twoty

May 19, 2009 · Posted in trash · Comment

a little late post, but hey ... the twoty awards were superb, instructive, inspiring and with a surprising twist.

over 100 trend-watchers put together with bubbles and good food ... simple and successful anyway.

I have a very nice evening with my table-mate Frank Janssen and fine conversations with alder dissension , joined Sander and Cramer tessa .

The winners of the evening were:

trendwatcher Of The Year: Adjiedj Bakas
upcoming Talent Of The Year: Anna Luise Sulimma
trend Implementation Agency of the Year: BLOOM Creative Innovation
trend Implementation Of The Year: Hema (Return to Sender Doedel and Art)
trendsetter Of The Year: Arie Boomsma
and for me the surprise of the evening ... specialist Trend Watcher of the Year: Tom Palmaerts
haha, I had not seen coming. I had everything deployed in francs.

photo gallery of mirjam darken

Andrea Wiegman of Second Sight trend-watching platform talks during an interview about TWOTY, her son and people.

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Trend watcher of the Year

March 5, 2009 · Posted in documentary · 1 Comment

To my great surprise, I was nominated for trend watcher of the year. ... surprised but very honored.

My even bigger surprise me from the list as one of the finalists was chosen for the youth specialization. My nomination for trend watcher of the year I lost to Adjiedj Bakas, Carl Rohde, Hilda Root Heart, Marseilles and Li Edelkoort Justien ... logical.

The list of finalists:

trendwatcher Of The Year (TWOTY) /

- Adjiedj Bakas
- Carl Rohde
- Hilde Root Heart
- Justien Marseille
- Li Edelkoort

(Upcoming) Talent of the Year /

- Anna Luise Sulimma
- Tessa Cramer
- Thimon de Jong (trend active)

Trendwatcher Specialist of the Year /

- Food: Marielle Bordewijk (Foodoo)
- Food: Marjan nipple (Talkin Food)
- Design: Oltmans van Niekerk
- Design: Annemarie Commander (The Style Institute)
- Youth: Els Dragt (Youngworks)
- Youth: Tom Palmaerts (Trendwolves)
- Technology: Bright editors
- Technology: Frankwatching

Trend Implementation Agency of The Year /

- Flowering
- Bloom
- Active trend

Trend Implementation Of The Year /

- CitizenM
- Mayor
- Hema (with Bagpipes and Sustainability)
- InShared

trendsetter Of The Year /

- Arie Boomsma
- Raoul Heertje
- Maxima
- Natasja Froger

on the website of Second Sight will find links to their profiles.

April 22 is the TWOTY awards ceremony in Amsterdam Spaces ... I still might want to buy a costume.

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