Publication

The Word Magazine has just embarked on a new adventure with the magazine, giving it a new design, a new format, double the amount of pages (200) and two new editorial sections (photography and art). They’ve also, more importantly, started selling the magazine (it now costs 15 euros whereas it...

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The Dutch Graphic Design Summer School ‘Open Set‘ is a two-week intensive series of workshops emphasizing on the interaction between noted Dutch and International graphic designers within a studio environment. Open Set is structured to offer participants the opportunity to experiment with different design approaches as well as share their...

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From april 23th to april 28th Libros Mutantes will hold its fourth edition. The Art Book Fair will exhibit a wide range of experimental publications, art and design books, magazines and zines from different countries. The final selection is the result of an Open Call at librosmutantes.com. These projects challenge the...

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Curated by Leeds based designers Jay Cover (of Nous Vous) and Tom Pratt & Ollie Shaw (of Catalogue), the events aim to provide a platform to discuss and learn more about illustration, design, art direction & self-publishing. We’ve invited a couple of highly regarded contemporary creative practitioners to Leeds to...

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In the year that marks its 10th anniversary, the Faculty of Design and Art of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano launches the first edition of Unibz Design Festival, that will be held on September 20/22, 2012. Unibz Design Festival will develop into a three-day event, including workshops and a final conference, free and open to design students...

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One of the bigger design events in Berlin is the annual DMY  festival. From the 6th till the 10th of June, the halls of  the former airport ‘Tempelhof’ fill up with furniture and products, showcasing the best of contemporary design. Even tough one could question that last part, it was...

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I’ve posted the announcement of Supper studio a while back but never got around to mention the result of it. So here is a short video compilation. Supperstudio is a ‘loose’ dinner-discussion initiated by Jiu Gu and assisted by  Crap is good and Berlin Farm Lab. It’s an event where students, faculty and outside...

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Flatpack Festival is a 4 day film festival held in Birmingham, UK. It focuses on animation and alternative short films. The festival is and absolute feast for the senses, film screenings combined with live presentations and workshops. Crap is good is very happy to announce that we will participate in...

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During our stay in L.A. we try to stay productive. Together with Jia Gu, initiator of  ’Supper Studio’, a communal dinner, cooking and lecture event, and Valentina Karga from Berlin Farm Lab, a new edition of the ‘Supper Studio’ is coming to life. A group of people come together to cook, eat...

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Submitted by: Jan Aulbach In a two-day workshop we started an online compendium about contemporary graphic design. The Workshop took place at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt in collaboration with Alexander Lis.We want to create a system based on a Wiki as an open information platform on graphic designers around...

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6 days with lectures and use of text as an artistic language. For students and recent graduates from art schools. The workshop is organized by Vincent de Hoÿm and Bernard Baissait, with the assistance of the Atelier JFV. For more details on where and when, check the site. Lectures by Ghislain Mollet-Viéville,...

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Offprint Paris 10-13 Nov. 2011, is a platform dedicated to contemporary photography and image making. A meeting place for artists, photographers, graphic designers, curators, artistic directors a.o. Offprint Paris focuses on high-end and emerging practices, offering a unique selection of artists (photo) books, magazines, prints and zines.For this second edition,...

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