August 2 10
Following my article ‘People Can’t Live in Museums‘ and an interview in this month’s Time Out Amsterdam, I decided to share some of my thoughts on the effects of an UNESCO-enlistment with the Dutch readers of the national daily newspaper NRC Handelsblad. They published my opinion article together with a crazy cartoon by Hajo de Reijger. [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Posted in Amsterdam, Architecture, Heritage, Media, News, Non-fiction
Also tagged Ai Amsterdam, Aken, Amstel Hotel, Bath, Bruges, Brugge, Brussel, Centre Pompidou, Courrier International, De Standaard, Der Spiegel, Dresden, Forum, Internazionale, Jan Van Hove, Keulen, Le Monde, Louvre, Michiel van Iersel, NRC Handelsblad, Overhoeks, Parijs, Patrick Moenaert, Presseurop, Santiago Calatrava, UNESCO, Venetië, Vrienden van de Amsterdamse Binnenstad, Werelderfgoedlijst
August 1 10
Non-fiction’s co-founder Michiel van Iersel is featured in this month’s edition of Time Out Amsterdam, talking about Amsterdam’s enlistment on UNESCO‘s World Heritage List and the possible pros and cons. In 2007 he already wrote on this topic, concluding that ‘people can’t live in museum’s’. This paper can be downloaded here. The Hot Seat ‘People [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Posted in Heritage, Interview, Media, Non-fiction, Time Out
Also tagged Alice Ramsay, canal ring, historic centre, listed, open air museum, Paris, Red Light District, ring of canals, Time Out, UNESCO, World Heritage List
April 16 10
Inspired by the computer game Football Manager, in which you are the trainer of a top football club, Juha van ’t Zelfde dreams of the game Museum Manager, in which you get to run a top museum. It will have been in 1995 that I managed to get my hands on my first copy of [...]
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By Juha van 't Zelfde
Posted in Article, Metropolis M, Non-fiction, VURB, Viral Radio, art, museum
Also tagged Alexander Ribbink, Barcelona, Frank Rijkaard, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Joan Laporta, Johan Cruijff, Messi, Metropolis M, Museum Manager, Olafur Eliasson, Stedelijk Museum, Viral Radio, VURB
February 1 10
From this year on the annual Three-Day Music Festival in the Dutch city of The Hague will become the epicenter for innovations in classical music: “Is there a future for classical music?“, “How can we engage a new and young(er) audience?” and “what will a concert (hall) be like in the year 2030?“. Non-fiction sets out to [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Posted in Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Non-fiction
Also tagged António Jorge Pacheco, Carnegie Hall, Casa da Musica, Den Haag, Dr. Anton Philipszaal, Edgard Varèse, Haagse Muziek Driedaagse, Igor Stravinsky, John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lucent Danstheater, Michel van der Aa, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ, Oslo Opera House, Porto, Rem Koolhaas, Three-Day Music Festival, Wii, YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Zaha Hadid
January 19 10
How can banks, museums, governments and other institutions regain a sense of trust from the public? That is the question that lies at the heart of an ambitious project titled ‘Trustville‘. Initiated by communication agency Vandejong and its idiosyncratic founder and namesake Pjotr de Jong, Trustville encompasses a series of themed expert meetings focusing on [...]
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By Michiel van Iersel
Posted in Amsterdam, Article, Interview, Media, Non-fiction, Trustville, crisis, museum
Also tagged Bush, De Verdieping, Dogville, Farmville, Hermitage Amsterdam, Job Cohen, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kanye West, Michiel van Iersel, Nike True City, Niketown, Pjotr de Jong, Susan Fainstein, Triodos, Trustville, Valiz, Vandejong, WikiCity, World Bank
January 14 10
Today Nike has released True City, an iPhone application that promises to make ‘the hidden visible through the knowledge and insight of Nike Insiders.’ Six European cities – Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, London, Milan and Paris – have been selected by Nike, and in these cities 5 individuals – so called Nike Insiders – will share [...]
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By Non-fiction
Posted in Non-fiction
Also tagged Barcelona, Berlin, Harald Dunnik, Juha van 't Zelfde, La Melodia, LeLe, Milan, Momkai, Nalden, Nike Insiders, Nike True City, Paris, Pepijn Lanen
January 13 10
We have been invited by the city of Amsterdam and the alderman of culture Caroline Gehrels to participate in a series of public discussion and open brainstorms on the future of the creative industries in Amsterdam. Tonight is the kick off, at 20.00 in Pakhuis de Zwijger in the Eastern Docklands. We hope to see [...]
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January 3 10
With contributions from 36 of our dearest friends and heroes, including Ben Cerveny, Nalden, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Saskia Sassen and Winy Maas, our co-created vison of Amsterdam in 2020 appeared in the new year’s edition of Time Out magazine Amsterdam. Download it here. Tweet This Post
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By Michiel van Iersel
Posted in Amsterdam, Article, Interview, Media, Non-fiction, deVerdieping
Also tagged 2020, Aaron Koblin, Adam Greenfield, Amie Dicke, Ben Cerveny, Bruce Sterling, Claire Boonstra, De Verdieping, Edial Dekker, Euro Beinat, Friedrich von Borries, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Hendrik-Jan Grievink, James Burke, John Lonsdale, Juha van 't Zelfde, Kai van Hasselt, Kasper Joen Larsen, Katja Hogenboom, Lars Ebert, Ljubo Georgiev, Markus Miessen, Martijn van Nieuwenhuyzen, Michiel van Iersel, Nalden, Neville Mars, Nina Siegal, Non-fiction, Ollie Bown, Pjotr de Jong, Radna Rumping, Sarah van Sonsbeeck, Saskia Sassen, Time Out Amsterdam, Tino Haenen, Tjade Stroband, Tracy Metz, Winy Maas, Xander Karskens