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MONO.KLUB #27: DESIGN TALK

Now, speaking of Unter dem Motto, we should also mention our little talk on editorial design, taking place on Sunday, September 05, at 16h, which felt like a suitably mellow start into our anniversary season (yes! more to come!). Not only will we give a brief introduction to the design concept of mono.kultur that is [...]

BERLIN PUBLISHING WEEKEND #02: UNTER DEM MOTTO

So, of course next to Miss Read at Kunstwerke, our friends at Motto bookstore and Chert gallery will host the second round of Unter dem Motto book fair, with a focus on slightly more edgy and alternative magazines and art publications. Or, in their own words: ‘More than 70 publishers from about 17 countries will [...]

BERLIN PUBLISHING WEEKEND 2010 #01: MISS READ

After the success of last year, the Berlin Publishing Weekend is upon us again: Parallel to the Art Book Fair Unter dem Motto 2010 (with the participation of mono.kultur, of course!), KW Institute for Contemporary Art organizes the artist book festival MISS READ.
For the second time MISS READ has invited international publishers and artists to [...]

IDEA BOOKS & NIEVES SUMMER STORE

Idea Books in collaboration with Nieves returns to The Front Room at St Martins Lane on Monday 16th August for a four week only Summer Store.  Summer Store will include a wide selection of Nieves titles, new and out of print zines, special editions, posters, pins and bookmarks, as well as an extension of Idea [...]

A CLUB FOR COMPUTERS

If you’re into computers you might like this. It looks like a website made for computers, not users of computers.
Artwork by Laura Brothers

NEW WHITE OBJECTS

New white objects from Maison Martin Margiela include products for the home: candles, a magnifying glass and a choice of three trompe l’oeil life-size door wall stickers (my favourite one is pictured).

FALL IN LOVE NOT IN LINE

A Gianni Oprandi illustration for the next issue of Purple Fashion.

BUCH ARM

The Buch Arm is a device for rearranging your library and an extension to your bookshelf.  It was originally designed for the Goethe-Institut New York by Manuel Raeder, ifau and Jesko Fezer. New, appropriated versions are available now to potentially purchase for your mono.kultur library and bookshelf by contacting either Manuel Raeder or ifau.

THIS WEEK

So, this week seems to be loaded with nice events worth paying a visit and with such a nice weather there’s no excuse to stay in.
Today, BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer), an one-night event where several artists will be presenting their work, with a beamer, of course! The event will showcase works from more then [...]

THE HARE IN UNDERWOOD

And speaking of illustrated books, here is a literary concept of a different kind: Underwood is a new magazine in its very own niche, publishing twice a year a record (yes, vinyl that is) that features on each side one narrated short story by a young and promising author. They’re extraordinarily nicely designed, too. So [...]