For everything there is a season
For everything there is a season is a set of 12 tea towels designed by Annelys de Vet for Droog. It is a series of traditional Dutch chequered tea towels, one for each month, like a calendar. The months of the year are marked with words illustrating cultural, historical or botanical characteristics of the twelve months in the Netherlands. Dutch narratives are woven between past and future...
January: Caring to help
February: Water management devices
March: Biodiversity
April: Turbulent weather conditions
May: Breeding birds
June: Reed culture
July: Top immigration countries
August: Summer festivals
September: Apple and potato harvest
October: Sugar beet campaign
November: Returning markets
December: Multicultural speculaas spices