ORIGIN: 'What is fromness?' is inspired by 'Ask me where I'm local' by Taiye Selasi: 'When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer?' Selasi speaks for "multi-local" people. In other words, people who feel at home in the town where they grew…
[caption id="attachment_15906" align="alignleft" width="706"] Tickets for 'N' Helsinki: NEUROSIS. 'Let's talk about it.'[/caption] HELLO. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME you struck up conversation with a total stranger, and found out something really cool about them and, in the process, about yourself, too? When did you last go out of your…
DK AND FRIENDS TOGETHER co-host the zinemaking popup conversation salon and *happening* 'Hei Kesä' in Oulu. This is in collaboration with Kahvila Tuokio and Oulu Taiteiden Yö (Oulu Arts Night). It was the delightful yellow bright interior of the cafe that got us thinking, 'This would be a great place…
IN NOT TOO MANY DAYS, this thing will be finished. This thing that is the summer residency in Finland. This thing that is the A4 zine, 'Slow Moment,' whose lead story is going to be 'A Summer Love Story' by Alexis Jokela. This thing that is the smaller zine series, the…
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YESTERDAY EVENING. Did a popup art installation here in Kärsämäki. Zines. Sketches. Magazines. Collage. Three people put stuff together with DK's zines and we made a tea room out of the front porch. There are literally like 23,004 tea cups, saucers and related in the kitchen here. I think this place was originally the kind of spot you could stop in, whenever you felt like a chat or the need to unburden, and have a cup of tea. Or…
[caption id="attachment_15906" align="alignleft" width="706"] Tickets for 'N' Helsinki[/caption] OUR TRAVELING series 16N is next stopping in Helsinki. It's a big blind date for just 16 people. (Who will be there? That's the whole magic of it. The thing is a giant *surprise*.) It's by invitation. Ask us for an invite,…
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. Neurosis. In more than 50 conversations to date with people on the bus, on the street, in cafes, at pubs, passing through the town, looking left, discovering something, sitting still, not speaking, in libraries, distancing themselves, and telling me in some form or fashion that DK's…
[caption id="attachment_15435" align="alignleft" width="640"] Click for FB >[/caption] Celebrating International Zine Day PIENOISLEHTIEN TEKEMINEN on Suomessa vielä harvinainen harrastus. Työpajassa tutustut lehtien tekemisen mahdollisuuksiin ja opit taittelemaan ja tekemään uniikkeja tai monistettavia vihkosia. Sisältö voi olla kuvia, tekstiä tai ehkäpä pieni tarina. Millaisen lehden sinä voisit tehdä? Pajaan osallistuminen ei vaadi aiempaa kokemusta…
MAKE A ZINE with just eight people. Meet new people. Make a publication. Short, sweet, and on the spot. Join us at Atelier S P A C E || Kärsämäki. DESIGN KOMPANY are hosting a popup workshop, Atelier S P A C E, at Kärsämäki in Finland. This is a…
WHAT A FUN DAY. I didn't know that we would get together with the small group that we did for our event, but wow. We did. People had warned me: 'Don't expect too much; it's a small town.' I never expect anything, these days. I mean, with the conversation salons…
TODAY IS FRIDAY. Tomorrow is Saturday. Not just any Saturday. It's International Zine Day. Which, for the likes of people like me, is extraordinarily exciting. Because... zines! I love zines. Short and sweet, on the spot, made by hand, often, and inviting opportunities for real life conversation. That's what they're…
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TERVETULOA viettämään aikaa, juttelemaan, valmistamaan oma uniikki zine. Aikuiset ja yli 6v. Hinta 10€, lapset ilmaiseksi. Sis materiaalit, kahvin ja leivoksen. Facebook: Hei Kesä. CAFE ONNI and Design Kompany jointly host 'Hei Kesä' on Saturday, 21 July. Celebrating International Zine Day as well as time talking together in real life, this is…
ARE YOU IN FINLAND? Great. Join Design Kompany and new friends in Kärsämäki for a once-off event, a Festival of The Zine. Celebrating International Zine Day, this will take place in various venues on Saturday, 21 July. What are zines? Zines are independently published periodicals. They are not fancy, nor are they mainstream. Rather,…
For the writer, it's been said that the best thing to do upon waking up is grab the pen... or at least the keyboard, and empty out all your earliest thoughts or journal away the sins of yesterday. It’s a great method for any artist that is meant to really…
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DK and friends are together hosting a series of conversation salons in Kärsämäki, Finland, on the conversation topic, 'Then & Now.' Can we preserve an old way of life, or parts of it, as we move forward in time? How do we define 'progress?' What is important to keep, and how…
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