City as Material recently became part of ARCHIZINES, an archive of independent architecture zines, journals and magazines from around the world, curated by Elias Redstone. I was lucky enough to be able to talk about City as Material and self-publishing at Archizines Live, part of November’s Friday Late at the V&A. Now the collection is touring [...]
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ARCHIZINES World Tour
January 30th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: architecture · archizines · bookleteer · city as material · events
Material Conditions – Launching 15/12/11
December 9th, 2011 No Comments
On December 15th we are launching a new series of eBook commissions called Material Conditions. This series asks professional creative practitioners to reflect on what the material conditions for their own practice are, especially now in relation to the climate of change and uncertainty brought about by the recession and public sector cuts. The contributors [...]
Tags: bookleteer · diffusion · eBooks · events · inspiration · material conditions · news · ppod · Short Run Printing
New Pitch Up & Publish Events
November 25th, 2011 No Comments
From Friday 2nd December we’ll be running a free monthly meet up event for people wanting to find out more about using bookleteer or to get together with others and share tips and tricks for getting the most out of it. Donations will be welcome for refreshments and, most particularly, anyone choosing to sign up [...]
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City As Material / Archizines Live @ Friday Late, V&A – 25/11/11
November 24th, 2011 No Comments
Thanks to Archizines curator Elias Redstone, tomorrow night, as part of Friday Late at the Victorian & Albert Museum, and to coincide with the transfer of the collection to the National Art Library hosted there, I’ll be talking about City As Material as part of a conversation about the role independent publishing can play in [...]
Tags: city as material · events · museums · publishing · talks · zines
Archi Zines
November 3rd, 2011 No Comments
Archi Zines, due to open from the 5th of November at the Architectural Association, is an exhibition of international alternative and independent architectural publishing, curated by Elias Redstone. There’s an online catalog, where every publication featured is available to view online, along with specifications. The entire collection is also going to be permanently housed in the [...]
Tags: architecture · city as material · events · zines
London Art Book Fair Picks
September 30th, 2011 No Comments
I paid a visit to the London Art Book Fair last Saturday at the Whitechapel Gallery, and have finally got around to writing a brief piece about it now – we’ve been swamped in the studio. Along with large publishing houses, the fair played host to a number of small publishers and unique handcrafted artists’ [...]
Tags: events · handmade · inspiration · publishing · zines
Publish and be Damned Soapbox
September 22nd, 2011 No Comments
Last week, I featured the Portable Reading Room at the London Art Book Fair 2011. Also making an appearance with a pop-up stall is Publish and be Damned, who run annual self-publishing fairs in London. The Publish and be Damned Soapbox will have new publications by their members, as well as host the launch of [...]
‘Sense and the City’ at the London Transport Museum
September 19th, 2011 No Comments
An enjoyable exhibition called Sense and the City is now on at the London Transport Museum, which explores new ways how our understanding, experience and perception of the city is continually re-shaped by the rapid changes occurring in technology and IT. The same categories of space and time are radically put into question as the [...]
Tags: city as material · events · inspiration · technology
The Portable Reading Room
September 14th, 2011 1 Comment
Featured in the upcoming London Art Book Fair 2011, held at the Whitechapel Gallery, is The Portable Reading Room. Brainchild of Wild Pansy Press, this flat-pack pop-up booth acts as a gallery, bookshop, social space and studio, and will be debuted from the 23rd to the 25th of September. It’s an intriguing idea – a [...]
Tags: city as material · events · inspiration · library · workshop
Book-Making Workshop at New Cross People’s Library – 10th September
September 7th, 2011 No Comments
This Saturday, the 10th of September, we’ll be running a book-making workshop at the New Cross People’s Library, now reopened after its closure by the council in May, and currently staffed by local volunteers, aided by Bold Vision. We’re asking participants to bring lists and photos of their favourite books, to create a set of [...]
Tags: bookleteer · collaboration · eBooks · events · library · workshop
Upcoming Zine Fairs
August 31st, 2011 No Comments
I’m giving a shout out to two upcoming zine fairs, both held on the 25th of September 2011 – an unfortunate clash, alas. “THE BRISTOL COMIC AND ZINE FAIR When: Sunday 25th September 2011, 12pm – 6pm Where: Start the Bus, 7-9 Baldwin Street, Bristol, BS1 1RU (map) FREE ENTRY The Bristol Comic and Zine Fair [...]
Tags: comics · events · inspiration · making · zine fair · zines
StoryCube Cairn
August 5th, 2011 1 Comment
“A group converges on a location to build a StoryCube Cairn” On Wednesday, Simon Pope, Gordon Joly, and Stefan Szczelkun joined us in the Proboscis studio, to talk about the StoryCube Cairn project, and embark on a group walk using a QR coded cube and a mobile phone as wayfinding devices. Before the event, we [...]
Tags: API · augmented · bookleteer · events · inspiring uses · qr code · storycube cairn · StoryCubes
Bookleteer at Platform Festival
July 14th, 2011 No Comments
We’ll be running a drop-in Bookleteer workshop at the upcoming Platform Festival, which celebrates the launch of Islington’s new arts venue for young people, held during the 15th to the 31st of July. If you’re aged 13 – 19, bring your ideas and digital content – photographs, stories, text, art – on a USB key [...]
Tags: bookleteer · making · pitch up & publish · platform · workshop
Training & Workshops
June 13th, 2011 No Comments
bookleteer – create, share, print, make Pitch up & Publish One day workshops to create and publish booklets and StoryCubes using bookleteer: guiding you from concept to publication and beyond, bring a particular project you want to undertake, or come for an introduction and to experiment. The day will be tailored to your needs so [...]
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More dates for Pitch Up & Publish sessions
April 13th, 2011 No Comments
We’ve added some more dates (with different times of day) for Pitch Up & Publish sessions where you can find out more about using bookleteer for your own projects. These sessions are limited to just 6 people at a time so we can respond to your particular interest – whether you’re a complete beginner or [...]
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