Afterlife explores the possibility of transforming the body of a deceased person into a battery to be used by loved ones. The project shows several uses of this battery in a the lapse of time exhibition which launched in September 2009. YDN designguide.tv talks to James Auger and Jimmy Loizeau, the the two instigators of this concept named Afterlife. www.auger-loizeau.com www.experimentadesign.pt This show is sponsored by Squarespace, a next generation platform for building and managing websites. get 12% off by using the code: YDN check out Squarespace.com to try out a free demo

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Designguide.tv presents an interview with Arik Levy Matylda Krzykowski talks with Arik Levy about the future of design, uncomfortable chairs and love.

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YDN Design Guide travels to Lisbon, Portugal for the Experimenta Design Festival 2009. Our first visit there is the Lapse in Time Show curated by Hans Maier-Aichen. Lapse in time highlights several young designers who have chosen to explore something new, on the crossroads of design, thought, science, environmental concerns and cultural exchange. Short quote from the show "In an increasingly global production scenario, speed and acceleration are synonymous with ?added value?. Eager to maximize cost-effectiveness, mainstream production is reduced to churning out irrelevant variations on existing models, old ideas with a revamped look." Featuring works of: Constantin & Laurene Boym (us), Eric Klarenbeek (nl), Jason Miller (us), Jerszy Seymour (de), Julien Carretero (fr), Katherina Wahl (de), Katrin Sonnleitner (de), Nacho Carbonell (es), Pieke Bergmans (nl), Studio Glithero (uk,nl), Susana Soares (pt). More info on www.designguide.tv & experimentadesign.pt This show is sponsored by Squarespace: get 12% off by using the code: YDN check out Squarespace.com to be amazed! And if you're going on a trip you should try Budget car rentals We are offering you 10% off your reservation or $30 off a weekly rental! just go to www.budget.com/ydn to get your discount added automatically

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We take a closer look at 3 projects of Master of design graduates from the Design Academy Eindhoven. Their projects seem to be focussed on life's rituals and typical behaviours. Ryou Jihyun's project shows us techniques used in the past for storing food without the use of a fridge. In a society where energy consumption becomes an entire nation's problem, these age-old methods get new life when applied to a modern day design and thought process. People increasingly suffer from depression, anxiety and tension because of their inability to deal with death of their loved ones. Wing Lam Kwok takes a closer look at bereavement and the process that surrounds it. By designing a new ritual she hopes to address grief not only in terms of psychology but also as a new task in the humanitarian design field. And lastly we take a look at a custom most of us have become used to in the morning, that first cup of coffee. Jo Nakamura took an extensive look at the many existing coffee makers in the world, and took the most inspirational ones to further develop them into a brand new ritual of making coffee. Resulting in a unique appliance giving ode to the extraction process which has been around for over 300 years. It's not just about functionality. www.designguide.tv This show is sponsored by Squarespace: get 12% off by using the code: YDN check out Squarespace.com and build your own beautiful site in minutes! more info on http://offers.mevio.com/squarespace-coupon/designguide.html

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In this NYC episode we talk to award winning designer Terhi Tuominen about her chair/table which can wirelessly charge your phone. And the entrepreneurs from Deadgood uk present their work for the first time at this fair.

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A brief look at this years' DMY Berlin event. We show several works shown at the DMY Youngsters, including the alternative cheap wind turbine system by Oskar Zieta (and students of the ETH Zurich) and the homeless folding bed by Hwang Kim. More conceptual based designs were shown at the Appel design gallery with works of people all living in Berlin. Features works by: Academy of Decorative arts of Strasbourg, A4 Academy of Arts, Architecture and design Prague, Yeayea, Hwang Kim, Supershape, Epoqualo, Oskar Zieta, Tina Roeder, Jerszy Seymour, Bless, El Ultimo Grito, Jörg Hundertpfund, Ronen Kadushin, Osko Deichmann, Judith Seng, David Krings produced by Designguide.tv music courtesy of n-v.in

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With her new SS2010 collection, Emily Hermans suggests that getting lost is not necessarily something bad or negative. She got her inspiration from Africa, Egypt especially. Two elements are particularly present in both the collection and the styling; the nomadic and the royal. The nomadic aspect was beautifully visualized at her Amsterdam Fashion Week catwalk show. Not only in the traditional sense, by women carrying al sorts of things on their head. But also by modern nomads with Mad Max-like ratbikes, who have all their posessions hanging from their vehicles. The royal aspect is expressed in the collection?s pronounced colour composition, which includes coral red, cobalt blue and olive green, as well as different shades of gold. Also, jewelry is used as a motive in a number of collection items, by means of colour, design, neck shape and the combination of matte and shiny yarns. S/S 2010 Collection by Emily Hermans: mly.nl Video by Robert Andriessen designguide.tv

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We take a look at Sander Mulders work. His latest projects were influenced by archetypes. Featuring the new continue-time clock, voronoi, pandora cabinets, crow table and carat lamp. more info on www.sandermulder.com music courtesy of n-v.in video by designguide.tv

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Here & There is a collaboration between MU and KOP. They invited 20 promising artists and designers from Breda and Eindhoven to present themselves in 2 groups, one at Mu and the other at Kop. Between both organizations there's a kinship that expresses itself in the way of which they perceive the art world. Music courtesy of NVIN: n-v.in www.mu.nl www.designguide.tv

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We had the chance to speak with Erwan Bouroullec about their new project for established & sons. Here's a 5 minute talk with one of the creators and our correspondent Jeanne Tan. www.designguide.tv www.bouroullec.com www.establishedandsons.com music courtesy of NVIN: www.n-v.in

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Moss presents installations of 3 different studios, offering a look into the current state of design and the processes involved. We take a look at the works of Materialise and Julien Carretero. Music courtesy of NVIN: n-v.in More design videos on: designguide.tv

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The exhibit presents everything from furniture and tabletop objects to jewelry by 23 emerging Dutch designers and manufacturers and 1 photographer. Curated by Studio Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka-Teichroew in collaboration with Wabnitz Editions Ltd and Josée Lepage, the work draws an outline of contemporary design coming out of, and shaped by, the unique climate of the densely populated Netherlands, whose designers grow up below sea level and under heavy gray skies. This video features talks with Alissia, Greetje van Helmond, Rob van Gijzel and Lucas Maassen. With works of Miriam van der Lubbe, Ilona Huvenaars, Willem derks, Frederik Roije, Anouk Omlo, Alexander Pelikan, Lara de Greef, Maarten Baptist, Dave Keune, Lotte van Laatum, Laurens van Wieringen and Jan Habraken. byamt.com citenyc.com produced by designguide.tv (c) 2009 music courtesy of NVIN, n-v.in

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For Spazio Rossana Orlandi, Li Edelkoort brought over a part of the Designhuis' Talent show from Eindhoven. Matylda Krzkowski speaks with Li about the exhibition which shows 21 selected designers from 11 different countries, presenting an archaic view of design with an interest in radical primitive materials as earth, cow-dung, wood, cardboard, textiles, bone and hide. They try to escape from a world of over-consumption with unplugged proposals taken from the roots of humanity with humble yet forceful form. www.designhuis.com www.rossanaorlandi.com www.matandme.net www.designguide.tv music courtesy by www.visuaal.com

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Makers & Spectators is an experimental exhibit exploring the concept of seeing the same thing differently. By using eyetrackers, Christien Meindertsma researches how people view objects. The data is visualized in various forms, including the help of Nils Völkers' robots (built with of the shelf parts). Makers & Spectators is on view at Mu gallery in Eindhoven till the 14th of June. www.mu.nl www.designguide.tv music courtesy of www.visuaal.com

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Instead of having the usual new furniture line-up, Maarten Baas chose to explore the concept of time with his exhibition Real Time. The movies Maarten made for this project are as varied as having floor sweepers move the clock hands with their brooms to having a poor worker sit in an tiny office moving a pair of pencils to the exact minute. The end result is a 12 hour movie which is also a clock. Matylda interviews Maarten Baas for us and gives us his explanation on his current project. artist: www.maartenbaas.com video: www.designguide.tv interview: www.matandme.net music: www.visuaal.com

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Atelierdorp is located in an abandoned church in the city of Eindhoven. Founded 3 years ago by Otje Bastiaanse, Hilbert Tjalkens, Djim Berger, Rocco Verdult and Vera Teunen with the aim to offer space for designers to grow. Over the years the church has developed into more then just simply a space for designers, it has evolved into a design family where people get a chance to explore their true creative potential. Currently designers in the church are working new works for Droog Design, Rossana Orlandi, Art Basel, ICFF and the Salone di Mobile in Milan amongst others. People like Bas van Raay, Nacho Carbonell, Julien Carretero, Ontwerpduo, Djim Berger, Joni Neelen, Veronique Lorne, Vera Teunen, Hilbert Tjalkens are proud to call it their working home. Music courtesy of NVIN: visuaal.com More info on Atelierdorp at atelierdorp.nl

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Designguide.tv talks to Asif Khan during the Tokyo Design Week about his first collaboration project with Peter Liversidge called Tetra Light. For more information please see www.asif-khan.com

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On January 29, during the Amsterdam International Fashion Week, MLY presented her new winter collection ?My Shadow?s Shadow?. She did this in the exclusive setting of Studio 13 in Amsterdam. The two shows were characterized by a very personal presentation, an intimate atmosphere, a lot of interaction between the models, singer Nina June and the audience, and great cocktails. Collection: Emily Hermans video: Robert Andriessen mly.nl designguide.tv

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Established & Sons presented the Surface Table by Terence Woodgate and John Barnard at Magazin at the Cologne 2009 Furniture Fair. Designguide.tv presents in collaboration with Matylda from Matandme.net an extensive interview with Terence Woodgate about his role as a designer the process of designing the table. designguide.tv matandme.net establishedandsons.com

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designguide.tv produced this video for Emily Hermans, a Dutch fashion designer on the rise with her label "MLY". Shot over a weekend in the beach town of Ijmuiden in the Netherland

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Blickfang was a fair within a fair here at 100% design Tokyo. Showcasing only European designers you could feel a bit of Bavaria in the air. We had the chance to talk with Daniel Rohr (who was also at the pecha kucha night at Superdeluxe a few days earlier). Daniel walked us through his graduation project (drinking glasses) as well as his screw table furniture, both projects playful and calm at the same time. Music: Minotaur @ www.audiodregs.com Designer: www.daniel-rohr.de

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'Created in Holland' presented Dutch designers at the 100% Design Tokyo Fair recently, among them is Alexander Pelikan with his Clic Furniture in Bamboo and Trespa (also available at the Strijp-x store/gallery). We have a talk with him about the challenges in producing it and how he will continue this line of furniture. This video also features work by Sens Umbrella's, WeMade Lidewij Spitshuis, Atti and Sander Luske's porcelain. The 'Created in Holland' group exhibition also won the prize for best stand at the fair. www.strijp-x.com Music by Minotaur @ www.audiodregs.com

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OKAY Studio is a collective of individual designers sharing a bit more then a workspace. This will be the first curated exhibition (presented at the London Design Festival 2008) of the group. The exhibition will transform the Aram Gallery into a series of ?rooms? that will represent the working spaces of each of the members of the studio, reflecting on how they operate successfully as colleagues rather than as a branded consultancy. Under The Same Roof will show the work of: Shay Alkalay, Tomas Alonso, Jordi Canudas, Mathias Hahn, Peter Marigold, Yael Mer, Oscar Narud, Hiroko Shiratori and Jorre van Ast. www.okaystudio.org

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"Second Nature" is in short thinking about the future of design. In the past Tokujin has incorporated many laws that exist in nature, while attempting to explore the possibilities of technology. "Second Nature" combines both to create new forms of nature. This exhibition presents the works of 8 groups of creators, including Tokujin Yoshioka himself. This video features the works of Makoto Azuma, Ross Lovegrove, Tokujin Yoshioka. We recommend visiting the exhibit if you can, more information can be found on www.2121designsight.jp Music courtesy of ISAN: www.isan.co.uk

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Inspired from the medical technics of cloning, ?Cloning? is an authentic service of creating objects at your own image. The aesthetic of this collection is defined by the physical data taken on your body. To sum-up, instead of participating to the definition of a consensual aesthetic (which is the norm in the industry), this project tends to give back a central position to human nature. www.cinqcinqdesigners.com

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Nosigner is somebody who designs invisible thing without explicit a signature. We met up with him at the London Design festival, and again at the Tokyo Design week for a quick talk about his work and the ideas behind it. www.nosigner.com

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groener gras celebrated their 5th anniversary at our gallery/design store during the Dutch Design week 2008. www.groenergras.info

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We're proud to present our gallery/design store called Strijp-X in Eindhoven. Throughout the year you'll be able to find designs from a selection of designers in our store and we'll host exhibitions in our space as well. This video shows our first exhibit curated by Piet Bergman. It opened during the Dutch Design Week 2008, and served as the kickstart of our new venture. more info soon on www.strijp-x.com

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One hundred years ago, when it was first invented, no one anticipated that plastic would present one of our biggest recycling challenges. Arts & co has commissioned 8 contemporary designers to think about recycling and using plastic in their creations. www.arts-co.com

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we ran into the 2 guys who do the interviews for behindthedesigns.com at the london design week and had a little chat about what it is.

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Kithkin is a group of creative friends who form a platform to show and promote their work. Recently we caught up with them to talk about their new store, which gives away (and also sells) digital blueprints to a wide range of products. Some Rights Reserved lets designers get ideas out directly to the public, on their terms. Designers have greater creative freedom, flexibility, spontaneity, and control over licensing. Consumers are given the chance to purchase design instantly, either printing it out on their own printer or taking the file to a listed supplier for production. www.kith-kin.co.uk

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After taking the world by storm with their books NeuBauWelt and NeubauModul, graphic design agency NeuBau Berlin presents their first ever exhibition at the Mu gallery in Eindhoven. Go ahead, find the opening speech by Wim Crouwel on vimeo.com/ydn/videos

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Kiki van Eijk and Joost van Bleiswijk take us on a tour through their latest collection. The designer couple usually has the same starting point but their different working methods bring a unique approach to each of their works. For this collection they took their inspiration of the past and the idea of making a collection of works. It?s about memories about forgotten objects, values or techniques. www.projectjoost.com www.kikiworld.nl

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Fundamentals - legal and less legal ways of using our playgrounds. Twelve artists, with origins in the graffiti scene, show public space work created for this exhibition. With works by Matthias Wermke/ Mischa Leinkauf, Erosie, Boris Tellegen, Olivier Kosta-Théfaine, Influenza, François Morel, Honet, Navid Nuur, BLU, Jeroen Jongeleen.

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Lichting 08 is the official graduation show for the most promising fashion designers graduating from the seven Dutch fashion academies. designguide.tv made a best of selection of this years' lichting.

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Made in China, made in Holland, made in Italy?What does it really tell us about a product?s origin? Is a car or a toy or a shirt ?made in China?, just because that?s the country where it left the factory? For Made in Someland, MLY used modern, ecologically friendly textiles, such as bamboo yarns, while avant-gardistic silhouettes reflect the 19th century travel component which inspired the collection. Far Eastern influences are clearly visible in the ethnic, Asian designs and patterns, while the presentation of the collection has a typical Dutch setting, with Eindhoven skylines, Dutch heath lands and industrial landscapes. www.mly.nl

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Lotte's work focusses on the social-cultural and ecologic aspects of design. Something that is often the starting point of a project. Jeanne talks to Lotte about her work and how the Dutch relate to this world-wide eco trend. For example, "Watt's new?" lamp: Many people already apply energy saving lamps in their homes. Often the shape of the lamp and the lampshade do not match. This new energy saving lamp is developed using the advantages and design freedom of the technique. www.lottevanlaatum.nl

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Remember those little pirate radio stations in the 80's? Enter the p2p radio broadcaster by Juan Esteban Rios, this little device provides a means to transmit audio content to local radio receivers, and by having the listeners act as peers, the network can be expanded as much as it needs to. Overlooked communities in remote areas or poor urban environments can now take back the radio airwaves. The device is also powered by handcranking it, 1 minute for every 40 minutes of airtime.

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Tord Boontje explains: "Rainwater is the lifeblood of our garden, you then catch a glimpse of a wild and lush vegetation and enter a landscape which is larger, more airy, throbbing and bright. Along the way you can experience different emotions by choosing different directions and visions: the peace and calmness of the serene and romantic white garden, the powerful stimuli of the psychedelic and symmetrical garden or the vibrant energy of the colourful and revitalising garden.? www.moroso.it, www.tordboontje.com

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Powered by nothing but sunlight and some threads, Thomas Traxlers' "The idea of a tree project" shows us how objects can grow during the course of a day. The installation is powered by a couple of solar cells which power the entire device, causing the process to move faster or slower depending on the amount of available light. The speed of the process determines the amount of saturation of the thread, giving a visual recording in the resulting object. Thomas Traxler just graduated from the IM Masters department of the Design Academy Eindhoven, 2008. www.mischertraxler.com

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designguide.tv talks to Nacho Carbonell about his new project, 'Evolution'. As a reaction to the current information overload, Nacho created a refuge where you can escape to. The recycled paper originates from recent newspapers. Evolution explores different ways of communication, the private and the public form. see more on www.nachocarbonell.com

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Jon Stam, just recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven, shows his unique approach to a portfolio in the form of a wooden cabinet. His work is presented in two distinct ways, opening the drawers and looking at objects and pictures stored in the cabinet or by taking out a drawer and placing it on the RFID reader which shows the content on a computer. It also connects via an USB port for those of you who don't have the RFID reader (yet).

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Pieke Bergmans talks to designguide.tv about 2 of her projects, Melted & Light blubs, which she presented during the Salone del mobile 2008. The Light Blubs are a series of crystal lamps, designed by Pieke Bergmans, in cooperation with Royal Crystal Leerdam. The lamps are all unique handcrafted crystal pieces, equipped with leds by Solid Lighting Design. The Melted collection is a collaboration between Pieke Bergmans and Peter van der Jagt and will be further developed by Lensfeld. www.piekebergmans.com

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The land of water is once again being reclaimed from the sea. The sixtieth anniversary expresses itself in a living example of an accessible, approachable and open museum. designguide.tv takes a look at the work of studio job, scholten & baijings, joep van lieshout, anu tuominen and the pyramids of Makkum.

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Born in Italy in 1976, Eva + Franco Mattes a.k.a. 0100101110101101.org have been besieging the art world with their clever hacks and elusive digital role-plays for more than ten years. In 'It's always six o'clock', the avatar portraits in their series 'Annoying Japanese Child Dinosaur' are attacked by an army of toys, not the digital representations but the real McCoy this time. From Manga characters to G.I. Joe, and from medieval knights to Winnie the Pooh, they're all performing in the theatre of pop culture. Cute yet ruthlessly aggressive at times, they're taking over the exhibition space. In the process, fantasy and collective imagination are fusing into a dramatically charged form of 21st ready-made sculpture. www.mu.nl

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Designguide.tv speaks with Barber & Osgerby about their pieces for Meta and the concept behind the company. Meta is dedicated to combining exquisite materials with the world's finest artisans to create 21st century design at a quality once seen at the heights of the decorative arts. A group of leading designers, including Asymptote, Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, Tord Boontje, Matali Crasset and Wales & Wales have been commissioned in association with over 50 master ateliers and artisans to create Meta's inaugural collection of contemporary objects and furniture. Mallett is the parent company of Meta.

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Swarovski Crystal Palace pushed the boundaries in Milan this year with an exhibition by leading designers during the Salone Internazionale Del Mobile. A carefully selected group of creators had been invited to design an atmosphere, which included items of lighting, furniture and interior design elements. Installations by Zaha Hadid, Paul Cocksedge, Front, Studio Job, Pierro Lissoni, Arne Quinze, Fredrikson Stallard, Marcus Tremonto, Marcel Wanders and Tokujin Yoshioka produced a spell-binding exhibition with over 18,000 visitors.

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Layers is Richard Hutten's studio exhibit presented at the Milan 2008 furniture fair. Simply said, it's all about layers of meaning and what we read in it. The fun of making the objects was equally important and some of the works certainly have a rough look to them. Interestingly is the concepts behind the works and how the material & meaning shapes the furniture.

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We give an impression of the Droog Design exhibit at the Milan furniture fair 2008, this years theme was "a touch of green" which looked at the whole green movement from a different perspective. Featuring designs from Pieke Bergmans, Tobias Rockenfeld, FormaFantasma, Gaële Girault, Jens Praet, SMAQ. Of course if you get a chance, go see the exhibit in person!

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Perfectly in tune with our times, the young couple has been designing an ode to their country roots in stark contrast with the opulent and monumental ?robber baron? series designed for the Americans. Now that the farmers of the world will clothe, feed and fuel us, a far-reaching movement will trigger designers to revisit folk and farm mentalities to blend rural and urban style. In an amazing barn-like space in the centre of milan, twenty-four bronze works and six pieces of pallissander furniture will evoke the archetypal artefacts of the low lands including germany, flandres and the netherlands. Shown in an almost calvanistic setting, this rigourous and strong collection is counterbalanced by a folding fresco screen depicting the ideal of life on the farm in bright and naive colours.

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Designhuis shows an exhibit about design for the average person. Czech designer Maxim Velcovsky shows us how creative you can get with off the rack flatpack furniture with his customized pieces. Curated by Li Edelkoort

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Popshop, remixing icons of mass culture is a group exhibition staged by MU, in which artists are rehauling pop stars, fans, and world hits. This time, it?s not about artists switching over to making clips, or to designing an LP sleeve, but clips being sucked back into the realm of contemporary art. www.mu.nl

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"gimme the loot" was a guerilla exhibition which was seen across the many different art fairs at the Miami art week, december 2007. Gerard Kilgallon tells us some of the ideas behind the guns, according to him the AK47 (of which this collective created a plastic "miami style" version of) can be considered the most used weapon of mass destruction. We also take a quick peek at the Scope Art fair with works by Seon Ghi Bahk and Yong Ho Ji.

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"Lightness of being" shows us the beauty of growth and decline in nature, captured in an enormous flexible lamp made of steel, carbon, felt and rubber. Pepe's other project, "A restless chairacter", has the look of being overpainted again and again, taking its' inspiration of an old wobbling chair. The chair looks stiff and sturdy at first sight but once you sit on it you notice how flexible it really is. Combining metal and rubber this chair is actually built for wobbling. Pepe is currently working on a wobble bench and a wobble table.

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A look back at the "Tales from Eindhoven" exhibit, milan 2007. Alexander Pelikan's work uses moulded plastics with wood to form new furniture under the name "the plastic nature".

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Design academy eindhoven graduation of Maarten de Ceulaer with his "Nomad Light Molecule" lamp.

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Anke Louwers graduation projects for the design academy eindhoven show. Both projects, "preservation" and "in your face" will be shown at design academy show in milan 2008.

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Philippe Malouin just graduated from the "living" department of the Design academy Eindhoven with his Grace table, the ballpoint stool and the dervish lamp. All designs are inspired by simple every day objects like balloons or pens.

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behind the scenes look at the FIA generation 9 fashion show at Amsterdam international fashionweek 2008.

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Fashion Institute Arnhem presents Generation 9: Four new fashion designers, Lifu Hsiao, Sanne Schrijver, Julia Eichler, Claes Iversen

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'Food chain' is the title of the exhibit by French artist Genevieve Gauckler. Dutch gallery Mu has invited her to show us the many sides and stories of food. According to Genevieve, food is everybody?s concern, whether you like it or not. Food is ambiguous, it is good and bad at the same time. We have a talk with her and walk through 3 months of illustrations created especially for this space.

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presenting the new collection of emily hermans at the amsterdam fashion week januari 2008.

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An experiment in new materials which give mankind animalistic behaviours.

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We have a talk with Mike Meiré at Design Miami 2007, who tells us about his "Farm Project" was created in conjunction with the Dornbracht Edges series. With this installation he wants to bring life back into the kitchen, thereby creating an antithesis to the minimalist design that has taken over this space in recent years. ?The Farm Project? is an improvised living space, filled with materials, animals, plants, and objects. www.designmiami.com www.meireundmeire.de www.dornbracht.com www.designguide.tv

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Droog Design presented its third installment of the Dry Tech exhibition. A partnership between Droog Design, the Delft university of technology and some of the brightest minds in design. The aim is to bring high-tech materials and creativity to a higher level.

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A project that is a cross between an exotic Garden of Eden and an illegal growshop, a home hothouse, and a biotech laboratory. NAT, designing nature is about the interface where nature and culture, biology and design intertwine. Some call it biomimicry, others next nature or simply ecodesign, but no matter what you call it, it is a fact that for some time now designers from a wide range of disciplines have expressed a keen interest in this specific interface. MU has challenged ten of these designers, all of them with a proven track record in successfully integrating living nature into their work, to develop a new work for NAT.

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crazy street performer dressed in pink does dance in front of starbucks in Miami, Florida

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LTLYM is best described as a website and an art project, a series of exhibitions and do-it-yourself assignments. It is image, text, and sound; it is film, photography, and performance. And most important of all, it is accessible to anyone who wants to contribute to it. www.mu.nl, www.learningtoloveyoumore.com

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We show the S/S 2008 collections of Emily Hermans, L&A Mathger, Ilja Visser and Cathy Pill. Interviews with Emily & Ilja.

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We take a look at the second batch of designers graduating this year from the Design Academy Eindhoven. Featuring works of Anna Ter Haar, Georg Bohle, Jacqueline Couwenberg, Dajo Bodisco, Sjoerd Fedde Visser, Saline Toonen and others.

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the schools' show of 2007 features work from students across all 4 years, we show some work of GUNHYO KIM, HUNG LA, YUIMA NAKAZATO, ANDREA CAMMAROSANO, MARC-PHILIPPE COUDEYRE, ANDREA AYALA CLOSA, LIUIS CORUJA BESGA, FILOMENA SALTARELLI, HEAVEN TANUDIREDJA. Watch the designers as they try to explain some of their reasoning behind the collections.

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Using mundane icons such as pencils and bears, Geoff Mcfetridge gives a twist to these well known icons. A mixture of humor and irony give his simple looking 2d drawings depth. He made clips for Plaid, Simian, and recently also for The Whitest Boy Alive, and he created film title sequences for The Virgin Suicides and Adaptation. His work can be seen at his solo exhibition at the Mu Gallery in the Netherlands until August 5th 2007. Music by Death Cab for Cutie, available on music.podshow.com. Geoffs site can be found on http://www.championdontstop.com

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Stephanie Forsythe tells us about molo design, a company based in Canada. With their architectural background they invented a expandable honeycomb paper wall as well as other paper material expandables like the soft seating. more info on www.molodesign.com. Music by e*vax available on audiodregs.com.

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Quality time theme: "Our personal goal in design is to make products that are extremely special which withstand time because of their autonomous, personal and exclusive qualities."

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Established and Sons presents their 2007 collection. New work by Sebastian Wrong (iconic clock), Amanda Levete and Zaha Hadid (nekton stools).

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Maarten Baas presents his "Sculpt" furniture, Rough scale models of different kinds of products are transformed into 1:1 pieces of furniture, executed in various materials. His "Clay" furniture gets an update with a new table and extra large ventilator. Some of his other works include, "Hey Chair" and the burnt version of Rietveld's Zig Zag chair. Features Music from the podsafe music network: music.podshow.com

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For Spazio Rosanna Orlandi (an intuitive talent scout of design attracting some of the best talents to her Spazio) Piet Hein Eek designed a series of wood one offs using reclaimed wood. Giving the courtyard a really homely feel. Front Design showed some new work, including the Changing cupboard, that changes colors each time you open it. www.pietheineek.nl www.frontdesign.se www.e--rock.com www.designguide.tv

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Local artisan workshop Lavorazione Artistica Metallo opened up during the Milan design week, and proved to be a very refreshing visit after seeing hundreds of chairs and tables. Their influences range from 1960's robots and fantasy like coffee pots. The horse seems to be everyone's favorite so far. www.traviganti.com

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Amorphic Robot Works directed by the American artist Chico MacMurtie has built more than two-hundred of them in the past fifteen years. MacMurtrie discovered and is actually currently exploring the possibilities of lightweight synthetics, plastics, and injection moulded joints. The result is a series of extremely lightweight robots: Inflatable Bodies. They do not only refer to human and animal bones, but to muscles as well. MacMurtrie?s first series of sixteen robots bears the name Inflatable Birds. http://www.amorphicrobotworks.org

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Tokujin built an exhibit for Moroso out of 3 million straws. Taking a simple household item and turning it into art.

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YDN caught up with Pieke Bergmans in Milan during the salone, and had a talk about her new vases and Vitra virus.

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enjoy the landscape while i travel to luxemburg for a conference to be shown in a future show. Music by Chris Resu - Electronic Candy Link:

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We take a look at street art presented at a gallery by artists Swoon and Poncho. Canciones del mundo al revés is their first collaborative exhibiton. A paper cut-out exhibition about the ever-growing divide between rich and poor, between the power and the powerlessness and between the US and Mexico. Music by The Tape Vs. [...]

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We visit the Design academy Eindhoven to see some of the new graduates of 2007. Featuring projects of Bart Hess, Steven Kessels, Patricia Weusten, Reinier Bosch, Moniek Driesse, Nacho Carbonell Ivars, Solvi Sigurdsson and Vivian Wierts. More info on www.designacademy.nl This episode features music from the podshow music network. Track used in this video is [...]

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fashion show by jan taminiau with his s/s collection 2007. featuring music from 37Hz - Moonscape, The Frail - count on this. You can find their music on music.podshow.com as well as many other great artists. Download Online VideoDownload Podcast Video

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2nfro's first music video. 2NFRO's sound is moving from and jumping to a whole lot of different directions: reggae and hiphop, but also funk, soul, jazz, latin and dance. ?Funked up Urban Reggae Vibes?, the band itself calls it. www.2nfro.nl

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The graduation collection of the Dutch fashion institute generation 8. Works of Lars Willhausen, Maikel Bongaerts, Margarethe Przywara, Pierre Millasson and Iniy Sanchez van Oort. The show was held at the Amsterdam International Fashion Week in Januari 2007. Music from http://music.podshow.com, Inner Flux - Highway of dissolution Ogun Ferraille - My jeep here Lato - [...]

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we took a little video during the photoshoot of emily hermans. It took place near a forest during one of the colder days of december 2006. The photographer present was Rahi Rezvani whose pictures will also be in the upcoming issue of YDN Magazine (7) Download Online VideoDownload Podcast Video

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the authumn/winter collection of emily hermans presented at the amsterdam international fashion week. More shows coming up! Download designguide WMVDownload Podcast Video

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panoramic filming, inflateable virtual environment, realtime sampling on mixtables Download Podcast Video

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YDN Design Guide episode 7 is a quicky. The guys from EepyBird.com just happened to be in town and we took the liberty of filming their amazing event which took place a few floors down from our main office. The music used in the video is by Audiobody and can be found on www.audiobody.com. More [...]

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We take a look at one of the projects presented at the Glow Festival in Eindhoven. A church in the center of town is lit through a project of 'Marcus'. Sounds in the area are added and give it an extra creepy appeal, yet they originate from moving large structures Download Podcast Video

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