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In the past 12 years we had the pleasure to get to know a lot of the amazing people behind the magazines and publications we try to gather in our store for you, we have seen countless covers on our shelves and browsed myriads of pages. In News & Novelties we want to share some of our latest finds and conversations. Find inspiration in our reviews, enjoy some interviews with amazing people and get to know about our latest activities in Berlin and around the globe.

Sound Space Sense - DNA 21 (EN)

Sound Space Sense – DNA 21

Surprise Subscription #38
We’re going to go out on a limb here: what if the best time of year is happening right now? Visualize the word “February” in your mind. Sure, it’s rainy, cold, dark, gray, and bleak; yes, you may curse the fact that you are not kicking it on a beach in Greece or Miami; but think of all the fabulous things you have been doing to get through this long short winter month. Dinners, galleries, museums, movies, lounging in bed…wonderful experiences all of them.   And let’s not forget music! Whether you prefer hanging at the Berlin Philharmonie or doing some big time clubbing at Berghain, winter is the true season of music for all sound lovers–and a perfect time for this month’s surprise subscription pick (especially if you missed our recent launch event). More
Dirty Furniture - Bed

Dirty Furniture – Bed

Surprise Subscription #37
So here we are in the year 2024! Well done, you made it out of bed!  We here at do you read me?! understand the challenges of leaving your bed during this dark and cold season. So when we saw that Dirty Furniture–an independent design magazine that uncovers the relationship between people and the things they live with–had set their sights on this holiest article of household furniture for their last issue, we simply could not resist making it this month’s Surprise Subscription pick.  More
What the Final Fuck!

What the Final Fuck!

Surprise Subscription #36
We’re once again staring down the close of another year, and while it’s fitting and even natural to spend this time thinking about endings/the end times, and so on and so forth, we also think it’s a good time to let loose and have, dare we say it, a bit of…fun? Enter ‘The Final Fuck.’ More
Famous For My Dinner Parties

Famous For My Dinner Parties

Surprise Subscription #35
Food is the ultimate subject of conversation. Whether when making dinner plans or debating the merits of a particular restaurant or complaining about the rising price of your favorite breakfast cereal, the subject is both ubiquitous and relevant. Think about it: is there anything stranger than someone who doesn’t have a ready answer to the simple question, “What’s your favourite food?” More
Nansen

Nansen

Surprise Subscription #34
“We tell ourselves stories in order to live”, Joan Didion once wrote. Awash in histories both political and personal, we navigate our way through the present by relying on our own narratives of the past. And unless Didion is wrong (which she rarely is), we might go on to say that we tell each other stories in order to live together–so that our communities become a mosaic of interwoven individual experiences, so that the personal can become collective. Nansen, this month’s Surprise Subscription pick, is a moving exercise in precisely this kind of nourishing communal storytelling. More
SICK Magazine #5

Sick #5

SICK is an independent and thoughtful magazine created by individuals living with chronic illnesses and disabilities. Its primary goal is to enhance representation while challenging the harmful stereotypes and misconceptions that often surround disability.⁠ ⁠ Furthermore, SICK aims to foster a work environment characterized by respect and support. Within this context, a unique approach is embraced – working at a pace that aligns with individual needs, allowing for pauses and moments of rest. The foundation of this workplace is rooted in belief, active listening, and support for one another. Productivity is rejected as a measure of value, and the focus is on celebrating the strength and resilience of sick and disabled bodies.⁠ ⁠ Sounds to us like an approach to work that would be healthy for everyone, really.⁠ Buy
Modern Instances - Stephen Shore (Expanded Ed.)

Modern Instances

Stephen Shore
Derived from the invaluable teachings of photographer Stephen Shore, this serves as an indispensable guide for those eager to refine their craft and understand the diverse elements that shape a unique creative voice. Modern Instances offers a fresh perspective on how we perceive the world around us, emphasizing that even the smallest moments hold immense potential for inspiration if we remain attentive.⁠ ⁠ ⁠Now available in an updated and expanded edition, this release features additional essays not found in the hardcover version, more than forty new images, and an extensive notes section. In these notes, Shore delves into various aspects of the original text and further explores themes such as inspiration, gifts, tragedy, and vernacular photography.⁠ Buy
Every day is a new day - Karel Martens 2024 Calendar

Every day is a new day

Karel Martens 2024 Calendar
Last years this calendar was ripped out of our hands faster than you can rip off one of its pages! So this year be quick to get your hands on this beautiful tear-off calendar for 2024 by Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens.⁠ ⁠ One page and one number for each day of the year - constructed with Martens signature method of printing letterpress monoprints from found metal forms. Every day is a new day!⁠ Buy
Hässlichkeit

Hässlichkeit

Moshtari Hilal
Vom Sehen und Gesehenwerden, von Selbstbildern und Selbstzweifeln – Moshtari Hilal schreibt über Hässlichkeit. Dichte Körperbehaarung, braune Zähne, große Nasen: Moshtari Hilal befragt Ideen von Hässlichkeit. In ihrem einzigartigen Buch schreibt sie von Beauty Salons in Kabul als Teil der US-Invasion, von Darwins Evolutionstheorie, von Kim Kardashian und von einem utopischen Ort im Schatten der Nase. Ihre Erkundungen, Analysen und Erinnerungen, ihre Bildzitate und eigenen Zeichnungen führen in jenen innersten Bereich, in dem jedes Selbstverständnis auf dem Prüfstand steht. Warum fürchten wir uns vor dem Hässlichen? Poetisch und berührend, intim und hochpolitisch erzählt Moshtari Hilal von uns allen, wenn sie von den Normen erzählt, mit denen wir uns traktieren. Buy
Initium Maris

Initium Maris

Nicolas Floc’h
We are obsessed with Nicholas Folc'h's underwater photography! ⁠ Dusty waters taint everything in a mystical light. Towering, tentacle-like plants stretch towards the rippling water's surface. You can see the light above, you know above there is the world we know so well - the one of us land mammals. And still it's hard to believe that these otherworldly images are taken from the surface of our planet Earth.⁠ ⁠ In dialogue with scientistsis, Floc’h is on a mission to represent the underwater landscapes at a time when climate change is causing major upheavals within ecosystems.⁠ Buy
Radical Intimacy

Radical Intimacy

Sophie K. Rosa
Western societies want us to believe that there is an optimal way to live. We must be productive and heterosexual, our emotional needs are to be fulfilled by a single romantic partner, we must have babies, build a classic family and buy a house. But the kicker is a lot of people cannot and do not want to achieve all, or any of these life goals. ⁠ ⁠ Radical Intimacy shows that it doesn’t need to be this way. A punchy and impassioned account of inspiring ideas about alternative ways to live, Sophie K Rosa demands we use our radical imagination to discover a new form of intimacy and to transform our personal lives and in turn society as a whole. ⁠ Buy
Let’s Become Fungal!

Let’s Become Fungal!

Mycelium Teachings and the Arts
There is a growing interest in fungi and mycelium, the intricate and ever-branching threads that weave through the fungal world. These entanglements and the functioning of the rhizomatic network are not merely fascinating but also hold a profound metaphorical significance for potential new systems, modes of thought, and behaviors - the teachings of fungi!⁠ ⁠ Let’s Become Fungal! takes its inspiration from the world of art and mycology and shares innovative practices from Latin America and the Caribbean that are rooted in multispecies collaboration, symbiosis, alliances, non-monetary resource exchange, decentralization, bottom-up methods and mutual dependency­—all in line with the behavior of the mycelium.⁠ Buy