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WHILE WAITING

Monday, March 8, 2010

Waiting (i.e. if The Hurt Locker won the Oscar for Best Motion Picture Of The Year) can be very uncomfortable, you might be too nervous to really concentrate on your reading, restless legs or feet… Here’s a thing that will remind many of you of the times in the old school days when you kept [...]

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NEW MATH

Sunday, February 21, 2010

A friend recently introduced me to the delights of New Math.  New Math is created by the American artist Craig Damrauer.  To see more New Math (and even order an equation-emblazoned T-shirt), click here.

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WANTED

Monday, February 15, 2010

Great video from Menomena’s Brent Knopf’s solo project Ramona Falls. Directed by Stefan Nadelman, winner of a 2003 Sundance prize for his 22 minute film Terminal Bar. The Ramona Falls debut album is called Intuit, was published in 2009 and features 35 guest musicians.

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A WOMAN WITH TASTE

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Leanne Shapton is the author of the book Important Artifacts and Personal Property From the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry which I have mentioned here before. She recently started writing a column titled We Three Things for T (New York Times Style Magazine). She has contributed for [...]

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iPad

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Some say it’s nonsense, some say it’s years too late. Others say it will be way ahead of the pack of tablets. Make yourself a key-note here. And imagine those long flights with even more films to really watch, doing real mailing whilst up and away or imagine just wanting to have it without needing [...]

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A PICTURE NEEDS MEMORIES TO BE AN IMAGE

Saturday, January 9, 2010

While waiting in anticipation for the arrival of your 2010 mono.kalendar you might be tempted to have a look at the 2010 limited edition calendars at www.found-photographs.com. These calendars are made up of photographs that were either lost, forgotten or thrown away. The images are now nameless, without connection to the people that they show [...]

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THE ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE

Monday, December 28, 2009

After coming across the work of Taysir Batniji, a Palestinian-born, France-based multi-media artist, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the anxiety of influence in contemporary photography. Documenting the watchtowers the dot the borders of Palestine, Batniji’s 2008 series ‘miradors‘ is directly indebted to the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher, in terms of subject [...]

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NOT MONO, BUT MERGED

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Usually mono.kultur only promotes single purpose products. Or other strict mono.causes. However, there has to be an exception to the rule for this two player, double function table tennis-table. Merging work and play, as the designer suggests. Don’t we all try during Christmas time?

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IT’S TIME TO FORGET TIME

Friday, December 11, 2009

The motto is ‘it’s time to forget time!’ For when we have a good time in life, time ceases to matter. T1MEPEACES are bracelets designed by Denise Julia Reytan, laser cut, in stainless steel, silver or ruthenium. T1MEPEACE reminds you to enjoy life and to forget about the time. Losing track of time seems especially [...]

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WORLD OF GIVING

Saturday, November 28, 2009

This is ostensibly the season of giving, so it is worth mentioning Jeffrey Inaba’s new book World of Giving, dedicated to exploring this cornerstone of human sociality. An architect and professor, Inaba researched, edited, and wrote the book with C-Lab, an ‘experimental research unit’ he directs, as an extension of their current Donor Hall [...]

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