Mixer Guide

Meet Sander Lorier! Owner Studio Lorier .‘I ended up doing something radically different from what I initially signed up for at University. I was studying to become an engineer focusing on mass production. My current calling is quite the opposite of mass production, as today I am creating unique designs and individual items.’

Sander Lorier - MixerGuide ‘When studying Industrial Product Design in Rotterdam, I followed a ceramics course as an optional subject. I loved it because it involved working with my hands; something I had not experienced until then. I also liked the fact that I could create a product in a relatively short amount of time and...

Meet Tessa Harmsen! Owner TapasTheater. ‘The pick ‘n mix concept of TapasTheater allows our audience to shape their evening according to their needs’. Check:

Tessa Harmsen - MixerGuide ‘After gaining my university degree, I started a career in PR and Marketing. It focused on the cultural sector, particularly on theatre and the performing arts. During my close collaborations with producers and theatre makers, I was amazed by the enormous amount of talent in the Dutch theatre indu...

Meet Louise Kruf & Iris Boshoven! Owners Lente label. ‘In our designs we are conscious of every material we use, while we try to limit decorative elements. What we create can be defined as minimalistic, but we do like to work with strong materials such as metal and wood. That is what defines Lente Label – the material comes first, the design second.’ Check:

Louise Kruf & Iris Boshoven - MixerGuide ‘In our designs we are conscious of every material we use, while we try to limit decorative elements. What we create can be defined as minimalistic, but we do like to work with strong materials such as metal and wood. That is what defines Lente Label – the material comes first, the design second...

Meet Güler Berk! Owner YurtCollection. Güler sees design as a way to build bridges between East and West. ‘The word ‘yurt’ actually means ‘home’ in many countries along the Silk Road – from Mongolia to Turkey to Bosnia – as a similar language is spoken there. Nomadic people of Central Asia call their iconic tents ‘yurts’ since it represents their home.’

Güler Berk - MixerGuide Guler Berk, owner YurtCollection: ‘We should not only focus on our differences, since there are many similarities between our cultures too. Design and craftsmanship have the ability bring this to light.’

Meet Anne Stooker! Anne is currently illustrating for daily newspaper the Parool and Volkskrant. 'I have the tendency to zoom in on things. Whenever I spot something of interest, my eyes immediately zoom in and all I can see are details':

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Meet Mark Kulsdom! Owner The Dutch W**d Burger & The Dutch W**d Burger Joint. "We were motivated to serve people a different take on the original meat-heavy hamburger and make it so tasty that they would come back for more"

Mark Kulsdom - Mixer Guide Years before vegan food became as popular as it is today, The Dutch W**d Burger was introduced by Mark Kulsdom and Lisette Kreischer. ‘We were motivated to serve people a different take on the original meat-heavy hamburger and make it so tasty that they would come back for more.’

Meet Woes van Haaften & Roosje van Donselaar! "Our bite-sized artworks can become a unique present, a one-of-a-kind souvenir or part of a budding art collection"

Woes van Haaften & Roosje van Donselaar - Mixer Guide Post Modern offers limited edition, one-of-a-kind artworks, the size of a postcard. These unique pieces can be admired and acquired at international art fairs, renowned art and design stores and via the Post Modern webshop.

Meet Christel van Calsteren! “Bloodline is my first conceptual interior textile collection. By use of a drop of my own blood – enlarged by a microscope – I aimed to stay close to myself”

Christel van Calsteren - Mixer Guide "Bloodline is my first conceptual interior textile collection. By use of a drop of my own blood – enlarged by a microscope – I aimed to stay close to myself"

Meet Toekies! A social enterprise run by seven students from Utrecht. They recognized the need to help refugee children specifically, because most initiatives that want to help refugees focus on adults."We ask refugee children to draw their future dreams and aspirations for us. We use their drawings to make t-shirt prints":

Team Toekies - Mixer Guide Toekies ask refugee children to draw their future dreams and aspirations for us. We use their drawings to make t-shirt prints.

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Check out our latest creators! Meraki by Andie Skaraki & Elina Mavrommat. "Design is a challenge that offers the opportunity to change the way people view the world and themselves":

Meraki by Andie Skaraki & Elina Mavrommat Design is a challenge that offers the opportunity to change the way people view the world and themselves. About Meraki.

Check out our newest young creator author Elias van der Plicht. "One of the projects with which I am involved is Ongekend Bijzonder [Specially Unknown]: an oral history project for which 250 refugees have been interviewed about how they have built a new life in the Netherlands and what their contribution is to society:

Author Elias van der Plicht - Achterlaten en opnieuw beginnen ...an history project for which 250 refugees have been interviewed about how they have built a new life in the Netherlands and about their contribution