This week the Dutch Design Week started in the South of Holland. A whole week filled with the best design. One of the expo’s is the ‘Indigo: Sharing Blue’ expo by Crafts Council Nederland. It’s a really nice indigo expo from four Dutch designers, Liselore Frowijn, Maaike Gottschal, Aliki van der Kruijs and Adrianus Kundert. They went to Japan to explore the rich history from natural indigo. They studied the Japanese indigo tradition and used the old techinques translated to design and fashion. The result is simply beautiful. You can check it this whole week till the 30th of October. Check it out!

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More info about the indigo expo here:

www.craftscouncil.nl/Indigo-Sharing-blue

Written by Wouter Munnichs
I'm the founder of Long John. Next to running this daily magazine, I'm working as a freelance denim specialist for the industry. Titled as 'Denim Influencer 2020' by Rivet 50. Celebrated my 10th anniversary with Long John in 2021.