TT:NT: “All Year Rings” - a set of flower rings and all made of paper. Via
* Theory: “The Death of Print. Why the bottom fell out.”
* Save the date: Publish and be damned, self-publishing fair 2009, sunday, 27th september, London
* New book: “The Publications Project 2009“, which presents a new collection of 16 publications varying from magazines, essays, books, playing cards & artist editions to performance artifacts. Via
* Two more great independent publishing houses: Elvis Press, based in Japan, and Boabooks from Switzerland.
* Looks great: “For my diploma I made a concept for a personal travelling magazine, about music, design, illustration, art and sub culture, using my impressions, and interpreting them into the layout of the magazine for that particular city the issue is about: Jaunt New York, Tokyo, Oslo.
“All Most Heaven” by Santiago Mostyn @ TV Books - an independent publishing house based in New York
* Theory: Andrew Losowsky about magazines that push the boundaries of the print medium.
* Great covers: Polish Womens League magazine from the ’60s and ’70s.
* Homecooking Books: love, artisanry and books - made in France. Via
* June 18th: We design magazines @ The Moving Picture Company, London - organized by EditorialDesign.Org. And on June 10th: Independent magazine makers (Karen Lubbock from Karen magazine, Danny Miller from Little White Lies and Becky Smith, art director of Lula magazine) share their work and their experiences of self-publishing. Via
* “Automatic Books“: another small indipendent publishing house based in Venice. Via
* Theory, again: “If arts journalism is in trouble, what about publishing?” Via
* “NZ/Australian magazine store Magnation have just launched a magazine blog promising views on ‘the magazine industry and how it translates through to consumers from a retail and brand perspective.” Via
* “We are the city scum” - a “foto-punk” zine from Ukraine. Via
* Looks nice: Errore Zine. Via
Finally we are celebrating our official launch: Join us at the
“Checkdisout #2“-panel (Kunstverein Hamburg, Klosterwall 23, Hamburg; 26th may, 19:30) about New Publishing - new media trends and magazine culture. We will organize a reading lounge and exhibition with the very best magazines from our GuteSeiten-Zinothek. And now the long version in german: “Die klassischen Medien befinden sich im freien Fall: Auflagen und Anzeigenerlöse schrumpfen kontinuierlich, erste Massenentlassungen bei allen großen Medienkonzernen waren die Folge. Auch das letzte Ass im Ärmel – die Onlinemedien – versprechen keine Besserung. Themenblogs, monothematische Magazine bis hin zur tatsächlich individualisierten Zeitung, die Nischen werden immer spezieller – Blogs, RSS-Feeds, PDF-Magazine, Fanzines … Wer behält da noch den Überblick? Wer sorgt für eine verlässliche Vorauswahl der Inhalte? Der Leser? Die Community? Ein Algorithmus? Der Redakteur? Oder ist der längst tot? Führt kein Weg mehr aus der Krise? Checkdisout #2 New Publishing präsentiert innovative Blattmacher, Onlinetrends und zukunftsweisende Medienprojekte. Wir diskutieren mit Machern und Enthusiasten über ihre Arbeit, die Kunst, die aus der Nische kam, Brot und Wasser und natürlich vor allem eins: Inhalte! Sprecher: Alain Bieber (GuteSeiten, Art Magazin); Alexander Böker (Chesley); Verena Dauerer (Ex-Pingmag, Page); Jan Mueller-Wiefel (Gudberg), Markus Peichl (LeadAcademy); Moderation Daniel Schoeps.” Curious? Then book your ticket here.
