Amateur 004 by Ridha Hajjaji

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INTRO Dear friends, What do we have for you in this issue? Traditionally we start with our 'lil‘illu battle' which is followed by Roa, a patient painter of huge animals, who I met in Berlin where he exhibited at Urban Affairs last July. Then we have BlackYard who won my attention with their beautiful meat-sneaker which they customized for Art Clash. Speaking of which: This year‘s winners Permanent-Unit from Austria have done their pages too. And so did British graphic artist Benbo George and Swiss illustrator Mizzo with her filigree artworks. Later you can have a look at the book '100 girls on polaroid' to add the mag some aesthetic sex appeal. And once more - otherwise they wouldn‘t be columnists anyway - we were working with great people who all bring us their independent columns: Hopehope, Designer‘s Club, Colin Schaelli, Sneakerness and with Number One we continue our graff 'mag in mag' concept. What else is there? Oh yes, of course, a first-timer: A blog, but printed - Julie Machin from French online-blog Street Tease is kicking asses on page 66. Plus, two more things we were able to deal and specially proud of: First, Amateur Magazine is now available in selected galleries and bookstores in Japan as well. And second, Circa has chosen Amateur Magazine as the official partner for their 'design your own shoe' contest - so make sure to send in your proposals. That‘s all for the moment folks. Enjoy! Yours truly

Cover: Garbage dump Illustration by BlackYard, 2009 More from BlackYard: pages 16-20

No. 004 Nov - Feb 2009 - 2010

2009 © Amateur Magazine. SWITZERLAND. All rights reserved. Reproduction without written permission is strictly prohibited. Any views expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher.

Artwork by Mark Owens www.sixpack.fr

CONTENT 8

LIL‘ ILLU BATTLE RIPS1 VS NIC RIPZ

ROA

BLACKYARD

BENBO GEORGE

MIZZO

PERMANENT UNIT

ART CLASH

100 GIRLS ON POLAROID

DADA GENTLEMEN‘S CLUB

POSTER SERIES

BERLIN CRIME

56 60

„SAME AS ALWAYS: PAINTING WALLS...“ „...SETTING UP OUR OWN STATE.“ “...UNTIL THEY CASH IT AND OFF YOU GO AGAIN.” „...BUT NO PAINTED DICKS FOR ZURICH.“ „THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE ARE NO IDIOTS...“ TEAM ART CLASH 2009 A BOOK BY ALEXANDER GNÄDINGER COLUMNIST: DESIGNER‘S CLUB CARHARTT X AMATEUR

MAG IN MAG: NUMBER ONE COLUMNIST: COLIN SCHAELLI

FASHION DICTATE FW09 COLUMNIST: HOPEHOPE

64 EVOLVER

STUDIO ALICE EPFL IN ZERMATT

JOIN DA MAD DOGS MOVEMENT

SNEAKERNESS

BLOG: STREET TEASE BY JULIE MACHIN THE HEADS BEHIND SNEAKERNESS

69 SAUCY BITS

BOOK OF URBAN, ME & MY..., SEIN

70 WOODIES

GOODS FROM THE WOODS

72 BEEN THERE, DONE THAT

CATWALK IN PUBLIC SPACE, KOOL KILLER, C1RCA LIVE PAINTING

¬ BlackYard, 1987

75 EYES ON TOYS

CUTTERSKINK PRESENTS HIS FAVOURITE TOYS

C.R.E.A.M. PRODUCTS

78 READERS DIG IT BOOKS

¬ Mizzo, 1988

DISTRIBUTION & THANK YOU WHERE TO GET AMATEUR

RIPS 1 www.rips1.ch

In each issue 2 chosen artists draw against one another. Each artist gets his page (left or right) with an object

NIC RIPZ

NIC RIPZ nic@nicripz.ch www.blamblamblam.ch placed in the middle (the duck for this issue). Amateur then just puts the two pages together as they come in.

www.roaweb.org www.fotolog.com/roabot

Name:

ROA

Hometown: Ghent, Belgium Age:

Color:

Please describe yourself. I started painting walls during my teenage years. It all began on a very small scale but slowly grew into an everyday passion. During the last few years, I exclusively painted animals in black and white. I like contrasts because it gives me the opportunity to spray the way I sketch, using hatchings, etchings and shadows. I love to be outdoors, when I am inside for too long I have to escape and go for a walk. This is why I really enjoy painting outside and being away from the daily restraints. I go to flea markets at four in the morning for the same reason; these activities get me into awkward situations and unexpected contacts. Hence, I like neglected spaces like old factories, abandoned buildings, lonely places and so on. These surroundings are like an oasis for a city. The abandoned factory activities, the overgrown lawns and the straying animals offer a stimulating working place. I might sound like a romantic poet from the 19th century but these places are truly awesome, they provide empty walls full of history and texture! Painting walls is fascinating because they aren’t rigid or outlined; you are free to do whatever you want. Despite my appreciation for abandoned spaces; I do like painting in the city, too. I find it a completely refreshing experience to see and paint animals “in the wild”, but they also invade urban areas, just in a different way. The animal paintings are much more eye-catching on the streets through my modifications of their proportions. It must be strange for a four year old to see a pig on the street four times its natural size. In a way these paintings are inappropriate for the city and maybe even irrelevant; and that is exactly why I find that interesting. I like the needlessness and spontaneity of these kinds of acts and it goes without saying that I like animals, too. About these spontaneous acts: The good vibrations between me and other painters with different styles often result in a melting pot type of idea exchange! That’s the great part about graffiti, all of us like painting walls and this common passion brings us together. What is your education? Unfortunately I didn’t like to go to school that much, maybe because I’ve always hated to be inside the whole day, who knows. So I was young and naïve and dropped out of art school. I had other particular interests during these times. But looking into the future is the right spirit to have and I finished some evening art classes (screen printing, etc.) in the last years. I have been drawing live models on a weekly basis for the last five years. This training helps me to get a better routine. It’s like disciplined fitness in order to keep

in shape. Why animals? It wasn’t an absolute choice; it just became a fascination after a few random pieces. A few years ago I started getting tired of seeing my own paintings (ugly men and slutty women). Neither did I like these motives anymore nor did I feel any longer connected to them. I haven’t been producing much these days, but sometimes my friends in Ghent from GM paint a lot of crazy pieces and now and then I join them for fun. Recently I started painting other things like mutants with animal features. This was the turning point for getting my spark back. Before I realised it, people started asking: “Why always animals?” It happens naturally, I am just very passionate about nature and there are so many kinds of animal species that keep me busy and inspire me. They represent so much more to me than meat. How do you make your living? I don’t have a ‘real’ job, but I work a lot. If I had the option, I’d only do what I really want to do! But in the last few years I have been working as a freelance storyboard drawer, a guy who gives graffiti workshops in schools and museums. I also did decorative wall painting - like painting frogs and balloons. To be honest, it isn’t as bad as it sounds. Your artworks fit perfectly into the environment they are in. What is first - idea or location? The location provides the idea or a good idea has to find the appropriate location. Sometimes you see a place that begs to be used for an idea you have been keeping in mind for that occasion. In the factory I saw some piles of stones in front of a wall; this for example was asking for a mole. Or a tree in front of a wall is basically screaming for a woodpecker or a beaver… When I do something indoors I often use both sides of the wall. I can play with the image in two ways then; like the inside and the outside of a bird or a pig. In a way I am intrigued by bipolar aspects, literally and figurative. What was the best location you‘ve ever painted? It was in NYC. I love the city and I was able to do something on a beautiful spot in East Village. That was amazing for me! Also because the people in the neighbourhood offered me drinks and a ladder and I felt really welcome over there! Who are your idols? There are lots. By naming one, I am already forgetting about other ones. But I have a lot of respect for Sosyone. The first pieces I saw of him in Belgium immediately convinced me of his talent! I also watched Mode2 entering his exhibition space in Berlin. He finished and came out a few hours later leaving some fantastic drawings on the wall. That’s great! Then the artist Blu always surprises me with his fresh works. But I think ‘idol’ is the wrong word - it’s more respect that I feel for a lot of other people; like everybody who tries to be happy by doing his own work. And I got influenced by so many good things like the first movie I ever saw of Lynch, or the first Bilal or Moebius comic book I read, or the first time I saw a real Rembrandt, or the Paul McCarthy exhibition I visited in Ghent, it blew off my head! When are you the most productive? In the summertime, when there is no rain! What are you working on at the moment? Nothing special, just what I always do, painting animals in old factories! Finding further, old encyclopaedia, more locations. What project are you especially proud of? Why? Mostly it is the one I just finished! And that was in Berlin very recently. I was happy I thought about the flipbook idea with the lockers. When I arrived there, they showed me the changing rooms at the old swimming pool. As I didn’t see many walls I just used the locker doors on both sides. I painted the inside and the outside of a bird on both sides and you could flip them similar to a stop motion animation. But now I am looking forward to a new project, fresh location and fresh mind again. If you could make a cover for any musician live or dead, who would it be and why? That would be the Beastie Boys for sure! Or Public Enemy! Or the cover for ‘the Bird’ by Charlie Parker. If you could be an object, what would you like to be? Who wants to be an object? I’d rather be a bird so I can fly! What‘s your next personal project? Same as always: painting walls, trying to travel more. Keep on moving and

living. Any exhibitions planned? Yes, but it’s all new for me and until now I liked it a lot because all the galleries have a wall outside and that is what I am really interested in. The first will be in London in October, and then Warsaw at the end of October. The project in London sounds cool, it’s a group show in the Bricklane Gallery with Grems, Pez, Chanoir, Kenor, Sam3, Broken crow, Edina tokodi, Snub23, Mosko et associés, El Bocho, Neozoon and me. The central theme is ‘animals’ and the show is called ‘Bricklane Zoo’. Meanwhile there is a show called ‘d’RAW’ that runs in the Netherlands until 1st November with drawings of Agit, ECB Hendrik, Beikirch, Bill Blast,Bitucas, Blade, Crash, Daze, Delta, Dran, Dondi, Dr.Rat, Ekundayo, Enes, Erosie, Futura2000, Barry McGee, Os Gemeos, Loomit, Swoon, Zephyr, me and many more. They focus on the drawings and sketches we made and they also show pictures of Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant. In Warsaw the people of Massmix offered me to paint there, I met them in Berlin last July and I am looking forward to be there. It seems to me that they have a lot of great walls there. What would be your dream project? I have a few! But certainly it would be nice to live somewhere else for a while, like New York, New Orleans, Japan or a city in South America, South Africa or Russia and having a few huge walls to paint and stay there without having to care too much about annoying, daily routine problems! That would be a dream. Imagine travelling around the world, painting everywhere and meeting nice people… What do you love? Having sex with my loved one! Anything else you want to say? Big up and rock on!

www.roaweb.org www.fotolog.com/roabot

Name:

BlackYard

Hometown: Berne, Switzerland Age:

around 30

Color:

Please describe yourself. We are four illustrators/graphic designers who teamed up in early 2009 and settled our business location in the picaresque part of the small neighborhood “Matte” in Berne. Our primary area of occupation is illustration and graphic design with clients from big companies to cultural venues. What is your education / background? We acquired our abilities through different ways reaching from art school to apprenticeship, from self-employment to advertising career. Silvio please describe Jared in a few words. A real southerner with lot of passion for his work and the awareness of his leisure time.

Jared please describe Philipp. Our mute, bearded preceptor and his omniscient wisdom that follows him wherever he goes. Philipp, what about Christian? Obsessed with the fundamentals of technique. Insane working morale. Fun and inspiring to work with. Christian, some words about Silvio. If you hybridizes a hyperactive child, a bloody talented graphic-designer, some Jesus-figure from a Caravaggio painting and your really friendly, long and slightly weird neighbor, this might be close to him. How do you work? All on one project or everyone has his own clients? Mostly we share the projects because we think the outcome looks better and it’s also much more fun. Who are your idols? Moebius, Geof Darrow, Cornel Windlin, Winsor McCay, Brian „Pushead“ Schroeder, Al Swearengen, Egon Schiele, Dirk Bonsma, Andreas Schärer, all those „the end“ screens and all these oldschool skate stickers, Alfred Duerer, Ub Iwerks, and Suter Fritz.

www.blackyard.ch

How does a typical BlackYard day look like? Dropping in at the office around 10-11 a.m., checking mail and stuff until someone decides to make his standard meal for lunch, then we play three maps of Mario Kart, then work until our neighbors stop by for a beer. In summertime we sometimes play bike-polo or take a swim in the river nearby our place, the Aare. In winter we prefer to go bowling. Sometimes we have projects we work on in the evening like customizing stuff or start a „drawing roulette“. We also make drawing excursion once every month and everyone is welcome to join us! What are you working on at the moment? A bunch of concert posters, customizing a bike-frame and some messenger-bags and cash jobs on the side. Jared is working on his comic debut. If you could make a cover for any musician live or dead, who would it be? Robert Lee Johnson If you could be a thing, what would you like to be? A comet. What‘s your next personal project? Learning to pinstripe, set up our screen printing corner, learn to ride backwards on a bike and plan our little tour through Europe. What would be your dream project? Buying an oil platform and setting up our own state. What do you love? When an ordinary day turns out to be a perfect one in the end. Anything else you want to say? It doesn‘t have to look like a chair, it just has to leave the impression of one.

Â¬ Zatokrev, silkscreen, 2008

www.blackyard.ch

www.benbogeorge.co.uk

Name:

Benbo George

Hometown: Liverpool, UK Age:

Color:

What is your education? Self taught When did you first collaborate with Sixpack? How did it start? In 2008 Lionel Vivier the owner of Sixpack contacted me. He saw my work online and got in touch. I‘ve been aware of them for a long time. It‘s a great set up with a talented collection of designers/illustrators, so I jumped at the chance. How is working for Sixpack. Do they brief you or they just let you do whatever you like? It tends to be a brief, although they have used an existing image of mine before. I will get a brief before each season which seems to be related to something that interests Lionel. We have similar eclectic tastes and interests (see his blog over at www.highsnobiety.com) so I always look forward to receiving a brief, as often it’s something I’m interested in. The last brief was related to Superstudio and Archigram, designer’s who caught my attention at a young age and admired ever since. The brief also tends to be a fairly loose brief, which is great as Lionel obviously puts a lot of trust into the artists he‘s commissioning. Who are your idols? Waldemar Swierzy, Joseph Muller Brockmann, Jaques Tati, Barney Bubbles, CAN, Alejandro Jodorowsky to name a few. What makes a good graphic? Put simply, a good idea executed well and distinctively. When are you the most productive? I love working at night and I used to get a lot of ideas then. Obviously it’s impossible to spend most of your nights working, but it’s something I enjoy when I can or have to. What‘s on your desk? A Mac, a ton of vintage books, oh and a bit of vintage porn. May I add not for personal use this time but for a set of illustrations I’m working on. What else are you working on at the moment? Some more Sixpack tees. What project are you especially proud of? Why? There is not one project that I’m particularly proud of over the others. If you could make a cover for any musician live or dead, who would it be and why? The Beatles, CAN, The Fall… it would be great to collaborate with Mark E Smith, a challenge, I’m sure, but one I’d love to take on. Plus as I‘ve had ideas for their covers since I was 16 and it would be good to get them out of my system If you could be a thing, what would you like to be? A coin. I would find it fascinating to see how far you would travel, the various lives you would enter, the continuing momentum until you hit someone’s saving jar, until they cash it and off you go again. What‘s your next personal project? Nothing specific. Just to continue to develop and progress and produce work in different formats like moving image etc. Any exhibitions planned? Yes my first solo show. Nothing confirmed yet, but something I look forward to a lot. I have a lot of ideas at the moment. It’s just a matter of finalising them and finding the right place to have it. Ideally I would love to have many shows in the next year but which are incredibly diverse in their content and format. What would be your dream project? I have a few. I‘ve have always wanted to do a record cover which I have just

managed to do with Cosmic Balearic Beats Volume 2. Or as I said before a Fall cover or a Alejandro Jodorowsky film poster or a music video. I would also love to design everything for a primary school, from the school crest through to school posters, games and alphabets to encourage learning in

young children. Anything else you want to say? A man not willing to die for something is not fit to live.

¬ ESP, 2009

¬ Inner High, 2009

¬ Echo, 2009

¬ Extend 2, 2009

¬ Letterforms, 2009

www.benbogeorge.co.uk

Name:

mizzo

Hometown: Zurich, Switzerland Age:

Color:

Please describe yourself. Hmmm. I‘m a woman of action, stubborn, frisky, always up for absurd ideas, definitely scatterbrained and a passionate person. But I can also be antisocial, strange, melancholic and grumpy - sorry about that. What is your background? I grew up in a very small village as a farmer girl. Then art school in St.Gallen, graphic design in Zurich, nanny in London, Bionyc industries London, Doodah in Zug. The point is that I never stopped drawing and that’s what I still want to do and am constantly doing. How would you describe your style? A combination of old and new, sharp lined, round shaped, grandmother old fashioned style, figurative, feminine, raw and soft mixed with past, present, future and a shot of passion, freakiness and heartiness. How do you make your living? I work part time as a graphic designer for a snowboard- and skateboard company, sometimes as an illustrator and showing my art at exhibitions. Recently you have exhibited in Spacejunk Galleries in France. How did it happen? Jérome Catz from Spacejunk Galleries knows Nicolas Thomas from APO-snow and he saw the stuff I designed for APO so I guess that was the start of it all... afterwards I met Jérome, had a great time with Dashenka Prochazka, got a giant expiation from Genève and had three exhibitions with other really great art girls in France. Where else have you exhibited? Your three favourites? Carhartt gallery in Weil am Rhein, Nicenice gallery in Hannover and Apart in London. But my absolute favourite was the time I had at Mojos in Heilbronn; it wasn‘t the greatest exhibition but it was definitively the most exciting forest party somebody ever made - just for the reason that I was there. Big up the Mojo family! Who are your idols? Uh... lots of people... but I‘m not thinking of big artists. I‘m usually much more impressed about other people’s ways of living and thinking. When are you the most productive? When life is giving me lots of stuff to think of. And when I‘m feeling bad. What project are you especially proud of? Why? Maybe the Dieselwall project in Zurich. I designed a huge poster which was kind of an advertising but I was free to do whatever. So I created two characters which touched each other. The wall was 20x12 meters big and located in the centre of Zurich. It was hanging there for 2 weeks until the public authorities realised they permitted an illustrated one-meter penis. So they sent a man with a ladder, a brush and a pot of black colour to paint over the penis. The boobs were no problem at all but no painted dicks for Zurich! Haha. What are you working on at the moment? Answering e-mails, painting, painting and painting for the next exhibition coming up at the Inoperable gallery in Vienna.

www.mizzo.ch

If you could make a cover for any musician live or dead, who would it be and why? I would say someone like Madeleine Peyroux, Peggy Lee or Marlene Dietrich. I love the diva style. If you could be an object, what would you like to be? The magic bag from Mary Poppins! What‘s your next personal project? Finding a great gift for my godchild, helping to build Toni’s house and having lots of free time.

Coffee, chocolate, imperfection, honesty, smiling, gossiping with my boys and girls, my sketchbook, used objects, unexpected things, unannounced visitors, invitations into the world, spontaneity, liberty, vacant houses, broken things that are still working, my sporty kitchen, amaretto, sour things and dancing. Anything else you want to say? To all my loved ones: grügrü kükü.

What would be your dream project? An art carnival with balloons, ponies, clowns, dancing queens and candy floss - like in „Alice in Wonderland“, but for real. What do you love?

¬ Recovering of the evilness, acryl on map on wood, 2009

¬ The jesus swindle, acryl on cardboard, 58x46cm, 2009

¬ Illustration for Apo-Snow, 2008

¬ Play with me, illustration for doodah, 2008

¬ Get out, acryl on map on wood, 2009

¬ Polygamie, illustration for melco, 2008

¬ Mizzomasks, 2009

¬ Porn and toy, acryl on porn on wood, 15x18cm, 2008

¬ Gone lover, acryl on vinyl cover framed, 30x35cm, 2008

¬ Coming and going, acryl on curtain, 150x150cm, 2008

¬ Enwrap, acryl on vinyl cover on wood, 30x28cm, 2008

www.mizzo.ch

Name:

Permanent Unit

Hometown: Graz, Austria Age:

25 - 31

Color:

What is your education? Life, university. Please describe yourself. The problem is that we’re no idiots. We always try to create something new which polarises, brings into movement, makes more beautiful, irritates or just simply brings a smile to someone’s face. Creativity is a process, means nothing is for eternity and new things arise out of old. It’s important not to put up a wall in front of your nose and never stand still. You have to do

something! What connects us four is primarily friendship and the fun we have together while working. That’s our energy. Our company was built up with the tiniest of funds. The workshop is the heart of the whole thing. Even if we might not look like but we are well structured and know exactly what we are doing. Who are your idols? „KILL YOUR IDOL“! No, honestly I don‘t think we have an idol but we have aims!! You won this year‘s Art Clash. How was it to paint live and under time-pressure? It was a new experience! Fun and stress at the same time, but somehow we were so motivated surounded by all the other great artists and their input that we almoust forgot the time. In the first round we were just foucused on the time, and feeling sad about, not having time to walk arround and catch up with the other guys painting. When the second round www.permanent-unit.com

started, it was all about having fun and enjoying the atmosphere. How do you work? All on one project or everyone has his own clients? Basically, we all work together on every project because we figured out that it makes sence to collect everyones input in a kind of a „creative pool“. Once that session is finished we go over all the ideas and pick out what we like most. We are a four-headed collective and everyone has its own skills that match perfectly. How does a typical Permanent-Unit day look like? Being late in the office, checking mails, answering phones, drawing, painting, cutting, table soccer, fixie trackstand, work a bit, läter beer and smokes, go home!! What are you working on at the moment? Our streetart festival needs a new make

over because of the new titel „ INK ON YOUR FLOOR“ and a few other jobs. What project are you especially proud of? Why? I would say that we‘re pretty much proud of everything we did but we concider that the last years streetartfestival was the biggest thing for us because we had the chance to give something back. We invited artist from all over Europe and built a free atelier where everyone was free to work on whatever they wanted. A big come together with some new people, making new friends, got some nice collaborations. The kind of way we think it should always be. If you could make a cover for any musician live or dead, who would it be and why? Bob Dylan, Deep Purple and so on. Music has always been a great and important motivator. It tells stories and so does our art. I would say art and music is pretty much the same thing - the artists just use different tools. If you could be a thing, what would you like to be?

Most people would say „a bird - so I can fly“ but we would say a theater knife (joke knife) because I couldn‘t think of anything else without NO enemies. Or maybe a seal, playing with its ball, making this lovely sounds making people laugh. What‘s your next personal project? Rehab, slow down a bit! What would be your dream project? Being totally free What do you love? Hard to say for four persons, but we all love life with all its ups and downs. Anything else you want to say? Thanks for having us in this issue, cheers Lain. Thanks M8 for hosting us during Art Clash. And don’t miss: INK ON YOUR FLOOR - streetart festival November 5th-14th, 2009 Forum Stadtpark, Stadtpark 1 8010 Graz, Austria

www.permanent-unit.com

¬ round 1

¬ round 2

¬ round 3

¬ congratulations!

Back after a one year break, on the 6th of June 2009, the fourth ‚Art Clash‘ made history by taking over the perfect venue of the industrial headquarters of ‚FREITAG‘ bag company based in Zürich. Art Clash, a live art tournament, hails from the Swiss art collective „Die Seiner“. First born in 2005, it takes the concept of a traditional Reggae-Clash event and uses art instead. It provides a platform for artists, illustrators and designers to express themselves live in front of an audience, showing off skills and techniques. This year’s event was made up of 10 teams with two artists per team. The teams were all invited from around Europe to compete against each other over 3 mystery rounds, creating, painting and drawing on different objects. After each round a team of judges then voted on the best creations selecting the winning teams to go through into the next round. Ultimately this left 3 teams battling it out in the final to become the acclaimed ART CLASH champions for 2009.

The teams were: Apocalypse mon Amour (CH), 40HK (UK), Brosmind (ESP), Icon73 & Nadaone (CH), Khat & Monsta (FRA), Malik & Jones (CH), Permanent Unit (AUT), Schwarzmaler 15er (CH), Team Stereotype (CH), and Toast Concept (FRA). As people started to fill the huge industrial space the 1st round kicked off with all 10 teams customizing the Freitag ‚Miami‘ bag using only black paint or ink and with a time limit of just 90 minutes. The finished Artwork from the round inspired Freitag so much that they have since organized for the customized bags to be seen at various choice locations on a tour around the globe. After the judging and a break the 10 teams were then narrowed down to 6 ready for round 2. This round had the teams creating 3D characters out of cardboard boxes using only tape and paint with a time limit of 120 minutes. This was quite a challenge with all working extremely hard, coming up with some great characters capturing the imagination of the ever increasing crowd. At the end of the round the judging and a break

www.artclash.ch

once again followed allowing plenty of time to see the other delights that had been laid down, such as the Art clash x Nike AF1 display, showing customized footwear from the family & friends of Art Clash. Hats off to the great pair called ‚Meat is Neat‘ all hung up on a butchers hook created by Berne based agency BlackYard. After some food, beers and beats and with 3 teams now left, Team Stereotype (CH), Brosmind (ESP), and Permanent Unit (AUT), the crowd, (hungry for more) took their positions for the final round. The instructions were to customize a rear car door using the whole surface as a canvas both the metal and glass with whatever materials they had and within 90 minutes. This proved to be an amazing final with the last 10 minutes having both the teams and crowd gasping for air. With 90 minutes up the judges began the task of choosing the winner while the crowd debated over who the winner would be. All 3 teams had produced great artwork but in the end only one could take home the winners belt. Permanent Unit from Austria was that team consistent in every round and Art Clash champions 2009. ._. Txt: Ian White

Pics: M.Fischer (Pussiesparadise.ch) & A.Fischer (FREITAG lab. ag Zürich)

¬ Josef from Permanent Unit

¬ Juan from Brosmind

¬ People marvel at final round!

¬ ro* from Team Stereotype

¬ Malik & Jones (CH)

¬ Team Stereotype (CH)

¬ Permanent Unit (AUT)

¬ Brosmind (ESP)

¬ Team Stereotype (CH)

¬ Apocalypse mon Amour (CH)

¬ Permanent Unit (AUT)

¬ Oliver from Permanent Unit in the second round

www.artclash.ch

WeSC activists Ricky Sandström and Chris Pastras contributing to ”WeAretheSuperlativeConspiracy” Pick up a copy at your nearest WeSC retailer. For more information visit www.wesc.com

In the hopes of creating a counterbalance to his commercial work, photographer Alexander Gnädinger has dedicated himself to pursuing a personal project for the past two years. His project „100 Girls on Polaroid“, which is now being printing as a book with the support of adidas Originals, tells the story of his return to his original fascination with photography – capturing a moment unadorned and in all its authenticity. In essence, Alexander Gnädinger is questioning our current ideals of beauty.

What's the story of "100 girls on polaroid"? How did it start? I started with realizing how particular and precious the polaroids of my childhood are to me, I found myself on holidays with half of my luggage beeing polaroid material, I always loved the fact that you could give the picture right away - and loved the people´s reaction especially in countries like Mexico, Brasil or Kambodia. And I am sure the pictures are still existing somewhere. Why did you choose polaroid? I love the medium for beeing definitely anachronistic - with all the digital options we have to find something which depends on your eye, on the situation and on your luck. Love polaroid for the need to do the composition while you shoot that there is no retouching involved no improving with curves or colorcorrections. You see what you get - and the model can react to it and will reflect it in the next picture. How did you choose your models? With the help of the best model-agencies and some great bookers working there who liked the idea allthough it is the opposite of what they normally are doing. I still cannot believe that I could find so many wonderful girls who were open to not only work for free but also for beeing private and not hide behind some modelfacades. Where did you shoot? I live in berlin where I took some pictures, but most of the pictures I took on my trips within the last two years to Paris, Riga, New York, Riga, Moscow, Bejing, London, Mexico City,... I tried to avoid studios to help getting an intimate feel to the pictures. Therefore I was looking for some oldschool hotel rooms, without design aproach but with a touch of classic, tradition and heritage - from the infamous hotel chelsea in NY to the hotel atlantik & the hotel vier jahreszeiten in Hamburg to the premier palace in Ukraine or the lafayette house in Manhattan. As long as it felt as if we would meet in the living room of her grandmother or the holidayhouse of their aunts. What makes a good picture? If you have the feeling you could imagine how the person is like just by looking at the polaroid - I would concider it as something precious - but what really made me happy about the project is that a lot of the involved girls concidered these polaroids as beeing some of the best pictures that have been taken of themselves - that is not only the nicest compliment but also what I wanted to achieve: Taking pictures of the girls behind the model. Sometimes I succeded. These ones I would call "good photos".

"I won't deny that creating an idealized world through images can be fun. And yet I believe that such a world is actually a substitute for my longing for true, un-manipulated beauty." -

What do you love? Authenticity and originality. Anything else you want to say? Thanks to all the amazing girls who were ready to grant us a private glance at them without the hair makeup and styling overload of their professional careers and for beeing for one hour just the private persons in front of a polaroid camera.

Alexander Gnädinger

Alexander Gnädinger "100 Girls on Polaroid" Publisher: Seltmann+Söhne ISBN: 978-3-934687-69-1

www.100girlsonpolaroid.com

DADA GENTLEMEN’S CLUB DESIGNERS CLUB VS GRANTED What do you get when a team of graphic gurus face-off with a conceptual wordsmith? Child‘s Play. This exposé, the second in a series, reveals the world of quirky Gentlemen‘s Clubs. Well, one at least. Yes, it‘s the Dada Gentlemen‘s Club, a bimonthly (twice a month or once every 2, nobody can agree!) meeting of Dada devotees. Now pledging new members. Can you say black ball? Based in Zurich and established in 2008, Designer‘s Club is a collective of design professionals who plan to revolutionize visual communications with big ideas, one project at a time. Granted is Peter J Grant (Creative Director and Copywriter), a man for all seasons, who‘s fundamental about the quality of ideas and storytelling. He‘s also a founding father of wethepeoples.ch. ._. Concept by Peter J Grant & Donovan Gregory Text by Peter J Grant (www.granted.ch) Photos by Lozzaphoto.com Art direction by Reto Gehrig und Donovan Gregory (www.designersclub.ch) Design by Rio Kawaguchi (www.designersclub.ch)

CARHARTT X AMATEUR POSTER SERIES Taking the idea of Amateur‘s „Lil‘illu battle“ Carhartt and Amateur Magazine backed up together for a series of five posters. Each of the five chosen artists got a design template with a circle in the centre and then had to create his or her artwork around the circle by using only black, white, cyan plus a colour of choice. Every poster (in DIN A1) is available in a limited edition of 8 pieces. Price is 100.-CHF each.

Write an email to hello@amateur-magazine.com

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What are you doing? Actually it takes some time to explain what I‘m doing. I used to drink - a lot. Now seriously - I have kind of a creative mind. Similar people who do the same as me would say: “I‘m a designer and I do work for some very cool brands!” Well - I would say: “I graduated as a designer and I give a fuck about my clients‘ status.” My profession is to find solutions to bring very uncool things up to another level.

What‘s the difference? Communication or product design costs. But expenses can be replaced by a new image, better products or inspiring new concepts. Everything is replacable, even the customers‘ needs and themselves as well. It‘s not about money - it‘s about solutions. Once at university - we were asked what kind of creative person we are? What our attitude is and what our targets are? If we are leaders or bitches? Some people had an answer straight away. I did not answer. Now, after seven years, I would say, I just kick the costumers ass into other galaxies anyway.

Who have you recently kicked? Actually I knew that one of my customers would brief me to make some merchandising things. Graphics for T-shirts in this case. But this was not what I was craving for. So we decided to be prepared for the customer‘s wish and we set up a new clothing concept.

But what kicked him? When the briefing came we already had a small collection which we named „what goes around comes around.“ So the marketing manager turned into a buyer - an unusual situation for him I guess. But the very cool thing is that the consumers can decide what piece of clothing will be made for the next collection. This kicked.

So you‘re doing fashion? Not really. It‘s not so fashionable. The consumers just tell us their needs, and we will filter them and start to realize them. 5% of every purchased item will be saved on a special account for further innovations. So that‘s why the consumers invest not only in clothing. He invests in his own ideas as well. This sounds like amateur fashion - but it‘s not.

Where can I get it? In Japan only. It‘s not yet available in Switzerland.

How can I join? So - let‘s see. Let‘s do a competition. Maybe - I will have two more columns in amateur. I‘d like to use the second one to publish the readers ideas and the third one to show up the winner! Might make an octopus worry.

Nice!

www.colinschaelli.com/apparel

Photography: Julia Brütsch www.juliabruetsch.ch Idea & Realisation: HOPEHOPE & Julia Brütsch

Every season we follow new trends, hip fashion magazines bring their secret tips and tell us what to wear these days. So at the end, everyone‘s looking for an individual style makes everyone looking nearly the same. To make looking similar easier HOPEHOPE created an easy fall/ winter 2009 fashion dictate for us.

Please follow these rules: 1. Headdress 2. Shoulder pad 3. Overknee 4. Lace .-.

www.hopehope.ch

evolver

www.sachenmachen.ch www.alice.epfl.ch www.zermattfestival.com

STUDIO ALICE EPFL ZERMATT (CH)

Evolver is an architectural artefact Intervening in the panorama surrounding Zermatt. The artefact was designed and executed by a team of students from studio ALICE at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. In an effort to take full advantage of the siteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extensive and astounding views, the project sits strategically next to lake Stelli at an altitude of 2536m. Its structure mainly consists of a succession of 24 rotating frames supporting an enclosed space that visitors are encouraged to enter. As you progress through the space, a concealed but uninterrupted 720Â° movement is unravelling along a transformed panorama. This transformation occurs while inside someone is moving along a selective string of openings only to be caught peeling off a sequence of unexpected views from the original landscape. Wobbling below and above a distant horizon, ground and sky have been re-orchestrated into an orbiting panorama by a journey that has already culminated to where it started: A loophole on the skyline. ._. Pics: Nicolas Feihl, Florian Hauswirth Txt: Florian Hauswirth

JOIN DA MAD DOGS MOVEMENT ! A Street Tease fam’ cause…Just bloggin’ by Julie Machin

Let’s explain… There are some families getting united along the way, it’s not a matter of how long time you hang out together for, it’s just a matter of circumstances, the right time, the right place. For the Mad Dogs, the right time, right place, were thank to this nerdy stuff called internet, this thing which makes our world better for some years now and our brains geekered. Everything came out as an evidence… End of March, three e-mails later, I was ready to enter something that now cover my room walls: street-tease.com/blogs. « Can I post porno pics? Promote drugs? Insult peeps? »

« Fo sho, you can post about hoes (finally not done cuz I respect prostitutes more than bitches, but I have post on bitches’ ass already), about porno, but only if it’s gonzo (done), and about insults, only if it’s someone I hate (done every times necessary), anyway, it’s gonna be fun ! » What ? Fun (I fuckin’ hate this stupid word) ? You jokin’ ! Since we begun this mad dog thing, it’s just a blast everyday. In five months, thank to Gero, Elroy, Dro, Mamzel&Maviou and Electroluxe family, we bring peeps to discover more than hundred artists, get them into the glitch music world, share our brainless and sometimes borderline life, make their hip-hop discography more complete, talk shits and more… If you don’t read french, you suck cuz you maybe won’t even laugh a giggle fo shizzle, and mofo, you’ll miss the Summer of Blog by Schmitto… Get the fuck out of the sumwww.street-tease.com/blogs/julie-machin

mer of love hippie mood, the Summer of Blog gives you a straight shot of gonzo addiction into the subculture world. And this is where da mad dogs movement came out… Dunno if in Switzy you follow the most marketing bloggin’ shit, the Cool Cats Pop-up store… Dunno who the cool cats are? Check out, Mehdi, Busy P, Fafi, So-me, Michael from la MJC’… So fame, so hype, so priced-up but so priceless, so weird… So then we come out as the Mad Dogs, thanks to Schmittoriginals and his Schmittaturium Pop-Up project cuz the blog game is just bloggin’, right? Articles for free, so where’s the point at doin’ a pop up store to make money with shits…Let’s be real, let’s be free, let’s talk shits. Summer beginning, a 2009 Berliner atmosphere floating over my blog, finally a 2006 crunkin’ Atlanta mood appeared and after dozen of shows in Switzy reported mid july, I got back to my family roots, punk time bro ! But THE summer project came up with the Butthunter…again an aswer to a weird hype stuff… Some girls made me puke, goin’ crazy for the face hunter during the Bread&Butter… So I decided to hunt those bitches’ ass. The chase was goin’ great till the minute I got screwed by a 1m80 girl… This is my gift for you Amateurs…

I don’t have enough lines to talk about Shawn Barber, skins, Ripo, Mayer Hawthrone, punks, how to cook crystal meth, mullets… But you can check it on my blog and I swear, we’ll meet back in the next issue and I’ll prepare a special Amateur paper blog. Love. Join da mad dogs movement on www.street-tease.com/blogs

¬ Sergio Muster

¬ Diana Cabarles

Their common love for sneakers brought the heads behind Seakerness together. What started as a small aperitiv in a Bernese sneaker store grew into the leading European platform for sneaker heads in just one year. The third event has just taken place in Vienna: Exhibiting, trading, buying, selling, meeting, talking, partying and celebrating. We asked Sergio and Diana from Sneakerness about their personal favourites: What was the latest sneaker you bought? Diana: I bought the Bulls vs. Celtics Pack when I was in Orlando last August. I‘m a huge Michael Jordan fan so I watch out for sneakers of „His Airness“. Sergio: I was in NYC a few weeks ago where I met our friend Bobbito Garcia aka Kool Bob Love. He gave me a sample pair of Pro Keds Royal Flash Mid „Bobbito“. Nice and simple kicks! Later we went to Flight Club where I bought the Nike AF1 „112 Pack“. Our Friend Brooklyns Finest DJ Clark Kent designed them! One of my favorite sneakers this year! And not to forget the two AM90 I made at Nike iD Studio 21 Mercer Street. What are your three all time favourites? Diana: First of course the AF1 Pinoy! I got three of them. Nike made these as a tribute to Jose Rizal - a national hero of the Philippines. Unfortunately I can‘t wear them cause they didn‘t came out in my size - but as a filipina sneakerhead this is a must have! Second and third would be the Air Jordan 1s and 11s, altough I adore all of my 23s! Js Up all day, 23 all the way. :) Sergio: My all time favourite is the Nike Am 1 ‚Kid Robot‘ which has a great history! I love them. And its also my most expensive kicks! I also remember my first love: Nike Air Penny II. Pure love! Last but not least the Icecream „Dice Flavor“ kicks! I got them from a great girl. www.sneakerness.com

BOOK OF URBANISM

ME & MY...

SEIN

What about your vision of public space?

An art-project by Onur & ro*

New website

Onur Dinc and Rodja ro* Galli used to play against each other on the basketball court in their younger days. Onur by using his bigness and fortitude, ro* by focussing on his swiftness and precision. Nowadays the two artists are playing together, on canvases: Onur with his courage for dimensions and his skillful stroke of the brush, ro* by focussing on wild lines and his exactitude in details. This early summer Onur and ro* took the time of three weeks to paint five canvases (each 2 m X 1,5 m) among the working title „Me & My“. The working process led to five coherent paintings, in which the two artists are playing with levels of techniques and contents, styles, stereotypes, snap-shots, space and effects of light. At last the viewers will be swayed between two perceptions on the paintings – once in a habitual light and once in the light of UV-lamps – and like this find themselves exposed to Onur’s and ro*’s artistic interplay.

Swiss graphic and product design studio SEIN aka Die Seiner has a new website with fresh works. After five years of working together in the several fields of art and design the duo decided to give their site a new look and show their previously undisclosed works of the past years. Besides working on personal projects the duo are also the heads behind Amateur Magazine and Sachenmachen.ch blog.

BOOK OF URBANISM is a project platform for interventionist art projects in urban landscapes, for temporary architecture, media architecture, public art, interdisciplinary and city development projects. The central question is what public spaces will look like in the future. Projects which are already realized, visions, futuristic ideas – all are equally welcome. The website bookofurbanism.com wants to attract artists, architects, city developers, designers and visionaries.

Go to www.sein.se

The art-project will be exclusively shown for the first time at the jungkunst exhibition in Winterthur (CH) from the 22nd. to 25th of October 2009 and hopefully in your area soon. BOOK OF URBANISM offers the opportunity to present visions for urban spaces in a network. Initially, the network is accessible via the website, and at a later stage through the publication. The product is a collection of urban design projects, a catalogue. The most innovative projects will be chosen by a jury and be published in the BOOK OF URBANISM.

www.onur.ch www.rodjagalli.com www.jungkunst.ch

BOOK OF URBANISM transports ideas and projects to the public and connects cultural, political and economy players. The project focuses on networking between creative and industrial economy to support participative urban development.

www.bookofurbanism.com

2009 was a good year for Swiss label „AliasOne“. Besides having their 10th anniversary this year, they also won a free booth at this year‘s Parisian tradeshow „Who‘s next“, by winning an international contest to help young designers getting known.

ALIAS ONE

Rage, Passion, Perseverance. Three words, one philosophy, one state of mind. One way of behaviour that gave birth to AliasOne in 1999 in Lausanne. AliasOne’s artistic atmosphere gets its core in pains, sorrow and difficulties which come over everyone‘s paths in life. After 10 years of walking, working, developping and opening A1 shop in Lausanne, the label has become not just a tee-shirt brand but a life experience and step by step a big street family is born from AliasOne. A bunch of characters and behaviors has built the brand of today, from soul to style. You will keep hearing from AliasOne, get ready for 2010.

www.alias-one.com

LEAVES

In late summer 2008 Zimtstern wanted to express sustainability - one of the company‘s guiding idea - in a TV spot. With „Leaves“ director Marco Lutz and producer Stefan Bircher created an amazing unique commercial - showing dreamlike snowboarding in a new environment. Mission accomplished I would say! In November a crew of about 30 people backed out into the woods for 4 days of shooting. The Zimtstern team riders declared the woods to their playground. The result looks so sick and definitely is one-of-a-kind.

„The riding on all those leaves was quite weird and different; especially that road gap was super sketchy.” Hans Ahlund

www.zimtstern.ch

ARTSTUEBLI artstübli – Swiss Urban Art Gallery

No other country in the world boasts a similar density of highquality graphic design as Switzerland. artstübli is a place where dedicated artists and design freelancers constantly enrich the art scene with new creations of extraordinary quality. Be it for an exhibition, a workshop, a party or a drawing-session the place is worth a visit. The artstübli gallery is located in an old thrift store next to the SBB train station Basel. Open every friday from 8.30 p.m. to 1 a.m. artstübli gallery Solothurnerstr. 10 4053 Basel

www.artstuebli.ch

HAPPYWOOD

Nice blog from a good old acid-head. Plain and simple idea! Check it.

“We live in the many woods and forests of Switzerland and like to make you smile. Next time you is out a rambling and you see us make sure you come and say hello.” Happywood

www.happywoodblog.blogspot.com

CATWALK IN PUBLIC SPACE

The crowds begin to gather along Feldbergstrasse, they quickly fill the sidewalk and spill out onto the road; some look unsure of what is going on as they wander by. The music plays out from the shops and bars and seems to be a sign that something is about to happen. The models begin to emerge from the various boutiques and crisscross their way through the crowds, stopping the traffic whilst posing for the photographers and strutting their way up and down the street, their catwalk! This is the second guerilla catwalk organised by Reh4 in Matthäus quarter, Basel. The area is seen as the upcoming neighbourhood for fashion, design and music. All participants are coming from the quarter including Airasmus, By Coming Soon, Claudia Güdel, Deleni, Kleinbasel, K-Pony / Peter Müller, Le Magaz-1, marinsel, Riviera, Spunk and Three Cheers and a Tiger. The area is fast becoming the place to eat, drink and shop. The catwalk takes place annually in june during the ART Basel. Once the models have finished, the party starts and continues well into the night. Be in no doubt that there will be another catwalk in public space next year - only you should expect it to be even bigger and noisier! -.Txt: Clare Kenny

www.reh4.ch

Pics: Gina Folly, Yummy Industries

KOOL KILLER

Kool Killer exhibition at Kunstraum Winterthur with Patric Sandri, Dersi Ders, dust, Rips1, nychos, SPOKE, mizzo, iHad, m8, Icon73, Anna-Lina, ViewOne.

www.kunstraumwinterthur.ch

C1RCA LIVE PAINTING

¬ Lain

¬ Safu

¬ Ti

¬ Tobias Nussbaumer

For their 10th anniversary C1RCA organized a live painting at freestyle.ch. Safu, Ti, Tobias Nussbaumer and Lain showed up and painted with and on today‘s skate youth. Let the kids paint free! www.c1rca.ch

¬ King of New York

Bill McMullen, artist and designer living in NYC, started out his career working at Drawing Board, the in-house design department, at Def Jam Records. Since then he has worked on a plethora of projects some with artists such as the Beastie Boys, Guru, and Method Man. Through his creative work he has acquired a reputation for being way ahead of the game: an innovator mixing together the old school elements with popular culture, all of which can be seen here in these two amazing creations. The first is the Christopher Walken ‚King of New York‘ character toy. Only 50 were produced before Mr Walken‘s lawyers moved in to put a stop to the production. The second is the incredible ‚AD-AT‘. A brilliant combination of the classic Adidas shell toe sneaker and the star-wars AT-AT Walker. In March of this year he held his first solo gallery show called ‚Hype, Hustle, Ripoff‘ out in LA. ¬ AD-AT

His attentions are now currently being focused on making beats and a new podcast interview show called ‚American Mixtape“. To see more of the creative brilliance that is Bill McMullen visit his site... ._. Txt & pics: Ian ‚whitey‘ White aka Cutterskink

www.billmcmullen.com

QWSTION

C1RCA SELECT

NULL4

Sports Bag

99 Vulc

Ice Cream T-shirt

You know the situation: need to go to work, later off to your drawing class and then to the airport for a weekend trip but you just cannot find a bag that can handle it all. QWSTION has the answer with the ultimate holdall SPORTS BAG.

With the 99 Vulc our friends at C1RCA have come out with a hip-looking mid-top from the Select series. It will improve your skating game for sure. Shown in black, tweed, red, charcoal.

Null4 is a young Swiss clothing label. All products are limited editions and each piece has it’s own serial number. The shirts and bandanas are designed and handprinted in Switzerland - one by one - with love.

www.qwstion.com

www.c1rca.ch www.c1rcaselect.com

www.null4.ch

DOUBLE GOOSE V-Bomber Leatherjacket Double Goose is back! Back with great classics of the brand that have made its history over thirty years ago. No need to say that the collection is an homage to the hip hop cultural movement of the eighties and to the codes and values of a whole generation. Don’t forget to check out their pop up store if you are in NYC before December.

www.doublegoose.net

SIXPACK by Akroe French artist Akroe worked on the Sixpack logo and declined it in different ways and on different supports. The result is consistent, technical, very detailed and optical. www.sixpack.fr

TEDDY TROOPS Le Mans “Teddy Troops” by Flying Fortress first series came out 2003. The latest one Le Mans Trooper concerns to the T-Shirt design „Le Mans“ by FF. The toy is limited to 400 pieces.

www.flying-fortress.de www.rockawaybear.com www.teddytroops.com

YAMA & CARHARTT Mental Weirdo Asylum Series The cooperation was born out of a long term friendship between Carhartt and Yama Skateboards, a hardcore skateboard company from Bregenz Austria, famous for their strong political attitude and their colourful team of „wannabe alcoholics“. The 4 mental weirdos who found asylum in both companies are Muki Ruestig (8“), Ferit Batir (8,25“), David Martelleur (8,25“) and Patrick Munz (8“). The boards have been designed by Belgian artist Elzo Durt (who also designed a stickerbag that comes with each model). You can watch more of Elzo‘s amazing artwork in the latest issue of Rugged and at his exhibition called „Amen“ which is gonna tour to various destinations in Europe.

www.carhartt-streetwear.com www.yamaskateboards.com

OBEY CLOTHING Iggy Jacket & Glow in da dark T-Shirt To keep you warm the Iggy military jacket is fully lined. The small silver metal badge at chest is only one of many details which make the Iggy to a good partner for you everyday wars.

CONTEXTURE DESIGN

VAULT by VANS

45 Nano case

“Shaffer’s Crossing” Collection

Digital meets analog: These iPod are made from reclaimed cassette tapes, gutted, routered and rebuilt to fit your 4th generation iPod nano. Limited edition. Price: $45 CAD.

Inspired by the garments worn by the American railroad workers during the “steam” era of locomotion. Shaffer’s Crossing was an old train stop in central Virginia during the glory days of the Norfolk & Western Railroad. Six styles are available in September 2009. Shown is the Chukka boot LX.

www.contexture.ca

http://vault.vans.com

The Party with the posse - glow in the dark - basic tee uses a higher pigment load than traditional glow inks allowing them to glow for a longer period of time. Glow on with your bad self.

www.obeyclothing.com

ILLUSIVE Contemporary Illustration Part 3 Price: 44 Euro Format: 24 x 30 cm 340 pages, full colour, linen hardcover ISBN: 978-3-89955-250-8 Part 3 of Illusive follows in the footsteps of the bestselling Illusive and Illusive 2 books and continues to document the flourishing discipline of contemporary illustration. www.gestalten.com

REGULAR Graphic Design Today Price: 49,90 Euro Format: 24 x 30 cm 288 pages, full colour, hardcover ISBN: 978-3-89955-253-9 Graphic design as a formal discipline is in constant flux. New rules and aesthetics paving the way for future media. Regular examines and documents the current state of graphic design. www.gestalten.com

PAPERCRAFT Design and Art with Paper Price: 44 Euro Format: 24 x 30 cm 256 pages, full colour, hardcover, + DVD ISBN: 978-3-89955-251-5 Papercraft is an extensive survey on the insatiable trend of innovative art and design work crafted from paper. It explores the astounding possibilities of paper and gathers the most extraordinary creations. www.gestalten.com

MINI WASH ME Price: 34 CHF 100 pages ISBN: ISBN 978-3-033-02208-9 Wash me is an artistic homage to the design classic MINI car. 10 artists got invited to use the car as a canvas for their reverse graffiti works: Scratch out, hose, clean or leave blank. The book is limited to 2000 pieces. www.washme.ch

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Long live the Amateur Dogs! Picture by Fabian UnternĂ¤hrer www.fu-photo.ch

DISTRIBUTION Maybe you get Amateur Magazine at the following places: SWITZERLAND: Aarau: Home Street Home, Garage, Kunstraum Aarau. Baden: Frau Meise, Merkker. Basel: FHNW, Marinsel, Zoolose. Bern: HKB, Kitchener, Layup, Milieu, Titolo. Chur: Dings. Geneva: 242, Doodah, Famous Ape, Hard to find, Speerstra Gallery. Lausanne: 242, A1, Cellophane, ÉCAL. Lucerne: HGKL, Doodah. Zurich: Carhartt store, Dings, Grand, On y va, Rio Bar, Street-Files, The Gloss, ZHDK. JAPAN: Now available in select stores in Japan. INTERNATIONAL: Barcelona: Atticus, 24 Kilates. Berlin: Big Brobot, Overkill. London: Upper Playground. Milano: Slam Jam. New York: Alife Rivington Club, Supreme, Kid Robot. Paris: Colette, The lazy dog. Rio de Janeiro: Homegrown.

THANK YOU For your work, love and help:

Oliver Aeschlimann, Simin Bahushi, Sina Beeler, Billy, Pierre Bonnet, Silvio Brügger, Julia Brütsch, Christian Calame, Diana Cabarles, Georg Dinstl, Julien Duval, Nicolas Feihl, Marc Furrer, Rodja Galli, Reto Gehrig, Benbo George, Giom, Alexander Gnädinger, Peter Grant, Donovan Gregory, Madeleine Hänggi, Florian Hauswirth, Rio Kawaguchi, Migi Keck, Daniel Koelliker, Corinne Lammer, Lelo, Gian Paul Lozza, Julie Machin, Rudy Meins, Mizzo, Jared Muralt, Sergio Muster, Van Manh Nguyen, Wink One, Marisa Pichler, Mr. Penfold, Linus Rips, Nic Ripz, Enzo Scavone, Colin Schälli, Rebecca Schibli, Nataly Schönenberger, Philipp Thöni, Tika, Oliver Toman, Julie Vergez, Thomas Walde, Ian White, Sarah Würsch, Peter Ysebie, Philipp Zimmermann, and all friends & family! For your trust and financial support. It‘s not possible without you:

Carhartt, Circa, Colin, Obey, Sixpack France, Vans, Volcom, Wesc.

IMPRINT No. 004 Nov - Feb 2009 - 2010

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