amsterdam, designer, events, interaction designer, mediamatic, projects, RFID, videos
The Automatiek exhibit at the Amsterdam Historical Museum features these classic, self-serve vending machines dispensing historical Dutch objects instead of the old, odd, fried piece of frikadel as teaser for the upcoming new National Historical Museum.
There are a variety of objects to choose from ranging from the obvious Dutch cheese knife to the more obscure Dutch (?!) cassette tape. With each object only costing one or two euros, it’s easy to walk away from the exhibit with a whole lot of new Dutch stuff in your hands as well as in your head. Unless you are one of these people…
The Oma-Hackers
There’s always some one out there looking to beat the system, I just never thought it would be a pair of outlaw grandmas. These two gal pals showed up one day to the exhibit with their own previously made RFID cards. Many people who come to exhibit tend to recharge their card during their first visit to buy more objects, but to come back for seconds, it was unprecedented. Of course, more shocking was the fact that they just refilled their cards, bought their objects and tried to leave without even watching the movie (which I, personally, think is the best part of the whole exhibit). As some one who worked on the project, I had to stop them and ask them why.
Turns out the Automatiek was the best deal on quality tea towels this side of Amsterdam. What normally costs a whopping €6.95 in the stores was only €2 here at the exhibit and everyone on the granny grapevine was trying to get in while the getting was good. Hey, it’s classier than going to the 99¢ Store, right?
So come on down to the Automatiek exhibit before August 29th, 2010 at the Amsterdam Historisch Museum and get your tea towel today, while supplies last!
More info:
August 1st, 2010
amsterdam, events, web
At €500 a pop, it’s still cheaper than going on a PICNIC, and apparently a few early-bird tickets are still available.
I (personally) don’t pay that kind of money without some kind of guarantee the whole thing isn’t in my native language and the Shit We All Get isn’t at least a laptop bag or bigger. Looks like I’ll have to hang around outside for discarded badges or pretend to be some one’s child. AGAIN.
Next Web is Wednesday, April 15th – Friday, April 17th at the Westergasfabriek.
February 4th, 2009
amsterdam, events
Check out eccentric Ghananan coffins or decorate your own. See all things related to death over on the Vijzelstraat. I’ll be there writing my last wishes on my own account.
Let the custody battle over Gary begin!
January 30th, 2009
amsterdam, events
Wednesday, January 28th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
W+K Amsterdam
Herengracht 258-266
Amsterdam
January 27th, 2009
events, movies, rotterdam
Buy tickets and see the programming online.
Check out trailers here.
January 21st, 2009
amsterdam, animation, design, events, music, videos
You want that Partis hat so bad that you’re shaking.
Artis the Partis and Alien the Palien were in full impulsive-buying force during Friday’s Nachtsalon at the Artis Planetarium. Most of the event took place in the dome theater itself, starting with a fascinating look at the solar system (or at least I think was, it was in Dutch). The new(-ish) planetarium has some of the best audio and visual equipment I have seen in any educational building, using the dome structure to create three dimensional images and animating them in such a way that it actually feels like stars are falling all over you.
YURO & TRAGO
Dutch DJ’s Yuro and Trago did a live set (see comment below) that included an animated remix of the images we had viewed in the previous presentation. The set musically was inspired and thumpy (in a good way), but after the second trippy animation, we started to wonder if we were the only people in the room who weren’t magic mushing their brains out. Then of course they brought out this guy…
J. WALT LIVE DRAWING
Out the two videos, this is the one to watch. It’s a bit on the big side, but if you have the patience to wait for it to download, you will be happily rewarded. Coming all the way from Los Angeles, J. Walt is an artist and programmer who performed five different pieces of his work (three shown in the video) with software he created himself. Each performance consisted of him live drawing on a wacom tablet while using a slider to manipulate the camera angles and movement. If you look closely, you can see the cursor moving in the video.
March 9th, 2008
amsterdam, art, design, DIY, events, music, television
♥ YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST, FIRST!!! KEEMPOO EXCLUSIVE
DJ Turnstile’s albums are now available for download. Logo available for download here.
♥ ANKLE-BITERS PROVEN TO LIVE LONGER THAN “TALLIES”
Apparently, us tinky-tiny gals have a gene that lets them live past 90, so fuck quitting smoking this year.
♥ ANOTHER STOCK TIP FROM ME TO YOU
H&M buys the company that owns Cheap Monday. Profits preparing to blast off to the Mars Planet!
♥ URBAN TYPOGRAPHY WORKSHOP AT OOSTERDOK APRIL 3-4
€200 will get you a ticket into working with grafitti artist ZedZ, artist Wayne Horse, and graphic designer Mirthe Blussé for two whole days on guerilla style type. Walls not included in lab fee.
♥ JENNIFER ALLORA AND GUILLERMO CALZADILLA NOW AT THE STEDELIJK!
Odd white sculptures on view also at the Oosterdok.
♥ NEW JUSTICE VIDEO MAKES MY CURRENT FONT LIBRARY LOOK LIKE A BUNCH OF BROKEN-ASS REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS
Directed by So-Me, creative director for Ed Banger Records and the Prince Charming of illustration.
♥ AT THE BOY WASH, YEAH!
Proving that there really is a Nintendo DS games out there for everyone, Duel Love teaches the importance of cleaning your man from top to toe.
♥ CRAFT YOUR ASS OFF
Q&A session about where and how you should see your wares at craft fairs.
March 7th, 2008
art, design, events, rotterdam, utrecht
The graffiti artist who helped throw up the murals all around Rotterdam along with the rest of the Lastplak collective will be showing some of his work up at the Lock & Load store in Utrecht until the end of the month. CES53 has been the hardest working man in the train yard since 1985, becoming is famous for his “one man, whole cars”.
♥ More information on the man behind the can (in Dutch) here.
♥ Check out his Flickr page here.
March 4th, 2008
amsterdam, bicycles, events
February 26th, 2008
amsterdam, events, music
Details of the upcoming Nacht Salon event are finally available at the N8 Website. Along with Artis the Partis and Alien the Palien, dj’s Yuro & Trago and KC the Funkaholics from Kindred Spirits will be at the planetarium to make sure the sounds match the sights. Govert Schilling explains the meaning of the mysterious Planet X while J. Walt exhibits his live animation performance, Spontaneous Fantasia for a mere €7- if you buy a ticket ahead of time.
February 21st, 2008
