‘TV anchors’, a great series by Slovakian photographer Martin Kollar. The series shows us TV hosts or reporters on location, on the one side we feel a clash of worlds but on the other a great deal of familiarity fills his work. The rest of the series at read more.
The series ‘part of the story’ by photographer Metehan Özcan shows diptychs of one found image accompanied by the artists interpretation next to it. The circles reminded me a bit on our own .gif exhibition and are also projected on a wall. His miniature size makes it feel a bit scientific...
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The Sacrificial Chair by Punga & Smith is nothing more then a clothing rack in the shape of a chair. Simple solution for a simple and common problem.
Marie Lusa is a Zurich based Art Director, graphic designer and photographer. She has gathered an incredible amount of projects one her website, so be sure to check it out.
Offprint Paris 10-13 Nov. 2011, is a platform dedicated to contemporary photography and image making. A meeting place for artists, photographers, graphic designers, curators, artistic directors a.o. Offprint Paris focuses on high-end and emerging practices, offering a unique selection of artists (photo) books, magazines, prints and zines.For this second edition,...
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Movable Type is the new project of Kyle Durrie from Power and light press. She converted an old Chevy Step Van into a mobile letterpress studio, moving across the US, giving printing workshops and demonstrations. To see where the truck will be next, check the map.
Lauren Thorson is a mystery woman, contemplating ideas of science, visualization and geometric form. This small selection of her work is taken from her recent research as an MFA Design candidate. More work at read more, and off course on her website.
The first exhibition at the new location of the ROJO©artspace Milano by Kalpany is a solo-show by Filippo Minelli. He presents a homage to Italy loaded with his distinctive sharp sarcasm, in occasion of the 150th anniversary of the country’s unification. The artist undertakes a voyage, key-figure of Minelli’s creativity,...
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A fresh new font by Johannes Breyer! Crap is good did an interview with him a while ago, right here. And who better to explain his new font then Johannes himself: BINGO is my interpretation of a couple of old squared letters I came across and developed further with the...
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The ‘Minimal workstation’ project of Fredrik Paulsen supplies a solution for cluttered dinner tables. A movable workstation fully equipped with pencil holders, storage for papers and adaptors provides a perfect micro-climate for the contemporary working nomad. With an aesthetics somewhere between Meccano and DIY the Minimal workstation definitely stands out in...
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The AA School in London will be showcasing 60 architecture magazines, celebrating the recent resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing from around the world in an exhibition called Archizines.
Manuela Dechamps Otamendi is a Spanish graphic designer based in Brussels where she has been running her studio since 2006. Her work is marked by the attention for balance between form, content and material (or technique) and has received several international awards. A couple of weeks ago Manuela gave a...
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The first issue of a new photography zine called ‘Hobbyist’. Beautiful photographs by Nicholas Gottlund , Suzanna Zak and Ye Rin Mok. Available here.
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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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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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… Probably about 10 years ago. I took Buy Ambien not constantly for a while, but periodically, when I already knew that I would not...
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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.
The opening of ‘The most read man in the world’ displaying fonts by legend typographer Matthew Carter in Catapult gallery, Antwerp.