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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Brian Eno: No rhetorical questions

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Brian Eno shares his thoughts about the situation in Gaza and asks important questions. Peter Schwartz tries to answer and explain. Worth reading. There is no appropriate picture to illustrate this post.
Brian Eno: Gaza and the Loss of Civilization

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BOFILLTOPIAS #04: LES ESPACES D’ABRAXAS

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Gracing the cover of our new issue on Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill is a view of his monumental housing project Les Espaces d’Abraxas, built in 1982 near Paris. While Bofill’s projects of the 1960s and ’70s already qualify as large, Les Espaces d’Abraxas embodies a new phase in his career with structures that are simply [...]

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THR WB CK UE AY

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Yeah, it’s not Thursday, but rereading Thomas Frank’s Harper’s Weekly piece “Chicago Is the Future,” some nostalgia surfaced for the music of  that ‘lost generation.’ Gross commercial appropriation aside, the passion at the root is true.

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COLOUR–BODY–CONTRAST

Monday, July 28, 2014

yes, yes, you see it right. these beautiful erotic pictures, full of strong contrasts were shot by julia noni for fat magazine. she is german and she’s a woman – we like that!

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Cuts In The Middle

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Now that the Internets have survived this and Sir William Benjamin Bensussen aka The Gaslamp Killer has recovered just fine from his insane scooter accident – it’s been a year, and see above -, he’s going to go crazy (as usual) at Berlin’s Gretchen tomorrow night. Wicked!

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SUMMER TUNES

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Summer, sweet summer – we can’t get enough of it. Neither can our previous cover star Ryan McGinley, who has turned his summer road trips – initially intended over five years to add up to 365 days of summer – into a yearly routine. While the results tend to repeat themselves a little, don’t our [...]

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TUESDAY MUSIC: INTERPOL

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Finally, Interpol have announced a new album and if the new single All the Rage Back Home is anything to go by, not much has changed in the last few years and that’s all right with us.

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MONDAY MUSIC: THE ACID

Monday, July 21, 2014

We mentioned them a little while ago and we’ll mention them again, as The Acid’s splendid debut album Liminal is out now. Utterly glorious bass ballads for the 21st century.

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Special Books

Friday, July 18, 2014

Some books are more special than others…
For 40 years, Gerhard Steidl has combined the roles of printer and publisher, resolved to personally check each sheet leaving his printing shop in Göttingen. This perfectionism, combined with an unconditional love for books, for the traditional printing craft, and a commitment to the quality standards of manufacturing (in [...]

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TRUISM OF THE DAY 30: MASSIMO VIGNELLI

Friday, July 18, 2014

We’re always up for a good snippet of advice, so these beautiful posters by Colorado-based studio Berger & Föhr in tribute to and compiling some words of wisdom by design heavyweight Massimo Vignelli, who sadly passed away this May, are exactly our glass of ice-cold lemonade.

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