Interior Design to Live Stream Dutch Design Week Program

by Staff | Thursday, October 25, 2012

From left: Mickael Boulay, Thomas Eurlings, Frederik Roijé.

Dutch Design Week has been taking over Eindhoven, The Netherlands, each October for 11 years. But 2012′s edition marks the first time that a live video feed program will reach an even larger international audience of designers, manufacturers, and architects.

Interior Design is partnering with the event to stream the DDW /LIVE show on our site on Saturday, October 27, when Interior Design web editor Meghan Edwards will moderate a panel of young Dutch designers from 9:30-10:30 a.m. EST (including Frederik Roijé, Klaas Kuiken, Thomas Eurlings, and Mickael Boulay) as part of the six-hour show.

Go here on Saturday, October 27, to catch the live stream’s complete program and submit questions via live chat:

6:00 a.m. EST: Opening remarks

6:05 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. EST
Dutch Design Week 2012: A Reflection
For the first hour of the show DDW will speak to DDW director Hans Robertus and DWW ambassadors Kiki & Joost and Robert Bronswasser (SMOOL) reflecting on the 2012 version of this major international design event. We look also at the future and have invited a number of young designers from the Dutch Design Academy.

7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. EST
DDW /LIVE Talkshow with Zahid Sardar
In this second show DDW will have journalist Zahid Sardar (e.g. Dwell) interviewing a series of Dutch Designers. Each designer will first make a short 1.5-minute introduction of him/herself before Zahid will interview them. Among the interviewed designers is Nieuw Duivendrecht.

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EST
10 Questions with Interior Design magazine
Interior Design magazine will present 10 questions to a panel of six young designers that will be streamed live on our web site. Viewers can ask questions to the designers as well via the stream’s built-in chat box.