Spiekkleding

Feel at home in another language

Hosted by Spiekkleding

This project is now archived and was part of DDW23

Event type

Exhibition

Location

West

Fashion Tech Farm

Zeelsterstraat 80

5652EL

Spiekkleding Teaser

Picture made by Tom Djajadiningrat

Do you also find it scary to order bread at a foreign bakery? Migrant workers experience that feeling of uncertainty every day. Spiekkleding offers them support in learning and speaking the Dutch language.

Bridging the gap between the classroom and the real world

In the Netherlands, many good language classes are offered to immigrant workers. But learning a language in class is very different from applying it in the real world. This makes many people uncertain. "How exactly was that sentence again?" "Am I pronouncing it correctly?" Nor does it help that many Dutch people automatically switch to English in a conversation with a non-native speaker. Spiekkleding is a bridge between language class and the real world. It helps and encourages migrant workers to learn Dutch and practice speaking. The project was created within a collaboration between the design firms Inktvisie and DesignDrone, and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.

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Spiekkleding
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About Spiekkleding

Spiekkleding was designed by Tom Djajadiningrat & Ineke Neutelings and was created in a collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment. Tom and Ineke regularly work together as a design duo on socially relevant projects.