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QUARTER FINALS

Thursday, July 1, 2010

With Asia out, Africa barely hanging on and the European cadre reduced to merely three teams still in the tournament, this World Cup definitely belongs to South America at the moment: present in every game of the Quarter Finals starting off tomorrow.
How to use our World Cup calendar: Drag your very own game tables [...]

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ROUND OF 16

Friday, June 25, 2010

Goodbye Africa.
Goodbye Italy.
Goodbye France.
Hello Ghana.
Hello Japan.
Hello Spain.
How to use our World Cup calendar: Drag your very own game tables below to your desktop, print them out in A5 on a coloured paper of your choice, trim them down to the right size, stick them to your fridge [...]

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EUROPEAN FIELDS

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Art and sports usually make for uneasy bedfellows, but as we know, there are always exceptions to the rule: in the case of football, it’s worth having a closer look at photographer Hans van der Meer’s beautiful studies of the European obsession with football. Somewhere between landscape photography and documentary reportage, van der Meer has [...]

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BICYCLE PORTRAITS

Monday, June 14, 2010

My memories of traveling around South Africa are mostly of sitting in the ubiquitous kombi taxis: vans that stop for every potential customer until they are packed far beyond any legal limit. Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler’s forthcoming book ‘Bicycle Portraits‘ focuses on South Africans who eschew cramped quarters and blaring sound systems in favor [...]

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LAST MINUTE WORLD CUP

Friday, June 11, 2010

Surely you don’t need us to tell you that the World Cup 2010 started today. But if you happen like us to have forgotten to organize for a football calendar this year, then do not fret: we’re here to help. Just drag your very own group tables below to your desktop, print them out in [...]

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PORN WORLD VS. REAL WORLD

Friday, January 15, 2010

Although TED might be known amongst most mono.blog participants, this is definitely worth another if not first visit.
Cindy Gallop (!) gives a lecture not only about porn vs. this thing called love but also introduces to her new web project Make Love Not Porn. It’s not that heard-a-thousand-times-and-999-times-even-better stuff but funny, plain and really real.
So, [...]

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NOT MONO, BUT MERGED

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Usually mono.kultur only promotes single purpose products. Or other strict mono.causes. However, there has to be an exception to the rule for this two player, double function table tennis-table. Merging work and play, as the designer suggests. Don’t we all try during Christmas time?

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IS HE, OR IS HE NOT?

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Rumor has it that no other than our most admired racing-driver and no less than seven times world champion, Michael Schumacher, also appeared as the Stig, a kind a mystery driver who tests high-performance hyper-cars at the world-famous British Motor Show Top Gear.
But is he, or is he not? Maybe yes, maybe no.

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