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Monthly Archives: May 2011

FOOTBALL FEVER

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Summers without a football cup always feel a little empty, so in the meantime, there are two great little animations by Richard Swarbrick reliving two memorable games of the past season. Great animation, great music, apparently also by the animator himself. (via It’s Nice That)

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: KILIMANJARO

Friday, May 20, 2011

Kilimanjaro is probably the most annoying magazine I know. Unfolded, it covers my entire kitchen table, catapulting it to the very top of titles that are tedious to handle and literally physically uncomfortable to read.
It’s also one of the most beautiful magazines I know – images come to a breathtaking poster size (well, kitchen table [...]

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ANGRY OLD LADY

Friday, May 20, 2011

Philip Roth, Pulitzer Prize winner and most recently Booker Prize winner, made an elderly lady very angry. 72 year old Carmen Callil was until recently one of three judges who decided who gets awarded the Booker Prize. The passionate decision of the two other judges to award North American writer Philip Roth made her resign [...]

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ANGRY BOYS DEBUT

Thursday, May 19, 2011

It’s finally here! Chris Lilley’s highly anticipated television series Angry Boys made its world premiere television debut last Wednesday night on ABC TV Australia (with HBO and BBC to follow shortly). With Angry Boys, Lilley and his long-time producer, Laura Waters, resolved to take more chances. “There has to be some challenge with each series,” [...]

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MADE IN GERMANY: MAINI

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

This one is actually only partly made in Germany, namely the concept, packaging and distribution. The content – tastiest pure olive oil – comes from Greece, or rather Maini, to be precise. Hence the name, right. So Maini is a small Berlin-based company importing olive oil from Greece, adding a clear aesthetic and a lot [...]

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Madness

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A very, very old video clip indeed; yet I had to check it out again after seeing this recent b-sides clip (check 05:30 and, of course, 07:43 mins), also starting out with that MADNESS.

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AGAIN, TYPOGRAPHY

Monday, May 16, 2011

Mota Italic is a new gallery, opening this month in Berlin, dedicated to showcase typography, letters and type in relation to both art and design projects. Opening with the exhibition ‘CAPITAL: Berliner Buchstaben’, and with many others following, Mota Italic intends to support Berlin’s type scene and spread the interest in typography among a wider [...]

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MONO.KULTUR #27 SOUNDBITE 02

Monday, May 16, 2011
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ZIMOUN

Sunday, May 15, 2011

A little gift for a special day: the work of Zimoun. Balm for the soul, as we say in German.

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AGAIN, A TIME MACHINE

Friday, May 13, 2011

Not that the indefatigable Motto in Berlin lack for openings or worthwhile events, but tonight marks a special occasion with part two in a series of touring exhibition events by the venerable London-based art book publisher Book Works, starring a range of beautifully printed matter with an according introduction at 19h, followed by a group [...]

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