The Colours of Amsterdam

We are Amanda and John. These are the colours of our city: beautiful Amsterdam.
Boats breezing by bountifully blooming trees.

Boats breezing by bountifully blooming trees.

Everything is about fluidity; drape; lightness of being; blue colour or bright colour; a sort of new happy optimism.

—Li Edelkoort

A bit of tactility, in the emerald city on the North Sea.

A bit of tactility, in the emerald city on the North Sea.

Bundles of ivy, climbing high towards the sky, in Oud Zuid.

Bundles of ivy, climbing high towards the sky, in Oud Zuid.

Cyclists on Ceintuurbaan.

Cyclists on Ceintuurbaan.

‘Warpaint’, Eerste Constantijn Huygenstraat, Amsterdam.

‘Warpaint’, Eerste Constantijn Huygenstraat, Amsterdam.

Blues Before Sunrise, a light installation by Steve McQueen in Vondelpark (presented by the Stedelijk Museum).

Blues Before Sunrise, a light installation by Steve McQueen in Vondelpark (presented by the Stedelijk Museum).

Two doors, three doors, green doors, red doors.

Two doors, three doors, green doors, red doors.

A bike, takes a break, near Sint Luciënsteeg.

A bike, takes a break, near Sint Luciënsteeg.

Yellow is the new pink.

—Li Edelkoort