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Perdiz

23 Oct, 2012

Published bilingually (English/Spanish) and quarterly, PERDIZ is a new magazine about people and the things that make them happy. A compilation of amazing stories from common people. A survival manual without magic formulae. A collection of beautiful things. A publication of social activism with a positive tinge. A collectable object....

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Thomas Desmet

Thomas Desmet

19 Oct, 2012

It seems the Belgian graphic designers are doing very well these days. Yet another great example is Thomas Desmet. He works mainly in book-design but also has his fare share of posters. Have a look for yourself.  


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Beplushave

18 Oct, 2012

Italian furniture manufacturer Beplushave produces some very interesting objects. Simple forms and clear materials, just the way we like it.    


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Salon Light #9

17 Oct, 2012

For the 9th edition of Salon Light, Cneai, hosted by Palais de Tokyo, will showcase meetings and dialogue with 53 independent publishers and bookstores, and three research and performance seminars on publishing practices. The players in the field of micropublishing are experimenting in all directions and playing with the usual...

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Adriaan Mellegers

Adriaan Mellegers

16 Oct, 2012

Adriaan Mellegers is an Amsterdam-based graphic designer focusing on institutional, artistic and commercial commissions within the fields of art, architecture and design. With a strong editorial approach and a consistently innovative use of typography, materials and color, Adriaan’s design sensibility engages the creative and content driven objectives of all involved....

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David Galasse

15 Oct, 2012

Work of Sao Paulo based, Portuguese-Brazilian graphic designer David Galasse . He works on an ongoing study that consists of grabbing and deconstructing ads, communication materials and brand manuals. He clarifies his work with these 3 purposes: 1. Breaking with the vices and rules set by default for art direction and...

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Bureau Collective

Bureau Collective

13 Oct, 2012

Panatom Gallery presents Bureau Collective ‘Singing seven bridges builds circles in the water’ A glass of water stands on a subwoofer. Concentric waves are visible on the surface of the water, with no apparent cause. A quiet, moving image; an unexpected, slight touch; an inspiration in a quivering moment. Bureau...

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Internet 2012

12 Oct, 2012

As a video for a musician from Italy Bart Traubeck and Viktor Matic dreamed up a world filled with cloth-like screens bending and waving in the wind of intercontinental data-transfer. The display as a medium dissolves into a flexible plane, readily adapting to whatever it encounters, with the single pieces...

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Cox & Grusenmeyer

Cox & Grusenmeyer

12 Oct, 2012

The amazing work of Antwerp based duo Cox & Grusenmeyer.  Ines Cox completed her master at the Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem and Lauren Grusenmeyer at The Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam, with a collaboration like that the work just has to be great. Have a look for some top-notch graphic work.


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Collection — issue 3

11 Oct, 2012

Collection is a magazine that presents drawing in many forms, from contemporary art to graphic novels to graphic design. All artists themselves, the Collection team proposes neither a journalistic viewpoint nor a critic’s vision, but instead aspires to defend drawing, with no barriers between genres, by letting the actors themselves speak....

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Library Paper

10 Oct, 2012

Library Paper is an up-to-date representation of varied design/art practices from all around the world giving readers an insight into the artists thoughts.  Library Paper is designed and curated by Catalogue and is published by Catalogue Library. The new magazine has announced its artists:


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From the archives

9 Oct, 2012

Don Hudson is an amateur photographer born in 1950 in Michigan, USA. ‘From The Archives’ shows nearly fifteen years of personal archives and presents for the first time these photographs in an unique editorial project, published by FP&CF. Native of Detroit, the Motown (Motor Town), Don Hudson lived the heyday of the automobile, which Michigan was then the region of global production. From The Archives is his...

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