May 29, 2009

Dutch food bank founders receive international award

Filed under: Food & Drink,General by Orangemaster @ 11:00 am
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A Martin Luther King Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded yesterday in Amsterdam to the founders of the Dutch Food Bank, Sjaak and Clara Sies, presented to them by Isaac Newton Ferris, a nephew of the assassinated US African American civil rights activist. The award is intended as a token of appreciation for those who unselfishly spread Dr King’s message of tolerance and equality, and apparently not just in the United States: last year’s award went to Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam.

The initiative of Sjaak and Clara Sies has also helped emphasised that even though many outsiders keep calling the Netherlands “a welfare state”, the couple have clearly shown that this rich country actually has poor people.

(Links radionetherlands.nl, ad.nl)

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February 20, 2009

2000 metre steel wire artwork wins prize

Filed under: Art,Nature by Orangemaster @ 11:36 am
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This huge steel artwork, entitled ‘Kooi-Met-Geen-Poema-Er-In’ (‘Cage with no puma in it’) by artist Maarten de Reus, won a Dutch Building Award last week. It can be admired in the city of Apeldoorn atop a former garbage dump site. The building contractor of the artwork from Moerkapelle won a National Steel Award in 2008.

The theme of the work, chosen in 2005, refers to puma sightings in the Veluwe woods, which where in fact some sort of big house cat gone wild.

(Link: bright.nl, Photo: Maarten de Reus)

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February 22, 2008

Shutterbug cat wins Dutch photo award

Filed under: Animals,Dutch first,Photography by Orangemaster @ 7:00 am
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De Kleine Hans (The small Hans) is a brand new photography prize and this time around, the winner is a cat. The award, also referred to as “the world’s biggest small photography prize,” was awarded this week to Mr. Lee, a male cat owned by Juergen Perthold, a German man living in the US. Juergen built a camera that he attached to Mr. Lee’s collar, which takes a picture every minute. The result of many wanderings can be seen on the site.

(Link: nrc.nl, Photo: Mr. Lee)

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November 23, 2007

International award for Dutch hotel concept

Filed under: Architecture,Gadgets by Orangemaster @ 4:45 pm

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CitizenM, the hotel room chain with everything in it, has already won an international prize in Paris for Most Innovative Concept. Just one week after the introduction of the new hotel concept and way before any Dutch branch was opened, the Dutch hotel chain beat 21 competitors for this prize.

A second branch of the hotel will be opened next summer on Amsterdam’s Beethovenstraat, South of town. London, Berlin and Milan wil also get their hotels.

(Link: bizz.nl)

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July 24, 2007

Dutch fashion designer wins Italian award

Filed under: Fashion by Orangemaster @ 10:35 am
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During the Haute Couture week AltaRoma in Rome, Addy van den Krommenacker won the award of best new designer 2007, which will be handed out in September 2007 in Taormina, Sicily. He is apparently thrilled about it. For his theme ‘A Tribute To The Academy Awards’ Addy was inspired by films and great actresses.

(Link: blik op nieuws, via Omroep Brabant)

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