The history of architecture can not only be read as an accumulation of buildings and designs, but also as a pendulum movement between the appreciation and the rejection of projects, oeuvres, and positions, driven by varying arguments. In addition to co …

Multihyphenation refers to alternate modes of creative production: “collab” culture, “brand X brand” projects, and multiple or even opaque styles of attribution and ownership among individuals, studios, and practices. For them, the body of work they pr …

Karel Martens ist seit vielen Jahrzehnten eine einflussreiche Figur in der visuellen Kultur der Niederlande. Martens hat einen Abreißkalender “Jeder Tag ist ein neuer Tag” entwickelt. Für jeden Tag des Jahres hat Martens ein einzigartiges Design gescha …

Bodies are classified by category and incorporated into narratives that are invariably oriented toward a supposed norm, one that, in turn, can mostly be understood as a system of belonging or exclusion. Non-binary, queer, ill, disabled, old, and Black …

Complex problems do not always require far-fetched solutions, but in order to arrive at a solution a change of perspective may be needed. Making such a change in the study of the urban environment is what ‘The City as a System’ advocates. Designers who …

Die Industrialisierung des Bauens in den 60er und 70er Jahren der DDR begünstigte die Neuordnung der Städte durch das Entstehen von Großwohnsiedlungen an den Stadträndern. Als 1972 der Grundstein für das Neubaugebiet Gera­Lusan gelegt wurde, dominierte …

‘Why Graphic Culture Matters’ gathers 45 thought-provoking essays by design critic Rick Poynor about graphic design and visual communication, written in the past two decades. Poynor writes as a non-designer deeply immersed in the practice of graphic co …

The sublime new issue of FANTASTIC MAN is out now, in new dimensions (230x288mm), newly designed, feeling all new and fresh, full of the newest clothes and information. On the cover and inside, a heroic GIORGIO ARMANI, exclusively shot for the issue, a …

The current discourse on sculpture seems to be stuck in historical, material, or thematic frameworks. This book explores seven “logics” of sculpture, not as a historical overview, but with a contemporary analytical approach drawing from literature, phi …

Spirit Animal Animal Spirit ist ein lustiges Taschenbuch mit fünfundfünfzig Schlagzeilen aus dem Tierreich. Gesammelt von Michael Satter und seinen Haustieren aus Kindheitstagen gewidmet. Mit drei unterschiedlichen Umschlägen – der Zufall entscheidet – …

Having lost, but with an idea at hand; that is what may happen time and time again to designers who take part in competitions. What happens in case of failure? What about the time and work spent on the project? “Life’s a Pitch”, the theme of the 2023 e …

Evelyn Richter’s portrayal of East German life is both critical and empathic, consistently focusing attention on the human actors she observes. She saw her artistic documentary work as a counter to the politically charged images of the time. The book p …

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, Lungomare is publishing the volume AS IF – 16 Dialogues about Sheep, Black Holes, and Movement. Starting from dialogue as a form of relationship that Lungomare has adopted over its 20 years of artistic and cultu …

Three years after Shape Grammars (2020), Jannis Maroscheck returns with an updated look on machine-generated graphics and the core motif of mass produced ideas: Latent Figures. Looking for forms of expression hidden between ancient runes and y2k logos, …

Cover Polaroid Morgane Martini Pages: 168 October 2023

one could argue that personality is everything, especially when it comes to art. Not too long ago, the same thing rang true in terms of picking the right car for yourself. These days though, it’s heated seats that people want the most in an automobile, …

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Slanted #42—BOOKS is a magazine about books. Every day we wonder if the future of the (printed) book is tied to its sensual quality? How can beautiful books secure their place in the media and society? How are content, medium, and form connected? Is ma …

Flies, frogs, hats, money, jokes, transportation, greetings, shame, obviously, uncertainty, certainty, secrets, (no) time, etc., flowers! A composition of texts and images by Deniz Kilicarslan and Helene von Schirach. Jumping in-between moods and scene …

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Im Fokus gegenwärtiger Diskurse steht eine auch die Kunst berührende „Identitätspolitik“, bei der es um Sensibilität und Einfühlung, um Antirassismus und die Teilhabe von Minderheiten sowie um Gerechtigkeit geht, aber auch um kulturelle Aneignung und d …

Lsamu Noguchi est à la fois sculpteur et designer, attaché à l’artisanat le plus traditionnel comme aux découvertes les plus avant-gardistes, il a évolué, tout au long de sa carrière, entre Orient et Occident. Formé , aux Etats-Unis après une enfance p …

Graffitilegende, Künstler und Autor BUS 126 überrascht seit Jahrzehnten mit immer neuen Formen, Techniken und Orten für seine Bilder. In Höhlen, in Wäldern und auf den Fassaden der Stadt erschafft er ein Werk, das aus drei Buchstaben und einer Zahl bes …

Fotobuch mit 80 Farbabbildungen im Offsetdruck, gestaltet von Marie Lautsch mit Texten von Verena Winkelmann und Marcel Raabe (engl.) Hardcover, 128 Seiten, 20,6 x 27,5 cm, Auflage 250 Erschienen 10/2023 ISBN 978-3-945111-85-7

Two of the world’s most influential design figures meet the visionary designers whose innovations and ingenuity give us hope for the future by redesigning and reconstructing our lives, enabling us to thrive

An authoritative look at the art, life, and legacy of a revered artist. This pioneering, critically acclaimed book, originally published in 2010 and now available in paperback, is an authoritative and enlightening guide to a wide array of works by the …

There is a growing interest in fungi and mycelium as a material, the ever-branching connecting threads of the fungal world. The entanglements and how this rhizomatic network functions is not just a fascinating ecological system and material, but carrie …

(Lukas Feireiss, florian holder; ed.)

Notes on Book Design is a collection of 50 texts written by designers Siri Lee Lindskrog and Amanda-Li Kollberg of graphic and type design studio Formal Settings, based on books from the collection of Hopscotch Reading Room in Berlin. The texts draw pa …

The scarcity of resources, climate change, and the digitalization of everyday life are fuelling the economy of swapping, sharing, and lending—all of which are in some way linked to a culture of commoning. In this context, we understand commons as commu …

Display ist kein objekt, keine skulptur. Architektur oder performance display ist objekt, skulptur. Architektur und performance. Display bewegt sich zwischen kunst. handwerk und design. Display ist modularer rahmen und container. Display ist immer eine …

Spike’s Autumn issue is decoding AI. As the release of ChatGPT set off an official flurry of brisk developments and prognostications, how is this newest of techs crashing into creativity, labor, and everyday life? Perhaps it’s a cheat code to liberate …

European architecture is characterised by an ongoing exchange of cultures, ideas, and influences. In recent decades, this process has intensified. Ideas developed in one region can migrate and bear fruit elsewhere. Existing architectural conventions ar …

Over the last few decades the term “bootlegging” has become understood as a creative act. The debates about homage, appropriation, and theft that are common in the art world are now being held in the sphere of corporate branding, social media, and the …

The third issue of the annual magazine that promotes know-how and technique in design, craft or industry, dedicated to folding. Tools magazine is the brainchild of Clémentine Berry. The magazine aims to simultaneously promote and investigate the detail …

English architect and writer Sir Peter Cook, renowned for his free-thinking spirit translated into architectural lines and shapes, is perhaps most well-known as the co-founder of the avant-garde architectural group Archigram in the 1960s. A selection o …

The world is made up of a thousand colors, and no sound is like another. It’s noisy! We have finally accepted the dissonances because we are not all cut from the same cloth. Yet, we live under the same sun together. This year’s key visual, created by H …

Letters and typefaces not only transport information but also create a feeling and have a personality. Lettering takes this a step further—with its movement, artistic strokes, and variety, it has the potential to radiate a whole range of energies and t …

Bilderbuch is a book of twenty-four images interpreted by Theresia Enzensberger. Images that broke news, made headlines–sometimes even replaced them–and went around the globe. In her texts, Theresia Enzensberger reflects on them and places them in an a …

Die Betrachtung von Raumkulturen und Alltagsrealitäten der Raumproduktion nimmt einen anderen Weg als die normativen architektonischen und urbanistischen Diskurse. Sie wird zu einer allgemeineren Fragestellung, beschäftigt sich aber gleichzeitig mit ga …

The Great Repair” is an oxymoron. The title captures the convergence of two seemingly contradictory principles: the revolutionary ambition for systemic change and the evolutionary act of repair. The resulting aspiration is one that, despite its plea fo …

It seems that—with increased urgency—we are more frequently finding ourselves grasping for an “after,” especially as we face futures with apprehension. “After” exists at different scales of time and context: there’s after an instant, after a day, after …

FUKT Magazine, one of the world’s leading, engaging and inspiring drawing magazines returns for its 20th edition. This new anniversary release looks at the art of portraits in contemporary drawing.  

Das Künstlerbuch „Der müde Koch“ zeigt in luziden und sinnlichen Bildern weniger den Alltag in einer Küche als vielmehr die darin formulierte Absicht, sich durch die Kamera von eben dieser lohnbringenden Tätigkeit zu distanzieren. Kongenial ergänzt wir …

Here begins the third cycle of ARCHIVIO: four thematic issues, each edited by a Guest Editor specialized in the field in order to have an expert eye to open the doors of the archives and show you where to look in these vast worlds. The first, ARCHIVIO …

In ihren Bildwelten nimmt die Schweizer Künstlerin Miriam Cahn (geb. 1949 in Basel, lebt und arbeitet in Stampa, Schweiz) die Aufhebung von gesellschaftlichen Normierungen vorweg und tritt der tradierten Inszenierung des Weiblichen sowie geschlechtersp …

For the first of our five covers of Autumn 2023 BEYOND BORDERS issue, talking to the singer alongside friends and collaborators, we reflect on the fearless artistry of a star who’s pursuing the riskiest of paths to pop immortality. Rosalia wears silk b …

AnOther Magazine Autumn/Winter 2023 Issue The first of our nine covers is Hunter Schafer by Viviane Sassen and Katie Shillingford. The second of our nine covers is Marina Abramović by Jordan Hemingway and Ellie Grace Cumming. The third of our nine cove …