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When Fashion Met Architecture…

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Friday July 23, 2010

Last week the exhibition Fashion & Architecture kicked off with a good party at the Amsterdam Architecture Center (ARCAM). Along with ARCAM and office for architecture…

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Roktic Pops Up Again At London’s Brick Lane

By Joop de Boer | Published: Thursday January 14, 2010

In a modern metropolitan experience-focused society everything is about the ‘momentum’ — clubs, shops and bars, among others, are hot the first two years before they slip back into oblivion. We’re…

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Online Shopping Gets Real For One Week In East London

By Joop de Boer | Published: Wednesday September 16, 2009

Online fashion retailer Roktic has opened one of the heaviest short-term pop-up stores I’ve ever heard of. For only one week Roktic will land at the East Gallery at London’s fashionable Brick…

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New: Knitted Phone Booth Sleeve

By Joop de Boer | Published: Saturday August 15, 2009

Sleeves for the iPhone are available in every single material and colour. The ‘WePhone’ (the public phone) on the contrary never had such a fancy jacket.
Of course…

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On Kiosks, Part 2: the Shoebox Shop

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Friday July 31, 2009


Two days ago I wrote about the importance of the kiosk to the urban realm, especially the quality of public space. It seems that the world of urban…

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The Moving City by Uniqlo

By Joop de Boer | Published: Saturday July 4, 2009

Japanese fashion company Uniqlo has made this online calendar about the moving city. The time lapse movies show the city as an organism and give…

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July 8: Pecha Kucha Night Amsterdam Volume 10

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday June 29, 2009

We are glad to announce a very fresh Pecha Kucha Night Amsterdam. It’s all gonna happen next week, on Wednesday July 8, at the venue of

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Independent Fashion Pop-Up Store Amsterdam

By Jeroen Beekmans | Published: Monday May 25, 2009

Urban flexibility is one of our main focuses at Golfstromen. Therefore we are proud to announce a new chapter in our story of temporary use of vacant urban…

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