Platform21 brings the virtual world into the real one in a new exhibition, Platform21 = Checking Reality. The show opens on Sunday with a performance by WiiJ Timski and an augmented reality demo.  > Five Dutch designers will show work in New York this weekend at a special Streetlab event. Participating are fashion designers Elisa Marchesini, Antoine Peters and So Sally; photographer Dennis Duijnhouwer; and graphic designer Lennard Schuurmans.  > Lennart Booij of Amsterdam’s Booij, Klusman and van Bruggen (BKB) campaigns agency will lecture on communicating with the public on May 22 in Amsterdam. The English-language talk is part of the Multiplicity & Visual Identities colloquia.  >

The Centraal Museum Utrecht exhibits works of textile art from designer Benno Premsela’s collection. The exhibition at Madrid's Matadero features 114 Dutch pieces of furniture and objects designed for public and private space. Designers and brands can register to join the group exhibition at the Japanese trade fair. Fashions by Dutch and NYC designers mingle on the catwalk at Manhattan’s first Streetlab Show Off.