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. In every issue they invite a selection of graphic designers to present themselves. Contributors: Barriobajero, Côme de Bouchony, Drawswords, Hassan Rahim, Hugo Hoppmann, Ian Rousey, I Like Birds, Jung and Wenig, Louisa Gagliardi, Michael Willis, Namik Shwarz, Qubik, Raf Rennie, Reynald...
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ROLU (the Minneapolis-based landscape and furniture design studio) approached Dante Carlos with the idea of coming up with a cheap zine for the occasion of Art Basel Miami/Design Miami that would talk about ROLU, include a couple of interviews and a CV. Kind of like a press kit in a way, but less straight-forward....
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TOKEN is a Brooklyn-based design and manufacturing studio ran by Will Kavesh and Emrys Berkowe, they develop contemporary handcrafted furniture and lighting objects embodying the evolving intentions of American modernism. Observation and a careful consideration of function, structural ingenuity, material dynamics and aesthetic coherence are instilled in each of Token’s signature...
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Collaborative duo David Mamie and Nicola Todeschini work from their shared studio space in Geneva. They don’t always work together so I’m not sure which work is who’s, but does it matter? A nice range of print design, simple and strong.
Last Tuesday,the 4th of december, ERASE #2 was launched in Barcelona. A magazine concerning art & photography self-edited by Barcelona based photographer David Urbano. The aim of the magazine is to show people who have something visually special to tell. Erase shows the creative and unknown aspects of the contributors and their way...
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Letra is Marco Balesteros. Thats about it… ah and he’s also Random-Press, and I think Portugese. Just have a look.
Since 4 years the independent photography magazine romka has been offering a platform for photographs that really mean something. People from all over the world submit their favorite pictures and tell the stories that lie behind them. romka is a collective photo album in which both amateurs and professionals archive their...
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Donelle Woolford’s exhibition ‘MaLeVoLeNcE’ at Valentin, Paris has finished on the 24th of november. I’m a little late with this post so lets call this a recap. Press Release: Donelle Woolford’s new work is malevolent. Having experienced the joys and challenges of being an emerging young artist, she isn’t so interested...
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It seems that the Belgian graphic art scene is doing very well lately. With tons of self-initiated, more experimental work coming forth from this little Island, the Belgians are quietly working their way into discussion. Vincent Vrints, a young Belgian (what else?) graphic designer has initiated a series of posters...
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The Pop-up corner light by Well Well Designers is delivered in an envelope. The lamp is constructed from a sheet of polypropylene which is cut and incised, in such a way to produce a square, triangular or circular module when folded at a 90° angle. Intended for the corner of a room,...
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Veronesi Rose by Camille Vivier, a new publication by Shelter press. “These girls? Their curves sketch infinity; their hollows end in, wisps of flesh, dark at times; their eyes pierce the image when they reach you. Waxy bodies drawing the image towards a less synthetic century. Artificial? Bodies are framed,...
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‘Leftovers’ by designer Klemens Schillinger must be one of the simplest ways to make a stool. A normal builders bucket is filled with liquid concrete, the three wooden legs are clamped in there and held in place while the concrete dries. After the bucket is removed, this remarkable chair is whats left...
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The project rrrrrrrroll is made by a group of friends from Japan making animated gifs of people or objects turning around their own axis. There is not a whole lot of information available about the group but from what I can tell, their gif’s look amazing. Minimal and static, but heavy on...
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A random selection of bookworks from Aude Debout, currently studying at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie. Besides for this modest collection of work, she also has a pretty amazing website well worth a visit.
In their latest publication Conjunction tackles the theme, ‘Meat’. 13 artists and writers work rest within its pink pages, risographed in either red or black. This issue also comes with a set of screen-printed cards and a double dust jacket.
Belgian photographer Stine Sampers extracts universal themes such as love, loss and regret from a personal collection of anecdotes, obsessions, interests and occupation. Her photos are in fact a sort of visual diary. “I am still creating my own symbolism, I keep thinking up layers and try adding other dimensions...
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