ARCHIPELAGO ARCHITECTURE

My friend Miguel Mesa from Colombia, owner of  “Mesa Editores“  sent me this interesting book, which is much more than a simple compilation of information or a catalog of recent architecture in Colombia.

“Archipielago de Arquitectura”, is one of the latest editions of the Colombian editorial, “Mesa Editores” An independent publisher, part of the emerging scene of Colombian architecture. The architecture is also a sign of the times, not coincidentally, the quality and quantity of work that has emerged in parts of Colombia, which are being an example, throughout the world and are to draw attention to specialized Architecture media. Economic prosperity, good public policy, young talent and a lot to do. The book is divided with 7 young offices of architecture from Colombia: Oficina Informal, Camilo Restrepo, CTRL G + Federico Mesa, Manuel Villa, Mesa Editores, Paisajes Emergentes, Plan B: Arquitectura.

And texts from Florencia Rodriguez, Geoff Manaugh and Andrés Perea Ortega.

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Author : Emilio Marin

01/04/2011
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HOUSE MORRAN by Johannes Norlander Arkitektur

Simple, elegant, low cost. Perhaps words are not enough to describe the last project built, by the Swedish architect, Johannes Norlander. The project is a complete renovation of a former summer house located on an island outside Gothenburg. Exterior cladding in tar coated plywood.

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/29/2010
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ROMKA MAGAZINE ISSUE #5

The number of photographic cameras, per capita, in the digital era, no doubt, is a number that increases daily. And as everyone would like to have their 15 minutes of fame. Maybe ROMKA magazine, is a good idea for these times. The project was founded by Josh Bruckert, a German photographer in 2008, and this edition is the first edition printed, Issue #5, ROMKA magazine has graduated from online to on-paper. The magazine “is devoted to personal favourite photographs” by amateurs and pros alike, so you can find shots taken by your favourite artist and/or your mum in here.

Romka #5
100 pages at 14x21cm
offset print on recycling paper
saddle stitched
edition of 1,000
printed by Druckverlag Kettler

Author : Emilio Marin

12/29/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

KUMAGAI HOUSE by Hiroshi Kuno + associates.

The new generation of architects in Japan is giving a new boost to contemporary architecture. This new boost, has its focus on spatial practices related to the topic of domesticity. Small houses have become great examples, almost as a manifest, constructed and inhabited.
These new spatial practices, has its focus on relationships, rather than the object itself. The relationships between the program and nature, between architecture and landscape. This is the case of the Houses Kumagai, by Hiroshi Kuno + associates.

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/28/2010
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MADE IN MIMBRE

Sometimes to value the local identity is necessary to leave the place where you come from.
This is not new, and perhaps it is almost a fact. If you are from a faraway place, like Chile, and you’re a designer or architect, that’s a big difference with the rest of the world, a difference that you can use to your advantage, if your work is good, and innovative.

Made in Mimbre, is a firm that combines contemporary design with local identity, based in Chile.

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/22/2010
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STUDIO BANANA TV/ INTERVIEWS LUISA LAMBRI

Studio Banana TV interviews Italian photographer Luisa Lambri on the occasion of her participation at the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale.

Architecture is a favorite subject for the Italian photographer, who approaches the houses subjectively and patiently. ‘I am photographing myself being there,’ she says.

Luisa Lambri’s photographs stand in clear contrast to the established practice of architectural photography which has traditionally focused its attention on the exteriors of buildings. She travels the world photographing architectural interiors, often spending extended periods of time experiencing the buildings before she begins shooting. Her photographs have captured unexpected moments and observations of houses by architects the likes of Alvar Aalto, Richard Neutra, R.M. Schindler, John Lautner, Philip Johnson, Luis Barragán, Marcel Breuer or Álvaro Siza.

Author : Emilio Marin

12/20/2010
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WELCOME LESS IS MORE

The exhibition Superespacio / Welcome Less is More is a 1:1 scale reproduction, in wood, of one of the iconic works of modern architecture, that in 2011 will be 60 years, the Farnsworth House by the architect Mies Van der Rohe, build in Illinois, 1951. But, according to the author, the artist, Manuel Peralta, director of the artistic project called “SUPERESPACIO“, you should ask, ¿What is this?, ¿Is Architecture?, ¿Is Art?, and ¿Why is inside the Art Gallery?, maybe this must belong to the city. To learn more about the project, the author offered an appointment with a good cafe, in an open conversation.

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/17/2010
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I LOVE YOU MAGAZINE

Come and go. Some go there, when others come. ‘I LOVE YOU’ magazine is a publication which is inspired by the blogs, and by people in a way, very intuitive, writes, creates and publishes a blog, (nerds), usually with a very specific topic, to the point of absurdity. The independence, a specific topic, and a direct way. That is according to the founders, Christiane Bördner, an art director, and her photographer husband Marcus Gaab (together they run Berlin consultancy Agentur E), the main difference between a normal press and digital media such as blogs. This possibility.
The magazine is for women, and has no advertising inside.

The magazine is also interesting because in his blog, you can find visual material that perfectly complements the printed version of the magazine, taking the difference in a positive way. Understanding cyber space as a place that has its own identity. A series of videos, experimental, not so formal, and linked to fashion.

You can see some issues in NO LAYOUT::

Author : Emilio Marin

12/15/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

FAHRENHEIT 39

Fahrenheit 39, an exhibition that attempts to catalogue and inventory the current state of self-published books in Italy, curated by Emilio Macchia for Strativari.

FAHRENHEIT 39 , curated by Emilio Macchia, investigates publishing as an expressive medium, as filing system, a display system and as a platform for the practice of critical thinking and writing. The artists, authors, editors, writers and independent publishers who are involved in shaping these systems approach the book not only as a form of exhibition but also as an art form.

Traditionally graphic designers have played a key roll in shaping and forming the provided content of books, however, with recent developments and shifts in the roll of the designer in the process they are now in the position of drafting and editing content.

Self-published books are often produced in low editions and can be difficult to source. They allow us to consume content in a way conventional / trade books often do not, hindered by requests of the author, publisher and market demands. Fahrenheit 39 is an attempt to catalogue and inventory the current state of self-published books in Italy.

Launch December 18, 2010, 6.30pm
Ninapì nesting art gallery, Ravenna

Author : Emilio Marin

12/15/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

SIT AND READ

Process video of Kyle Garner, from Sit and Read, reupholstering a Jens Risom Lounge Chair using fabric directly from the UNIS Fall 2010 line.

One of Manhattan’s brightest contemporary clothing designers Unis recently partnered with Brooklyn’s Sit and Read Furniture for a line of home furnishings sharing the nuanced, timeless appeal of the label’s menswear.

Enjoy the video¡

Author : Emilio Marin

12/14/2010
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SAN ROCCO ARCHITECTURE MAGAZINE / LAUNCH

Launch
December 15, 7pm, Librairie Palais de Tokyo, Paris
December 18, 3pm, Bobi Bazlen Book Fair, Trieste

SAN ROCCO is a magazine about architecture.

SAN ROCCO does not solve problems. It is not a useful magazine.

SAN ROCCO is neither serious nor friendly.

SAN ROCCO is written by architects. As such, SAN ROCCO is not particularly intelligent, or philologically accurate. In SAN ROCCO, pictures are more important than texts.

SAN ROCCO is serious. It takes the risk of appearing naive.

SAN ROCCO will not last for ever. There will be no more than 20 SAN ROCCOs for the single five-year plan.

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/14/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

MONOCLE ALPINO out this week

Time goes fast, huh?. A rumor, which had for some time, have a release date. Following the spin, with  the special edition, ‘Monocle Mediterraneo‘, a newspaper for the summer, now continues with the same idea with  ‘Monocle Alpino‘ . Will Be available in airports, major cities and alpine ski resorts from this Wednesday, December 16.

Author : Emilio Marin

12/13/2010
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NO LAYOUT

No Layout is a digital library for independent publishers, focusing on art books and fashion magazines. It is meant as a support for printed publications, allowing users to flip through full content on any screen without downloads or apps. A promotional and archive tool.

- www.nolayout.com

Author : Emilio Marin

12/12/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

FUEGO FANZINE ISSUE #2 – GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE

FUEGO is a biannual fanzine edited by  the photographer Coke Bartrina , and the artist/designer  Elena Gallen, an enthusiast and a perfectionist, with doses of both energy and tortuosity. A fresh project with international coverage and especifically run artistic collaborations. This first issue of FUEGO represents our raid into the publishing world and the birth of our liaison. The zine an ode to rare themes which once awakened our curiosity and that after in-depth working end up sparkling trough these pages.

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/04/2010
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XVII CHILEAN ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2010

Visual artist Nicolás Rupcich shared with us this great video from the XVII Chilean Biennale designed by Emilio Marín.

Project: Emilio Marin
Project Manager: Juan Carlos López
Collaborators: Claudio Viñuela, Rodrigo Fernández, Alessandra dal Mos
Audio Installation: Rodrigo Araya, Nicolás Rupcich

Video Credits:

Recording and Editing: Nicolás Rupcich
Camera Assistant: Rodrigo Lobos
Audio: Rodrigo Araya, Nicolás Rupcich

Author : Emilio Marin

12/02/2010
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HELSINKI DESIGN LAB / ALEJANDRO ARAVENA

I want to share this video, where the Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, one of the most influential architects in the world right now, famous for its proposal, social housing, called “ELEMENTAL“, winner of the “Silver Lion” at the XI Venice Biennale, and designer of “Chairless” for Vitra.  Alejandro Aravena has developed ways in different fields for the discipline of Architecture, and that’s where his great contribution, especially in these times where our concerns are concerns 2.0, which require working across other disciplines.From a private practice, like a house on the beach, to the design of a “question” for the future of FINLAND.     In this video, it appears as part of a team of Helsinki Design Lab (HDL), to handle issues that are and will be important for everyone, as Sustainability, Ageing and Education.

Author : Emilio Marin

12/02/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

APARTAMENTO ISSUE # 06

One of my favorite magazines, is in stores now. Apartamento is a interiors magazine dedicated to interior space and the people who live in it. The issue 06 is out now!

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Author : Emilio Marin

12/02/2010
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AMO / PRADA – FANTASY LOOKBOOK AND MOTIONBOOK PROJECT

I do not want to talk about fashion, when I talk about the collaboration between AMO and PRADA, Marco Maggetto is perhaps the right person for this, but  I am interested in the collaboration between AMO, the mirror of the architectural office OMA, which is responsible for all projects that the traditional practice of architecture can not be covered. This is the last work in collaboration between PRADA and AMO, the “FANTASY LOOKBOOK” AND MOTIONBOOK PROJECT (Directed by James Lima).

As always leading the way, or  following the pulse of what’s coming.

- PRADA

- AMO

Author : Emilio Marin

12/01/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION

THE LAST ZÜRICH ZINE SEZESSION

“The Last Zine Sezession will be a commemoration of the

“book-fair age”; it was great while it lasted, but we feel the end is nigh. ¡”

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Author : Emilio Marin

11/30/2010
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INFLUENCERS

INFLUENCERS FULL VERSION from R+I creative on Vimeo.

‘INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment’.

You can not miss it¡

influencersfilm.com
facebook.com/​influencersfilm
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Director’s Note: on.fb.me/​bQ3kHj
Playlist: on.fb.me/​cve0yF

Author : Emilio Marin

11/06/2010
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PIN-UP Nº9

PIN–UP No. 9, the L.A. Special, is now available exclusively at the New York Art Book Fair. Featuring interviews with Greg Lynn, Thom Mayne, Johnston Marklee, Retna, Hedi Slimane (who shot the cover)…as well as home stories with Jeffrey Deitch, Lisa Eisner, Jess Harnell, and Norwood Young. PLUS: A special commission of PIN–UP CASE STUDY HOUSES by five international architects: Emilio Marín, Sam Causer, Andreas Angelisakis, Etienne Descloux, Rafael de Cárdenas.

Author : Emilio Marin

11/06/2010
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ANDY REMENTER x NIEVES / ZINE DEBUT – NYARTBOOKFAIR

Andy Rementer
Promo video to announce a zine in collaboration with Nieves books. Zine will debut at the New York Art Book Fair, Nov 5-7, 2010.

Drawings and Animation by Andy Rementer
Sound by Michael Manning
©2010 Andy Rementer

www.nieves.ch
www.andyrementer.com

Author : Emilio Marin

11/02/2010
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THE ROOM #12 – COVER SHOOT

The Room #12

Photographer: Marton Perlaki
Fashion Editor: Ali Toth & Aniko Virag
Model: Valerija Kelava @ Oui Management
Make-up: Bernadett Titkos
Hair: Tamas Tuzes & Tessa Scheffler @ Hairclub using Bumble and bumble
Photo assistant: Gergo Gonczol
Stylist assistant: Panka Bojtor
Make up assistant: Richard Fazekas
Location: Flaschbak Photo Studio
Cinematographers: Miklos Suranyi & Zsofia Kovacs
Video: Janos Radics
Typography: Andras Toth

Music: Parov Stelar – Coco feat. Lilja Bloom (M. Fuereder/B. Lichtenauer taken from the album Coco (Etage Noir Recordings, 2009)

Author : Emilio Marin

11/01/2010
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DAS MAGAZIN / POP-UP STORE

This 30th of October was opened, the “Magazine Pop-Up Store” for period of 30 days, showcasing selected magazines and self- published publications, from all over the world. Das Magazin celebrates magazines, zines and in its core independent publishing.

Bone Shaker, Cornucopia, Cosmic Wonder Free Press, Elk Magazine, Fuego, Fukt, Grey, Gym Class Magazine, Home Sapiens Magazine, Here and There, Hot Rod, Huge, I Love you, Inventory, Iranian Tales, Laser Magazine, NONZINE, Paper Monument, Paper Girl, Pin-Up, Popshot, Put A Egg On It, Pyramid Power, Qompendium, Rosebud, Social Aesthetics, Teardrops, The Last Magazine, The Exhibitionist, Underscore, Vince Aletti, Waterfall Magazine, We Make Magazines, We love Magazines,Ykky.

Das Magazin is a project of Art-Lawyer.

-Address:
Teilfeld 8, Hamburg-Neustadt

- www.art-lawyer.de
- www.facebook.com/dasmagazin

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Author : Emilio Marin

10/31/2010
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A DIARY OF AN EXHIBITION

These guys from the video are ‘Tankboys‘, remember?. Are the ones who are behind ‘Automaticsbooks’, the independent publisher house, who published and edited the last zine of  ‘Alessandro Zuek‘, the video is part of a blog called ‘A Diary of an Exhibition‘, and this blog is the logbook of Graphic Design Worlds, the exhibition that will open in January 2011 at the Triennale Design Museum in Milan.

Curated by Giorgio Camuffo, the exhibition will display the multifarious worlds of graphic design by featuring the work, the ideas and the stories of some of the most interesting designers in the contemporary international scene.

Featured on the blog are texts, interviews, videos, pictures, and photographs, as well as thoughts and considerations, that provide a look behind the scenes of the making of the exhibition.

The blog is curated by Giorgio Camuffo, Benedetta Crippa and Maddalena Dalla Mura.

Enjoy¡

Author : Emilio Marin

10/27/2010
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THE HISTORY OF A MUG BY BYGGSTUDIO

Everyday Life Books by Apartamento Magazine invites you to the launch of its first publication: The Story of a Mug by Byggstudio , in Tokyo Japan.  They already made a launch in the store DO YOU READ ME? , in Berlin, a few days ago.

This first book has the support of Littala, and is a good example of how brands can believe in an independent publishing project, and work together to achieve a result with a contemporary pulse.

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Author : Emilio Marin

10/26/2010
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SALON LIGHT #7 – PICS

Check some pictures from the weekend and also  interviews with some of the invited publishers, like Fw:, Boabooks, Dent De Leone & Åbäke, DYNASTY ZINE, Book Works, The Institute of Social Hypocrisy, GAGARIN, KAUGUMMI, Editions B42, Westphalie Verlag, on Manystuff website.

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Author : Emilio Marin

10/24/2010
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SALON LIGHT #7, 22 – 24 OCTOBER 2010

If you are in Paris.

Salon Light. 22-24 October 2010
@ Point Ephémère
Quai de Valmy
75010 Paris

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Author : Emilio Marin

10/22/2010
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HERE AND THERE

“I think it should be very personal and passionate, if you lose the passion it’s better to do nothing. If you have no interest in creating then you should not do it; nobody is asking you to do it.” Nakako Hayashi.

‘Here and There‘ is one of my favourite publications. The editorial is NAKAKO BOOKS, and the  publisher is  Nieves .The publication is edited, curated and produced by Nakako Hayashi. She has been working for a long time in the publishing world, for several important publications. During that period, he met many interesting people with whom, for some reason, became impossible to publish traditional journals. He then decided to make his own publication called ‘Here and There’. In the publications appear  all the people he met throught out the years (mostly friends of Nakako, nowadays). Published issues are directly linked to Nakako’s concerns of the moment. The result is difficult to classify, the design is  fantastic, the designer is the awesome Kazunari Hattori. The published content is simple and personal. In all the numbers there is Elien Fleiss, a close friend of Nakako, who began her career as a curator of art exhibitions, and made her name in 1992 by publishing the inspirational Purple magazine with Olivier Zahm. Over the next ten years, in its various incantations, Purple Prose, Purple Fashion and Purple Sex have become collectables.

I here recommend reading this short interview to Nakako Hayashi with very inspiring answers for those who believe their own project is similar. HERE.

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Author : Emilio Marin

10/15/2010
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‘Magazine Library’ at maison AOYAMA Tokyo on 09.11~10.31.2010

Magazine Library is a moving exhibit/library of magazines and independent publications from over 50 countries in Japan. Each exhibit is a curated new discovery of publications with genres of fashion, architecture, art, culture, lifestyle, photography, and more. Vintage magazines dating back to the 1920s like French fashion magazine FEMINA are part of Magazine Library`s large collection. There have been over 35,000 visitors at Magazine Library`s first four showings.
Here’s a video from the recent opening night of the fifth Magazine Library show in Japan. Magazine heaven! The exhibition has been extended until the end of October, and regular additions are being made to the library.

- http://www.magazinelibrary.jp/
- http://www.everythingisaremix.com/

Author : Emilio Marin

10/12/2010
Category: / THE SHY REVOLUTION