How time flew by! A year with many wonderful moments, encounters and opportunities. We thank everyone we worked with and worked for this past year. Thank you for your contagious energy and nice collaborations. We look forward to 2023 to create another great year together!

The Mudac in Lausanne Switzerland, displays the private collection of Thierry Barbier-Mueller in the exhibition "A chair and you." It is one of the largest collections in the world of chairs by artists, designers and architects. The Poodle chair is also featured in this exhibition, on view through Feb. 5, 2023.

From October 22-30, Dutch Design Week starts again. Visit Third Office at the Embassy of Mobility in the Klokgebouw and share your knowledge. You can also give your opinion on The sustainable future of the city trip to Eindhoven, Eindhoven365 at Yksi Expo, Strijp-S.

In conversation with Bart Ahsmann (Managing Director CLICKNL) and Prof. Daan van Eijk (Chair Professor of Industrial Design of Delft University of Technology) on insights how circular design can lead to a sustainable future during the Knowlegde of Design Week

Exhibition Healing Power travels to the AfrikaMuseum. Healing Power provides insight into various forms of (spiritual) healing and shows the search for balance between body, soul and mind. In recent years, the exhibition was on display at Museum Volkenkunde in Leiden and Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam.

Van Gogh and Nuenen. The village where many famous paintings were painted at a time when their uniqueness was little recognized. 150 years later, that has changed. Many visit the history of Van Gogh in the Brabant village every year. The Vincentre will soon be telling that story in a new way. And we helped design it.
photo: VanGoghBrabant.com

We believe that working with the right experts leads to the best solutions. For Volksbelang Helmond, we are working with Eliška Slováková on a design and vision for the future office, suitable for all employees.

What is the future of tourism? How can it benefit society? Together with Eindhoven365 we are looking for more sustainable tourism in the city. With an ambitious goal: in the top 3 most sustainable city trip in Europe

Photo: Max Kneefel

The Embassy of Mobility is one of the eight World Design Embassies, a programme of Dutch Design Foundation, and focuses on human mobility and on quality of life. Read the Spotlight article about Third Office as a result of the Embassy Lab here.

Designer Miriam van der Lubbe has recently been appointed as Creative Head of Dutch Design Week 2022 (DDW22). In this capacity she is responsible for the implementation of the DDW22 programme. Together with the board of DDF, she will also be involved in the search for and selection of the new creative leader and face of DDW from 2022 – the successor of Martijn Paulen. Read more

What if quality of life is central to designing mobility? And what if the aim of mobility is to limit transport movements? What if we start working both at the office and at home, but also within 15 walking or cycling minutes from home? In collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat, Embassy of Mobility and World Design Embassies, we launched thirdoffice.nl. Read more

Again, it has been a challenging year- but GOSH have we been enjoying ourselves!
We thank everyone we worked with and worked for this past year for their great energy and collaboration. We are looking forward to 2022 with some exciting project to come. Will be continued...

How can we facilitate good workplaces close to home so that commuters need to make fewer transport movements? Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe will be working on this design question. Embassy lab: Workplaces at home! in collaboration with Rijkswaterstaat, World Design Embassies and Dutch Design Foundation

The Wide World of VDL at full speed! We designed a smart structure for this multinational in which different types of visitors are introduced to the innovative power of this company in their own way. Read more

The doors of the renovated entrance area of Van Abbemuseum are open! Toghether with Diederendirrix architects we designed this public space