Yeah, there should also be more pop-up-magazines. Check out the book “600 black spots” from David Carter. Via

Trailer for this new book: “Papercraft is an extensive survey on the insatiable trend of innovative art and design work crafted from paper. It explores the astounding possibilities of paper and gathers the most extraordinary creations – from small objects and figures to large-scale art installations and urban interventions as well as three-dimensional graphic sculptures from a vast spectrum of artistic disciplines ranging from character design, urban art, fine art, graphic design, illustration, fashion, animation and film. The book also includes a DVD with fun DIY printable templates for creating your own paper characters and toys as well as a curated selection of the best stop-motion animations.” Via

Interesting new magazine concept. It’s like with music industry. The industry is fucked up – and musicians mostly make their money with live concerts, not with record sales. So why sell magazines? Do a Live-Magazine: “Pop-Up Magazine is the world’s first live magazine, created for a stage, a screen, and a live audience. Nothing will arrive in your mailbox; no content will go online. An issue exists for one night, in one place. Pop-Up showcases the country’s most interesting writers, documentary filmmakers, photographers, and radio producers, together, on stage, sharing short moments of unseen, unheard work. Books, films, journalism, photography, and radio documentaries in progress. Obsessions and digressions. Outtakes, arguments, and live interviews. Each evening of Pop-Up unfolds like a magazine. Short reviews, dispatches, and provocations anchor the front, longer features follow in the back. Our theme is no theme. Pop-Up seeks to explore the varied world around us, through stories and ideas. Science, music, politics, art, business, food, literature, design, nature—all in a 75 minute show.” Via

Open Submission for ART Books: “Have you recently published an Art book without ISBN number? Is it an Art book, the documentation of your work or does it cover Art or Art theory?I am looking for publications by international practitioners in the fields of contemporary Art and theory that have recently been realised without a distributor/publisher.” Via

I just subscribed to this project, sounds great – but i did not received a mail yet. But i would also not tell you – because it’s a secret project. “Because it’s nice to receive a secret, because nude photography was already - officially - 40% of the photographic production in 1853 and because nofound is quite ‘intimate photography’ oriented, we decided to launch a new proposal: nofound(secret). Nofound(secret) will just be a newsletter, no archive, no blog linked. Every now and then you will receive an email, you won’t ever know when - it can be twice a week or possibly even once every six months - of a nude picture by one of nofound’s photographers or by a new discovery. No text, no link, nothing else, just a secret picture never before seen in your inbox. Intimate moment.” Via

Fucking amazing: Simon Elvins build a paper turntable. And the best thing about it: It even works! Via

If you are in London right now this is a Must-Go: “Publish and Be Damned are pleased to announce the 6th annual self-publishing fair which will take place at Oxford House in Bethnal Green on Sunday 27 September from 3pm-8pm. Surveying a wide range of independent local, national and international publishers of magazines, fanzines, journals, diaries and periodicals, Publish and Be Damned celebrates publishing as a creative and critical space for presenting artists’ work. As with previous years, the fair celebrates experimental approaches to making and distributing the work of artists, writers and musicians outside of the commercial mainstream. In addition we will have room dedicated to performances and talks throughout the afternoon.” Via

dreams came true.

For all paper lovers: Héctor Sos “Swatch Book Creator”, 2009. Via

Once again the autonomous publisher scene gathered in Berlin: Motto organized a “One Day Self Publishing Fair” with 60 publishers coming from 18 countries. And Kunstbibliothek Berlin presented the newly acquired exhibition “KIOSK - Modes of multiplication” (until 28th february 2010) - the show has an archive of more than 6000 titels of artists books, magazines and videos collected during ten years by Christoph Keller, the founder of Revolver Books and Christoph Keller Editions and also one of our GS-jurors. Via: Mail