Gabrielle Kennedy is an Amsterdam-based design journalist and editor. From 2009 to 2014 she was editor-in-chief of Design.nl, and from 2014 to 2017 was the in-house journalist at Design Academy Eindhoven. She has written about design for The Australian, The Japan Times, Singapore Straits Times, The Economist, POL Oxygen, Dezeen, Wallpaper, and Icon Magazine among others.

Authenticity For the Win in Milan - DAMN° Magazine

Authenticity For the Win in Milan

Milan Design Week – a veritable brand pageant, in-crowds aplenty, and a media of monochrome words. Everything is played safe.

In a conversation with Carlo Ratti - DAMN° Magazine

In a conversation with Carlo Ratti

Italian architect, engineer, inventor, educator and activist is one of the presenters at the upcoming and& summit & festival in Leuven, Belgium.

Reflections of a Digital Hippie - DAMN° Magazine

Reflections of a Digital Hippie

Galit Ariel and the technology of human experience

Carl Hansen & Son – This is Not Fashion - DAMN° Magazine

Carl Hansen & Son – This is Not Fashion

Knud Erik Hansen once owned a boat with his brother. It was a disaster. “On a boat you really get to know a person, “ says Hansen. “You learn about […]

A Chat with String Furniture’s co-Founder - DAMN° Magazine

A Chat with String Furniture’s co-Founder

In 1949 Swedish publishing house Bonnier came up with an ingenious idea to encourage people to buy more books – they announced a competition asking for architects to design a […]

Sebastian Herkner shines at IMM - DAMN° Magazine

Sebastian Herkner shines at IMM

Typical at any big international furniture fair is an energy surrounding the work of a hyped designer. Buyers, clients, producers and the media hover, toast and celebrate the man-of-the-moment’s success; […]

School Report - DAMN° Magazine

School Report

There are a number of design schools, universities and institutes at imm cologne (Hall 3.1), overwhelmingly from Germany. Education, the what, how, why, and where – not to mention cost – is such a crucial issue for all countries, DAMN° ...

Finding Commonality - DAMN° Magazine

Finding Commonality

Andrea Grützner’s Hive

Naresh Ramschandani Stirs with Words at What Design Can Do in Sao Paolo - DAMN° Magazine

Naresh Ramschandani Stirs with Words at What Design Can Do in Sao Paolo

Naresh Ramchandani is the co-founder of the environmental non-profit Do The Green Thing, a partner at design firm Pentagram and a practitioner of what he calls “communications with a conscience.” […]

But What Do the Words Actually mean? - DAMN° Magazine

But What Do the Words Actually mean?

Mats Horbach and Anne Ligtenberg work together and independently out of a large airy studio in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The duo work mostly on social design commissions and on personal […]

Fantastic Plastic - DAMN° Magazine

Fantastic Plastic

Dave Hakkens’ earliest instruction videos for DIY machines that recycle plastic into new everyday objects were great, but limited in their realistic capacity to make a dent in a disaster. […]

Keep It Simple Stupid - DAMN° Magazine

Keep It Simple Stupid

Another visible and dynamic studio to check out in these final days of Dutch Design Week is Michiel Martens and Jetske Visser. The poetic duo’s studio is in the former […]

When One Year Turns Into Twelve - DAMN° Magazine

When One Year Turns Into Twelve

Nacho Cabonell proves that communities are usually always a good idea, especially for creatives where a sense of camaraderie can build styles and a mental sense of relevance for players. […]

Money Back Guarantee - DAMN° Magazine

Money Back Guarantee

Jelle Mastenbroek made a bang in the design world last year and won of the “best technology” Milano Design Award, 2016. His “Data Orchestra” confronts our loss of any sort […]

Pinhole to the East - DAMN° Magazine

Pinhole to the East

Siba Sahabi's work surfaces significant Middle Eastern contributions to science, technology and culture buried in history.