BRIGHT Tradeshow in Frankfurt is on again and so is our VERVE-Exhibition in Room #192. Special guest this time is Hamburg based photographer Jens Kaesemann exhibiting his work titled “fuck us now love us later”. Come by.. visit us and dive into Jens’ world.

Exhibition
January 16th - 17th

Further information
BRIGHT Tradeshow
Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 13
60327 Frankfurt am Main
Germany

www.brighttradeshow.com

“Trashion” is the collaboration between Parisian design collective Andrea Crews and the capital’s Lala Berlin. Their works create a completely new taste out of old ingredients. This “trashion” is shown with photography by Rachel de Joode.

Go to the feature “Trashion”

Visit the website of the Andrea Crews and Lala Berlin

This post may appear off topic as this is a magazine about photography and not about photo gear.

But the new Leica M9 is not just a camera. The Leica M is the camera that enabled for decades many famous reportage photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson to capture the decisive moment. The M9 seems to be the perfect adaptation of the magic rangefinder concept into the digital age. An impressive 18 Megapixel full-frame sensor built into a very compact, rock solid and retro styled body. The simple and intuitive handling of the M9 concentrates on the essentials of photography - compared to those feature overloaded monsters of japanese camera manufactures.

I really can’t wait to get one in my hand.. definitely a wanna-have tool for any photographer. But take care: the handling of the camera, the feeling and sound of the shutter and the quality of the razor-sharp and contrasty images of a Leica M can be highly addictive.

Leica Camera

From October 16th to November 1st the Illustrative goes to Berlin and so does VERVE-MAGAZINE next week as we are media partners of this unique art festival for contemporary illustration and graphics. After successful shows in Paris and Zürich the last couple of years, the Illustrative now returns to Berlin.

The exhibition features famous illustration artists like art directors David Polonsky and Tomer Hanuka, the 73-year-old Japanese Pop-Art-illustrator Keiichi Tanaami, German illustrator Olaf Hajek, Hamburg-based comic artist Line Hoven, US-American artists John Casey, Erik Mark Sandberg, Erik Nyquist, Japanese illustrator Aya Kato, Skandinavion designers Yokoland, Siggi Eggertsson and Jesse Auersalo, the award-winning German duo Pixelgarten and many more.

The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive program. Please see the website of the Illustrative for detailed information.

Exhibition dates
October 16th – November 1st, 2009
Open daily 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

www.illustrative.de

Yes, yes.. we know, we’re way to late with this post. But good things come to those waiting. Here are some impressions of the VERVE-Exhibition at the BRIGHT Tradeshow this summer. The BRIGHT Tradeshow is for sure the best fair for skateboarding, street-culture, sneakers and fashion.

Live on stage as our guest was the german artist Sebastian Otto performing live painting sessions at the VERVE booth. Special thanks goes out to Sebastian and the whole BRIGHT crew for having two amazing days in Frankfurt again.

The pictures below not only show the VERVE-Exhibition but three other art-related projects exhibited at the BRIGHT.

www.brighttradeshow.com

As a media partner of the ILLUSTRATIVE we call all illustration and graphics artist to hand in artwork to the Swatch Young Illustrators Award, one of the most renowned competition awarding creativity and innovation in personal contemporary illustration and graphics.

Submissions can be handed in until the 30th of September 2009.

The nominees will be awarded by an international jury consisting of leading art directors, experts and editors such as Julius Wiedemann (Brasil), María Serrano (Spain), Fernando Galán (Spain), Keiichi Tanaami (Japan), Jessica Helfand (USA), Lilet Breddels (Netherlands), Cherie Federico (UK), Olaf Hajek (Germany), Claudia Gerdes (Germany) and Angharad Lewis (UK).

The prizes will be awarded in a festive ceremony at Illustrative 09 in Berlin on 17th October 2009. The winners await prizes worth 6.000 Euros, one winner will be invited to design a Swatch Watch and will get an artist feature on the website of VERVE-MAGAZINE.

Deadline for handing in submissions is 30th September 2009.

www.illustrative.de