A condensed history of an innovative moment in publishing history revives the visionary potentials within the humble paperback format. Domus speaks to authors Jeffrey Schnapp and Adam Michaels. A book review from New York by Alan Rapp

http://www.domusweb.it/en/book-review/the-electric-information-age-book/

Copypastecharacter.com gathers hard to find characters in a few categories and makes them available with a simple click, ready to be pasted into emails, tweets and text messages.

http://copypastecharacter.com/ 

When Mini contacted New York City based karlssonwilker for campaign ideas surrounding the launch of the new Mini Coupe, we’re pretty sure they did not expect to produce a road trip through Europe.  And that’s precisely what karlssonwilker founders, Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson convinced Mini to do. The pair, along with KW creative director Nicole Jacek, drove two Mini Coupés across southern Europe with a film crew and photographer making stops to meet with area creatives and document their adventure. They came up with the plan once they heard the ‘Another day, another adventure’ theme Mini was looking to develop ideas around.

http://llreps.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/karlssonwilker-take-a-european-roadtrip-to-launch-the-mini-coupe/ 

http://www.anotherdayanotheradventure.com/ 

Bachelor film project 2012 from The Animation Workshop.

In celebration of “It Chooses You”, Miranda July and her team scoured the New York classifieds, buying up once-meaningful objects and interviewing the sellers. These items, ranging from a modest bottle cap collection to a massive work of art, will be resold for the original asking price (plus tax) at Miranda July’s resale shop within Partners & Spade. Specially-designed packaging will offer insights into the lives behind the hundreds of unique objects, and the local sellers will be in attendance — as will Miranda July herself, signing copies of “It Chooses You”. Joe Putterlik’s obscene and tender homemade cards (described in the book) will also be on display.

http://mirandajuly.com/ 

Originally from Hyogo, Japan, Kenzo graduated from Parsons School of Design with a BFA in Product Design after majored Western Philosophy in Japan. Before he established himself as an artist / designer, he started out his career as a set designer for TV broadcast including MTV and Sci-Fi Channel which lead to shoot his own shorts and TV spots, and worked in broadcast as an art director, director, and motion graphic designer for 7 years, with clients ranging from Coca-Cola to Wu-Tang Clan. He also has done multiple projects as interface designer with team of M.I.T. media lab for multimedia art projects.

http://www.kenzominami.com/

Born in Singapore, Msxi has learnt to find beauty in the vernacular, the “everyday”. From this little isle, she often dreams of a bigger, better world – a brighter “everyday”. Having won a Government scholarship in 2006, she spread her wings from Singapore to major in Illustration at Central Saint Martins, London.

Just as Art knows no bounds, Msxi constantly seeks new ways of sharing her creative illustrations. Various mediums form fresh landscapes for her to bring each unique concept and theme to life. Collaborative projects with graphic designers, fashion labels and museums have also expanded her world as she presses on to create work that is fun, new and relevant.

Msxi now works independently as a full-time illustrator and has held her first solo exhibition at The Art Studio, Old School in Singapore in 2010. She has received acclaim as London Creative International Competition’s ‘New Talent of Year 2010′ and was also voted ‘Best Illustrator 2010′ by JUICE Magazine, Singapore.

With each challenge, Msxi presses on, devoting all her energy to creations that ultimately resonate with people; all in the hope of making everyday on this planet, beautiful.

http://www.messymsxi.com/

Lu Liang, is a graphic designer born in 1983 in Shandong, China. She received BA degree in Graphic Design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam in 2008; MA degree at the Werkplaats Typografie, Arnhme in 2011. She is now working as an independent graphic designer in Amsterdam. Her work is mainly focus on printed matter and visual identity. She works closely to culture institute, she has been working with Casco, Utrecht; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Berlage Institute, Rotterdam; Dutch art institute; e-arts, Shanghai etc.

Directed by Ryan Hope, Skin is a dark, stylish examination of tattoo culture as high art, and a film that tests the boundaries of art and the human body.

Featuring contributions from Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Raymond Pettibon, the film is a beautiful visual essay from the frontiers of contemporary British art. 

Skin was made in association with Garage Magazine to mark the launch issue, and was made possible by the generosity of Christie’s, the world’s leading art business, and W Hotels.

Full documentary here: http://vimeo.com/33031556

http://thebureau.com.sg/ 

A live episode of Design Matters with Debbie Millman was filmed at the School of Visual Arts Masters in Branding Studio by Hillman Curtis late last year to celebrate the launch of Malcolm Gladwell’s illustrated collection of The Tipping Point, Blink and Outliers.

Guests included artist and illustrator Brian Rea, designer Paul Sahre, Josh Liberson, Vice President at One Kings Lane, and DeeDee Gordon, President of Innovation at Sterling Brands. Hear all about the trials and tribulations of this historic collaboration and the trajectory this project took from concept to creation. 

http://observermedia.designobserver.com/video/malcolm-gladwell/32388/ 

http://devastatingexplosions.com/