In Brief: What, as they say, is up?

07/29/10

We are often quiet ... but now we have a reason! So, yeah. Our zine, Put A Egg On It, just came out and we're in the throes of promotion and post office trips. One cool thing: the zine was in this weeks New York Magazine Approval Matrix! If you're in New York, you can pick up a copy at St. Mark's Bookstore, Spoonbill & Sugartown, Marlowe & Sons, Cinders Gallery and Desert Island. Or you can get your copy here.

On top of that, we're moving into a new studio today and tomorrow! What should we name it?

Magazine Rack of the Week: Book Box

07/23/10

Norwegian furniture designer Amy Hunting's Book Box is made out of factory wood waste, and can be flipped around to various book (or mag!) configurations. It kind of reminds me of a rustic space invader. Available on Amy's site by request.

Roomservice

07/22/10

Roomservice: Magazine About Real Life Transactions
100 pages, full color, perfect bound
170 mm x 240 mm
€15

I particularly love magazines with a strong concept from which all of its content revolves around. When all choices are made based on their relationship to the central concept, a magazine becomes a unified whole, even though it contains a wide diversity of contributions. This is the real art of magazine making. I also love magazines that feature people who aren't famous - because fame isn't enough to make someone interesting. Found and Butt are two favorites because they exemplify these qualities and so does the new Dutch magazine Roomservice created and designed by Jacco Kranenburg. Issue one is a collection of the magazine's winning bids on ebay auctions of human billboards. Through auction descriptions and photos of sellers displaying their Roomservice advertisements, we get a fascinating glimpse into the lives of strangers.

Roomsevice is an intriguing example of the possibilities of internet/print symbiosis. It has the democratic and accidental qualities of the net contained in quality editorial arrangement.

Roomservice is available on their site

Get Out!: Egg Picnic in the Park

07/16/10

In celebration of the arrival of Put A Egg On It: Tasty Zine Issue #2, we cordially invite you to join us in McCarren Park in Williamsburg this Sunday, the 18th of July from 2 until 5pm. We will be hanging out and picnicking near the Driggs and Lorimer entrance of the park. Feel free to bring a dish to share! Or just show up! We'll be making food, as will Lia of Diavolo Hot Sauce, Andrew from Rockaway Taco and others.

Put A Egg On It #2, Over Easy Boogaloo

07/14/10

Put A Egg On It #2
5.5" x 8.5", 32 pages, full color on green paper
$7.00

We've been quiet - WHY? Well, we were busy getting our own zine out! Whew! Put A Egg On It is a tasty little morsel that represents the feeling we get when lots of pals are scrunched at the table and involved in multiple conversations while snack trays and dinner plates are flying around. Put A Egg On It features writing, photography and drawings about the lovely, messy communal joys of preparing and sharing meals. Our Second issue features local products by Susie Karlowski, James Keough and Nick Catucci. Essays by Paul Gerard, Elizabeth Pearce, Kristal Hawkins and Max Blagg. Photography by Laura June Kirsch and Billy Sullivan. Drawings by Aaron Renier, Jason McClean, Shayne Ehman and mc sub-zero permafrost. Yum!

Get it here!

Linkitty

07/05/10

Flickr Finds: Some of my favorite illustration/design work are 1960's/70's Krautrock record covers, enso-on has a few great ones in his record collection.

Check out The Huffington Post's list of 15 Feisty Small Presses.

I am so seriously not a fan of Wonder Woman's new costume. It won't last.

The Cabinet Staff doing their own distribution! It's rough out there.

Magazine Rack of the Week: Archive Magazine Rack

06/25/10

The Archive Magazine Rack is made of steel, attaches to the wall and comes in multiple colors, which you can combine to create a bigger magazine rack. Fill a whole wall up!

Available at dutchbydesign.com for £12.50

Get Out! Books and Movies

06/24/10

Saturday: Book Launch: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, chronotopes & dioramas. This companion volume to the exhibition at Dia at the Hispanic Society includes a photo "atlas" by Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster; new writing by Spanish novelist Enrique Vila-Matas; an essay by curator Lynne Cooke with parallel commentary by Gonzalez-Foerster; and a contribution by author and editor Bradford Morrow. 3pm. Free but RSVP. (images above are from her show.)

Pam Butler, The Good Girl Book Book Launch and Signing at Printed Matter. 5-7pm.

Monday: The 18th Annual Poets House Showcase. On display: all the poetry books published in the United States during the last year. From micro-press chapbooks to CDs to volumes from major commercial publishers, over 2,000 poetry titles are gathered together at Poets House. Opening reception 6-8pm. On view through July 31.

Ongoing: The Peregrinations & Pettifoggery of W.C. Fields at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Vincent Astor Gallery. A collection of photographs, posters, letters and memorabilia from the Fields family is on view through August 21st and W.C. Fields' movies will be screening on Tuesdays. Fun! Full list of stuff here.

Linkracker

06/22/10

Flickr Finds: Christian Montoner's vintage art supply collection

I'm really bummed that Grafik magazine, strangely the only interestingly designed graphic design magazine, is folding!

Check out McSweeny's Bargain Books section. Especially cool is the half off McSweeney's #13, the gorgeous and legendary comics issue, with a fold out poster cover by Chris Ware.

The Camera Club of New York is having an open call for a one day zine and self-published photo book fair. Drop off your book or zine during gallery hours Monday-Saturday, 12-6pm at Attn: Zine Fair The Camera Club of New York, The Arts Building 336 West 37th Street, Suite 206 New York, NY 10018-4212. Click here for more info.

Get Out! gay AND literary!

06/17/10

Saturday: Gay Print / Queer Zines panel discussion. Tracing the history of queer publications, from underground "gay rags" to current contemporary independent and mainstream magazines, GAY PRINT / QUEER ZINES looks at how design and the editorial process has both been shaped by and help shape the attitudes and identity of the queer community. Panelists include dudes from Butt, K48 and OUT magazine. Museum of Arts + Design. 3pm. $7 General / $5 Students. Tickets available here.

Sunday: The Giant Lit Mag Fair at Housingworks Bookstore Cafe. With Canteen, Glimmer Train, Ecotone, Electric Literature, The Literary Review, The Oxford American, Make, Slice, Zeek and more. Noon - 5pm. Free.