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PLANT TALKERS

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Plant talkers for your plants and for all your friends with indoor plants from our friends at Third Drawer Down.

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THE FLOYD LEG

Thursday, February 12, 2015

The Floyd Leg. 4 sizes. Up to 5 colours. Create a table from any surface. Endless possibilities. Made in Detroit. Ships Worldwide. I would really like some!

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EMPATHY WITH THINGS

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Mark Leckey, Circa 87, 2014 (Courtesy: Galerie Buchholz)
Although his oeuvre spans little more than 15 years, British artist Mark Leckey (born in 1964) is already considered a reference for a young generation of artists. After his studies he withdrew from the art world for nearly a decade. In 1999, with the video Fiorucci Made Me [...]

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BERLIN GRAPHIC DAYS #5

Friday, January 30, 2015

This weekend more than 50 national and international designers, artists, and illustrators will present their creations at the 5th edition of the Berlin Graphic Days, taking place at Urban Spree in Berlin. A great chance to not only see, but also buy unique pieces of art, screen printing posters, T-shirts, books, paintings and a lot [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: ODISEO

Friday, January 23, 2015

The never-ending surge in independent publishing also has not spared that oldest genre of magazines that seemed long lost to the Internet: the erotic journal. With a good dozen of titles on titillating pleasures, Odiseo by the ever excellent Barcelona-based design practice Folch Studio sticks out.
In a refreshing modern take on the virtues of Playboy [...]

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OSTALGIA REVISITED

Friday, January 16, 2015

It’s one of the curiosities in life that the world’s largest collection of East German design and objects should be housed in Los Angeles, of all places. While nostalgia for the DDR is mildly frowned upon in Germany, America has a little more distance and can just revel in the charme of the past. A [...]

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DRUCKEN HEFTEN LADEN

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Opening tonight:
DRUCKEN HEFTEN LADEN
Reflections on Theory and Practice of Independent Publishing
Exhibition, Workshop, Events
January 8–18, 2015
neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst (nGbK), Berlin, Oranienstraße 25, 10999 Berlin
adocs, Hamburg; Architektur in Gebrauch, Berlin; Archive Books, Berlin; Michael J. Baers, Berlin; Books People Places, Berlin; Botopress, Berlin; Edition Bernward Reul, Berlin; Ernst und Mund, Leipzig; Errant Bodies, Berlin/Los Angeles; [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: THE HAPPY READER

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Of course, only the minds behind titles like Fantastic Man or Gentlewoman could come up with a name like The Happy Reader – their latest addition to a growing roster of magazines, this time in collaboration with the venerable house of Penguin.
It’s the formula of Fantastic Man – a chatty sense of irony, impeccable design, [...]

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A Manz World

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Thinking about Bodil Manz’ thin-skinned ceramic inventions makes me feel all jittery inside… and just imagine she’d do a similar see-through model that nods to the mono.kultur logo…

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Russian Chocolat Paper

Monday, November 24, 2014

With Russian leaders being not so consumer oriented theses days, it’s good to know there are still appealing chocolate wrappings. I found a batch of these old chocolate paper designs, let’s kick off Christmas season with an excursion to visual rhetoric.

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