The latest edition of the world's favorite t-shirt journal, T-World, is in stores now complete with fresh cover design by Montreal based graphic design team 123KLAN.

http://www.t-world.com.au/

T-World, the bible for t-shirt lovers worldwide, is soon to release it’s fifth issue. To celebrate, the T-World crew are having a launch party at The Workers Club in Melbourne on the 25th April. Dress code is strictly tees only – no sleeves allowed!!

"T-World" http://www.t-world.com.au/

"Cabaret" presents
Jim Avignon a.k.a. Neoangin × Fantasista Utamaro(Mashcomix)
at Superdeluxe

Berlin-based pop-artist icon Jim Avignon finally makes it to Tokyo! Check out his live painting battle, speed auction and speed sale with Tokyo's Mashcomix artist Fantasista Utamaro!!!!!!

Further details at:
http://www.super-deluxe.com/2008/12/1/jim-avignon-x-utamaro/

Heavy Pencil is a new monthly event, where professional and wonderful
Illustrators come down with pens, pencils, paper and some of their favorite
music. This month graniph collaborators Ian Stevenson and Bob London will be interpreting some carefully chosen songs via the medium of really good drawings. Ian's charming but freakish characters are natural playmates for Bob's bug-eyed creations, inhabiting a world of feckless parents and sinister animals. As these 2D beings come to life they will be projected on to the walls of the bar for your enlightenment.

Time: 8:00
Date: 2nd October 2008
Place: The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH.
http://www.ica.org.uk

Over 100 Million Witnesses to this Crime!!!!!
Unrivalled Cute Electro Pop!!
The long-awaited 2nd Album from CSS - "Donkey" out now!!

-CSS-
Signed to the famous American Indy label 'Sub Pop' after developing a large following on the internet.
Known together with the Klaxons as the flag-bearers of the 'New-Rave' movement - they got their big break featuring in an iPod Touch commercial. Since then, they have been busy - guesting on a new song by Primal Scream, and remixing for such artists as Kylie Minogue and Digitalism. Flitting over the boundaries of pop, rock and dance CSS is a 5 member rock band from Sao Paulo, Brazil. Their newest tracks combine yoga, reggae, and fashion with the sharply contrasting emotions of love, anger and despair - energetic dance-rock songs which paint a picture of the pleasure of life's many ups and downs.

Turner Prize winner Olafur Eliasson has installed four waterfalls in the East River and under the Brooklyn Bridge. The waterfalls will be up for this Summer until October 13th, so be sure to walk across the Manhattan bridge and check them out if you're in NYC.
The pictures above have been taken by Fumi Nakamura text by Yoshitaka Futakawa for Shift.
http://www.nycwaterfalls.com/

The Japan Foundation presents the Japanese Film Festival from 17th till 27th July in Kuala Lumpur.
This is certainly a spectacular festival for Japanese film fans. The Foundation is screening 7 new titles produced in between 2004 and 2007.
>From human drama and anime to horror, the great variety of films ensures you a wonderful weekend.
http://www.jfkl.org.my/events/event_body.php?id=161

>From August 13-17th 2008, the German City Koln will turn into a mecca for those who love music and art!
The Festival C/O Pop open its doors with a delicious program of international musicians from pop to punk and house to jazz who will play at different indoor and outdoor stages. Young creatives of media art and design will have the possibility to show their works in special locations and to a wide audience through workshops, seminars and discussion forums. C/O Pop is an international network platform for the music and creative industry!

Just one week later, from August 22nd till 31st "ARTRMX" the first artfestival for young and contemporary art will be
held in Koln as well. About 380 artists applied for the debut-festival with the title "Where is my mind", but the jury managed to select 50 youngsters to exhibit their works in an original and unique way throughout the city!
One of the participating artists is Matthias Gephart

http://www.disturbanity.com

Christina K. is one of the international artists who sell their artwork through the UK based online artstore Cosh.
Also Vault 49, Gregory Gilbert-Lodge and Michael Gillete, Ian Stevenson and Jimmy Turrell and more are represented through Cosh for interested illustration and art collectors.
Cosh takes care of framing, printing and shipping internationally. They also organise online events like the exhibition "Now Showing - exploring the lost art of the film poster.
http://www.dieforlove.co.uk

Spring is an independent illustration, comic and art magazine, published by a group of german female illustrators.
Spring is a way to express analog talent from the idea, the sketch, the first pencil line into the bookstores and galleries,
all handmade and self directed. The fifth issue "Alter Ego" will be celebrated by July 11th at the Hinterconti in Hamburg.
Participating illustrators are graniph collaborators Katharina Gschwendtner and Carolin Loebbert.

Vernissage with DJ's
Hinterconti
Marktstr 40a
July 11th, 19:00h
http://www.spring-art.info

Wim Crouwel x graniph collaboration T-shirts are now available at the Stedelijk Museumstore in Amsterdam.
All five designs will be sold as far as stock lasts until the closing date of the Museum by the end of September 2008.
http://www.stedelijk.nl

The ecofriendly shopping bags from Envirosax are made of bamboo, linen and hemp. Jo Kuipers has designed beautiful patterns for the Australia based company and Matthew Langille has designed a range of kids bags!
View their site and start shopping fashionable and plastic free!
http://www.envirosax.com

On 11 June 2008, the dutch queen, Her Majesty Queen Beatrix opened the Graphic Design Museum, Beyerd Breda, the first museum in the world that concentrates specifically on graphic design. An institute that will act as museum, knowledge centre, teaching environment, shop for image culture, designer cafe and production house for graphic design. The Graphic Design Museum offers established designers an international stage and is, at the same time, a spring-board for new top talent. The last hundred years are brought to life for everybody in an interactive exhibition which includes work by Piet Zwart, Wim Crouwel, Anthon Bekke and Erik Kessels.

Graphic Design Museum
Boschstraat 22
4811 GH BREDA
http://www.graphicdesignmuseum.nl

The Kalimera communication agency, together with Red Publishing, editorial house of Modena, have gathered artworks of the most interesting Italian graphic designers. All artworks are collected in the book "Italian Renaissance" to promote the theme of "communication and creativity related to culture and an economical development" as well as part of exhibitions, conference, performances, workshops and other public happenings. This project is touring through Europe, starting from Italy and will hopefully also arriving in other parts of the world.
One of the participating artists is Gianni Rossi.
http://www.giannirossi.com

The music event Hovefestivalen takes place in Tromoya, Arendal in Norway, June 23rd - 27th with artists such as Beck, Jay-Z, Hellacopters and Babyshambles. This years poster was illustrated and designed by Swedish graphic designers Var who also designed t-shirt prints for the festival.
http://www.hovefestivalen.no

French artdirector and graphic designer Tabas alias Cedric Malo had a special "Anti-Advertisement" idea for the promotion of the Marsatac Music Festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008 from September 25th - 27th.
The advertisement for this event is a pure white poster! The idea behind this "anti-advertisement" is to let the audience focus on the details in the background instead of the poster design itself. The white poster is held by artists in front of their body in their personal spaces, hiding their identity, but showing their inspiring environment.
View more details about the project here.

http://www.tabas.fr/

Daryl Waller contributed the artwork for the The Loose Salute album Tuned to Love a little while back and it hits the UK stores on June 17th!
Lot's of work for all those involved but it's finally out!
You can purchase it at all the usual record stores or download it here.

The amazing select store Subaquatica in Madrid, Spain, celebrates its fifth anniversary!
To celebrate 5 years of supporting and introducing emerging artists and designers from around the globe, Subaquatica has organised a group exhibition.
They asked each participating artist to buy a postcard of the city where they reside and to send it to Spain after personalizing it with their illustrations!
View some of the works online at http://www.subaquatica.com/en/index.php/current/ or visit Subaquatica in Madrid

Subaquatica 2003-2008
May 8th through June 13th 2008
c/ Caballero de Gracia 9
Madrid, 28013
SPAIN
http://www.subaquatica.com/en

The Japanese musician De De Mouse has released his new CD Sunset Girls. The wonderful videotrack for "East End Girl (Keeps Singing)" has been created by the art directors of DASI for
Avex Music.
Please view the video here.

http://dasi.jp/

The british design collective If You Could is releasing every months a series of posters from well known designers and illustrators.
The posters are released in a limited edition and signed by the artists. They are available online at "If You Could".
For the month June Emily Alston and The Designers Republic have been chosen for two poster designs!

http://www.ifyoucould.co.uk

Lucy Vigrass, UK illustrator and member of the design collective Peepshow designed the Cover of Casa Brutus May issue.
She created the cover for the main theme of the issue: new trends in furniture and a feature about the Salone Milano furniture fair.

A new photography book by IdN Hong Kong presenting the most diverse and provocative new photography from Australia and America.

Shunning repetitive and predictable structures, Hijacked’s aesthetic is directed by the mindset and energy of young and emerging practitioners. Embracing the prevailing wanderlust, their work exhibits a fascination with international subcultures, fragmented trends, alternate life styles and urban landscapes.

288 pages, US$80 on sale now
for more info http://www.idnworld.com

The creative charity D&AD is presenting a series of President Lectures. Speakers are
Nick Bell, Robert Greenberg, Sir Christopher Frayling and on June 5th the Dutch Graphic Design Trio "Experimental Jetset". Tokyo based Klein Dytham has organised a Pecha Kucha Night.

http://www.dandad.co.uk

The Center of Something is Chris Rubino's take on New York as a destination for both visiting and living.
Taking advantage of the Times Square location Rubino has created what he is referring to as a "limited tourist attaraction". The Exhibit is modeled after the dozens of stores in the neighbourhood selling the same insane souvenirs playing off tourist's pre-cenceived image(s) of New York. In an attempt to create new "icons" for the city Rubino's installation will consist of his "souvenirs" as well as hand drawn screenprints that create pieces of the New York daily visual language. i.e., maps advertisements, signage, etc. Tourists will be encouraged to visit, interact and possibly question what they exactly are experiencing.
Sponsored by Chashama
Starting from May 30th until June 15th.
location: Times Square New York

http://www.chrisrubino.com

Open Space Gallery New York, 12th April - 3rd May

The average family brings home 1,000 plastic bags every year. It is time for us to switch from a disposable society to one which reduces, reuses and recycles. This show will help spread the message that we care about our planet and do not want to just consume until there is nothing left. We are certain that we will all make a difference.

Open Space has asked 125 artists from around the world to donate their time and talent to this cause in the form of custom-designed tote bags. The bags will be on display and available to purchase at Open Space from April 12th thru May 3rd and will also exist on this site during and after the show for all to see and purchase. 90% of the proceeds from the sales of the show will go to the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, an amazing New York-based organization committed to environmental educaiton and advocacy.

http://www.ilikedrawing.co.uk

Sydney based photographers Lyn & Tony have been shooting a wonderful serie of 20+ pages for the second issue of Nico Magazine, published by Die Gestalten, Germany.
The amazing shooting location, one hour out of Sydney, was a perfect spot for Lyn& Tony's concept: soft skin and floating garments against razor sharp stone.
Nico Magazine is on sale now online and in bookstores around the globe!

Through 20 interviews with 29 key figures in the Tokyo art world and 6 essays by art specialists, Art Space Tokyo fleshes out a thorough exploration of the Tokyo art world and the issues that revolve around these spaces.

The guide is lavishly ornamented with over 50 beautiful pen and ink illustrations by Nobumasa Takahashi, bringing readers intimately close to the voices and spaces within.

Published by Chinmusicpress.com, 272 pages, curated & designed by Craig Mod.

http://artspacetokyo.com/

Since its launch in October 2004 TAB has published information on more than 18,000 events. That's more than 400 events a month. Who'd have thought there were that many art & design events happening in Tokyo each month?!

We recently decided to take a selection of those events and publish
them every 2 months on a printed map. We are hoping to make it easier
for people to navigate the city in their search for exhibitions. This
map will also allows us to reach a broader audience, driving new
traffic to the venues and our website.

The first issue (April-May) features 50 events grouped in 7 areas:
Ginza, Kyobashi, Ueno, Roppongi, Shinjuku, Omotesando and Shibuya.

http://www.tokyoartbeat.com/tablog/entries.en/2008/04/tokyo-art-map.html

The Hong Kong based design magazine IdN celebrated their 15th anniversary in 2007. IdN which stands for "International designer's Network" is one of the largest bi-monthly multilingual magazines that focus on publishing design, artworks and new trends in the graphic scene.
IdN and graniph hold from October - December 2007 an international T-shirts design award named "Universe".
Over 900 excellent artworks were submitted by illustrators, designers and graphic designer from around the globe and 14 winners were selected for the release of a graniph design T in the limited edition of 1000 pieces only!
On sale now in all Design Tshirts stores graniph.

-Gold Prize
Jessica Wilson

-Silver Prize
Joe Rogers・Alice Ewen・Andy Forshaw

-Bronze Prize
Budi Satria Kwan・Sonja Ahles・Valeria Anzolin・Rafal Czajka・Peater Oh・Moore Cheng・Luis Antonio
Jan von Holleben・Buero Sheriff・Dimxel

Jon Burgerman launches new work, including large sculptural pieces, at Concrete Hermit Gallery Following recent exhibitions for Singapore Design Week 07, ROJO Artspace Barcelona and Milan Jon returns to the UK with the solo show ‘Pop Idle’ at the Concrete Hermit Gallery, London from 4th April. Opening Reception on April 3rd, 6-9pm.
http://www.jonburgerman.com/index.php/Work/comments/pop_idle/