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Kai Brach - Offscreen Magazine

Kai Brach is a designer and publisher based in Melbourne, Australia. He is the founder and sole operator of Offscreen Magazine (http://www.offscreenmag.com/)...

Moving Pictures - Envato take a look into the magazine world and the world of designer and indie publisher Kai Brach. This mini-doco looks into Kai’s inspiration and process for making his wonderful magazine Offscreen.

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Making Wearables From E-Waste

Meet Cyrus Kabiru. The Nairobi, Kenya artist is turning e-waste into wearables and art. Sources: Cyrus on Tumblr: http://www.cyruskabiruart.tumbrl.com/ Cyrus...

Moving Pictures - AJ+ meet's Cyrus Kabiru a self-taught Kenyan visual artist who puts together eyewear from e-waste. They discuss his process and inspiration.

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Portland artist Will Bryant has a penchant for positivity. With a boisterous style inspired by basketball, talking food, and pop culture at large, the prolific maker creates eye...

Still Pictures - The people of Urban Outfitters show us around the artist Will Bryant’s Portland studio. Will is an eye catching illustrator and creative designer who takes reference from basketball, pop culture and even talking food.

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The World's Most Beautiful Bookshops

Bibliophiles rejoice! From a haunted house in New Orleans to a spectacular Argentinian theatre, we celebrate seven of the world’s most irresistible bookstores

Short-Form Reads - From Buenos Aires to Maastricht, AnOther Magazine show us around the most beautiful bookstores in the world. From a basement to a repurposed theatre, these are some of the most picturesque holders of knowledge.

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Episode 200 - The Entrepreneurs 200 - Radio

We meet Jason Goldberg and Petrus Palmer of Berlin-based start-up Hem and talk to Phil Hutcheon of mobile app DICE about why transparency is the future of live music ticketing. Plus: we’re in the West Bank city of Hebron to profile the revival of the local leather-shoemaking industry.

Talking Sounds - Monocle chats to entrepreneurs Jason Goldberg and Petrus Palmer the co-founders of Hem an design-led online furniture start-up in Berlin. Conversations include the start-up scene and the pairs vision of the brand Hem.

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Pins, zines & trinkets from Adam J. Kurtz, graphic designer and generally serious person.

Interesting Items - We’re in love with the bits and bobs of creative joy created by New York based graphic designer, artist, author and illustrator Adam J. Kurtz. Check out his store.

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Talking Sounds - Jessica Harris of NPR’s show From Scratch, sits down with David Karp, founder of Tumblr and discuss life and how he madeTumblr the success it is today.

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I Love New York: Meet Milton Glaser, creator of the 'I Love NY' logo | Art and Design

You're probably familiar with Milton Glaser's work, even if you don't know it. The graphic artist is the man responsible for creating the ubiquitous 'I love ...

Moving Pictures - The Guardian sits down with graphic designer Milton Glaser the genius behind the I ‘heart’ NY logo. He discuss how the logo came about and its effect on the New York culture.

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Asbjørn - Bones Bad Bones /// Berlin Sessions #70

Asbjørn - Bones Bad Bones Artist: http://www.asbjornmusic.com/ Location: Arena Berlin | Our/ Berlin Music Week It's Berlin Music Week, and First We Take Berl...

Musical Sounds - The band Asbjorn pump out a instrumental version of Bones Bad Bones in a Berlin park for the website Berlin Sessions. These boys still get me in that Sunday mood - from 2013.

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“Cold Little Bird”

Fiction: “Of course a child could do it. Who else but children to lead the fucking species into darkness?”

Long-Form Reads - A wonderful piece of fiction appeared in last weeks issue of the New Yorker. “Cold little bird” by Ben Marcus - a story of a boy that becomes suddenly distant with his parents.

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Studio Visit: Richard Haines

Richard Haines is among the most well-known illustrators working in fashion today. He cut his teeth in fashion design but has come to practically reinvent the art of menswear illustration and has worked prolifically for the likes of The New York Times, Prada, Dries van Noten and GQ. His seminal blog, What I Saw Today, is a feast […]

Still Pictures - Well known fashion illustrator Richard Haines invites Need Supply Co. into his studio and home. An easy interview including favourite sandwiches and Sunday rituals, the pictorial accompaniment paints a scene of a typical creatively-lusty home. 

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Fvf show us around the home, studio and shop of fashion designer Jan-Jan van Essche. His multi-use home in Borgerhout, Antwerp used to be a garage, but is now packed with a wonderfully constructed mishmash of abstract belongings which enrich the space to feel homely and loved.

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Monocle editor in chief Tyler Brule interviews the fashion icon Karl Largerfeld. They touch on the fashion industry, media and ask why Berlin is no longer the place it once was.

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The independent policy institute Chatham House has released an interesting report into cyber security at civil nuclear facilities and their growing risk of a cyber attack.

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James Gulliver Hancock is an artist and illustrator. His skilful hand has garnered the book All the Buildings in New York - an artful love letter to the city that never sleeps.