Het Nieuwe Instituut

Designing the Social is an exhibition exploring 100 years of socially driven, idiosyncratic ideas about living together. Sometimes out of idealism, often out of pure necessity, alternative design strategies were developed in the pursuit of an equal society. Designers, researchers and curators select and (re)interpret pieces from heritage collections and archives in order to tell an assortment of stories about a century of social design.

Visited the clothing industry exhibition in Het Nieuwe Instituut with friends. The weather is good and the mood is good. But after reading it, the mood is no longer relaxed. Several sets of data: 1) A 29 euro T-shirt: 15 euro trade profit; 3.6 European marketing; 3.5 European tax; 3.3 European material fee, 2.2 European transportation fee; 1.2 European production plant profit; 0.2 European salary. 2) A Dutch-designed jeans need to travel 40,000 kilometers to complete! 3) 30[%] of the clothing produced annually sold at normal prices; 30[%] sold at reduced prices; 40[%] thrown away! 4) To avoid waste, Dutch companies buy scrapped or backlogged clothing at extremely low prices, waste reprocessed and sold at NAI Exhibition Hall, a T-shirt for 70 euros! I appreciate this effort, but it's too expensive!

Het Nieuwe Instituut is a museum about creative design of electronic culture. Opposite Van Berningen is the Architectural Museum (Het Nieuwe Instituut), and some people say that this is the headquarters of the Dutch Building Association. It is actually a private institution formed by the merger of three institutions such as NAI in 2013.

After a business trip, I accidentally found that NAi was actually outside the window of the hotel I stayed in, and rushed to worship before closing the door. It’s not so much an exhibition as a modern architecture class. I’m happy to watch the manuscripts, models, and notes of architectural firms in various countries.

Visited the garment industry exhibition and learned that Dutch companies bought scrapped or backlogged garments at very low prices, and that waste was reprocessed and sold at the NAI exhibition hall