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Material Stories Is Back From Around The World

Posted on 23 September, 2011 | Comments Off


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It’s Not Easy Being Green?
After six months and twelve countries, Aart van Bezooyen (owner of Material Stories) returns back in Hamburg. Together with Paula Raché (communication designer), Aart has been traveling around the world in search for sustainable solutions in materials and design. You can read more about their discoveries at the It’s Not Easy Being Green website and stay updated about their next steps via Facebook or Twitter.

What does this mean for Material Stories?
Material Stories gathered a lot of information by getting face to face with sustainability experts and by experiencing local crafts and natural materials. We love to inform and inspire you with materials and ideas that can make your designs more sustainable. If you share our interest in sustainable design – then keep in touch via Twitter or subscribe to the Get Inspired newsletter.

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Material Vision 09 – Call For Young Professionals

Posted on 3 April, 2009 | Leave a comment

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This one goes to the young professionals among us. The German Design Council is inviting fresh graduates to present their works at this year’s Material Vision.

Since this is a call for German speaking countries – please don’t mind me forwarding this in “German only”.

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Vom 16. bis zum 18. Juni 2009 findet, parallel zur Messe Techtextil, die Messe Material Vision 09 der Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH statt. Der Rat für Formgebung ist Kooperationspartner der Material Vision.

In diesem Jahr möchten wir vier Hochschulabsolventen die Chance bieten, sich und ihre Arbeiten einem breiteren Publikum vorzustellen. Dabei besteht die Möglichkeit zu einer kurzen digitalen Präsentation im Rahmen des Vortragsforums. Gleichzeitig soll das Projekt auf einem Poster in Wort und Bild im Ausstellungsareal der Fachmesse vorgestellt werden. Der Fokus liegt auf aktuellen Arbeiten junger Absolventen, die sich mit dem Thema Materialien in Design und/oder Architektur auseinandergesetzt haben.

Weitere Informationen sowie die vollständigen ausschreibungsunterlagen stehen zum Download unter tinyurl.com/materialvision09 (pdf) zur Verfügung.

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Deadline for applications: 30 April 2009

Good luck, and if your project gets selected – let me know!

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Best Wishes From Material Stories!

Posted on 1 January, 2009 | Leave a comment

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“Aart van Bezooyen sends out his best wishes and hopes you also enjoyed a wonderful start of 2009 – a promising year full for materials inspiration!”

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Creative Courses for Young Designers

Posted on 9 September, 2008 | Leave a comment


Photo: “Groningen by Night”

The Minerva Academy of Visual Arts & Design in Groningen invited Aart van Bezooyen to support their team of interior design teachers. From September 2008, Aart will be instructing young interior designers with materials and design courses with a strong focus on sustainability. The first challenge will kick off with a hands-on design project based upon the Cradle to Cradle principle where “waste is food” (keep checking the blog!)

The Minerva academy is part of the Hanze University Groningen, one of the biggest and recognized universities for applied sciences in the Netherlands. The city of Groningen is nationally known as the “Metropolis of the North”. The large amount of students contribute to a lively cultural and creative scene.

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Material Stories is back again!

Posted on 13 August, 2008 | Leave a comment

“We just moved!” and I am more than happy to say that www.materialstories.com is back on air, my materials minded friends and colleagues!

After some radio silence – I am now publishing the first post of an upcoming “flow” of materials inspiration. Did I keep you waiting? Yes, I will also give you some more insight in the materials projects that have been keeping me from posting… All together, it’s good to be back again – and you’ll soon know why…

Keeping it short for now, lots to add to this weblog – so thanks for keeping in touch – thanks for any comments!

Aart van Bezooyen (Hamburg, August 2008)

P.S. “Looking for something?” – For the moment you can still search our 2005-2008 archives.

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