hOLAnDA-2005 Latin American Design

hOLAnDA-2005

Original Latin American Design in Amsterdam; an overview

This is the overview page for hOLAnDA 2005. This great exhibition in Amsterdam, the Netherlands in the first 4 days of December 2005 was a big success and attracted a large audience. It was situated in the Posthoorn Church in the busy shopping street the Haarlemmerstraat in downtown Amsterdam.

Here you can navigate through all different aspects of the exhibition:

Fast facts:	Read all about H2005 in numbers, facts and pictures. How many people visited and which products were the favorites of the audience.
Events and report:	What happened? Here's a day by day illustrated report of all activities at H2005 and..another report in PDF to download (with pictures and links)
Video's:	Click here to see several great video's of H2005
Press release:	The press release is available in Dutch and English.
Product pictures:	Here are many pictures from the exhibition (large page!) See many and come back later for more! Hi res package (big download: 38 MB). In the package are not pictures of the exhibition, but of some of the products that were exhibited, provided by the designers themselves. This package contains just a few pictures of the over 200 products on exhibition. If you need more information please contact us.
More pictures?	You can also look at (panoramic) pictures and reports of hOLAnDA 2003, the first large biennal exhibition on Latin American Design in Europe.


Where and where:	December 1-4, 2005, Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
What:	Cultural exhibition on Latin American Design
Focus:	Living, recreation, accessories/jewelry and a special T-shirt exhibition
Objective:	Show the design culture of Latin America to a broad European audience and stimulate commercial possibilities for Latin American designers/companies.
Logo:	At the top of this page. The logo was designed by Venezuelan designer Anabella Georgi. It displays Mexican designer Mauricio Lara on his bench Chac-mool, which was on display in the exhibition for the first time in Europe.
What was the exhibition about?	hOLAnDA - 2005 showed products and gave a good impression on what Latin American Design can mean for people today. We showed which Latin American designers and companies make interesting products. The main goal was to organize a cultural event that will put Latin American Design, in all its diversity, (again) on the map in Europe. And this succeeded very good!
Who made this possible?	First, of course all designers that participated! They did not only put time and effort in this event to make it happen, but they also invested in it by paying for their transport and taxes. All designers that participated became a partner of creating success together. And it worked! The investments that they made were supported with the help of some great sponsors. Each sponsor didn't contribute to LADF, but directly to the designers themselves, so all contributions directly went were they were needed most: Hamburg Sud sponsored the Brazilian contingent with a container from Sao Paulo to Rotterdam and the Mexican Embassy supported Mexican Designers to bring their products to Holland, and they sponsored the opening ceremony with snacks, drinks and an opening speech from the Mexican ambassador in the Netherlands, Sra. Sandra Fuentes. Then of course, there are contributions by great individuals. Hes Siemelink and Valeria Vallarta from Metro Sur were our partners in building up and organizing everything. Constanza Miranda from Santiago de Chili helped LADF with administrative organisation and communication. Caroline and Remco offered us their atelier space to prepare the display materials. Ourt family members made many extra hours helping, taking care of kids and jumping in activities were nobody else showed up to help. More than 33 great volunteers from various countries helped setting up and breaking down the exhibition, or assisted in the great fashion show on saturday night. Without them, LADF could not have done this. And finally, the LADF board worked on this exhibition for months, day and night. But we asked for it....