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by Yulan van Es

Every Friday night it is Kunstavond at Witte de Withkwar tier in Rotterdam. Kunstavond is organised by Kunstblock, a collaboration of the art institutions of the neighbourhood, to work together to create a broader reach. This is not only to attract more visitors, but also to have a greater impact within the art and urban environment.

On these Friday evenings, 6-9 pm you can either tour the area yourself for free or join a guided tour. You will be met by a versatility of contemporary art. Find more info on their website and enjoy!

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When I get birthday cards from my grandparents, I can immediately tell it is from them, their handwriting giving it away. Our handwriting tells a lot about us, among other things it is influenced by the characteristics of the first language we learn and our (cultural) environment. Differences in these result in differences in the details of our handwriting, like the specifics of the shapes.

With Calligraphr you can create your own font. For example a font of your own unique handwriting! This way you can use this for graphic design or other digital projects, for a literal signature on your work.

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You are listening to Londen frogs. This is what I said to the committee while browsing on aporee.com. Already feeling like you are missing out on this calming experience? On aporee.com you can find a map, not just any map, but a map of sounds. Sounds that are recorded in places all over the world. So you can listen to these London frogs with us, or a cow eating grass in Denmark or the geese from the suburbs of Berlin. Apart from gathering, archiving and sound-mapping, the website is also an investigation of the boundaries between different media and the public space.

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A P Of Sounds

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Developing your film is an exciting process, the outcome always a surprise. It is a process in which the outcome can be defined by little coincidences. The instagram page @f1rstoftheroll is dedicated to the little coincidences of the first frame of a 35 mm roll.

Sometimes, when browsing new places, you accidentally stumble on the perfect range of colours. It would be a shame not to capture it. With the app Adobe capture you just take a picture and it recognizes the colours in the frame, presenting you the RGB/CMYK/LAB/HSB codes and giving you the option to tweak them to your liking. The app can also recognize fonts, make patterns and more.

The best part about it? You can instantly save the colours to your Adobe library, ready to use in Illustrator or any other Adobe program of your choice!

Are you interested in discovering new musical artists and concert locations in Amsterdam? In 2011, Paradiso created the Indiestadpas for its indie brand. With this pass you can visit Indiestad concerts scattered over venues in the city. The pass is valid for a whole calendar year and only 35 euros.

They also have a Ticket to the Tropics-pass to discover dance music from all over the world. Both of them can also be great presents.

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Another instagram to follow is @itsnicethat. This page features the work of different artists with different styles of different artistic media. This page forms an endless inspiration for colours, compositions, patterns and methods.

The instagram page functions as a gathering of snippets of different artists, up to you in whose work you would like to dive deeper. To top it off, they have a podcast for that! In the It’s Nice That Podcast their editors sit down to talk about building a career out of your creativity together with leading designers, artists, photographers and creative directors.