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Category Archives: leisure

Retrospective: Cat Content

Cat content has become rather popular since the internet became user generated pop. From LOLcats to Kittlers, there’s something catty for anyone. A few days ago Cyriaque Lamar put together a brief history of cat content dating back to the very early days of photography:

Apparently, these cats are made for content, one way or another:

Ready for Spring

We know most of us don’t own or rent a piece of land, don’t have gardens or spacious balconies and sometimes neither huge, tall windows (yes, we live in a big city), nevertheless let us tell you that you can still  get your hands dirty!
Terrariums and aeriums have never been as fashionable as they became recently. [...]

PHOTO FACTS

As all creative fields, photography has changed at a breathtaking pace since the arrival of digital photography. We take four times as many photographs as only ten years ago, but even more surprising: ten percent of all photographs ever taken were taken during the past 12 months. These and more astounding numbers on photography you [...]

FORM, FUNCTION AND ENNUI

We are all familiar with the so-called hipster culture. The contemporary hipster hangs around at cafés, talking about art, fashion, organic food and social justice, ideally while chatting about the next big thing to reblog on their tumblr. Well, one should not categorize that harshly, since categorizing stuff is so mainstream…
A very nice and [...]

Cosy Thursdays presents Kissenkino

Kissenkino (that literally means Pillow Cinema) is a new event happening one evening per month, with the aim of warming up Berlin’s long, sometimes boring and cold winter evenings. Cosy Thursdays propose you to leave the comfort and solitude of your warmed up flat to step into João Cocteau’s space in Neukölln to meet your [...]

HAVE A LITTLE BREAK …

… and draw a stickman!

JUST A THOUGHT

… winter’s going to be upon us soon enough, is all I’m saying. (image source).

WAYS TO AVOID BOREDOM

There are probably worse things you could do in your spare time than scan a cat…

To promeneur with the social guarantee

If you happen to pass by Zurich these days consider a quick trip to the country side. Out on a farm just 30 minutes from the centre of Zurich the migros museum has set up dependance on a farm. Check it out!

CONCRETE OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES

Plattformer, the artist collective that brought you the first DIY concrete table tennis table in London, just launched their latest outdoors object: The Feast Table in London’s Arundel Square. All their projects are put into effect with groups of local children that are thereby introduced to the art of concrete casting. Their most famous project [...]