Design-Boulevard during Inspire City in Heerlen

Sander Claessen

During INSPIRE CITY 2012, DDDE (Dutch Design Desk Europe) will present twenty designers from the Euregio Meuse-Rhine (Maastricht, Aachen, Hasselt, Heerlen and Liège) at the Heerlen Woonboulevard.
The designers were selected in cooperation with FASHIONCLASH, Designmetropole Aachen, Zachte G and MOS store.
Check out the designers at www.design-boulevard.nl.
INSPIRE CITY 2012 takes place from 12th till 21th October.
With over 4 million visitors annually, of which approximately 35% from Germany and Belgium, Woonboulevard Heerlen makes the theme “Design für Alle” accessible for a wide audience in the Euregion. The theme stands for “quality in everyday things for everyone.” In cooperation with the Foundation Dutch Design Desk Europe, the first designer promenade in the Netherlands will be presented at the opening night on Friday, October 12.

SALON/Maastricht

This weekend, June 2, SALON/Maastricht will open and it's a prelude to 10 fabulous fashion days in Maastricht. 60 designers/artists are showing work in various locations in Maastricht. 


You can see work FASHIONCLASH Maastricht designers from previous events like Ingo Binder, Linda Maissan, Valentin Loellmann, John Franzen, Sidi el Karchi and Fabian von Spreckelsen.

Among them are also FASHIONCLASH Maastricht 2012 participants such as Brian Geradts, Zohra Murad, Kaspar Hamacher, and Branko Popovic and not to forget amazing Bas Kosters who is our special guest at FASHIONCLASH Party (June 9th). 


www.salon1.org

Kaspar Hamacher presents “Out of one piece”

1. Please introduce yourself to our readers. (Who are you, where do you come from and what is your field of specialization?) 

Atelier Kaspar Hamacher Langestahl 5 Eupen Belgium. Designer, between art and craftsmanship. 

By taking nature as my basis, is focused resolutely on physical rather than conceptual design. I feels more as a craftsman than a designer. The things I can do with wood appeal to the imagination: whether it is a tree stumper or a piece of leather, the key is authenticity in every step of my design process. 

2. What inspires you as a designer/artist? 

Simplicity, Nature, Function.
“The difference between the purely natural and the technologically produced can be clearly felt. There are things that cannot be copied such as the warmth of wood, the smell and touch of leather or the individuality; all that cannot be imitated.”