Design - Ivar Hagendoorn

12 Dec 2025 · Blog | Design

One Hundred Years of Art Deco at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs

The Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris celebrates the centennial of Art Deco through an extensive exhibition, assembling over 1,200 objects across three floors, encompassing furniture, jewelry, fashion, posters, and drawings that collectively document the creative vitality of the Jazz Age.

25 May 2025 · Blog | Art | Design | Architecture

4 Museums 1 Modernism

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the foundation of “Die Neue Sammlung”, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich has organized an exhibition showcasing highlights from the collections of the four museums that make up the Pinakothek der Moderne.

18 May 2025 · Blog | Design

Paula Scher: Type Is Image at the Pinakothek der Moderne

Type Is Image, the Paula Scher retrospective at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, is a spectacular celebration of typography in the form of an amazing immersive installation.

6 Apr 2025 · Blog | Film | Design

Wes Anderson at the Cinémathèque Française

The Cinémathèque française in Paris in collaboration with the Design Museum, London has organized a wonderful exhibition celebrating the work of Wes Anderson.

21 Mar 2025 · Blog | Fashion | Design

The Face Magazine at the National Portrait Gallery

"The Face Magazine: Culture Shift" at the National Portrait Gallery in London is a must-see exhibition and a trip down memory lane if you grew up in the 80s and 90s.

17 Nov 2024 · Blog | Art | Design | Literature

Bande Dessinée 1964-2024 at the Centre Pompidou

I wish I had scheduled more time to visit Bande Dessinée 1964-2024, the amazing comic art exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. There was simply too much to see and discover and too many artists that I had never heard of.

28 Jul 2024 · Blog | Art | Design

Richard McGuire. Then and There. Here and Now

"Richard McGuire: Then and There. Here and Now" at the Cartoonmuseum Basel is a wonderful career retrospective of the illustrator and designer best known for his cult graphic novel "Here".

13 Jan 2023 · Blog | Design | Fashion

The 80s. Fashion, Design and Graphic Design in France

For a flashback to the 80s this exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris is not to be missed.

31 Dec 2022 · Blog | Literature | Non-Fiction | Design

The Best Books of 2022

The best fiction, best general non-fiction, best biography, philosophy and history books, best graphic novels, the best art and photography books and the most disappointing books that I read this past year.

30 Dec 2022 · Blog | Design

Emigre Magazine Archive

I was delighted to discover that the full run of legendary graphic design magazine Emigre is available online. It brought back a lot of memories and gave me the same jolt of inspiration as when I first discovered the magazine as a student.

16 Jul 2022 · Blog | Art | Design

National Museum of Norway

Norway's beautiful new National Museum is a must visit if you are in Oslo and not just because of the magnificent Munch room.

29 May 2022 · Blog | Art | Architecture | Design

Germany/1920s/New Objectivity/August Sander

Germany/1920s/New Objectivity/August Sander is the somewhat awkward title of a mammoth exhibition at the Centre Pompidou. Bringing together some 900 works of painting, photography, architecture, design and film, this is the first panoramic overview of the New Objectivity movement in France.