Dear Dutch business community; dear friends, The Economic Section would like to take this opportunity to inform you about an upcoming interesting unique regional design event called Design Day / D-Day in Zagreb supported by the Royal Dutch Embassy in Croatia: an event that gathers young designers and students from different countries and backgrounds, raising awareness about the value of conceptual design and its importance for society. This annual event organized by the Croatian Designers Association (HDD) will take place on 11/12 June 2011 in Zagreb, in the abandoned Old Slaughterhouse in Heinzelova street . It is an intense and refreshing mixture of creativity, education, networking and fun, involving designers exhibitions, a design market, movie screenings, lectures, a design contest, a DJ, mobile cooking and much more…. It will be “spiced up” by the participation of two prominent design experts from Netherlands – Chris Kabel, a well-known product designer who works with brands like Droog Design, Royal VKB, More Development and Moooi, and Louise Schouwenberg, lecturer at the famous Design Academy Eindhoven and contributing editor of the leading international interior design magazine FRAME. The Embassy as well as the organizers are confident that the guest speakers’ presentations on commercial product design and the development of the well-renowned Dutch conceptual design tradition will be of interest for both the design community and the larger visiting public. More information about the event can be found on http://www.dan-d.info/en/. Best regards Economic and Commercial Affairs Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Medvescak 56 10 000 Zagreb Croatia Tel: +385 1 4642 235 Fax: +385 1 4642 231 E-mail:zeljka.pesut@minbuza.nl www.netherlandsembassy.hr
