Qompendium is an evolving and ever-changing platform for philosophy, art, culture and science, represented by a series of print publications: magazines, books and monographs. Furthermore, it is enriched by a gallery concept, a work shop and a fast-moving online portal.
Art Dubai
17th to 20th March 2010
A strong selection of more than 60 of the world’s most exciting emerging and established contemporary galleries will be attending the fourth edition of Art Dubai.
Introducing
Aubrey de Grey
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta teams with anti-aging experts Aubrey de Grey and Dan Buettner to bring you an in-depth discussion on the search for immortality. Watch it here.
Editor’s Choice
Eric Sanderson
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta’s fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife – accurate down to the block – when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.
Check video on Ted.
Art Lawyer
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Collector’s Editions
Saturday, 30.01.2010
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Talents
Tuesday, 09.03.2010
Meet young gun and french photographer Adeline Mai, who definitely knows how to capture the intimacy of a private moment with Malte, Christopher, Chris, Anthony and other beaus.
Lifestyle, Fashion, Gadgets
Tuesday, 09.03.2010
From Diane von Fürstenberg to Jill Sander, Brian Atwood, Paul Smith and Alexander McQueen, you will find the hottest posh and even young brands literally at your fingertips. Go for one-touch shopping and not only for members at Matches Fashion.
Check out what the Qompendium Crew has selected for you at MatchesFashion.com.
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Lectures, Workshops, Talks
Capitalism Without Guilt: The Moral Case for Freedom
Dr. Yaron Brook will be holding a lecture about Capitialism and that, in stark contrast to the pervasive view, selfishness and capitalism were not only not responsible for the financial crisis, they are, in fact, what’s needed to fix it.
More details here.
Music
Monday, 08.03.2010
Qompendium Exclusive Pre-Release
feat. Chicks on Speed
Qompendium presents the new single by Chicks on Speed, "The Beat is Happening", produced by Phil Speiser aka. Dirty Disco Youth.
Official release 1st April 2010
Pre-Release on Qompendium 25th March 2010
Branding, Marketing
Where the Wealthy shop Online?
You'd be surprised to find out where the real affluent take their money online to shop!
Books, Magazines, Fanzines
Schneewittchen
Tim Krohn hat gemeinsam mit dem Komponisten Jürg Wickihalder ein neues "Schneewittchen" geschrieben – eine verspielte, tiefgründige und leicht subversive Variante des Märchens für Erwachsene und ihre aufgeschlossenen Kinder.
Books, Magazines, Fanzines
Friday, 05.03.2010
Tim Krohn hat gemeinsam mit dem Komponisten Jürg Wickihalder ein neues "Schneewittchen" geschrieben – eine verspielte, tiefgründige und leicht subversive Variante des Märchens für Erwachsene und ihre aufgeschlossenen Kinder.
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Conferences, Exhibitions, Fairs
Friday, 05.03.2010
German Minimalism at the Daimler Contemporary: Constructivism, Zero, Minimal Art, Concept und Seriality
Daimler Art Collection
March 12 to May 30, 2010
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Philosophy
From the Analects of Confucius
In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.
Philosophy
Friday, 05.03.2010
Confucius, literally "Master Kong", was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese thought and life.
Art, Design, Artefacts
Thursday, 04.03.2010
Spanish-born photogrpaher Virgili Jubero lives and works in Paris and has already accomplished assignments for a variety of great clients, such as Dries van Noten, Cassina and Serguei Povaguin.
Art, Design, Artefacts
Thursday, 04.03.2010
Shirley Jaffe began as an abstract expressionist but in about 1968 her style changed to the flat, uninflected surfaces and single-colour shapes that she has used ever since. Meet her at the Armory Show, New York.
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Philosophy
Hans Lohberger
Denken, das heißt eingesehen haben, daß das Wissen zu Ende geht.
Philosophy
Thursday, 04.03.2010
Hans Lohberger war ein österreichischer Schriftsteller. Er hat weit über 6.000 Gedichte und über 10.000 Aphorismen verfasst.
Question and Answer
Wednesday, 03.03.2010
The Poetry of Time is an exclusive exhibition created for Art Dubai by Van Cleef & Arpels taking the form of an enchanted promenade, it offers a voyage of discovery to the heart of the Poetry of Time, punctuated by the presentation of iconic Van Cleef & Arpels timepieces which illustrates its unique style and savoir-faire.
A brief interview with Jean-Marc Wiederrecht, acclaimed watchmaker of Van Cleef & Arpels.
Books, Magazines, Fanzines
Wednesday, 03.03.2010
While the auto industry struggle to pull out of a deep crisis, the independent magazine market is booming. Here is yet another one from the new kids on the block: Carr Magazine. Qompendium enjoys its unfiltered rawness and always welcomes print ephemera on uncoated paper; the missing part in one of our favorite magazines, Intersection.
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Conferences, Exhibitions, Fairs
Wednesday, 03.03.2010
A presentation at the Mudam about deconstructing and decoding Qompendium and constructing it back into a time capsule of historical and contemporary content. A dialogue with all the attendants and the Design Friends.
Meet us in Luxembourg.
March 26th 2010
6pm to 8pm
Branding, Marketing
Jan Jonker &
Marco de Witte
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Branding, Marketing
You cannot copyright a Tweet!
And this according to Jeffery Zeldman.
Branding, Marketing
Sunday, 28.02.2010
Copyrighting Tweets were in the media for sometime now and and according to Jeffery Zeldman they are copyright free.
Full article here.
Philosophy
William Bernhardt
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.
Lifestyle, Fashion, Gadgets
Sunday, 28.02.2010
For Spring Summer 2010, Lee Jeans revisits the 1950s, an era which is well known for creating demin as uniform for millions of teenagers. Also those worshipping and almost broken hearted by James Dean in the movie Giant alongside Elizabeth Taylor.
Check out the new coup from the Lee Originals: The Archives.
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A Private Fitting with Custodio Dalmau
Custo Barcelona dazzles the New Yorker fashion scene once again with the new collection: Hairy Metal. The winter collection is about contrasting looks, melting metals, a veritable ode to the periodic table of elements.
Lifestyle, Fashion, Gadgets
Thursday, 25.02.2010
Qompendium was invited to take a look behind the scenes.
Check out the images.
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Lifestyle, Fashion, Gadgets
Thursday, 25.02.2010
Custo Barcelona dazzles the New Yorker fashion scene once again with the new collection: Hairy Metal. The winter collection is about contrasting looks, melting metals, a veritable ode to the periodic table of elements.
Qompendium was invited to take a look behind the scenes. Check out the images.
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VideoBackstage Havoc in New York |
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A metal bath of vibrant contrasts dazzled New York, courtesy of Custo Barcelona. And Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York was once again the setting for the presentation of the designer’s new autumn-winter 2010/2011 collection. Check backstage glamour with Qompendium. |
Lifestyle, Fashion, Gadgets
Wednesday, 24.02.2010
A metal bath of vibrant contrasts dazzled New York, courtesy of Custo Barcelona. And Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week New York was once again the setting for the presentation of the designer’s new autumn-winter 2010/2011 collection.
Check backstage glamour with Qompendium.
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Conferences, Exhibitions, Fairs
Wednesday, 24.02.2010
Berlin–based Matt Saunders will present several interrelated new work at The Renaissance Society, which is also the artist's first solo museum show. In drawings, paintings, short films, and photographs, Saunders recasts images, often taken from film or television, into new narratives about portraiture and spectatorship.
February 28 – April 11, 2010
Win Win
Three Anna Wegelin Fokahontas Leather Necklaces
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Win Win
Wednesday, 24.02.2010
Qompendium is happy to give away three unique Anna Wegelin Fokahontas leather necklaces.
Easy and fast to enter and win.
Ends by 1st March 2010.
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Conferences, Exhibitions, Fairs
Tuesday, 23.02.2010
For over twenty years, Raymond Pettibon's drawings have earned an international following for their fluid style and youthful, iconoclastic outlook and often commented on as witty, eccentric.
Check images shot from ARCO Madrid, 2010.
Conferences, Exhibitions, Fairs
Tuesday, 23.02.2010
A remote-controlled android was created in 1982 to promote the upcoming 1986 World's Exposition in Vancouver, Canada. Dubbed Expo Ernie, he and four clones traveled the world before their deployment as hosts in the fair's six colored zones. The cartoon-like android, officially referred to as both mascot and ambassador, was meant to personify the fair's transnational theme of "World in Motion - World in Touch".
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Talents
Monday, 22.02.2010
Carla Busuttil is born 1982 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Momentarily she lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Qompendium News
Saturday, 20.02.2010
A strong selection of more than 60 of the world’s most exciting emerging and established contemporary galleries will be attending the fourth edition of Art Dubai.
Proud to announce our media partnership with Art Dubai.
Books, Magazines, Fanzines
Friday, 19.02.2010
Werner Sobek ist einer der führenden Ingenieure und Konstrukteure unserer Zeit. Seine Ansicht ist: Die Fähigkeit, filigrane, fast schon entmaterialisierte Strukturen mit perfekten Details zu gestalten, Strukturen, die sich in Harmonie befinden mit ihrer Form und Funktion.
Das Buch präsentiert die wichtigsten Beispiele in den Bereichen Design, Material, Oberflächen und Konstruktion.
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