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Design is seduction and function, beauty and intellect. The Dutch Design Yearbook represents that breadth in the design of the past year with important designs and current events. The Yearbook features all of the nominations for the Dutch Design Awards 2015, a selection of the best Dutch designs in the fields of spatial design research. In addition, leading critics analyse the most talked-about debates and events, and three essayas address topical themes. Sander Manse makes the case for the development of a distinctive vocabulary for the design disciplines, especially in light of social changes that necessitate a new approach to the design discipline. Saskia van Stein discusses the Rotterdam Metabolists, a group of young design and architecture practices that are contributing in radical ways to a new wcology of the environment. Timo de.