der:die:das: #3 (Cord/Corduroy) - Spring/Summer 2010
1 votesder:die:das: is a monothematic magazine made in Zurich, which examines items, objects and various “things” from everyday life, trying to get to the bottom of their meaning to newly…
… orchestrate them. The second issue is about C like Cord/Corduroy. Featuring Pascal Christoph Tanner, writing the story of Friedrich Engels’ book “The Condition of the Working Class in England”. Photographer Peter Hauser made images of Manchester, the “city of cord“. Marion Strunk shares her passion for threads. Daniel Buren shows his early masterpieces in stripes. Zurich’s singer/songwriter Big Zis wrote a poetic story. Florence Tétier & Nicolas Coulomb orchestrated nine corduroy creations from international fashion designers like Austria based Fabrics Interseason, Swiss based Tran Hin Phu, German based Bitten Stetter etc. Artist Gabi Deutsch sets the fuse cord on fire and many more stories and pictures about and around the fabric corduroy.
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Mission Statement: der:die:das: is a monothematic magazine made in Zurich, which examines items, objects and various “things“ from everyday life, trying to get to the bottom of their meaning and give them a new existence. Next to their meaning in everyday life the items will be put in an art- and design-format in order to reveal the bizzare and the established all at once. der:die:das: is an inspiration to animate common „things“ and showing them in other contexts in order to be taken by surprise. der:die:das: calls for the new in everyday life and the ordinary in the novel and assembles the various perceptions of different disciplines in art and design by various artists, designers and authors in one magazine. The „things“ will be selected, dissected and analysed according to the alphabet. der:die:das: will be sold in selected magazine- book- and design-stores. The first issue will started with the letter A for apple. The second issue was about B like Büroklammer (paperclip).
Founded: September 2008, by Nadja Aebi and Hin Van Tran
Based in: Zürich, Switzerland
Editors / Designers: Nadja Aebi and Hin Van Tran
Periodicity: Biannual
Language: German, English
Format: 4C, 20×27, 100 pages
Circulation: 1000
Price: SONDERANGEBOT / SPECIAL OFFER 7,50 €
Web: derdiedas-magazin.com
Contact: hallo (at) derdiedas-magazin.com
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