• Portfolio: 101 Copenhagen

    Portfolio: 101 Copenhagen

    Get to know 101 Copenhagen: a Danish design brand founded in 2017. With a vision to honour exquisite quality and craftsmanship, the collection encompasses furniture, lighting and accessories in a timeless, yet modern design. The design of 101 Copenhagen is firmly rooted in Scandinavian soil and nourished by Japanese minimalist aesthetics. The design approach is dynamic and characterised by freedom of...
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  • Kacper Kowalski | Interview

    Kacper Kowalski | Interview

    1605 Collective is happy to announce a release of Event Horizon, a fourth book by the Polish photographer Kacper Kowalski. Event Horizon reveals the most intimate parts of the artist’s soul, showcasing his introspective approach to nature and the discovery of his vulnerability and feelings. We were happy to receive Kowalski in our office for the interview about his spiritual experience of flying while...
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  • 5 Exhibitions to Visit this Autumn

    5 Exhibitions to Visit this Autumn

    It's time to discover what exhibition to visit this autumn. 1605 Collective has carefully selected the 5 art shows that are at the top of our list. Don't hesitate to see your favourite photographs or art if you are in Paris, London, New York, Coruña or Amsterdam. Among the exhibitors are Picasso, Steven Meisel, Thierry Mugler, Mous Lamrabat and female Modernist...
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  • Iris van Herpen | Portfolio

    Iris van Herpen | Portfolio

    Iris van Herpen (b. 1984, The Netherlands) is a Dutch fashion designer known for fusing technology with traditional haute couture craftsmanship. Van Herpen opened her own label Iris van Herpen in 2007. In 2011, the Dutch designer became a guest-member of the Parisian Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture, part of the Fédération française de la couture. Since then, Van...
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  • DALL-E: a tool that draws anything

    DALL-E: a tool that draws anything

    Discover DALL-E, the famous new Artificial Intelligence technology which is able to transform a description of an image into the real image comes from two words:  “WALL-E,” the 2008 animated movie about an autonomous robot, and "DALI" - a reference to Salvador Dalí, the surrealist painter.
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  • Reveal by Tim Verhallen at MENDO

    Reveal by Tim Verhallen at MENDO

    Book launch and a signing session Reveal by Tim Verhallen will happen already this Wednesday, the 2nd of November, 2022 at our favourite bookshop MENDO Amsterdam.   Come and join us between 16:00 and 17:30 on this art evening. There, you can sign your regular or limited edition Reveal, meet the artist and enjoy this wonderful event in delightful company at...
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  • Tim Verhallen | Interview

    Tim Verhallen | Interview

    1605 Collective invites you to deep dive into the interview with Tim Verhallen. Being a famous fashion photographer, Verhallen admits that his main inspiration are people. By creating powerful connections with his models, he creates masterpieces in a form of photographs that are both sensitive and dynamic.This fall, 1605 Collective also presents a unique creation of 1605 Publishers, the book...
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  • 1605 Collective

    1605 Collective

    Entrepreneurship is about being open to change, especially when rapid growth occurs. Seeing where opportunities lie and daring to make decisions that have impact. Today is a day of such a big decision for 1605 Publishers, which from now on will be known as ‘1605 Collective’. – Founder Bastiaan Woudt
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  • Ryuji Tanaka | Portfolio

    Ryuji Tanaka | Portfolio

    Ryuji Tanaka is one the most famous Japanese artists who focused on a traditional painting style - nihonga.⁠ Nihonga is the creative process of mixing mineral pigments and applying them onto the canvas or Japanese washi paper with glue to act as a fixing agent. Usually, Japanese artists apply paint with a brush, however, Tanaka often used a feather which often resulted...
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  • Trends in Photography

    Trends in Photography

    1605 Publishers has created for you a list of current and upcoming photography trends so you get inspired by beautiful concepts and visions. The main trend of the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023 is an unusual perspective, imperfect, yet natural, shots, vertical format and the domination of mobile photography.
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  • Understanding of Sculpture

    Understanding of Sculpture

    Sculptors like Auguste Rodin, Constantin Brancusi, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, Richard Serra and others... We invite you to dive deeper into the understanding of sculpture with 1605: from the classic sculptors out of the museums to contemporary artists who are changing the course of art history today.
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  • Ver van Dam | Portfolio

    Ver van Dam | Portfolio

    Vera van Dam (b. 1989) is an Amsterdam-based photographer. Her work is a byproduct of her life experiences and operates in a space between dream and reality. Here, her emotions, thoughts, and memories come together in a poetic and graphical way. Her work resonates with soft and sensual esthetics and it's drawn to unique compositions.
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  • 6 Most Influential Minimalist Artists

    6 Most Influential Minimalist Artists

    Minimalist art began as a post-World War Two movement in American visual arts during the 1960s and 1970s. Thought to be a direct response to the styles of Abstract Expressionism and Modernism, Minimalism embraced geometric forms, neutral surfaces, and industrial materials over loud and chaotic artworks. As Minimalism appeared to deny such vivid expression, the artworks that were made deliberately...
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  • Sergi Comellas | Portfolio

    Sergi Comellas | Portfolio

    Sergi Comellas is a Barcelona-based interior designer who he came to this area by instinct. Always in search of a singular project where he can capture his personal vision, in 2005 he opened his own studio in society and since then, his work focuses primarily on the development of private residential projects and professional spaces.
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