Events in Beijing

Events in Seoul

Events in Tokyo

Events in Nederland

Be(ijing)S(eoul)T(okyo)-NL is a program for innovation in cultural co-creation and will be a catalyst for long-term cross-sectorial cooperation between creators in the East-Asian region and the Netherlands.
BeST-NL is initiated by the Dutch embassies in Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo in collaboration with Company New Heroes, Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum, Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics, and Studio The Future.
The core of the BeST-NL program consists of three case studies: Hello Asia, Lokaal Internationaal, The Cool Ceramic Hunt/Made in Holland. They represent a clear and intrinsic demand from the Dutch cultural sector to develop, improve or broaden exchanges with the East-Asian region. Each focuses on different aspects of, and approaches to, cultural co-creation between East-Asia and the Netherlands.
BeST-NL’s program shows in what ways young people are changing their methods of connecting and collaborating on an international scale—across and between sectors. The program will also introduce the Dutch creative sector to the East-Asian creative community, and contribute to new reciprocal cultural exchanges. The program also results in a new, sustainable network of creators that collaborate in various ways, and as such enhance a strong Dutch cultural presence in Asia.
Best-NL is a platform for co-creation that aims to serve as a hub for new exchanges and co-creation.
Concrete output of the program will be expert meetings, theater performances, documentaries, visitor programs to the participating countries and the Netherlands by cultural influencers, exhibitions, publications, and an international conference and final symposium.
BeST-NL is funded with the International Cultural Policy funds of the three embassies supplemented with a contribution from the ‘Programmamiddelen Plus’ governed by DutchCulture. This contribution was administered by a committee of representatives of the Dutch funds and organizations involved in the implementation of the International Cultural Policy: the Agency of Cultural Heritage, the Creative Industries Fund, the Mondriaan Fund, the New Institute, the Performing Arts Fund.

Please find the full proposal BeST-NL here.

Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

BEIJING: Tjarda Arendz
SEOUL: Hajin Lee
TOKYO: Bas Valckx

Case Studies

LOKAAL INTERNATIONAAL:
Studio The Future,
Vincent Schipper, Klara van Duijkeren, Jorrit Weeda

HELLO ASIA:
Company New Heroes,
Lucas de Man, Kimberly Major

THE COOL CERAMIC HUNT/MADE IN HOLLAND:
Europees Keramisch Werkcentrum,
Ranti Tjan
Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics,
Kris Callens

DutchCulture: Maarten Bul

logo and website design: Tjobo Kho
website: Haris Hadzic

BeST-NL thanks the representatives of the Agency of Cultural Heritage, the Creative Industries Fund, the Mondriaan Fund, the New Institute, and the Performing Arts Fund for their support of BeST-NL.

Koen Tossijn x Sugi Koujou Exhibition

Posted on March 29, 2019June 21, 2019 by admin

クーン・トッサィン（アムステルダム）と杉工場（うきは市）が共同でテーブルとチェアのデザインと制作を行い
ました。

デザイナーであるクーンと老舗家具メーカーの職人達によるものづくりの新しい形。この初めての共同制作の
過程と、そこから生まれた試作品を
ご紹介します。

KOEN TOSSIJN (AMSTERDAM)
AND SUGIKOUJOU’S TEAM (UKIHA), HAVE DESIGNED AND PRODUCED SEVERAL PROTOTYPES FOR A TABLE
AND A CHAIR.

MERGING KOEN’S DESIGN PRINCIPLES WITH SUGIKOUJOU’S UNIQUE APPROACH TO MANUFACTURING, THESE PROTOTYPES DEMONSTRATE A POSSIBLE NEW WAY OF MAKING. THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTS THEIR FIRST COLLABORATION.

production and translation
BABA RYOKO

exhibition and design
STUDIO THE FUTURE
www.printthefuture.nl

special thanks to
SUGIKOUJOU TEAM
NAGAI AKINORI
OKU TAKAAKI