PostlerFerguson’s Paper Gun Model Kit

Yuko Shimizu Reader Find

By Yuko Shimizu in New Design on Tuesday 22 September 2009

London-based design studio PostlerFerguson has been creating super realistic and accurate looking paper guns and other arms. Three of them will be released by German design publisher Gestalten. So now you can make your own!

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Matchstick racing car

Zolton Contributor

By Zolton in Architecture on Tuesday 1 September 2009

German-based Michael Arndt spent six years and a bucket of dough constructing a McLaren Formula One car from 956,000 matchsticks and 1,686 tubes of glue. The car, which can be broken down into 45 pieces for transport, has a top speed of zero miles per hour. But damn, it looks fun to drive.

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Heinrich Kley

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Design on Wednesday 15 July 2009

Heinrich Kley was an illustrator working in turn-of-the-century Germany. Primarily remembered for his paintings of industrial landscapes and machinery as well as his satirical, humorous, and topical drawings that tackled the social issues afflicting his country between the two world wars, Kley gained some Stateside notoriety with his drawings appearing in Coronet Magazine and Walt [...]

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OroVerde Invasive Species poster

Gerry Mak Reader Find

By Gerry Mak in New Eco on Friday 23 January 2009

OroVerde, a German non-profit dedicated to preserving the rainforests of the world, has unveiled a new poster that shows a wide range of bulldozers and heavy equipment, describing them as invasive species of the rainforest.

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The Edge of Heaven

Xavier Toby Reader Find

By Xavier Toby in New Film on Thursday 22 January 2009

A university lecturer’s elderly father pays a prostitute to leave her profession and live with him, then accidentally kills her, kicking off a series of events with the only common link being those implicated attempting to do one good dead. The university lecturer attempts to find the prostitute’s estranged daughter, who is at the same [...]

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Tina Berning exhibition at Andres Binder Gallery

Casper Johansson Reader Find

By Casper Johansson in New Events on Saturday 17 January 2009

The Andreas Binder gallery in Munchen, Germany, is showing an exhibition of works by the artist Tina Berning. In her latest series, she investigates the connections between conditioned aesthetics and individual self-determination. Captured on found paper, Berning liberates what is locked inside the frozen masks of the lifestyle and consciousness industry. She creates both a subjective and critical view of the human body, its shortcomings, and its basic affinity for beauty. Streaks of color are laid over fine outlines, bodies fall, spots and spaces overlay the transparent characters. The exhibition runs between January 23rd and March 7th.

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Hamburg’s illustrated Fitting Forward store

Casper Johansson Reader Find

By Casper Johansson in Cool Travel on Friday 19 December 2008

Fitting Forward is a new Hamburg based Concept-Store which shows what simmers secretly behind the scenes. Every two months a new headstrong theme world will evolve out of a composition of fashion, product, accessories and illustration. The platform of the shop is a deep black lacquered room-in-room installation.

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Hamburg’s music and glass ice sculpture

Snell Reader Find

By Snell in Architecture on Friday 7 November 2008

Since the beginning, architects have been faced by the challenge of housing the ever unpinnable idea of music. The challenge here is the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg, Germany. Basel-based architects, Herzog and de Meuron have created an ephemeral glass tent-like structure perched on top of an existing heavy modernist abandoned warehouse. The warehouse will [...]

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Pantha du Prince

Francis Andrews Reader Find

By Francis Andrews in New Music on Tuesday 28 October 2008

I’ve yet to find out what they put in the water in Germany that generates such a consistently rich stream of good electronica. Carrying the torch at the moment is Hendrik Weber, aka Pantha du Prince, whose early 2007 release, This Bliss, landed on my doormat with a deep bass-kick and hasn’t left my iPod since.

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The Crime Scene carpet

Derrick Stembridge Reader Find

By Derrick Stembridge in New Design on Wednesday 20 August 2008

Designed by the German company CubeSeven, the Crime Scene carpet comes in the shape of a dead body laying on the ground. It comes in one size only, but in a choice of three colors: red, grey and white, and sells for around 179 Euros through their website.

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Christian Lindemann

Kate Barnett Reader Find

By Kate Barnett in New Design on Friday 8 August 2008

German illustrator Christian Lindemann works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer for clients such as Ebay, DHL, Yellostrom, Mitsubishi and TNT. He was inspired to take on graphic design as a result of his life-long passion for drawing and has since developed his own unique style.

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Jörn Kaspuhl’s vibrant illustrations

Derrick Stembridge Reader Find

By Derrick Stembridge in New Illustration on Thursday 3 July 2008

Jörn Kaspuhl was born and raised in Stade in Northern Germany. In 2002, he moved to Hamburg and started the education in illustration at the University of Applied Sciences (expected graduation later this year). He has been working as a freelance illustrator since the summer of 2006.

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Heiko Windisch’s spacey illustrations

Kate Barnett Reader Find

By Kate Barnett in New Illustration on Tuesday 1 July 2008

The projects that self-taught German designer Heiko Windisch works on are varied, but his graphic illustration style remains unified, refreshing in the often jack-of-all-trades illustration business. He creates 2D and 3D art and sculptures called Dioramas for exhibitions, magazines, books, CD sleeves, T-shirts and print.

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Dogs Department

Casper Johansson Reader Find

By Casper Johansson in New Products on Thursday 13 March 2008

Our favourite online pooch supply boutique — Dogs Department — recently released items from their Spring-Summer 2008 range, and they’re as cheery and well made as we’ve come to expect from the Amsterdam-based company. Our particular weakness is for the ‘ultra warm and soft fleece turtle neck sweater’ which is ‘accented with silver embroidery and [...]

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