Dutch designers are currently creating quite a stir on the international scene. What is the secret of their success? In How They Work photographer Inga Powilleit and stylist Tatjana Quax examine the working methods of seventeen designers, as well as the typically Dutch approach which has made them world-famous: a fanatical attitude towards work, a healthy lack of respect for convention, and a determination to go their own way.
The designers portrayed in the book are Hella Jongerius, Job Smeets & Nynke Tynagel, Claudy Jongstra, Dick van Hoff, Wieki Somers, Marcel Wanders, Petra Blaisse, Jurgen Bey & Rianne Makkink, Piet Hein Eek, Richard Hutten, Joep van Lieshout, Gijs Bakker, Evelyne Merkx, Ineke Hans, Bertjan Pot.
Dutch designers are currently creating quite a stir on the international scene. What is the secret of their success? In How They Work photographer Inga Powilleit and stylist Tatjana Quax examine the working methods of seventeen designers, as well as the typically Dutch approach which has made them world-famous: a fanatical attitude towards work, a healthy lack of respect for convention, and a determination to go their own way. How They Work consists of portraits of the very top of the Dutch design world, which offer readers an honest and revealing look behind the scenes.
The designers portrayed in the book are Hella Jongerius, Job Smeets & Nynke Tynagel, Claudy Jongstra, Dick van Hoff, Wieki Somers, Marcel Wanders, Petra Blaisse, Jurgen Bey & Rianne Makkink, Piet Hein Eek, Richard Hutten, Joep van Lieshout, Gijs Bakker, Evelyne Merkx, Ineke Hans, Bertjan Pot.