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Alex Witjas

8 Dec, 2011

Work of Alex Witjas, a Philadelphia based graphic designer and blogster at cats > boyfriends and eatingmyfeelings. Her graphic work is mainly dominated by pastel color tones and loaded with that 80′s feeling. A brief selection of her work at read more.


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Salutpublic

7 Dec, 2011

Founded in Brussels in 2002 Salutpublic is a multidisciplinary graphic design studio, covering projects from book till web- design. Internationally awarded for their clean style and contemporary approach, they’ve launched a second office in Paris in 2009. Be sure to check their website for all of their projects, or just...

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Floater Magazine

6 Dec, 2011

Floater magazine is an online production presenting amalgamations of essays, articles, past and present projects within processes of recollection, appropriation and archiving. Edited by Elina Axioti, Yannis Papayannakis, Evi Sougkara, Eleni Spiridaki, Yannikos Vasiloulis. Statements by greek scientists, artists and writers and selected international press articles comment on Athens of 2011. ATHENS AUDIOGRAMS is initiated...

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1collective

5 Dec, 2011

    1collective is an open collective of artists focused on poster design, corporate design and cultural events in general. The main body of the collective is formed by two friends who met during their studies in Pilsen, Stephan Prokop and Barbora Mrackova. The peak of the creative pyramid is...

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Isabella Rozendaal

2 Dec, 2011

Dutch/ Brazilian photographer Isabella Rozendaal documents niche activities, what for some people might be the most normal thing, others can find utterly strange. Hunting crocodiles in the Mississippi might be considered uncommon for parents of 8 -year old ball-room dancers.  Isabella documents the uncommon everyday life in a most objective...

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The Brno Biennial

1 Dec, 2011

  The Brno Biennial was established in 1963, and is thus the oldest exhibition of graphic design in the world. The intention of the 25th International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno is to present the most interesting works of contemporary graphic design created in 2009-2011. In the upcoming Biennial, all categories of entry...

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Andrey Ilyaskin

29 Nov, 2011

Andrey Ilyaskin is graphic designer from Moscow. Graduated from the British Higher School of Art and Design course “Visual Communication”. Her focus lays on printed matter such as logo, book and poster. A selection of her work at read more.


MISS READ 2011

MISS READ 2011

27 Nov, 2011

For the third time the  MISS READ Art book fair took place at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. With over 80 international publishers and distributors, the festival grows every year and offers a platform for the contemporary scene of independent-publishers. In times of crisis the big publishing houses...

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PWR Paper

25 Nov, 2011

PWR is a publication put together by Rasmus Svensson and  Hanna Terese Nilsson. Currently they’ve just released their 6th issue which is available on the PWR website. Coinciding with this publication, a related exhibition will be held at the Future Gallery in Berlin. Opening on the 2th of December and on display until the 17th of...

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Studio Kahn

25 Nov, 2011

Studio Kahn, located in a Forrest in Jerusalem develops very personal, fragile and tactile objects and jewelry. I just came across their project ‘Fragile shaker’. A salt and pepper shaker which is designed as one piece, and only the user gives it its final shape by braking it and completes...

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MISS READ 2011

23 Nov, 2011

For the third time MISS READ has invited international publishers and artists to show their books at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. As a genre of its own, the artist book reflects contemporary ways of artistic production and publishing to a great extent and also addresses issues of...

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Fizzz Bzzzz

22 Nov, 2011

Work by Paris based office FiZZZ BZZZZ. Mainly active in the cultural sector FiZZZ BZZZZ projects vary from book design to poster and typo. Very fresh and creative, more work at read more and off course on their website.