Visit DESIGNSALON/ - Part I

Even though we have been there last week, this week a part of [wərkˌsh äp] have visited Amsterdam again. This time the occasion was to visit DESIGNSALON/ and to take a look at some shops.

We started DESIGNSALON/ route at Moooi. It is one the places you can buy a passpartout for SALON. With this passpartout you can enter the rest of the locations that participate in DESIGNSALON/.

For starters, one of the founders of Moooi – the company - is Marcel Wanders.  Moooi as gallery let you experience the values of Moooi. The first thing you will notice is, when you walk in the little courtyard you will hear a voice that welcomes you at Moooi. The voice reminds us of Alice in Wonderland, or another dreamy story / film.

Besides the experience the gallery exhibits and sells Moooi furniture. These are designs of Dutch and international designers. A few of these designers are Marcel Wanders, Studio Job and Maarten Baas. 

 

The next location was gallery Fontana Fortuna.

  

DESIGNSALON/ has a route throughout Amsterdam. The member of [wərkˌsh äp] chose to visit just a few locations of SALON. The rest will be visited next week. We’ll keep you posted.

Another location where DESIGNSALON/ presents Design is Magna Plaza. Besides Salon there is also another initiative, The Showateliers. This initiative is created by a designer and artist. Young designers work and sell their designs in different locations in this shopping mall.

DESIGNSALON/ at Magna Plaza

Another design initiative in Magna Plaza

 

One the shops we visited was Sukha in Haarlemerstraat. We were interested in this shop because one of their key sentences is handicraft with love and respect.