…his work, the music scene, the audio casettes, the collages, the colours, the weirdness and his passion…
‘hansje van halem’ has asked recent graduate johann kauth to occupy her living room… as from the 21st of january, a ‘cloned’ version of ‘schrank 8’ is also bizarrely being held simultaneously in san fransisco, if you have the time or perhaps, are an obsessive completist…
o.k. parking are requesting entries for their new boring issue, the deadline is in about a month’s time… surely boredom is a valuable asset that we all badly need? problem is… it seems to be out of fashion… or is it just me?
nijhof & lee…have reduced the space in many living rooms and many studio’s of artists and designers…
not the best news to end the year with: one of the world’s best type, design & photography bookshops (round the corner here in amsterdam) is closing it’s doors in a month
following the sad death of frank nijhof two years ago, it was always unclear how long warren would continue without his partner… well that time has come, fortunately the shop will remain open online and there is going to be a large clearance sale early next month (oh dear…) but the whole point of the shop for me was discovering books with your eyes, nose and hands… the way books should be discovered… so now where do i spend all of that money i don’t have?
for a brief time in the mid nineties surf dude ‘david carson’ a self-taught graphic designer, generated a lot of excitement with his cut and paste style of design, through magazines like ‘raygun’, it then became a style (like most) that was appropriated for advertising and quickly disappeared, it seems he is now back (working for several publications) and even launching a self-titled magazine, is it just me or does it already look really dated before we have even seen it?
hansje van halem’s ‘schrank 8’ home gallery is getting an international alter ego next month: the latest edition of her project will involve talented young designer johann kauth and a replica of her little cupboard in a san fransisco gallery… looks like i won’t be making the opening this time…