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Ivan Argote

22 Feb, 2012

I came across the work of French artist Ivan Argote a while ago, but for some reasons didn’t get around into posting it. He’s work is incredibly humoristic and loaded with social controversy. Most of them (if not all) are video’s, so go to his website to check them all....

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Earned Space

21 Feb, 2012

Submitted by: Camille Thiery Newspaper, Earned Space, edition I. The publication deals with space as a constraint which imposes an organisation. Folding adapted to volumes can emulate the two dimensional format of printed images offering an alternative to gain space. The newspaper gathered together pictures of multiple paper sculptures which become...

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Sebastian Pranz – Anderthalbmeter

20 Feb, 2012

Anderthalbmeter – a serbs by German photographer, Sebastian Pranz. A neglected zoo in Bavaria where freed ostriches get their charity, a parish fair in the both of Hesse, where a man in a bear costume has to drink Schnaps at every door, a king who is trying to forecast todays weather....

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Everything Type Company

18 Feb, 2012

Everything–Type–Company (ETC) is a Brooklyn-based design studio founded by Kyle Blue and Geoff Halber. Specialized in the design of identity, publishing, and interactive projects for clients working in culture and commerce. Their design solutions capture the spirit of a project through the configuration of well-conceived ideas, a visual language, and...

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Ian Rousey

16 Feb, 2012

Some random work by Ian Rousy.


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Hans Gremmen

14 Feb, 2012

Random work from Dutch graphic designer Hans Gremmen. We have mentioned his name here before in regards to the work he did for photographer Bob van der Vlist. Trough-out the years he has amassed  an overwhelming amount of work, to much to post it all, so I recommend you to...

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Cuckoo Clock and Cherry Cake

13 Feb, 2012

Submitted by: Anne-Sophie Stolz The photographs show an excerpt of the book »Cuckoo Clock and Cherry Cake«. The work is about a german holiday area, the Black Forest. A region which stands symbolically for the perfect idyll, for nativeness – a mystical place. In short, here the world seems to be...

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Process Journal: Edition Five

10 Feb, 2012

Founded in 2009, Published by Process is the Melbourne-based publisher of quarterly publication Process Journal and other various design publications. Process is dedicated to capturing beautiful work in print, stepping back and allowing the design to do the talking. Published by Process proudly supports the Australian design industry and all...

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Wiki / Works

7 Feb, 2012

A couple of weeks ago we had a guest post of Jan Aulbach, talking about  a workshop in collaboration with  Alexander Lis which took place at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt. The result of that workshop where a series of posters and this website.


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Wordpharmacy

4 Feb, 2012

Broken Dimanche Press is proud to announce the exhibition Wordpharmacy by Danish writer and artist Morten Søndergaard. To coincide with the publication bearing the same name, Wordpharmacy is a visual installation that celebrates this ambitious semantic and medicinal project. Playfully equating the structure of language with pharmaceutical products, the publication...

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Button

4 Feb, 2012

Button is a piece of furniture for relaxing conversations or pause. The inspiration to Button was found when FUWL (Form Us With Love) visited a textile factory and was confronted with all the waste material occurring. Using spare or waste parts, Button uses the textile parts in a true patch-work spirit....

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