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MONO.PUNKT #14: WHAT WE MAKE WITH WORDS

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

This nice exhibition around words – aptly subtitled What We Make With Words – has been going on at Glasgow’s venerable Centre for Contemporary Art for almost two weeks now, but what’s really exciting to us is the adjoining art book fair taking place this Saturday, including yours truly, live and in the flesh. Because [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: BANANAFISH BOOKS / DALIAN

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Anyone who has ever been to China will have experienced how difficult it is to get foreign magazines there, let alone any magazines that are worth the paper they are printed on. This is mainly due to the fact that the distribution of printed matter is still overseen by the Ministry for Communication, and importing [...]

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CHINESE WHISPERS 20

Saturday, December 10, 2011

mono.kultur recommended over at the Huffington Post as one of eleven ‘amazing magazines you’ve never heard of’ – us being perfect for ‘culture junkies who want something fresh’, apparently. Sweetie pie.

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: SOME/THINGS

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Some/Things Magazine is a bit of a gem, the kind of publication you only come across once every few years, and then don’t want to tell your friends about, because you want it all for yourself. But since we’re all about kindness this month, we will share it with you.
Some/Things is a lush and luxurious [...]

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MAGCULTURE SHOP

Monday, November 28, 2011

A nice new idea from magCulture, who we like, as you might have noticed. They’ve just opened their new online store, which is actually more like a personal recommendation: A selection of 8 independent titles only, handpicked by founder Jeremy Leslie. The deal is that each title will be available in limited stock only and [...]

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MONO.PUNKT #13: MISS READ

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Ah yes, it’s that time of the year again: Idealistic young men and women flock to the grey pastures of Berlin to unleash their pretty books and magazines on art and the like on idealistic young men and women who can think of nothing better to do on a weekend than browse pretty books on [...]

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032C VERSUS INTERVIEW

Friday, November 18, 2011

Interview magazine happens to be my personal guilty pleasure, like others will be secretly or not so secretly reading Hello or Gala. Stars interviewing stars can be dull fare, or lead to some unexpected delights, which is exactly what makes Andy Warhol’s format so very entertaining.
One might have some doubts about the necessity of a [...]

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READABLE ARTS

Monday, November 14, 2011

In the wake of the digital turn, the book is becoming a precious and extravagant superfluity and an aesthetic emblem. While the book is shifting from an inevitable cultural experience to a specialized one, the artist’s book undergoes an explosion of activity, proving once again that “when a medium dies, it becomes an art form.”
For [...]

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ALTERNATIVES IN PRINT: THE TRAVEL ALMANAC

Saturday, November 5, 2011

You remember the warm feeling when for one reason or another you get treated to a night in a really beautiful luxurious hotel – taking a hot bath, sleeping in wonderfully white linens and extra cushy cushions, getting great coffee at breakfast…
That’s exactly the sort of feeling you get with The Travel Almanac, a beautiful [...]

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ARCHIZINES

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Whereas, over in London, Elias Redstone, the founder of the online architectural magazine library Archizines, has curated a show of 60 architectural titles at the renowned Architectural Association, including our almost sold-out issue #18 on MVRDV. Follow his week of guest-posting some of his personal favourites over at It’s Nice That this week, or even [...]

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