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Monthly Archives: May 2011

FS Death Grind

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Remember Metal? It’s back: Tonight in Berlin, and featuring producer Natalie Portman in theaters soon. Oh, and Rap ain’t dead either.

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IDN MOST WANTED

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

And since we’re already patting ourselves on our back, we might as well get it done and over with by pointing out another flattering mention of our worthy pursuits, this time courtesy of Hong Kong’s design bible IDN, which for their anniversary asked ten renowned design studios to recommend ten of their favourite projects. Surprisingly, [...]

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BEHIND THE ZINES

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Behind the Zines is yet another coffee table-sized volume on editorial design by Gestalten publishers, this time focusing exclusively on independent publishing – nicely designed (in spite of that embarrassingly floppy cover…), well researched and extremely useful as an overview to an ever-growing scene. And be it just for those pretty six pages on mono.kultur.

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STORE OF THE MONTH: PRINTROOM, ROTTERDAM

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

The Dutch have a reputation for excellent design and a highly sophisticated visual culture – so it’s a strange twist that decent art bookstores seem to be rather rare in the nether lands. However, things are looking up, certainly in Rotterdam with the opening of PrintRoom last year. A non-profit initiative dedicated to artists’ books [...]

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NOT TO MISS

Monday, May 2, 2011

Good program, great speakers we all know, and for free! A rather good excuse to visit Halle this summer.
‘Some Conference, a one day conference intersecting at the crossroads of art and design and will be held at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle. Just like Some Magazine, this conference will [...]

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