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Dutch Design Week

If you find yourself in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, next week—or even Belgium, Denmark, or northern Germany—hie thee to Dutch Design Week.

  • Published on: 10/16/2008
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The festival, which starts on  Saturday, October 18, features 1,500 designers from around the world and an opening speech by Alberto Alessi, as well as  "design-restaurants and swinging discos" all over the city, which is best known as the birthplace of Royal Philips Electronics. The festival’s other highlights include a fleet of brand-new Volvo shuttles with objets d'art on top, and the long-awaited exhibition of the winners of Platform 21's Ikea-hacking contest.

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