We are ready for an exciting 5 days of Designers Days Paris! You can find us on two stunning locations: the basement of the Bastille Design Center and the 3rd floor of the Institut Néerlandais. The theme of this years edition is “And tomorrow…”, two words  with which D’DAYS aims to open up new perspectives. So, we have one question for you for now: what are you doing tomorrow? Read more

And we've got a lovely smile of dogs coming along .... Today's dialogue 'Interface' explored the current and future possibilities of communication. Whether it is as a portal to the World Wide Web or active nano-technologies, the communication between users and materials is no longer only one-way.  The surfaces and objects through which we communicate and design provide new tactile and virtual feedbacks. Panelists were Markus Benz - CEO Walter Knoll, Birgit Lohmann - Associate Editor-in-Chief Designboom and Jan-Christoph Zoels - Senior Partner user experience design Experentia. Read more

During Designers Days Paris edition 2013 PROOFF is happy to be the guest of the Insitut Néerlandais, where we have been able to furnish one beautiful salon on the 3rd floor with PROOFF's #005 SitTable (designed by Ben van Berkel), PROOFF #001 EarChairs and PROOFF #006 SideSeat (designed by Jurgen Bey). PROOFF's #004 Niche (designed by Axia Design) is located at the entrance. Next to PROOFF's presentation the 4th floor is filled with an exhibition of the winner of the Audi Talents Awards. Read more

Our presence in the Farmiloe Building during the Clerkenwell Design Week has been marvellous. This elegant Victorian former glassworks embraced the PROOFF collection from the first moment. It felt like they knew each other already for a long time. It was another intimate dialogue in the public space. We sure got positive feedback, met nice people, had interesting conversations, and shared knowledge about the challenges in the changing working landscape. Thank you all for taking the time to pass by, we look forward meeting you again. Stay tuned!  

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Every day we strive to find new materials and novel uses for old ones to discover inventive, effective and sustainable solutions. In the context of yesterdays Dialogue, ‘attainability’ is the combination of research and sustainability in the pursuit of advanced materials.  For this dialogue the panelists explored what materials can do now, and what we want them to do tomorrow. A lot of knowledge being shared here.... Whole session to follow online here soon. Read more

For those of you who were unable to attend the discussion ‘Designing for Co-creating’ at the Tortona Design Week in Milan, a video of the event is now available here. ‘Designing for Co-creating’ took place on Tuesday April 9th in the PROOFF and UNStudio Tortona space at this year’s Salone del Mobile. Read more

On Thursday 11th of April 2013 PROOFF & UNStudio hosted the second debate organised by Connecting Items on 'Fluid Collaborations'. Dutch designers, from starters to stars, team up in ever changing combinations, producing an ever-expanding array of projects. Collaborative design seems to be the new unique selling point of Dutch design. A panel of seasoned and fresh Dutch designers (Caroline Bos – UNStudio, Wendy Plomp – Dutch Invertuals and Jan Boelen – Art Museum Z33 / head MA Social Design at Design Academy Eindhoven) discussed the phenomenon. Read more