Dutch Design shopping
As award-winning Dutch industrial and product designer Marcel Wanders insists in his book Amsterdam Creative Capital, "Amsterdam is the creative capital because Amsterdam has the creative capital". Here's where you can find the results of all this imagination, and take home a piece of it for yourself.
Dutch Design
Dutch design is known worldwide for blending innovation with a healthy dose of wit, subtle flair and even irony. Fuelled by a steady stream of talent from the internationally renowned Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam is a magnet for these modern-day design alchemists.
Dutch lifestyle and product design shops in Amsterdam
Bebob Design
Tucked away on the picturesque Prinsengracht is a paradise of international period design pieces. Keep an eye out for 1930s classics from Gerrit Rietveld himself and originals from Droog co-founder Gijs Bakker.
Droog
This shrine to contemporary Dutch design has been turning heads on the charming Staalstraat since 2004, although the powerhouse creative collective dates to the early 90s.
Beyond 17th century façade of this design studio-gallery-store hybrid, you'll grin at the modern twists on everyday items that often rely on a little droog (dry) humour.
The Frozen Fountain
As both a champion of rising design stars from Dutch academies and a staple store for established names, this favourite spouts plenty of inspiration and a varied collection of furniture, fabrics and accessories.
Mobilia Woonstudio
Among the hundreds of global labels represented at this Eden of contemporary interiors, there are plenty of Dutch design darlings.
Moooi Gallery
Moooi (with an extra 'o') means 'extra beautiful' in Dutch, according to Marcel Wanders and Casper Vissers, co-founders of the eponymous design label. The Moooi flagship store artfully displays its extraordinary furniture, lighting, accessories and textiles in an airy gallery-like space.
Pol's Potten
Whether it's the crisp clean look of stark white or the energy of vibrant colours, this island oasis of handmade porcelain, glassware and accessories has something for all tastes.
Thinking of Holland
This sleek Dutch-design souvenir shop is appropriately located inside the modern Passenger Terminal Amsterdam on the IJ waterfront. You'll find mementos so stylish and unique that you'll buy as many for yourself as for your friends back home.
Dutch Design Double
Can't quench your design thirst with retail therapy alone? If you're in Amsterdam during September and early October you'll want to check out the Dutch Design Double. Dozens of exhibitions and events highlight design disciplines from industrial and graphics to jewellery and architecture.
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