slowLab is nearly 2 years into an exciting design research project in the Eastern Docklands area of Amsterdam, where we’ve been collaborating with hundreds of designers, architects, urban planners, artists, environmental technologists, social innovators, and local community members.  This project, called ‘Slow Lloyd,’ explores the Slow creative and sustainability potentials of the historic Lloyd Hotel and the locality surrounding it. Participants have been using Slow design principles to research and redraw the material, spatial, social, sensory, and temporal expressions of this local system. An online archive of the program launches soon. Follow this link to download a .pdf version of the Slow Lloyd newspaper (in Dutch, but with nice pictures).

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Happy 2012 > Last year we launched a new nonprofit entity, Stichting slowLab Europe.  From its base in the Netherlands, this organization will support Slow design research, workshops, residencies, publishing projects, and local projects for years to come.  We hope to partner with other European organizations and institutions on programming across the continent, so if you think you know of a good match, please tell us >

On January 26th a new Slow Loket opens in Amsterdam with a project by designer Marijke Annema that encourages Slow-er encounters with one's home and surroundings. Presented as part of slowLab’s ongoing SLOW LLOYD program, Annema's collection of strange and beautiful cleaning tools are a metaphor for taking time and care to get to know the Lloyd, the neighborhood around it and the people who live there. Download the flyer here >