{"id":16,"date":"2009-10-06T14:46:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-06T14:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/?p=1"},"modified":"2024-09-01T17:08:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:08:11","slug":"amsterdam-design-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jwolfepr.com\/dev\/amsterdam-design-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Design*Sponge City Guide: Amsterdam | Design*Sponge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Design*Sponge<\/em> \u2014 October 6, 2009
Amsterdam Design Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published by the sadly now-defunct design blog Design*Sponge<\/em> in October 2009, the Amsterdam Design Guide was born of countless trips to the famed Dutch city to attend the annual International Broadcasting Convention<\/a>, and is also featured on the Computer Graphics World<\/em> blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Each year, thousands of people converge on the city of Amsterdam for the International Broadcasting Convention, or IBC, one of the industry\u2019s largest trade shows. Most attendees are already pretty familiar with what the RAI Convention Center has to offer: strong coffee, stale broodjies, confusing floor plans, and row after row after row of brightly lit exhibits showcasing all the latest and greatest technologies. Oh, and don\u2019t forget the beach!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What some convention-goers may forget is that Amsterdam, home of the internationally renowned Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, is celebrated for its cutting-edge design, including art, fashion, architecture, furniture, and home accessories. And when I\u2019m not geeking out over VFX or 3D workflows, I am obsessed with design. Each year after IBC, I try to stay on in the city for at least one extra day to explore and soak up some of that Dutch design goodness.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friends and colleagues hit me up regularly for recommendations in Amsterdam, which over time has led to the compilation of an informal design guide. Thanks to leading design blog Design*Sponge, which provides design guides for cities around the world, among other design-related awesomeness, the guide has finally been formalized \u2014 complete with interactive Google map \u2014 and is now available to everyone on the Web.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n