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.


cut and past, dada, maholy nagy, kimberly lloyd

Art, Design, Artefacts

Cut and Paste Father: Rauol Hausmann
Posted
Monday, 05.07.2010

Austrian artist and writer Raoul Hausmann was one of the key figures in the Berlin Dada movement, his experimental photographic collages, sound poetry and institutional critiques had a profound influence on the European Avant-Garde in the aftermath of World War I.

L'Acteur, 1946
Vintage gelatin silver print
7 x 5 inches (18 x 13 cm)

Cut and paste

installation, micah schippa

Art, Design, Artefacts

Sam Lewitt’s Oddity
Posted
Monday, 05.07.2010

Artist Sam Lewitt is born in 1981, in Los Angeles. His art is odd and at the same time it displays quality, research,while the artist meticulously prepares his work for his audience. It is a joy to see images of his work and installations. We wish more of Sam Lewitt in the near future and hopefully in Germany.


Additional Content
14 Images

Art, Design, Artefacts

Golden Age Shop

 

Golden Age is a concept shop in Chicago that sells publications, music, apparel and other editioned works created by artists. Golden Age makes a statement about an alternative mode of making and selling art; that it can be straightforward, accessible, and moderately priced.

Art, Design, Artefacts

Golden Age Fanzine and Magazine Shop
Posted
Thursday, 01.07.2010

Golden Age is a concept shop in Chicago that sells publications, music, apparel and other editioned works created by artists. Golden Age makes a statement about an alternative mode of making and selling art; that it can be straightforward, accessible, and moderately priced.

Golden Age was established in 2007 by Marco Kane Braunschweiler and Martine Syms.

 

www.shopgoldenage.com

More infos on Golden Age Shop

Art, Design, Artefacts

Alexander Ney, the Artist’s Artist

 

Alexander Ney is often described as an "artist's artist;" a modern master of rare aesthetic vision who is not only popular in the public realm, but one whose works are honored by his peers for their inherent artistic integrity. For over half a century, Ney has continuously created unique works of art in diverse mediums, introducing strikingly original styles and ideas. Ney's pioneering artistic vision in both painting and sculpture perpetually makes his work stand apart from most contemporaries. But it is his instantly recognizable terra cotta and bronze sculpture that has made the artist a venerable household name.

Art, Design, Artefacts

Alexander Ney, the Artist’s Artist
Posted
Thursday, 01.07.2010

Alexander Ney is often described as an "artist's artist;" a modern master of rare aesthetic vision who is not only popular in the public realm, but one whose works are honored by his peers for their inherent artistic integrity. For over half a century, Ney has continuously created unique works of art in diverse mediums, introducing strikingly original styles and ideas. Ney's pioneering artistic vision in both painting and sculpture perpetually makes his work stand apart from most contemporaries. But it is his instantly recognizable terra cotta and bronze sculpture that has made the artist a venerable household name.


Additional Content
11 Images
film, hongkong, black and white

Art, Design, Artefacts

In the Mood for Love
Posted
Monday, 28.06.2010

In the Mood for Love, literally translate from "The Age of Blossoms," which is a Chinese metaphor for the fleeting time of youth, beauty and love. It is a 2000 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung. The film premiered on May 20, 2000, at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or.
The film's original Chinese title derives from a song of the same name by Zhou Xuan from a 1946 film. The English title derives from a Bryan Ferry cover of the song "I'm in the Mood for Love" that is also used in the film. The movie forms the second part of an informal trilogy, together with the first part Days of Being Wild (released in 1991) and the last part 2046 (released in 2004).


Additional Content
3 Images
things we like, scans, random art

Art, Design, Artefacts

Things We Like Part 1
Posted
Sunday, 27.06.2010

A visual and random collection of inspiration we have found on blogs and like to share with our regular visitors. Unfortunately, the source of these scans were not disclosed – a shame – as we find. But we can at least thank the curator who has put all this together on his Tumblr blog. If you know the sources please contact us. Thank you.


Additional Content
12 Images

Art, Design, Artefacts

Baroque Painters
Posted
Thursday, 24.06.2010

The prosperity of 17th century Holland led to an enormous production of art by large numbers of painters who were mostly highly specialized and painted only genre scenes, landscapes, Still-lifes, portraits or History paintings. Technical standards were very high, and Dutch Golden Age painting established a new repertoire of subjects that was very influential until the arrival of Modernism.

Among the greatest painters of the Baroque period are Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Rubens,[6] Velázquez, Poussin, and Vermeer. Caravaggio is an heir of the humanist painting of the High Renaissance.

Art, Design, Artefacts

Qompendium Michael Jackson Dedication
Posted
Thursday, 24.06.2010

During the 24th to 26th of June, Qompendium dedicates its site to Michael Joseph Jackson, the most eclectic entertainer of the music industry. A man who changed the standards of music, television and fashion and at the same time was amidst those who fought for the rights of human beings. Michael Jackson has left behind a legacy that can not be topped that very soon.

Qompendium has a created an offset printed card to commemorate Jackson's fight against racsism. "I'am not going to spend my life being a color."


Additional Content
24 Images

Art, Design, Artefacts

Dangerous by Mark Ryden
Posted
Thursday, 24.06.2010

At once intriguing and unsettling, baffling and enchanting, Ryden's works are subtle amalgams of many sources and influences as wide-ranging as Psychedelic and Vienna School artists, Neon Park and Ernst Fuchs to classical French formalists Ingres and David.

Among Ryden's most famous work are album covers for musicians including Michael Jackson, Ringo Starr, Jack Off Jill, Scarling, Screaming Trees and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

 

www.markryden.com

Art, Design, Artefacts

Pérola Barroca
Posted
Wednesday, 23.06.2010

The word "Baroque", is a French transliteration of the Portuguese phrase "pérola barroca", which means "irregular pearl", and natural pearls that deviate from the usual, regular forms so they do not have an axis of rotation are known as "baroque pearls".

michael jackson, black or white, collector's edition

Art, Design, Artefacts

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Posted
Tuesday, 22.06.2010

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily  between 1593 and 1610. His intensely emotional realism and dramatic use of lighting had a formative influence on the Baroque school of painting.

fire, paris, animals, taxidermy, butterfly

Art, Design, Artefacts

Burn Taxidermy
Posted
Wednesday, 16.06.2010

A fire ripped through Deyrolle, a historic entomology and taxidermy shop in the heart of Paris. Its collections of thousands of butterflies and rare insects, stuffed animals from all over the world and minerals, built up since it opened in 1831, went up in smoke, only surviving in the memories of generations of dreamers fascinated by their motionless beauty.


Additional Content
9 Images

“I am smart enough of a business person to let myself be an artist”.

 

Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist.

Art, Design, Artefacts

David LaChapelle’s
Bizarre Return

 

David LaChapelle has moved away from commercial work to focus on fine art. While retaining his unique visual style, this new direction highlights his interest and understanding of both contemporary practice and art history. A bizarre undertaking.

Read full article in The Art Newspaper.

bridget riley

Art, Design, Artefacts

Bridget Riley and Op-Art
Posted
Wednesday, 12.05.2010

Bridget Riley is one of Britain’s best-known artists. Since the mid-1960s she has been celebrated for her distinctive, optically vibrant paintings which actively engage the viewer’s sensations and perceptions, producing visual experiences that are complex and challenging, subtle and arresting.


Additional Content
28 Images

peter saville, joy division

Art, Design, Artefacts

Found on Flickr: CP 1919
Posted
Wednesday, 12.05.2010

Joy Division, an English rock band formed in 1976 originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris.

Their legendary front cover image comes from an edition of the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy, and was originally drawn with black lines on a white background. It presents successive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, PSR B1919+21 – often referred to in the context of this album by its older name, CP 1919. The image was suggested by drummer Stephen Morris and the cover design is credited to Joy Division, Peter Saville and Chris Mathan.

 

Found on Flickr.

Art, Design, Artefacts

A Wim Crouwel Specimen

 

A type specimen designed by Wim Crouwel ca. 1964 for the typeface Mercator, designed by Dick Dooijes. It shows samples of the different weights and cuts of Mercator, set in a variety of point sizes. Printed in black and red.

 

Flickr Set by Typehigh.nl

Art, Design, Artefacts

Monticello: The History of a Typeface

 

The origins of the typeface can be traced back to America's first successful type foundry, established in Philadelphia by Archibald Binny and James Ronaldson in 1796. (From Printing History, the Journal of the American Printing History Association, Volume XXV, Number 1, 2006)

 

An extensive essay on the beginning of type foundries. Read it here.

Art, Design, Artefacts

Re:Collection, an Inventory of
Australian Graphic Design

 

Re:collection is an inventory of Australian graphic design produced in a period circa 1960–1980. It was never intended to be comprehensive, representative or exhaustive. The selection of content is purely subjective; fundamentally it is work I find inspiring, intriguing or influential.

 

www.recollection.com.au

Podcast

The Pursuit of Happiness

Debbie Millman, president of AIGA in an interview with Austrian Designer Stefan Sagmeister, the founder of Sagmeister, Inc.

Courtsey of Design Observer.
Daniel Nettle's book here.

Art, Design, Artefacts

So who is behind Google’s logo designs?

 

Meet Google’s Doodlers on CBS.

table, egg, installation

Art, Design, Artefacts

Meet Sean Healy
Posted
Wednesday, 28.04.2010

Sean P. Healy is a multimedia artist based in Portland, Oregon. Healy’s work often explores the rationales of social power structures utilizing everything from chewing gum to resin, cigarette butts and large sliding glass doors.

 

www.elizabethleach.com

paper, installation,

Art, Design, Artefacts

Meet Gina Osterloh
Posted
Tuesday, 27.04.2010

Gina Osterloh lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She completed her MFA in Studio Art from University of California, Irvine in 2007, and her BA in Media Studies from DePaul University in Chicago in 1996. In 2008, she was in Manila as a recipient of a Fulbright Scholar Fellowship.

 

www.ginaosterloh.com
www.ghebaly.com


Additional Content
14 Images
maeghan reid, collages, art, illustrations

Art, Design, Artefacts

Meet Maeghan Reid
Posted
Monday, 26.04.2010

Maeghan Reid is a Canadian artist, born in 1980 and a graduate of the Claremont University. Her work has been presented in several international galleries, bringing her the Juror's Award in 2005. Currently, she is featured in the Chung King Project.

 

www.chungkingproject.com


Additional Content
12 Images

Art, Design, Artefacts

Tamara de Lempicka

 

My goal is never to copy. Create a new style, clear luminous colors and feel the elegance of the models.

Art, Design, Artefacts

Quotes: Never Copy
Posted
Monday, 19.04.2010

My goal is never to copy. Create a new style, clear luminous colors and feel the elegance of the models.

 

Who is Tamara de Lempicka?

grace jones

Art, Design, Artefacts

Jean-Paul Goude Illusions
Posted
Sunday, 18.04.2010

Meet the great mastermind Jean-Paul Goude who is multitalented in several disciplines from graphic designer, illustration, photography to advertising  and film direction. Goude has created iconic campaigns for brands such as Perrier, Citroën and Chanel. Momentarily he is preparing his first big exhibition for 2011.


www.jeanpaulgoude.com

Chinese Art En Vogue

 

Western collectors have been interested in exotic Chinese pieces since decades. The Sotheby's has conducted special auctions since the late 19th century. Momentarily, there seems no sign of economic depression at Sotheby's auction, "Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art", held in New York in March.

 

Read the article on Bejing Review.

Art, Design, Artefacts

Chinese Art En Vogue
Posted
Monday, 12.04.2010

Western collectors have been interested in exotic Chinese pieces since decades. The Sotheby's has conducted special auctions since the late 19th century. Momentarily, there seems no sign of economic depression at Sotheby's auction, "Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art", held in New York in March.

 

Read the article on Bejing Review.

michelin, tires, bibendum, graohic, logo

Art, Design, Artefacts

Monsieur Bibendum
Posted
Thursday, 08.04.2010

Edouard Michelin was visiting an exhibition in Lyon in 1889, when he saw a pile of tyres which looked almost lifelike. It was then when he designed O’Galop, the Michelin Man or Monsieur Bibendum, with the help of an artist. The logo has been adapted and modified over the years and is one of the oldest trademarks in history. Today, Michelin is the leading tyre manufacturer in more than 170 nations.

 

www.michelin.com

salvador dali, chupa chups, food, sweets, design

Art, Design, Artefacts

Chupa Chups by Salvador Dalí
Posted
Thursday, 08.04.2010

Spanish Enric Bernat founded Chupa Chups, a lollipop company in 1958. The name comes from the Spanish verb chupar, meaning "to suck". The Chupa Chups logo was designed by Salvador Dalí and later pop star Madonna was hired as a testimonial. Today, the company is currently owned by the Dutch-Italian multinational corporation Perfetti Van Melle.

 

www.chupachups.com

MoMa, at, Symbol, Typeface

Art, Design, Artefacts

MoMA acquires Ray Tomlinson's Symbol
Posted
Wednesday, 07.04.2010

Paola Antonelli, Senor Curator, Department of Architecture and Design, MoMA, informs us on their new acquistion of the symbol "@". A Museum is defined by its collection and the MoMA has celebrated elegance, economy, intellectual transparency, and a sense of the possible future directions that are embedded in the arts of our time, the essence of the modern day.


Ray Tomlinson design the @" in 1971. At the time "@" was explained as an abbreviation for the word "at" or for the phrase "at the rate of", mainly used in accounting and commercial invoices. Today, the most used letter on the Inernet.

 

Read the declaration on MoMA's official Blog.





 
 You are using Internet Explorer 6, this page does not support that old browser. Please use Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer 8