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Between Commerce and Creativity On the initiative of Broeinest Janou Bonnie (1988) has been coordinating Broeinest ever since the initiative started. She has seen all of the steps in the process and is regarded as the ‘spider in the web’: a caretaker, handling and planning all daily business at Broeinest. This article includes interviews with different users, whose names are irrelevant: Graduated as an architect, the ‘freelance designer’ we interviewed – referred to as ‘the designer’ in this article – now runs his own graphic design studio and acts as freelancer in many activities that are related to the discipline of architecture. Broeinest is his daily workplace. The ‘material designer’ attends the events organized by Broeinest on a regular basis. She visits Broeinest monthly and uses the material library for inspiration. For the ‘interior architect’, Broeinest offers the opportunity to attend workshops and events multiple times a month, and she uses the material library for her own designs. The ‘industrial designer’ is not a frequent user of Broeinest, but does visit the material library of Baars&Bloemhoff in Amsterdam to find information on the materials she uses in her designs.
Written by: Margit van Schaik, Max van der Westerlaken