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Another Odyssey

20 Oct, 2011

Another Odyssey is a project of Rendez-vous sauvage, (cycle ”On The Road Again And Again”). An exhibition-performance by Jade Fourès-Varnier and Vincent de Hoÿm accompanying FIAC and  the Salon Light 8. International news of the year is revisited and shaped through a series of archival prints,drawings and typographic messages. 9 panels (January-September) will follow one another on the sides of the truck during four days of the presentation. The program and images at...

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Bâtard Festival

20 Oct, 2011

For the eighth time in a row, the Beursschouwburg in Brussels is hosting Bâtard Festival, a festival for skillful, beginning performing artists from Belgium and the Netherlands! Bâtard deliberately chooses not to select performances but artists and collectives, who can each present a sampling of their early artistic practice. The whole program...

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Bartholomew exhibition

19 Oct, 2011

The Bartholomew exhibition, curated by JSBJ at 12 Mail Gallery Paris runs from September 16 to November 17, 2011. A lot more images at read more…


Integrated2011 – Crap = Good

18 Oct, 2011

Last thursday and friday the design conference Integrated2011 took place. The program: multidisciplinary and well balanced. Amongst the speakers Paul Sahre, Matthew Carter, Slanted, and many other wonderful graphic designers and even architects. Also Crap = Good was invited to give a talk, and so I did.


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Neal Fletcher

12 Oct, 2011

Some typefaces by self-taught type designer Neal Fletcher. And as an extra..  you can download them for free on his website! After the bump some examples.


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Type Designer Archive

10 Oct, 2011

Campaign for Klingspor Museum, Offenbach ‘Type Designer Archive’ by Amsterdam based Studio Laucke Siebein. The rest of the campaign at read on.


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De Stihl Camp

7 Oct, 2011

Conceived and staged by Olivier Lellouche, Olivier Lebrun & Maori Murota ‘De Stihl Camp’ is an installation / performance revolving around steam and was presented at London Design Festival. A devise emitting steam by heating water is being used to cook, bend wood (e.g. to make furniture), boil water for tea ore...

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Filippo Minelli

7 Oct, 2011

Italian photographer Filippo Minelli carefully documents his interventions. He often works with typography, or creates contradictions in a certain environment by adding color, shapes or lines. His ongoing series ‘Shapes’ explores change and the photographical property to freeze time. An almost anthropomorphic cloud hangs threatening in a space, or appears in a...

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Rendez-vous sauvage

6 Oct, 2011

After 2 years of absence, Rendez-vous sauvage is back with a new exhibition serie called  ‘On The Road Again And Again’ and a new website. Check out their programme and updated archives on :www.rendez-vous-sauvage.fr. Pictures of the actual van at read more..


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Archive Books

5 Oct, 2011

Archive is a platform for artistic and cultural research, debate and self-education. Archive has no formal structure: its members (designers, interns, editors, artists, translators) practice no division of labor beyond the division of competences, no division of space beyond what is required by its use. Archive thus generates shifting and...

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The farmhouse chair

3 Oct, 2011

The farmhouse chair is as sturdy as an antiquated piece of farm machinery, and as easy to relax in after 10 hours on the clock as a pair of worn out dungarees. Despite its pure geometry there is a rustic quality in this chair; the backrest is inspired by the architecture of...

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