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BACK TO THE HANDMADE — THE MAKERS

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Few hours ago Erik Spiekermann was ironically praising the great return to the handmade when commenting this news, about the poor woman who bought a wooden iPad for $180… believing it was for real! But despite the irony directed to this specific and unbelievable case, there seems to be something going on regarding handmade products [...]

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IMPROV EVERYWHERE

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

I stumbled across the brilliant theatre group of sorts, Improv Everywhere, the other day and was pretty amazed – founded in 2001 in New York, they’ve been staging undercover performances in public for a decade now, ranging from spontaneous musicals in supermarkets to gathering thousands of people to do weird things according to instructions given [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: PROJECT NO.8 / NEW YORK

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

We’ve been wanting to mention Project No. 8 for some time now, so happy were we when they asked to stock mono.kultur, but what better time than now that they’re even gracing the back cover of our current issue.
For anyone in New York with a vague interest in fashion, Project No. 8 is something of [...]

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AI WEIWEI IN NEW YORK

Friday, July 29, 2011

Oh, the speed of the internet. A condition of Ai Weiwei’s recent release from Chinese custody was his silence on Twitter and the blogs, but the Chinese government said nothing about this new Google+ (at least for now). Seemingly in conjunction with a wonderful new show just opened at the Asia Society Museum  in New [...]

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NO MORE REALITY

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Our friends at Textfield Distribution have teamed up with the beautiful project space of Creatures of Comfort in New York to put on an exhibition and bring their selection of great independents to the east coast: doors will open this Thursday for a one-month print extravaganza.
No More Reality

Temporary bookshop and exhibition
July 21 — August [...]

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MANIC MOUSE

Thursday, July 7, 2011

June 28th, 2011
Glasslands, Brooklyn
John Maus live at Glasslands in Brooklyn. Film by Ian Perlman.

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A MONTH OF THURSDAY NIGHTS OUT

Friday, June 3, 2011

Not daily nice but Thursdays nice… Unspectacular but capturing water color snapshots by Leanne Shapton, published on the New York Times Opinion Pages.

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Store of the Month (US Edition): Karma and Mast

Friday, May 6, 2011

Ok, two stores, both used. New York really doesn’t lack for wonderful art/book/stores, but Karma, recently opened in the West Village, is a great addition. Essentially a physical manifestation of my ideal Abebooks order history, Karma stocks used art books, posters, records, and other “stuff’.” On my first venture through, I stumbled on Patrick Cariou’s [...]

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80 Blocks From Tiffany’s – NYC 1979

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Back in the days, an excursion to the early urban gang.
“This 1979 documentary film focuses on gangs such as the savage skulls & nomads who occupied areas of the South Bronx. Perhaps even more compelling is considering that the backdrop and social conditions in this film are a ‘far cry’ from [...]

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SOLO JARRETT

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Some people have all the luck: Keith Jarrett returns to Carnegie Hall in New York for one of his rare and legendary improvised solo piano concerts on January 16th, and there are even some tickets left. An absolute must if you’re around.

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