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Monthly Archives: April 2011

THE GIRL CHEWING GUM

Thursday, April 21, 2011

I remember seeing this film at art school, and as so many of the gems we were fed, it was one of those pieces that really stuck in my mind but I would have had no idea where I could find it again. Funnily enough, the same thing happened to one of the editors at [...]

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VIENNA VS COPENHAGEN

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Two new stores in Europe carrying our current mono.gramm spring summer collection:
Hello Copenhagen. Hello Vienna.
Donn ya Doll
Istedgade 55
1650 Copenhagen V
Denmark
At First Sight
Kirchengasse 24 / Top 5
1070 Vienna
Austria

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UNKNOWN PLEASURE

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

When I was 13 years old I discovered Joy Division and the next 4 years my poor family had to endure non stop repeat play of Unknown Pleasures, Closer, Substance, Warsaw, all kinds of bootlegs, live versions etc… Since I was 13 in 1988 I never saw Joy Division play live and I never met [...]

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KEEP CALM CARRY ON

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

If you haven’t seen it yet, then it’s high time to catch up: Inside Job is a brilliant documentary summing up the economic crisis of recent years. Narrated by Matt Damon and perfectly crafted, it breaks down the global financial meltdown into its singular components: how we got there, what happened, why it happened, the [...]

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MADE IN GERMANY: LUNETTES

Monday, April 18, 2011

We have a thing for vintage glasses, so Berlin-based Lunettes is a house to our liking: originally a small store by Uta Geyer for first- and second-hand vintage glasses from the last 80 years or so, Lunettes have recently started developing their own collection of utterly stylish eyewear, mixing the original with the reinvented.
Things seem [...]

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EDIBLE PEN

Saturday, April 16, 2011

With my pen-chewing-plastic-addiction this could be the answer – the edible pen.  Dave Hakkens has developed an edible pen that is made out of 22 pieces of sugary candy (similar to those in candy necklaces). The only part that cannot be consumed is the small tip, which can be thrown away or transferred to another refill [...]

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Postcool Resonance

Friday, April 15, 2011

It’s not too hard to accept the fact I have to take advice from younger brothers, art school student friends or interns in order to find out about new music. (The pivot point must be around 26 years.) But what sucks is the deeeeeelaaaay! Why didn’t anyone tell me about Nicolas Jaar a year and [...]

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THE MORE THE BETTER

Friday, April 15, 2011

If you thought we already had enough bookstores selling international ‘creative’ magazines and books in Berlin, think twice! ISSUE Berlin has just recently opened its doors at Kastanianallee 58. We love magazines, books and printed matter in general, as you might know. And we also love good excuses to cycle to Mitte in the upcoming [...]

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READING ROOM

Friday, April 15, 2011

We can think of no better place to read mono.kultur issue #24 with Cyprien Gaillard’s interview than on top of the “beeramid”, Cyprien’s large-scale sculpture at KW in Berlin, built out of 72,000 bottles of Efes beer. Approximate duration to read Cyprien’s interview: 3 Efes beer!
The ‘reading room’ is open until March 22, 2011:
KW [...]

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TEA FOR AI WEIWEI

Thursday, April 14, 2011

A circle of jasmine tea, poured on the concrete in front of the Chinese Embassy in Berlin, was the symbolic act of protest against the detention of Ai Weiwei by a group of artists last weekend. It was reminiscent of Weiwei’s 2009 “Tea House” installation, a small tribute to the artist who remains under arrest. [...]

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