GLUE amsterdam connected by design

A four days design-route for Amsterdam designers, the general public, architects, brands, labels, showrooms, galleries, academies and other colleagues. GLUE amsterdam connected by design connects all locations and provides a substantive and attractive program for colleagues and the public. Independence is essential, GLUE does not commit to one party, but all of them. Starting designers, knowledge institutes, renowned designers, and large agencies, diverse and ground floor suits Amsterdam, even though we sometimes have to climb a steep staircase. GLUE gives a profile to Amsterdam design and wants to connect the sector better and make it more discoverable. All participants have a dot on the map; we encourage them to organize something sensational and relevant during GLUE amsterdam connected by design.

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CREATIVE CITIZEN OF HONOUR 2024

Mia Karlova, citizen of honour from the GLUE design routes, year 2024

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Pien Rademakers, citizen of honour from the GLUE design routes, year 2024

Pien Rademakers

Marcel Wanders, citizen of honour from the GLUE design routes, year 2024

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‘We should celebrate and cherish Amsterdam’s creativity, diversity, and identity, because a rich and diverse cultural climate is a prerequisite for a healthy city in the future,’ say the founders of GLUE. GLUE is honouring three creative ‘honorary’ citizens with the title of Creative Citizen of Honour every year. In 2021 the honour went to Maria Blaisse, Geke Lensink, Lyongo Juliana and Egbert Fransen, in 2022 it were designers Mina Abouzahra, Nikki Gonnissen and Thomas Widdershoven, and cultural entrepreneur Suzanne Oxenaar, and in 2023 it went to founder and director of OSCAM Marian Duff, founder of Moving Arts Project Janine Toussaint, and founder of Studio Valkenier Wouter Valkenier. And in 2024 it were the gallery owners Pien Rademakers, Mia Karlova and designer Marcel Wanders. The Honourable creative citizen of the next edition will be communicated in May 2025. These creatives are being spotlighted because they provide a podium for creativity in the city or encourage its development. They know how to reflect, convey, connect, and enrich the colourfulness, creativity, and diversity of the city of Amsterdam.

CURATED STICKY PARTICIPANTS 2025

GLUE explicitly wants to be an inspiring platform for all creatives in Amsterdam. Also for the unknown hidden gems or creatives that just do not fit within the common definition of the word design. That is why, together with five external curators, we nominate every year a number of creative 'STICKY participants' for the upcoming edition of the four-day design route. The curated exhibitors explore the definition of design and stretch its boundaries a bit further, so that also the not usual suspects in the design world, will be seen and can be showcased. In doing so, the event also surprises and inspires other designers, the general public, and other coleagues from the scene between which GLUE forms the glue. The curators of 2025 are: Liv Vaisberg, cultural entrepreneur and co-founder of Collectible in Brussels. Bao Yao Fei, curator at Design Museum Den Bosch. Margitte Verwoerdt, Art Advisor for private clients, corporates, artists & institutions. Thieu Custers, program maker and concept developer at Waag Futurelab. Noukhey Forster, curator at OSCAM en creative directer at studio OHIM. David Heldt, co-founder and creative director of GLUE.

Information about GLUE

Discover the GLUE Foundation, the Team working for the GLUE Cooperation and GLUE's Mission Statement

GLUE Foundation - Information about GLUE routes desing

GLUE Foundation

Meet the team of the GLUE Cooperation - Information about GLUE routes desing

Meet the team of the GLUE Cooperation

Mission statement - Information about GLUE routes desing

Mission statement

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Alternatives from the Unexpected at GLUE TV

Alternatives from the Unexpected at GLUE TV

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