EU BARCODE, NETHERLANDS, ROTTERDAM, 2001
A 'barcode' which merges the flags of current EU member states into a new representative flag
In May 2001, following the treaty of Nice in which Brussels was formally appointed capital of the European Union, the president of the European Commission Romano Prodi and Belgian prime minister Guy Verhofstadt invited AMO to join a group of intellectuals for a series of brainstorm sessions on the needs and functions of a European capital and how these could be best expressed in Brussels.
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FACT SHEET

Project:
A 'barcode' which merges the flags of current EU member states into a new representative flag

Client:
European Commission

Year:
2001

Status:
Study

Type:
Research


PRESS

BBC News, 8 May 2002
The Independent, 8 May 2002
New York Times, 23 May 2002
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CREDITS

Partners:
Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf

Team:
Catarina Canas, Fernando Donis, Nicolas Firket, Roberto Otero, Markus Schaefer, Saskia Simon, Johan de Wachter

Austria-EU Presidency Barcode Update:
Irma Boom