your e-mail:  first name:    last name:    Subscribe   UnSubscribe:     Praq II 12-04-08 After initial overwhelming success, restaurant Praq is now opening up a second, larger and more beautiful location. This new restaurant will open on April the 12th in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. In the meanwhile Praq III may well be on it's way! Janneke Hooymans in Milano 17-04-08/21-04-08 Janneke Hooymans at the Salone del Mobile in Milano together with Petra Vonk at Tutto Bene. Click here for more information. Art Basel Miami Beach 06-12-07/09-12-07 Tjep. pieces featured at Droog and Fragiles with respectively House of Textures, Chair of textures and the Shock Proof Collection. Design against Design in Paris 24-09-07/08-01-08 Extensive and beautiful overview of contemporary design at the Grand Palais in Paris. XXL Chair by Tjep. on show. No Windmills, Cheese or Tulips in Tokyo 31-10-07/04-11-07 "A three-dimensional painting of Dutch design." Tjep. is featured with the Waater bottle. Four nominations! 16-08-07 Fabbrica nominated for the Hospitality Awards, Waater nominated and second place for the Bottledwaterworld awards, ROC nominated and honorary mention for the Dutch Design Awards and Tjep. nominated for the Harrie Tillie Award 2007. Spellbound lecture by Frank Tjepkema 28-06-07 Frank Tjepkema will be giving the Spellbound lecture organized by the BNO in Amsterdam starting at 19:30. Click here for more information. Milano 2007 18-04-07/23-04-07 New products by Tjep. will be presented at Droog, Chi Ha Paura...? and the Design Academy Eindhoven. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Conference at Maison Descartes 26-04-07 Conference by Patrick Jouin, Kees Dorst and Frank Tjepkema at Maison Descartes in Amsterdam starting at 18:00. Subject: Ornament in contemporary design. Launch of Waater 26-03-07 A new mineral water brand is launched called: Waater. Tjep. has designed the bottle. Tjep. has moved to its new studio 03-07 Tjep. moves to it's bigger and better equiped studio at the heart of the new business and creative center of Amsrterdam: The Ijoevers Please note our new address: Veembroederhof 204, 1019 HC Amsterdam. Leonie and Tina join Tjep. 01-07 We are happy to welcome designers Leonie Janssen and Tina Stieger as part of the Tjep. team. Smart Deco at Art Basel Miami Beach 07-12-06/10-12-06 Smart Deco is joint presentation by Droog and Barry Friedman Ltd., it will feature Chair of Textures by Tjep. a follow up on House of Textures. See the press release here. Other designers presented include: Marcel Wanders, Maarten Baas, Joep van Lieshout... your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Fabbrica nominated for the Dutch Design Awards 10-06 Fabbrica has been selected as one of the three nominees for the dutch design awards 2006 in the category Interior Design. Tjep. developped the complete 2d and 3d identity for Fabbrica including branding and naming. Praq, coolest brand! 09-06 Praq has been selected as one of the coolest brands in the Netherlands by Coolunlimited in their book called Coolbrands. Tjep. developped the complete 2d and 3d identity for Praq including branding and naming. M Magazine / NRC 06-06 Great full page picture of the XXL Chair by Thijs Wolzak in the monthly magazine of dutch newspaper NRC. The picture was placed in the context of an article dedicated to the Design Academy in Eindhoven. Have a look here. E&I covers Fabbrica 05-06 Fabbrica appears on the the cover of leading dutch interior design magazine Eigenhuis en Interieur. To read the article click here. Netherlands to Los Angeles 22-04-06/07-05-06 Selection of Dutch Contemporary Design at the ACME gallery in Los Angeles. Tjep. presents a new collection of vases entitled Shock Proof. Amongst other exhibitors: Maarten Baas, Jurgen Bey, Tord Boontje, Marcel Wanders... your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Do the right Bling 26-03-06/05-06-06 This exhibition at the Stedelijk Musem in Den Bosch covers the Bling Bling phenomena across different fields, from jewellery, to art and design. Tjep. is represented with Bling Bling, Next Bling and Love Shield. FRAME reviews Fabbrica 14-03-06 FRAME no. 49 covers Fabbrica in an article entitled 'My sweet canteen'. You can read it online right here. Fabbrica is a new restaurant designed by Tjep.. MIDI Convention, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 10-03-06/11-03-06 Lecture by Frank Tjepkema at the MIDI Convention. Other speakers are: Karim Rashid, Aric Chen, Kustaa Saksi, Jamie Hayon, David Collins, Walking Chair. Visite the MIDI website here. Radio 1, Casa Luna 25-01-06 Frank Tjepkema was interviewed during 45 minutes by dutch Radio 1 program Casa Luna on Monday the 23rd of January at 12:00 PM. You can listen to the (dutch) show right here. Experimenta, Madrid 25-01-06 Lecture by Frank Tjepkema at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia at 19:00. Other speakers are: Oscar Pena (Philips Design), Edo van Dijk (Eden), Arno Twigt & Jim Smith (Qua). your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Tjep. strengthened! 01-12-05 Joep Eerens (alias James) joins Tjep. as designer, and Marloes Pronk (alias Jet) joins Tjep. as office manager. Fabbrica, new Italian restaurant in Rotterdam 01-10-05 Fabbrica opens. Tjep. has designed the identity and interior of this new Italian restaurant in Rotterdam. Fabbrica is located in a beautiful warehouse in the harbor. See the project here. NAI, The Dutch Living Room Re-Designed 04-09-05/04-12-05 10 Designers where asked to give a vision on the livingroom. Tjep. presents the House of textures. See our proposal here. Click here for the NAI website. Mexico City Design Conference 17-10-05/20-10-05 For their 50th anniversary the Mexico City Iberoamericana University lectures program includes lectures by Gijs Bakker, Max Yoshimoto, Christophe Koch, Bruce Claxton, Jose de la Vega, Frank Tjepkema & Janneke Hooymans. Article in Volkskrant 06-08-05 Article confronting the viewpoints of graphic designer and former museum director Wim Crouwel with those of Frank Tjepkema. Click here to read the dutch article. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Job Cohen signaled with Bling Bling 14-07-05 Job Cohen, the mayor of Amsterdam, has been signaled with a Bling Bling at the opening of the foreign affaires of dutch design. Want some proof? Click here. Weblog on www.design.nl 20-07-05/18-08-05 During a 4 week trip from Maine to Florida, Frank Tjepkema kept a Weblog (in dutch). Please click here to read it. Foreign affaires of Dutch Design in Amsterdam 14-07-05/21-08-05 An overview of succesfull dutch design over the dutch borders. Tjep. is represented with the British Airways first class lounge and Bling Bling. More information please click here. Tjepkema studio becomes Tjep. 01-07-05 In line with our continuous effort to make life great, we have decided to simplify our name from Tjepkema Studio to Tjep. Antoine+Manuel designed our new logo. So from now on, you can just call us Tjep. and surf on Tjep.com. XXL Chair for Arco at the MMK Arnhem 25-06-05/01-09-05 For their hundredth anniversary Arco asked 12 designers (a.o. Jurgen Bey, Ineke Hans, Job Smeets and Joris Laarman), to give a vision on the future of furniture. We proposed proposed the XXL Chair. For more info: MMK Arnhem. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Koos Andriessen receives ICT Award 18-05-05 Koos Andriessen (former minister of economics) receives the first Amsterdam ICT Award, named after him, from the Deputy Mayor Mark van Der Horst. The award entitled Immaterial Trophy was designed by Frank Tjepkema. Stedelijk Museum - Lecture & Discussion 31-03-05 at 20.00 In relation to the exhibition Nest, Frank Tjepkema and Janneke Hooymans will give a presentation together with Ted Noten. For more information click here. Salone del Mobile, Milano 2005 13-04-05/17-04-05 New projects Destructive Deco and Bloom Bloom presented by Droog and Chi Ha Paura...? Nest - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 18-02-05/15-05-05 TAK and Do Break are part of an extensive Dutch design exhibition entitled NEST. The name of the exhibition was inspired by TAK our nest shaped sofa. For more information click here. Restaurant Praq wins the Stokke Iens Award 18-02-05/15-05-05 Praq wins the Stokke Iens award for the most child friendly restaurant in Holland. Praq was designed by Tjep. in 2004. Read more about Praq in Metropolis. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Kunst Cafe - Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam 18-02-05 Discussion in public about the value of art with Olav Velthuis, Marcel Brouwer and Frank Tjepkema, moderated by Sacha Bronwasser. Starts at 19:30 in the museum restaurant. For more information click here. Frank Tjepkema guest chief editor of Creatie 01-05 Frank Tjepkema is guest chief editor of the January issue of dutch magazine Creatie. The magazine features interviews with Ad Verbrugge and Joris Laarman. To dowload a PDF of the whole magazine click here (2,18 mb). Metropolis magazine covers Praq 01-12-04 Julie Taraska looks into our restaurant concept for Praq in a five page article entitled Parental Rites. Read the article here. Workshop Gold 12-12-04 Art workshop in collaboration with IMC Weekendschool and the Stedelijk Museum for children of 11 and 12 years of age from disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Info: www.smcs.nl. Workshop: here. Geel metalliek - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 5-11-04/30-01-05 Bling Bling, Love Shield, Family Hero and Bling Bloom are part of an exhibition dedicated to the use of gold in contemporary art and design. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Tjep. & Design Week 30-09-2004 Tjep. on the cover of Design Week, plus a two page article by Hannah Booth. Winner of the Dutch Design Awards 2004 09-09-2004 Tjep. win the Dutch Design Awards in the categories interior design with Airco Tree and fashion design with Bling Bling. Via Milano at the Woonbeurs in Amsterdam 29-09-2004/01-10-2004 Tak presented at the Amsterdam furniture fair. Visite www.via-milano.nl for more information. The foreign affaires of Dutch Design in London 23-09-2004/26-09-2004 Airco Tree and Bling Bling are part of an extensive exhibition about Dutch Design in an international context. Visite www.premsela.org for more information. Extensive publication in Items No.3 2004 15-07-2004 The dutch design magazine Items publishes a 10 page article about Tjep.. (img.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) Download the complete article here (4.5Mb). your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Nominations for the Dutch Design Awards 26-05-2004 Airco Tree and Bling Bling have been nominated for the Dutch Design Awards in the categories interior design and fashion design. The SNS bank bundle was selected in the category packaging design. Restaurant Praq is OPEN! 06-03-2004 Restaurant Praq opens in Ouderkerk a/d Amstel. Frank Tjepkema and Janneke Hooymans designed the interior and the identity. See pictures here. For more information visite www.praq.nl. Airco Tree for British Airways in London 28-01-2004 Frank Tjepkema's latest Droog Design project Airco Tree is installed in the first class lounge of British Airways at Heathrow Airport in London. Click here for images. The next Bling, Salone del Mobile 2004, Milano 14-04-2004/19-04-2004 The next Bling is the title of our show at the Salone del Mobile 2004. Visite our stand located at the Sallone Satelite. Sallone Satelite is located within the main fair complex of the Salone del Mobile. Location: Pavillion 9/2nd, Booth no E-11. Picture of our booth here! Droog Design, Haus der Kunst, Munchen 18-03-2004/23-05-2004 The exhibition Simply Droog is a 10 year retrospective of Droog Design. Haus der Kunst, Prinzregentenstrasse 1, 80538 Munchen. Frank Tjepkema has worked for Droog Design since 1996. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Schmuck 2004, Munchen 04-03-2004/10-03-2004 Overview of Frank Tjepkema's jewellery works at the prestigious yearly Schmuck exhibition in Munchen. Location: Sonderschau "Schmuck 2004" Halle A2 Natur Ganz Kunst, Hamburg 15-01-2004/15-01-2005 Artificial Plant, Tulip Vase and Artificial Bloom are part of the exhibition Natur Ganz Kunst at the Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg. The exhibition is an exploration of the influence of nature on contemporary art and design. Droog Design, Czech Republic 07-10-2003/12-10-2003 After the Salone del Mobile in Milan, the Kunsthal in Rotterdam and the Kulturhuset Museum in Stockholm, Droog Design presents Your Choice during the Czech Designblok. Signature Vases will be on display. Week of design, Eindhoven 13-10-2003/15.00-17.00 Frank Tjepkema will participate in a masterclass about the evolution of the 'things' led by Cornel Bierens. Located at the Design Academy, free for public, for more information please visit www.weekvanhetontwerp.nl Museum Old Treasury, Australia 12-09-2003/09-11-2003 Tiara project presented in Melbourn. Visite Old Treasury Museum website for more information. See our tiara design here. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Seoul Arts Center, South Korea 21-09-2003/19-10-2003 A major Droog Design exhibition will take place at the Seoul Arts Center in South Korea. Ten years of Droog Design under the title: No design, No style, Droog Design. including do break and Artificial Plant. Kulturhuset Stockholm, Sweden 02-09-2003/28-09-2003 Your Choice exhibition as presented in Milano 2003 by Droog Design will be exhibited in Stockholm. The signature vase project will be on display. The Walker Art Center, USA 08-06-2003/07-08-2003 Strangely Familiar: design and everyday life; exhibition at The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The Do Break vase will be on display. Sleazenation, UK 01-08-2003 "Hoegaarden, the Belgian white beer that tastes good with lemon in it, has brought Frank Tjepkema to Britain with his stunning new installation and exhibition..." Check out the installation here. Applied Arts Agency, London 25-05-2003/26-07-2003 Go Dutch is a result of an Applied Arts Agency research trip to Holland. Exhibition includes work by Esther Van Groeningen, Martin Guixe, Ineke Hans, Richard Hutten, Frank Tjepkema, Peter Van Der Jagt, Tord Boontje. The Do Break vase will be on display. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. 'Bling Bling' added to Oxford dictionary 15-05-2003 Hip-hop term joins 'jiggy' and 'whack' as dictionary listing. Click here to check out Frank's Bling Bling. 50/50 project at 100% Design 04-06-2003/06-06-2003 Tjep. participates in 50/50, a project initiated by The Famous Studio about action and reaction. 100% Design will be presented in Las Palmas, Rotterdam. Nomination Rotterdam Design Awards 07-05-2003/27-07-2003 Bling Bling has been nominated for the Rotterdam Design Awards. Exhibition in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. (Museumpark 18-20, Rotterdam). Droog Design in the Kunsthal 07-05-2003/18-05-2003 The Signature Vase project for Droog Design will be presented in the Kunsthal in Rotterdam. Presented vases: Martí Guixé, Marcel Wanders, The Bouroullec Brothers, Mendini, Andrea Branzi and Marc Newson. Washington Post 03-05-2003 The Washigton Post reviews the tiara project for princess Maxima. Frank Tjepkema won an honorable mention with his proposal. Click here to read the artikel. Droog Design in Milano 09-04-2003/13-04-2003 Salone Del Mobile 2003, Tjep. will be presenting his Signature Vase project for Droog Design in Milano. La Galleria Postart, Via Giannone 10, Milano (Metro stop: Moscova). your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Exhibition in Eindhoven 16-10-2002/22-10-2002 Tjep. will be presenting at the Week van het Ontwerp in de Witte Dame in Eindhoven (Netherlands). Visite VOE for more information. See our stand here. Artificial Plant in Centraal Museum 21-09-2002/02-01-2003 Artificial Plant a Droog Design product is part of the exhibition 'Ideal ! Living' in the Centraal Museum in Utrecht. Project for Uit markt 25-08-2002/26-08-2002 Collaboration project with Thonik for the Uit Markt in Amsterdam. See museum thing. Design Addict 16-08-2002 Overview of Tjep. by www.designaddict.com Website Update 21-06-2002 Website has been updated with three new projects: fugitive thing, studio thing and buro thing. We also added new pictures to François Vatel thing. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Bling Bling in Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 06-2002 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam buys Bling Bling for its permanent collection. Bling Bling is part of the Chi Ha Paura..? collection. Rietveld Academy 04-06-2002/07-06-2002 Rietveld Design Lab graduation show opens on Thursday the 4th at 16:00 together with the presentation of the other departments. Frank Tjepkema became head of the department in Febuary 2002. Via Milano 20-06-2002/30-06-2002 Bling Bling in Baby! Via Milano 02 - New Dutch Design. Open from 10:00 to 22:00. Keizersgracht 767, Amsterdam. Bling Bling is part of the Chi Ha Paura..? collection. Fan Club 04-06-2002/06-06-2002 Presentation of a new project for Fashion Fugitives in Fanclub. Nieuwzijds Voorburgwal 262, Amsterdam. Opening: 4 th of June at 18:00. Project realised in collaboration with: Eddy Schennink (Hello), Marieke Schooneman (Hello). Museum t'Kruithuis 18-04-2002 Exhibition of the '21 Tiara's for Maxima' project in Den Bosch at Museum t' Kruithuis. Check out the pictures of this beautiful presentation by Alias, in the museum but also under the bridges of the city! (img.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Chi Ha Paura...? 10-04-2002/14-04-2002 BlingBling will be part of the exhibition A Sense of wonder at Chi Ha Paura...?, during the Salone del Mobile in Milan. Galleria Contemporanea, via Lomazzo 28, Milano. 3*3*3 Lecture Frank Tjepkema 03-04-2002 Lecture in the auditorium of the Witte Dame (White Lady) in Eindhoven. Lecture is part of a squence of lectures organised by Het Vormgevingsoverleg in Eindhoven covering the fields of interior-, textile- and jewelery design. Discussion wil be lead by Marian Unger. Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 23-03-2002/26-05-2002 BlingBling will be presented for the first time in public at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam during Dis Play, an exhibit on contemporary Dutch jewellery design. Bling Bling is part of the Chi Ha Paura...? collection. Beurs van Berlage 02-02-2002/03-02-2002 Tiara thing will be exhibited at the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam during the mariage of Maxima with Willem-Alexander. (For those who are thinking: "who the hell are Maxima and ...", these two youngsters are the future queen and king of the Netherlands. Louvre 10-01-2002 Do Break has been signaled at the Louvre in Paris. The Do Break is part of the Droog Design collection. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. FvBKV 01-01-2002 Frank Tjepkema obtains a grant from the Fonds van de Beeldende Kunsten, Vormgeving en Bouwkunst in Amsterdam. New Studio! 20-12-2001 Tjep. moves to it's brand new studio on the Weesperzijde in Amsterdam. Don't forget to note our new address: Weesperzijde 80b / 1091 EJ Amsterdam / T 020 362 42 96 Rietveld Academy 14-11-2001 Lecture at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam at 10:00 o'clock. Subject: design and communication. Levis Red Tab 15-08-2001 Introduction of the Levis Red Tab Thing display concept in 500 shops worldwide. A Droog Design project for Levis Red Tab. Villa Noailles 13-07-2001/09-09-2001 Droog Design a la villa Noailles à Hyères. Beautiful presentation in a modernistic house located in a small town in the south of France. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter. Teo Jacob 26-04-2001 Do-create at Teo Jacob, Geneva Switzerland. Kunst en Bedrijf 10-04-2001 Opening Vatel project in The Hague. See method. The appartment 18-05-2001/22-05-2001 Presentation: do the apartment, New-York. Do create is a collection of products designed according to the philosophy of do. Bezalel 19-03-2001/26-03-2001 Lecture and workshop at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Together with John Maatman, we had a week to develop challenging design concepts together with a group of 20 students. Sandberg Instituut 05-02-2001 Lecture at the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam. your e-mail address: your name: to our quarterly newsletter.