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HelloMe

18 Sep, 2011

HelloMe is a Berlin based design studio focused on art direction, graphic design and typography. For photographer Patrick Desbrosses they have created some wonderful graphics. Some images of the catalogue, name card, poster and visual identity at read on and his website you can check here.


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Ulf Lundin – From Darkness

17 Sep, 2011

The people that Ulf Lundin portrays in his piece “From Darkness” have been sitting by themselves for half an hour in total darkness. Meanwhile Ulf Lundin, who was in a adjoining room, pulled the trigger without seeing them. So the persons didn’t know when the flash would lighten up their...

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Polopgraphic

16 Sep, 2011

A small selection of work from Helsinki based graphic designer Pol Solsona. More to see at read more.


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Bedford press and Eastside projects

15 Sep, 2011

James Langdon and Céline Condorelli from Eastside Projects will give an introductory talk about the Narrative Show exhibition and publication. In collaboration with Bedford Press, Eastside Projects Birmingham relocates a fragment of their current exhibition Narrative Show to the Architectural Association in London. A section of Adolf Krischanitz’s Mobile Wall...

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Xavier Delory

12 Sep, 2011

A selection of images by Belgian photographer Xavier Delory. He’s work reminds us of a previous post about Filip Dujardin. Very common architectural structures, buildings or houses which we can all relate to become abstracted. We focus on the sculptural value rather then the function. On the other side Delory’s work makes...

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De Letterproeftuin

9 Sep, 2011

For one week designers will work together in a self made graphic laboratory to explore and showcase the boundaries of old graphic techniques. The exhibition features both the results of there experiments as well as the designers working in their laboratory. Through this website you can peek into the laboratory...

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BYOB at W139

9 Sep, 2011

BYOB is a series of one-night-exhibitions curated by different people around the world. The idea is simple: Find a place, invite many artists, ask them to bring their projectors. BYOB is a way of making a huge show with zero budget. It is also an exploration of the medium of projection....

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Heji Shin

8 Sep, 2011

A selection of photo’s from Berlin based photographer Heji Shin.


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Pipo

5 Sep, 2011

Calling your font Pipo might cause some people to think there’s a certain lack of seriousness on your part. After all, the name does call to mind a clown. Nothing could be further from the truth, though, and Benoît Bodhuin’s first design for Gestalten Fonts might be playful, but the...

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Marie Dessuant

5 Sep, 2011

Furniture from French designer Marie Dessuant.  She was awarded the Cinna-Ligne Roset design award “révélateur de talents” for the étagère de coin, which is now produced by Cinna – Ligne Roset. Currently she is a resident as product designer in Fabrica in Italy and tries to develop new ways of...

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Next Cabane at Design September

3 Sep, 2011

Presented during the last Salone del Mobile, Next Cabane will be showing in Brussels as part of Design September from 8th to 30th September. Next Cabane is a story in the form of a foldable wooden cabin. Small, temporary spaces where we can set our boundaries, seek shelter or simply...

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Katja Gretzinger – ZJO

2 Sep, 2011

Berlin based graphic designer Katja Gretzinger’s design for the Zurich Jazz Orchestra. The previous posters dating back till 2005 at read more, and all of her work on her website. (the image above is the 2009 edition)