How can unique pieces be mass produced? Or: How can the computer take over and support creative work? Sol LeWitt writes in his Sentences on Conceptual Art: “The idea becomes a machine that makes the art. […] There are many side effects that the artis …

The work of Miranda July—the most impressively cross-disciplinary artist of her generation—is brought into focus in this mid-career retrospective. From her early rarely seen Riot Grrrl-influenced fanzines and performances to a career that has produced …

Wie wollen wir heute leben und mit welchen künstlerischen Mitteln können wir dafür Ansätze finden? Die ausstellungsbegleitende Publikation zum Utopischen bringt zeitgenössische Positionen aus Kunst, Architektur und Design in Dialog mit Referenzen der 1 …

The world is spinning faster than ever before and we are clinging on to an increasingly confusing explanation of why and where we are heading. In order to have a better understanding of the problems we face, The Free Lunch Commission will address one t …

MWH Enterprise is a series of fanzines using my commercial path as my source. They become a new portfolio, which will further redirect my work. I am a commercial photographer and the freedom that a fanzine gives me is bliss, so I will be launching a ne …

Released twice a year, KALEIDOSCOPE is a meeting place for a global community of creative minds, drawn by an audacious art direction and ever-surprising contributions from visionary artists, writers and image-makers. The magazine’s experimental approach also expands to our creative projects in print, online and live—as is best exemplified by the programming of Spazio Maiocchi, our home and exhibition space in Milan, and our annual festival Manifesto, inaugurated in 2019 at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris. Believing that artists are the real truth-tellers and agents of change, our work puts their vision and creativity front and center—a constant reminder about the importance of pushing boundaries and breaking new ground.

In the fine arts the 1990s are associated with conceptual sharpness and formal aesthetic reduction. But also with freedom of formats and expansion of curatorial action. During this time, the busy couple Axel and Barbara Haubrok began to build up a cons …

Rudy VanderLans has been documenting California’s landscape for years. For his latest monograph, This Vehicle Makes Frequent Stops, he’s selected more than 100 photographs spanning a decade and thousands of miles of California highways.

This book offers a visually unique approach to Frank’s films: only new stills taken from videotapes have been used and they add up to a visual essay on Frank’s cinema that establishes an engaging dialogue with his photographic work. Each film is introd …

Publications such as Rouge Fashion Book are looking to create something edgy and arty for the expanding Chinese niche market, bypassing China’s tight media controls with a Chinese and an American version

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Jedes Jahr prämiert der Verein 100 Beste Plakate e.V. die innovativsten und wegweisendsten Plakatentwürfe aus Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz. Das Jahrbuch ist längst zum Pulsmesser für Grafiker, Designer und Werbetreibende geworden. Dabei gilt …

From 1933 to 1934 Sanzo Wada published a collection of colour combinations that was the first of its kind in Japan. Following on that enduring bestseller, ‘A Dictionary of Color Combinations’ Vol. 2 brings back two more works by Wada published in 1935– …

oy Division fans, pop culture fanatics, and wannabe hipsters, take note. Forty years after the release of ‘Unknown Pleasures’, the band’s debut studio album, design studio Vieceli & Cremers presents ‘Division of Pleasures’. The album’s cover artwork wa …

From Adelaide to Zürich, The Place of Birth compiles the draft and final works of the 2019 Sandberg Instituut graduates from Master programmes Critical Studies, Design, Dirty Art Department, Fine Arts, Studio For Immediate Spaces, Radical Cut-Up, Shado …