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

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:30:17 -0500

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

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:07:33 -0500

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

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:38:18 -0500

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. See Also: Jacco's interview at Gym Class Roomservice is available on their site

Get Out!: Egg Picnic in the Park

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:02:58 -0500

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

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:35:51 -0500

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

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:19:17 -0500

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

Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:26:51 -0500

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

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:07:03 -0500

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

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:46:29 -0500

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!

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:57:17 -0500

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.

Magazine Rack of the Week: M is for Magazines

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:33:31 -0500

This adorable wood magazine file is handmade in Rochester, New York by Jenny and Jim. Their Etsy store is down for the next week or so, but bookmark this and check back!

Get Out!: open studios, book parties, etc.

Thu, 03 Jun 2010 11:48:14 -0500

Friday: Rock Paper Show's New York release party. 7-8pm at The Strand, NYC. Geoff Peveto, curator of Rock Paper Show and president of the American Poster Institute will be there as will some of the artists from the book to chat and sign things. Friday and Saturday: The Warehouse Sale at Paula Cooper gallery! An exclusive and limited-time offering of hundreds of titles from Printed Matter and 192 Books at deep discounts - up to 60% off! 521 West 21st St. Both days 10am-6pm. All Weekend: Bushwick Open Studios. Visit studios, see art, talk to people, drink their beers. For a full list of participating buildings and events, see www.artsinbushwick.org. Monday: John Waters in conversation with the New York Public Library's Paul Holdengraber. The legendary filmmaker and connoisseur of bad taste presents his new collection of personal essays, Role Models, in which he pays homage to the artists (and Baltimore bar owners) who have inspired him (think Denton Welch, Johnny Mathis and Cristina Stead). Bryant Park, 8pm. $25 seats and a limited selection of free seating will be available at 7pm.

Linkronenberg

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:35:45 -0500

Flickr Finds: Mickey the Pixel's underground comics collection Verlyn Klinkenborg's Further Thoughts of a Novice E-Reader A wonderful new bookstore, Mast, has opened up on Ave. A between E. 4th and 5th Streets, next to the New York Magazine store. A very well curated space, filled with art books and the like. Prices are excellent, and they're buying books, so you should get your fabulous boxes down there.

Lists

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:50:49 -0500

Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art by Liza Kirwin 7 x 10", Paperback , 208 pages $24.95 There is something cool/illuminating about seeing the process behind an artist's work--the diagrams, early sketches and notes. And for me, perhaps even more so, there's a thrill in seeing the way an artist or writer whom I admire deals with the more mundane, day-to-day details of her life: the grocery lists, address books, doodles, to-dos and schedules. Liza Kirwin, manuscripts curator at the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, has collected notes and lists from some major artists (Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, Vito Acconci) and historical moments (Paula Cooper's pre-gallery opening to-do list, an early version of Ludwig Sander's list of members of The Club-an art discussion group who's members included Ad Reinhart and Willem de Kooning) into this very nice looking book. Franz Kline's humble taste in food and enormous appetite for booze give me tender feelings toward him. Adolf Konrad's great attention to sartorial detail makes me jealous/psyched. In a list of expenses torn out of a notebook and given to Sam Wagstaff, Gordon Newton includes $5 for "Bad Habits." If only mine cost so little. I pour over this book with both a voyeur's sneaky excitement and an eye for art historical details. The collection is also a show entitled To-Dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected Thoughts, and Other Artists' Enumerations from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art and it runs through Sept. 27 at the Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture's Lawrence A. Fleischman Gallery in Washington DC. Lists is available directly from Princeton Architectural Press, Amazon and your cool neighborhood bookstore. Spreads from the book.

Magazine Rack of the Week: Le Bouc

Fri, 28 May 2010 13:37:39 -0500

Le Bouc (The Goat!), designed by Belgian Mathieu Gabiot, is a really exciting piece of furniture - kind of awkward and elegant all at once. It's current without being trendy and I can see it fitting into any sort of decor - even mixed in with lots of vintage stuff that's not modern or contemporary. Actually - I want it. Le Bouc is available on Gabiot's site for €195, shipping from Begium