Four planks and a Z: reading Rietveld’s most copied chair
By Porter Lang Count the parts. Wikipedia’s article on the Zig-Zag Chair says it is made from four flat wooden […]
By Porter Lang Count the parts. Wikipedia’s article on the Zig-Zag Chair says it is made from four flat wooden […]
By Isla Quinn Two streets, one above the other. That is the Oudegracht in Utrecht, and it is the first
By Isla Quinn Oil balls. That is the name, and it is almost the whole recipe. Wikipedia calls the oliebol
By Ines Keane Start with the shapes. A bag of Dutch drop does not tell you what is inside by
By Porter Lang Look up first. The top of an Amsterdam canal house is a working part, and the shape
By Rafe Calder Maastricht sits on the Meuse, and its best-known landmark is a bridge worth looking at. The bridge
By Rafe Calder The words on the tin are simple. Natural cocoa. Dutch-processed cocoa. Nothing on the tin explains why
By Isla Quinn Cinnamon first. Then clove, a dry warmth of ginger, a bite of pepper. Press the dough into
By Porter Lang Look at the cloth before you read about it. Tiny hairline cracks run through the colour, as
By Ines Keane Start with the claim that is easiest to test. Teylers Museum says, on its own website, that