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BOOKSTORE OF THE MONTH: COPYRIGHT / GENT

Friday, September 20, 2013

In the lovely cities of Ghent and Antwerp in Belgium, you will find the no less lovely art bookstores of Copyright. Run for 25 years by Hilde Peleman, they are a picture book story of personal investment or, on a broader scale, how the world of books and the world of art merge and complement [...]

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MONDAYS PRETTY ICONS

Monday, August 26, 2013

The Glasgwegian band Belle & Sebastian favour us with a collection of rarities and non-LP tracks compiled for the new album ‘The Third Eye Centre’, with really nice rewired versions of ‘I’m a Cockoo’ and ‘I didn’t see it coming’. Everyone in Glasgow will have the chance to meet the likeable band today at Monorail [...]

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FAUX MARBLING

Sunday, May 12, 2013

What is it that makes marble and its pattern so omnipresent these days? Originally composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, today the motive of marble is not only used in contemporary art, but also in fashion and textile production. Commonly used for sculpture and as building material, it now seems to be trendy to envelop the [...]

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STORE OF THE MONTH: NEEDLES & PENS / SAN FRANCISCO

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Sometimes, when you produce a little independent title like mono.kultur, strange bonds develop with people you have never met, e-mail intimacies with stores in far-flung corners of the world who somehow found you, whereas you actually have no idea who they are or what they look like. And then, sometimes, you receive a mail saying, [...]

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PERIMETER PRESENTS

Thursday, April 11, 2013

Perimeter presents the official Australian launch of mono.kultur #33 Kim Gordon: Dissonatine.
Saturday, April 13, 3-5pm. Featuring a mix tape from Chris Pugmire of New War.
Perimeter Books
748 High Street
Thornbury 3071
Victoria
Australia

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STORE OF THE MONTH: DRAWN & QUARTERLY / MONTRÉAL

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Montréal brings to mind snow, first and foremost, and a certain jazz festival of some renown, and, erm… But hold on, isn’t it also the home of Drawn & Quarterly, that lovely publisher of what is commonly known as graphic novel, home to some true gems such as Daniel Clowes, Adrian Tomine, and even some [...]

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LET’S UPCYCLE THE WORLD II

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Berlin’s first concept store for upcycling fashion, the Upcycling Fashion Store, has moved and reopened on March 1 at Anklamerstrasse – find out what’s new!
On the photo: rebuilt sink and board with coat pegs of bicycle brakes by El Reinventor and Sag+Sal bags.
Upcycling Fashion Store
Anklamerstrasse 17, 10115 Berlin
Mon-Fri 11 am – 7 pm, Sat noon [...]

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OPEN CLOSED MART FESTIVAL

Friday, February 22, 2013

One day only!
Don’t miss the Open Closed Mart Festival!
2nd March, 11am – 5pm
Third Drawer Down
93 George Street
Fitzroy 3065
Victoria
Australia

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STORE OF THE MONTH: PERIMETER BOOKS / MELBOURNE

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Imagine yourself walking into Perimeter Books in Melbourne in shorts, T-shirt and sandals, coffee-to-go in hand, sunglasses in your hair. Now imagine that happening right now, because yes, down under it is summer as we speak. Anyway, Perimeter Books, a fairly new addition to the übercool city of Melbourne, but already firmly established on the [...]

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WEST COAST PATTERN

Sunday, November 11, 2012

The reminiscence of the famous Pop-Art-pattern can still be found in the design of the Italian design collective Memphis –  who really know how to use the same motives for fabric, furniture, ceramics and even carpets. If you feel like redecorading, you can turn your home into an 80’s  California style residency by ordering directly here!

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