a cool shredded invite arrived in the post this week: for the upcoming papier hier event in amsterdam next month
this years event has chosen ‘tactile’ as its theme and i will be doing a talk alongside some people who i admire very much: akatre, hansje van halem, hattie newman and a big favourite of mine ian wright… check the website for details, see also this related post
(the invite was designed by co-organisers ‘lava’)
i am currently doing a short teaching session at the design academy, eindhoven and have decided to revive my old chinese whispers project with the students; should be interesting to see where that goes…
earlier this week i attended the best dutch book designs 2011 awards ceremony at the stedelijk museum… congratulations to the winners, in particular ‘syb’ and ‘hans gremmen’ both talented book producers and worthy winners
starting this year the exhibition will be going global with a specially produced crate (see above) that contains the entire exhibition and can be put together just using a hammer, planned destinations to visit in the coming year are tokyo, mumbai, leipzig, vienna, poland and turkey
the organisation let me know that amongst the books featured in the international expo are two of our ‘dingen’ books which were awarded in last years competition, great news…
interesting new publishing initiative from peter bilak
a design magazine, but one that:
…looks beyond mere portfolios, a magazine dedicated to inspiration and observation, to conditions and contexts, a kind of National Geographic of design. We are interested in the manifestations of unexpected creativity in the real world. Practical, positive, detached from artists’ egos, showing just works that work, from around the globe…
the magazine is independent and they are looking for backers big or small.. spread the word
(my thanks to miss ‘anne miltenburg’ for the tip)
