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Nendo
Nendo
How to design light bulb moments
Nendo alias Japanese product designer, architect and graphic designer Oki Sato likes to arouse what he describes as "small '!' moments".
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Erwin Wurm
The artist who swallowed the world
Erwin Wurm started out as a painter and sculptor, then swallowed the whole world digesting all its pompous grief and absurdity so as to spew out terrific sculptures, hilarious installations and stunningly grotesque pieces of spatial art an...
Fragiles
Fragiles
Exhibition in Kuwait
Fragiles the eclectic collection of contemporary porcelain, ceramic and glass design and artwork has been invited by Sheikh Majed Al-Sabah for its first show in the Middle East at the Al-Sabah Art & Design Gallery in Kuwait.
Shigeru Ban
Shigeru Ban
Putting a ban on waste
Long before sustainable architecture became the talk of the day, Japanese uber-architect Shigeru Ban created stunning and long-lasting buildings out of paper as well as objects that make a difference in form and function.
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Competition Submissions
Festival for Arts and Media in YokohamaThe festival’s Cream competition program aims to propose a brand new visual expression ...
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We Make Magazines
Presentation and discussion in New YorkTo celebrate the launch of the new book We Make Magazines - Inside The Independents, ...
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Carsten Nicolai
Exhibition in BerlinThe new project space of the Schering Stiftung will be opened with an exhibition entitled...
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Jerszy Seymour
At Design Parade in HyeresThe French Villa Noailles, who are presenting the 2009 edition of Design Parade from July...
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Pandarosa
Exhibition in MadridPandarosa are Ariel Aguilera and Andrea Benyi. Their work expands a wide range of approac...
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Ein Hartz fur Berlin
Charity concert and Design contest in BerlinIn combination with a charity-concert to support the Berliner Tafel e.V., an organisation...
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Carne
Exhibition in BerlinTwo of the most well-known and respected art collectives in the street art scene of Bueno...
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Urban Art Info
Exhibition Finissage in BerlinThe Michaelkirchplatz 4/5 appears from a past zeitgeist. This relic of the East Berlin pa...
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Peter Langer
Exhibition in BerlinBerlin-based photographer Peter Langer is showcasing a series of works that he created fo...
» read moreGestalten Blackboard
by "Künstlerrgruppe DRUXS Freiburg" June 26. 2009:
DRUXS & FRIENDS 2
10 artists are exhibiting contemporary art from the tri-border ...
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Arik Levy
The time is ripe for Evolution
Born in Tel Aviv, Arik Levy is one of the widest ranging industrial designers at work today.
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Recent Book Releases
Grid Index
A visual lexicon of two-dimensional grids and patterns indexed systematically - included CD with vector data.
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Oded Ezer
The Typographer‘s Guide to the GalaxyThe first publication on the outstanding experimental typography designer Oded Ezer.
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Naïve
Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic DesignNaïve documents the renaissance of Modernism from the 1940s to 1960s in contemporary graphic design.
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Marcel Wanders
Behind the CeilingFirst and definitive monograph on one of the most influential product, furniture and interior designers today.
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Play All Day
Design for ChildrenThe best design products, toys, furniture, playgrounds, architecture and concepts for children.
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Airside
An extensive collection of work over the last 10 years from cutting-edge design practice Airside.
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We Make Magazines
Inside the IndependentsExplores and celebrates magazine culture through cutting-edge visuals and editorial contributions.
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Spacecraft 2
More Fleeting Architecture and HideoutsPlayful work by architects and artists that demonstrate the temporary and unconventional use of space.
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Beyond Architecture
Imaginative Buildings and Fictional CitiesVisionary propositions for architecture and utopian worlds by renowned artists and designers.
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crEATe.
Eating, Design and Future Food44,00 €
A sourcebook on new visual developments and trends within food, design, hospitality and packaging design.
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Data Flow
Visualising Information in Graphic Design49,90 €
Documents the expansive scope of innovative possibilities in visualising data and information.
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Tangible
High Touch Visuals44,00 €
Graphic-inspired design, objects and spaces by creatives that are producing striking visual and spatial work.
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Upcoming Releases
Once Upon a Chair
Furniture Beyond the IconA global up-to-the-minute survey on contemporary furniture design – a reference to the best designers today.
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Graphic Design TodayAn in-depth survey on progressive contemporary graphic design.
Release: October 2009» read more
Papercraft
Design and Art with PaperAn unparalleled collection of creations crafted from paper as a material for innovative art and design.
Release: September 2009» read more
Crackpot
Weekly Calendar 2010Crackpot 2010 features a selection of attention-grabbing characters and illustrations from around the world.
Release: August 2009» read more
Spooky
Biweekly Calendar 2010Twenty-six ghouls, ghosts and fiends inhabit the glow-in-the-dark Spooky Calendar for 2010.
Release: August 2009» read more