designz | etc

  • Seeing the world though different eyes
    March 23, 2008

    <p></p>a performance I have done with monique van kerkhof, bo, nie and zowi oudendijk and many more performers at the unu in shibuya tokyo. the performance was layout and tested in a 3d model of the space.

  • boss desk
    January 18, 2008

    img_0996.jpgever though that the boss always has the biggest desk? think again, look again. The boss at van der architects switched his big white desk to something he really needed. a small desk for his laptop and a wall full of books and now he has much more space for his meetings with his clients and room to walk around and think. something every boss should do.

  • Why Apple isn’t Japanese
    January 4, 2008

    apple-japan.jpgInteresting article about technology at Newsweek. the article was written by eurotechnology

    Ever heard of DoCoMo? probably not, unless you happen to live in Japan. NTT DoCoMo is one of the world’s biggest wireless phone companies. It operates in a ferociously competitive market, boasts about 50 million customers and has been known to produce cutting-edge technology. By all rights it ought to be a star performer in the increasingly global business of wireless communications. Yet DoCoMo’s brand is still virtually unknown outside its home country.