller's club for Amsterdam's "Brand Called You" set.READ»

Instant Landmark: New Amsterdam Pavilion

To mark the 400th anniversary of the Dutch arrival, New York unveils a gift from the Netherlands--a spiral-shaped visitor's center where 70,000 daily commuters pass.READ»

Stuck With an Old Sewage Plant? Remake the Neighborhood

Urban planners in Amsterdam had a problem: What to do with three old silos, from a derelict sewage treatment plant? So they held a competition to re-imagine the site. The winning entry is a multi-story cultural center that ...READ»

Design, Luxury, and Greed

Three weeks ago I watched a movie, The International, with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts. It's a boys' flick about bankers, terrorists and ex-Stassi agents. Besides the glorious violence at the Guggenheim, what caught my eye was the ...READ»

Web Picks

Chicken or Beef? www.airlinemeals.net Marco Hart took his first picture of an airline meal on a flight to Turkey in October 2001 thinking it would be nice to show his parents what he ate while flying over Eastern Europe. A hobby was ...READ»

No Joke: These Guys Really Do Work Out of a Cardboard Box

When the employees at Nothing, an Amsterdam ad agency, say they work out of a cardboard box, most people are probably think they're making a joke about their cheap-o bosses. They're not, and the bosses aren't being cheap at all. ...READ»

Logo, Going, Gone

The Stone Twins in Amsterdam have published what appears to be a beautiful book, Logo, RIP. Featuring 20,000 words and 50 illustrations in just under 200 pages, the book has an accompanying Web gallery as a "commemoration of dead ...READ»

Gold Gun? Lego Chair? Droog Store Opens in the U.S.!

If you’ve been pining after Tejo Remy’s drunken chest of drawers--with its secret compartment containing a gold gun, a line of cocaine, and a diamond ring--but can’t tear yourself away from the plunging Nasdaq to get to ...READ»

Work Space

Baby, once a free-agent clubhouse in Amsterdam seems to have since evolved into an international network of artists, galleries -- and a magazine. During the boom, experiments in shared workspaces and free-agent offices were ...READ»

Tireless Wireless

Muniwireless is a wonderful online guide to municipal wireless network projects. Provided by Lemon Cloud BV, an Amsterdam-based legal and consulting services company, the service addresses "simple downtown hotspots," as well as ...READ»

Dutch Treat: A New Pavilion for New York's Battered Battery

The Island at the Center of the World may have lost some of its luster recently,  as the city’s profligate bankers squandered the nation’s wealth in pursuit of watches, jets, and beachfront property. But the ‘hood will soon ...READ»

Imagine Pot Was Legal. How Would You Brand It?

Print Magazine asked four designers to imagine what a legal pot package might look like. Here's what they produced.READ»

Gunther Pauli Cleans Up

He built the world's first biodegradable factory. Now, armed with laptops and attitude, Gunter Pauli and his green team plan to outmaneuver Procter Gamble and the detergent giants.READ»

7 Compact Hotels Big on Style

Hotels around the world are enticing guests by pairing high design with low prices, trimming costs by shrinking square footage and inclusive frills like room service and toiletries. Here are seven examples: Pod Hotel, ...READ»

Design Stars Shine at Marcel Wanders Event

Inside the luncheon at Art Basel Miami celebrating the opening of the Miami Beach Mondrian, the first hotel created by Dutch designer Marcel Wanders.READ»

• Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian
• Masters of Design

Marcel Wanders Designs Miami's Mondrian

As his multipart empire expands into the U.S., Marcel Wanders's moment has come. He's riding it for all it's worth. READ»

• 2008 Masters of Design
• Marcel Wanders’s South Beach Mondrian
• The Vision of John Maeda

Should We Build Floating Cities to Adapt to Climate Change?

Leave it to the Dutch, denizens of a low-lying, flood-prone region, to concoct a scheme for floating cities that adapt to the rising sea levels caused by climate change. The floating city idea, proposed by Delft-based DeltaSync, ...READ»

Extreme Jobs (and the people who love them)

Eighty-hour weeks. Relentless travel. Unpredictable schedules. High risk, high stress. Your worst nightmare, maybe -- but a dream for a group of elite workers.READ»

DIY Breakfast Machine Whips Up Eggs, OJ, and More

Public design laboratory Platform 21 unveiled something awfully tasty in Amsterdam this week, a Rube-Goldberg device that harnesses simple mechanics to make (drumroll, please...) breakfast! Japanese artist Masa Kimura teamed up ...READ»

Brand Reincarnation

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Airline Merger Mania Could Blunt Effects Of Reduced Fares

True believers of competition have always questioned why airlines must still be national businesses regulated by agreements between countries. These 'bilaterals,' as they are known, regulate everything from the number of flights per ...READ»

New York's Design Scene Is Going Dutch

A series of events and exhibitions by Dutch designers will transform New York into New Amsterdam, at least for the next few weeks.READ»

Work Together, Stay in Place

Learn how some smart organizations and quick learners are working virtually, efficiently, and seamlessly around the globe today.READ»

Work Together, Stay in Place

Learn how some smart organizations and quick learners are working virtually, efficiently, and seamlessly around the globe today.READ»