This weekend is all about design and modern art. I received tickets to the ‘Design Icons Amsterdam’ This fair takes place annually in the beautiful venue of De Kromhouthal. The former marine engine factory has been restored into a charming event location. Situated on the North shore of ’t IJ, with a beautiful view to the city center. The industrial atmosphere of De Kromhouthal is the ideal setting to showcase design icons of the past century.
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75 quality dealers from all over Europe have returned to Amsterdam to bring their finest vintage design pieces from the 1930s – 1980s.
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A diversity of interior objects are offered for sale from well-known classics to anonymous designs, with Eames next to Mies van der Rohe and from Italian-chic to raw industrials.
We enjoyed a lovely lunch at the cozy restaurant next door: Stork. A lovely fish restaurant in a industrial but cozy atmosphere.
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We also got to meet Suus in her beautiful art gallery. She told us that her mother is an artist. Jaqueline Bozon. she is coming with Suus to Knokke soon to exhibit at Absolutely art, so I’m sure that we’ll meet up. I just loved the pictures of Jimmy Nelson and his book: Hommage to humanity and ‘Before they pass away’. So impressive. And of course the black and white erotic photographs of Helmut Newton and some pop-art and pieces of Hirst. Food for the soul…
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But art is everywhere in Amsterdam, so we just wandered around on this crisp, sunny day and enjoyed the art and each other….
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