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NY400 Week / Holland on the Hudson presents Pioneers of Change, a festival of Dutch design, fashion and architecture on New York's Governors Island to celebrate 400 years of Dutch-American friendship.

Activities will take place in and around eleven officers' houses at Nolan Park, Governors Island, New York.

Open: Fri 10am - 4:30pm
Sat / Sun 10am - 6:30pm
Download Ferry schedule.
Lawn:

Greenwhich /
Greenwijck


For your leisure on the lawn, don’t miss:

AVL – Skull: Atelier Van Lieshout for Lensvelt

Boombench: Michael Schoner (NL Architects) for Droog

Plaited Fence: Martín Azúa for Droog

Rhino: Richard Hutten for NgispeN

Shadylace Parasol: Chris Kabel for Droog

Zzzidt: Richard Hutten for NgispeN

Over Here / Over There graphic sign system: Experimental Jetset
Referencing the original meaning of the word ‘pioneer' – a person who is among the first to explore or settle in a new area –Experimental Jetset have created a graphic identity for the festival with a collection of words, slogans and phrases that refer to the discovery, the exploration, the claiming or the mapping of land.

www.experimentaljetset.nl
These names are the titles of the former officers' houses during Pioneers of Change. Click on each name for the specific program:

To download a map and program (pdf, 580 Kb), click here.
Staten Island /
Staten Eylandt
Pop up store:
100 dollars or less

Bowery /
Bouwerij
The luxury of
Silence and Care

Harlem /
Haarlem
Platform21 =
Repairing
Hempstead /
Heemstede
Knitting:
Christien Meindertsma

Bushwick /
Boswijck
Urban
Farming

Flushing /
Vlissingen
Harvest Map:
2012Architecten
Bloomingdale /
Bloemendaal
Go Slow / Droog, Sloom.org,
Vogelzang and van Halem

Gravesend /
's Gravesande
Drawn from Clay:
Atelier NL

Brooklyn /
Breukelen
Realtime:
Maarten Baas
Coney Island /
Conyne Eylandt
Painted / Parsons
The New School for Design

Rhode Island /
Roode Eylandt
Open Talks
Dutch Profiles

Greenwhich /
Greenwijck
Lawn:
Various objects