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CHRISTMAS KINDNESS 02

Monday, December 2, 2013

Now that we warmed up a little in the spirit of the time of the year, we gracefully took on the shipping charges for our first and so far only artist book, which in exchange comes in a whopping A2 size, opening up to a kitchen table-sized A1. We are talking, of course, of our [...]

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CHRISTMAS KINDNESS 01

Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Oh dear, and yes, it is that time of the year again, already. Christmas is around the corner, and while we’re still reeling with getting our latest issue out into the world, one shouldn’t forget to spare a little kindness along the way. Surely it will make us feel generous and warm once we have [...]

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WONDER

Thursday, October 10, 2013

‘When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.’ R.J. Palacio Wonder
I came across this really lovely book, Wonder while at a ‘Tell me what to read’ session at the Brisbane Writers Festival this year. It is a book written for 9-12 year olds but it wonderfully crosses over to an adult [...]

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FOUND

Thursday, September 26, 2013

The venerable publishing house of National Geographic is celebrating its 125th anniversary, and have graciously installed a new site to share the best of their infinitely vast archives of photographs documenting our weird and wonderful planet over the last 125 years. Need we say more? Beats any funky design blogs or fashion blurb by light [...]

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CHINESE WHISPERS 29

Saturday, August 17, 2013

We are receiving so many kind words about our latest issue with Brian Eno from so many side, it’s kind of touching – including our friends at magCulture. If you’re heading over, make sure to also read a brief interview with Matt Willey, who designed our issue with Chris Ware; and someone we admire almost [...]

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Kickstart an Institute

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Now only 10 days remain of the (proposed) Marina Abramovic Institute’s ambitious Kickstarter campaign.
With the goal of raising $600,000 to fund the design phase of the project – which involves the architectural might of Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) – there’s still time to chip in, should [...]

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SOLIDARITY

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Protests in Turkey are going on while the type of gas used by the police is constantly changing. First it was burning eyes, make one puke; then the one that hurts the skin… The last but not least is affecting the ability to think properly. Bring it on Mr. President!
The violence of the police increase. [...]

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BIG HEARTED BUSINESS

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Big Hearted Business is a wonderful new initiative set up by Claire Bowditch – “As part of a new-guard of micro-business educators, BHB exists to teach brilliant, creative people how to build strong, successful, caring businesses, without compromising their integrity, their health, or their happiness. Through free weekly videos, expert-interviews, affordable online courses, beautifully styled live [...]

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CHRISTMAS HELP

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Just in case that you are still in dire need of last minute Christmas presents, here are some suggestions where we might be able to help with our nifty little gift list for all wallet sizes – order this week though to insure timely delivery. And yes, we do allow for gift orders to be [...]

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ALIVE AND KICKSTARTING

Friday, November 2, 2012

As we are about to finally release our first artist book with Robert Montgomery, here is a quick thank you to not just all of you who supported the project in the making, but to the platform who made it happen in the first place: Kickstarter. We can’t stress enough how grateful we are that [...]

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