Na Kim is a korean graphic designer based in Amsterdam. She is responsible for some of the covers of the korean magazine GRAPHIC. Her work is marked with a very playful style and vibrant colors. Next to her work as graphic designer she also edits the umool umool magazine. Some more of her...
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Sebastian Reiser is an Australian photographer with quite the documentary style. He shows us strange and peculiar compositions that on the other side seem very common. A limousine in a field or a swimming-pool step on a rock. Some very nice images at read more. Of course, I understand that...
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Submitted by : Amanda Baeza Mr Spoqui is a zine created by four siblings (Amanda Baeza, 21, a design student; Milena Baeza, 19, a sound explorer; Blanca Baeza, 16, a classic and contemporary dancer; and last but not least, Tiago Baeza, 13, musician). The publication started in January 2009, and the...
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I recently came across the work of Berlin based graphic design duo, Jung und Wenig. Their book-making skills are absolutely superb and they even pharmacy print some of them themselves with their GR 3770 risograph. Their website is loaded with nice projects so definitely worth having a look at.
After his Pewter stool, Max Lamb takes on something bigger. I love how it almost becomes a group event to make one of these desks. A great play with material and design. The whole process at read more.
I came across some nice work of Swiss graphic designer Rosario Florio. If you like simple shapes and clean colors, be sure to check him out. Some more work at read more
Vaast Colson, artist, and Johan Pas, art historian, searched into archives and brought an overview (bookshow) of around 150 artist’s books from as many artists, from 1960 to today. A book fair and a book talk will bring creators, publishers and collectors together, allowing conversations and meetings. BOOKSHOWBOOKSHOP wishes to...
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Switzerland based furniture manufacturer Colin SA created a table named T-723-X1. Through its smart and simple design no tools or screws are needed to assemble the table. The object is made from finely glue-laminated birch plywood.
As the son of a ceramist, Xavier Mañosa grew up surrounded by clay, potter’s wheels and kilns. After studying industrial design and graphic design he moved part-time to Berlin and opened his own ceramics studio ‘Apparatu’ in Barcelona. Today, the creative side of the business is based in Germany, while...
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Sleeperhold issue 4 is a paperback which functions as a collection of 14 short stories. The work of the artists shown in this publications functions as one continuous storyline, but every chapter can easily stand on it’s own. This publication will be presented on April the 14th, around 7PM, at the WIELS museum of contemporary art...
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Submitted by: Jack Bardwell Fish Factory is a contemporary art space located in a disused scallop processing factory in Falmouth, Cornwall. It is a gallery space but also contains studios with practicing artists. The space can also be hired for events – it’s a hive of activity. For the identity we...
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Alex Farrar works are often playful, he manipulates ordinary objects for their performative potential. Acknowledging a lack of absolute control he creates the conditions for something to happen, the outcome of this happening isn’t fixed but depends completely on the engagement with viewers, location and duration. Alex Farrar was born in 1986...
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Submitted by Jennis Li Have a Nice Day by Jennis Li Cheng Tien b.1983 in Tainan (Taiwan), lives and works in Berlin. Have a Nice Day is an ongoing project since August 2010. It is a series of collages containing random pictures with anonymous people sourced from the internet. The found images are reprocessed...
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While looking for some inspiration for a bookshelf, I stumbled upon the work of Chicako Ibaraki. She is Japanese, and just like most japanese architects or designers her furniture is wonderfully balanced. Her Weave Bookshelf consists of two flat bars running perpendicular at right angles. The smartly woven structure can hold up...
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I’ve posted the announcement of Supper studio a while back but never got around to mention the result of it. So here is a short video compilation. Supperstudio is a ‘loose’ dinner-discussion initiated by Jiu Gu and assisted by Crap is good and Berlin Farm Lab. It’s an event where students, faculty and outside...
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Submitted by: Naomi Kolsteren When Eva read yet another article about the bad state our oceans are in, she cried for weeks and weeks, thinking only about the billions of doomed fish and their (even more doomed) fish babies. One day she crawled out of the dark cave she had made out of...
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