From Wednesday, February 9 until August 9, 2022 the works of the architectural theory seminar “Unfinished Urbanism”, led by Bernd Upmeyer, are exhibited at the Peter Behrens School of Arts in Düsseldorf. In the exhibition 25 unfinished buildings can be seen, which were found and examined by the participants of the seminar worldwide and on […]
MONU’s issues #17 and #29 were part of the Cities Exhibition at the 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (SBAU). The overall theme of 2019 Biennale is “Collective City” focused on how cities have evolved through collective space, time, and governance. MONU was presented at the publication exhibition in one of the pavilions of […]
Photo by Luca Chiaudano, @Luca Chiaudano From September 6 – 8, 2019, MONU’s issues #27, #28, #29, and #30 were part of an installation at the Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma (MACRO) in Rome, Italy. The main purpose of the installation was to highlight the great variety of editorial production that are mostly indipendent and conducted […]
Since June 15, 2018 MONU’s issue #27 is on display at “Archinect Outpost” in downtown Los Angeles. Archinect Outpost is a new initiative in LA’s Arts District, a rapidly transforming creative hub home to SCI-Arc and a number architecture & design practices. On June 15 at 7:00 p.m. Archinect Outpost launched with a curated collection […]
BOARD’s proposal “High and Dry” for the extension of the district office in Görlitz, Germany has been exhibited at the “Zentrum für Baukultur Sachsen” in Dresden, Germany from April 17 – May 17, 2018. The project was furthermore exhibited from March 12 – April 13 at the Stadtverwaltung Görlitz, Hugo-Keller-Straße 14 and from February 8 […]
Photo by Thomas Raggam, ©Thomas Raggam MONU #6 – Beautiful Urbanism and MONU #9 – Exotic Urbanism were exhibited at the “Haus der Architektur” (HDA) in Graz, Austria. The exhibition was dedicated to the life and work of the Dutch architect Joost Meuwissen who contributed frequently to MONU Magazine, particularly to the issues #3, #6 […]
MONU #27 on “Small Urbanism” was exhibited at the College of Architecture of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln from March 14 -15, 2018. The exhibition was curated by Fold, a curatorial and publishing platform. Devised as a total installation, the exhibition included some of the most radical and alternative publications on architecture and the environment. The […]
MONU’s issue #27 on “Small Urbanism” was on display at Sweden’s national centre for architecture and design “ArkDes” from November 16 – December 3, 2017. According to them, there is a revolution underway in architecture and design publishing that is giving a voice to independent editors and critics as never before. “A Print Stockholm” is […]
Photo by Samuel Petersson From May 10 – 28, MONU’s issue #26 was exhibited at “A PRINT” in Gothenburg, Sweden. A PRINT is a collection, an open archive and an exhibition of independent architecture publications and zines. The ambition was to promote and showcase alternative publications for innovative commentary and criticism on architecture. The exhibition […]
BOARD’s design “One for All” for a sports complex, the so-called “Dukla of Sports”, in the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic was exhibited from November 9 – 20, 2016 in the City Gallery Pardubice. Title: City gallery Pardubice Project: One for All Date: November 9 – 20, 2016 Organizer: The Municipality of Pardubice, CCEA MOBA, […]
From October 14 to 16, 2016 MONU #24 was exhibited at the Vancouver Art/Book Fair. The exhibition took place at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Free and open to the public, Vancouver Art/Book Fair is the longest running international art book fair in Canada and one of only two on the West Coast. The event attracted […]
Since March 4, 2016 MONU’s issue #23 is featured in a project room for independent magazines called “Heft” in Hamburg, Germany. Opening of the “Heft” exhibition in Hamburg Title: Heft – Project Room for Independent Magazines Project: MONU #23 Date: March 4, 2016 Organizer: Heftraum Location: Hamburg, Germany
On November 20, 2015 MONU #23 was exhibited at the Museo di Sant’Agostino – Sala Margherita di Brabante in Genoa, Italy. The exhibition was part of the so-called Big November, a series of architecture related events promoted by the Architect’s Registration Board of Genoa. The aim of the exhibition was to present the most recent […]
From June 10 – 28 MONU’s issue #22 on “Transnational Urbanism” is exhibited at the Tsvetnoy Central Market in Moscow. Title: Archizines exhibition Project: MONU #22 Date: June 10 – 28, 2015 Organizer: Archizines Location: Moscow, Russia
BOARD’s design for a floating theatre entitled “A Unique Moment” is exhibited at the Stage Set Scenery Event at the Theatre Architecture Competition area in hall 4.2. in Berlin, Germany from June 9 to 11, 2015. Title: Stage Set Scenery Project: A Unique Moment Date: June 10 – 28, 2015 Organizer: OISTAT Location: Berlin, Germany
MONU #22 on “Transnational Urbanism” is exhibited at the “LISTE 20” art fair in Basel, Switzerland from June 16 – 21, 2015. About LISTE: What began as an initiative by young gallerists in 1996, developed into one of the most important fair dedicated exclusively to new galleries and primarily to young art. For 20 years, […]
MONU #1 – #22 were exhibited at the Self Publishing Fair Libros Mutantes in Madrid from April 24 -26, 2015. Libros Mutantes took place at the Contemporary Art Center La Casa Encendida celebrating its sixth edition. The program included lectures, workshops and a three-day international self-publishing Fair. MONU Magazine was selected to be showcased during […]
From November 21 – 23, 2014 MONU #21 was exhibited at the Art Book Fair in Bergen, Norway. Title: Art Book Fair in Bergen Project: MONU #21 Date: November 21 – 23, 2014 Organizer: Art Book Fair Bergen Location: Bergen, Norway
On October 4 and 5, 2014 MONU’s issue #20 on Geographical Urbanism was exhibited on the Vancouver Art/Book Fair. Free and open to the public, the Vancouver Art/Book Fair is the only international art book fair in Canada and one of only two on the West Coast. In 2014 the event is anticipated to attract […]
From March 28 – April 7 MONU #19 on Greater Urbanism was exhibited in Arnhem at the Independent Magazines Biennale. The event was organized by “Facing Pages” that was founded by Joost van der Steen and William van Giessen (O.K. PARKING) in 2010. As graphic designers and publishers of independent magazines, they discovered a niche […]
MONU #14 on the wall of the Public Works Gallery From September 13 – November 2, 2013, MONU Magazine #14 was exhibited at the Public Works Gallery in Chicago, USA. Title: Public Works Gallery Project: MONU #14 Date: September 13 – November 2, 2013 Organizer: ARCHIZINES Exhibition design: Design With Company Location: Chicago, USA
From 13 – 15 September, 2013, MONU #18 on “Communal Urbanism” was on display at the Vilnius Book Festival in Lithuania. The Festival is bringing Lithuanian and foreign authors, artists, publishers and intelectuals together. In accordance with traditions of other book festivals worldwide, the Vilnius Book Festival events will go on to continue in cafes, […]
From September 12 – 22, 2013, MONU Magazine was exhibited in the Arts Centre of Foundation Serra Henriques in Lisbon, Portugal as an Associated Project of the 2013 Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Title: Arts Centre of Foundation Serra Henriques Project: MONU #14 Date: September 12 – 22, 2013 Organizer: ARCHIZINES Exhibition design/ photography: Fabio Vanin Location: […]
Bertrand Lemoine, Director General of the Atelier International du Grand Paris explains the project to Aurélie Filippetti, the French Minister of Culture and Communication From July 1st – 7th the STAR – BOARD Project “Co-Residence” is exhibited at the CENTQUATRE in Paris (5 rue Curial, 75019 Paris/ daily open from 9:00 – 19:00/ free entrance). […]
MONU #14 was featured at the Tokyo Art Book Fair from September 21 -23, 2012. Title: Tokyo Art Book Fair Project: MONU #14 Date: September 21 – 22, 2012 Organizer: ARCHIZINES Photography: Kenta Hasegawa Location: Tokyo, Japan
MONU #14 is exhibited in Singapore between 1st–12th August 2012. MONU participates in the so-called “THE U CAFÉ exhibition”, to be held at the now defunct Tanjong Pagar Railway Station in Singapore. THE U CAFÉ launched in 2011 as an UNDERSCORE initiative to bring together independent cafés and magazines for good coffee and good reads. […]
MONU #14 was exhibited in “The Reading Room” at the Berlin-based bookshop do you read me?! from April 26 – May 26, 2012. Title: The Reading Room Project: MONU #14 Date: April 26 – May 26, 2012 Organizer: do you read me?! Location: Berlin, Germany
MONU’s issue #15 was exhibited at the Facing Pages Festival in Arnhem, The Netherlands from 20 – 22 April 2012. Facing Pages is a biennial festival about independent magazines. With a three-day event, Facing Pages brought leading independent magazine makers and aficionados to Arnhem. The event showed what part the independent magazine plays in the […]
From April 18 – June 9, 2012 MONU Magazine’s issue #14 was on display in New York at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Title: Storefront for Art and Architecture Project: MONU #14 Date: April 18 – June 9, 2012 Organizer: ARCHIZINES Photography: Naho Kubota Location: New York, USA
MONU Magazine #14 was exhibited in the Spazio FMG in Milan, Italy from January 27 – February 23, 2012. Title: Spazio FMG per l’architettura Project: MONU #14 Date: January 27 – February 23, 2012 Organizer: ARCHIZINES Photography: Mauro Consilvio/ SpazioFMG Location: Milan, Italy
The ARCHIZINES exhibition opened on November 5, 2011 in the Front Members’ Room at the AA School, 36 Bedford Square, London. The exhibition featured MONU’s issue #14 together with 59 other international magazines. MONU #14 is the most recent issue of the magazine, which illustrates very well where we stand at the moment. It displays […]
MONU #14 was part of the Melanchotopia exhibition at Rotterdam’s Witte de With Gallery. For the duration of Melanchotopia, Witte de With was home to Pro qm from Berlin. Their owners have curated a special selection of titles to further explore the themes of Melanchotopia and include these together with books of the artists represented […]
During the summer of 2011, MONU’s issue #10 was exhibited in Tokyo as part of the Futur Cultur Festival. The event was dedicated to those in the Tohoku region, who lost their homes in the aftermath of the March 11th earthquake and tsunami. A photo report of the event can be found on Designboom. Title: […]
MONU’s issue #13 was exhibited at the Czech Design Gallery in Prague. The exhibition was entitled “We are closing in 21 days” and ran from May 9 until May 30, 2011. The event was organized by Oldschool – a group project of three designers from Prague working in the field of visual communication, graphic design […]
MONU’s issues #1 – #14 were exhibited at the gallery “Chiedi alla Polvere” at the Milan Design Week 2011 from April 12 – 17. MONU was part of the so-called Green Island. Title: Milan Design Week Project: MONU #1 – #14 Date: April 12 – 17, 2011 Organizer: The Green Island Location: Milan, Italy
MONU #13 was exhibited in the Espacio para el Arte y la Cultura in Aranjuez, a town located 48km south of Madrid. The exhibition opened on March 22 at 19:00 with a music session by the Sindicalistas/ Autoplacer and ran until May 22, 2011. Title: Espacio para el Arte y la Cultura Project: MONU #13 […]
From March 3 until March 5 BOARD’s “Atree?” project can be seen at Salon Ecobat in Paris. “Atree?” was one of 22 finalists of 336 submitted projects for the European Competition of Architecture, Design, Realisations in Eco and Agro-Materials. Title: 22 Finalists of the European Competition of Architecture, Design, Realisations in Eco and Agro-Materials Project: […]
After the success of the “De Zines” exhibition at “la casa encendida” in Madrid, Spain, the show opened its doors again in Zaragoza at the “Espacio para el Arte”. Next to MONU #12, more than 400 independent international publications (magazines, fanzines, artbooks and others) were shown. The opening was on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at […]
MONU Magazine’s issue #12 had been selected to be featured at the Baltimore Book Festival in Maryland, USA, from September 24-26, 2010. The festival took place in the historic and picturesque Mount Vernon Place. MONU #12 was part of an exhibition called “Creative Control”, a collection of zines, self-published and independent art books and magazines. […]
BOARD’s project “Paradise City” is exhibited at the Ludwig Forum in Aachen, Germany. Paradise City was one of BOARD’s first projects and has been created together with STAR – strategies + architecture . Title: West Arch – A New Generation in Architecture Project: Paradise City Date: September 12 – November 14, 2010 Organizer: Brigitte Franzen, […]
MONU #12 on “Real Urbanism” was exhibited at “la casa encendida” in Madrid, Spain. The exhibition entitled “de zines”, curated by Roberto Vidal and Oscar Martín, featured independent publications (magazines, fanzines, artbooks and others). Around 400 international works were shown from June 29, 2010 throughout all the summer. Title: De Zines Project: MONU #12 Date: […]
MONU #12 was exhibited as part of a “research library” and magazine show during the NEXT art fair in Chicago from April 30 to May 3, 2010. Title: Research Library Project: MONU #13 Date: April 30 – May 3, 2010 Organizer: NEXT art fair Chicago Location: Chicago, USA
MONU Magazine’s issue #12 was on display during the “Bookmark Nagoya” event in the city of Nagoya, Japan. The exhibition took place from March 20 until April 20, 2010. More than 50 organizations exhibited rare publications, vintage books, magazines, picture books from around the world. Various conferences with editors and writers took place, as well […]
MONU #10 was featuered as part of a “Magazine Library” inside the main venue of the 100% DESIGN TOKYO hall during the TOKYO DESIGN WEEK from October 30 to November 3, 2009. The Magazine Library space was located in the centre of the main venue. Title: 100% DESIGN TOKYO Project: MONU #10 Date: October 30 […]
The A Few Zines show had been in New York and Boston before coming to Los Angeles. The LA Forum hosted the insta-show including MONU #10 for three days on Hollywood Blvd. The festivities kicked off Friday, August 14, 2009 with a panel discussion and opening party. Title: A Few Zines Project: MONU #10 Date: […]
The exhibition at the “Space Rocket Tokyo” featuring MONU #10 took place from May 22 to June 2, 2009. Title: Space Rocket Tokyo Project: MONU #10 Date: May 22 – June 2, 2009 Organizer: Space Rocket Tokyo Location: Tokyo, Japan
BOARD’s entry entitled “241” has been selected out of 466 entries in the Open International Ideas Competition Building for Bouwkunde for the second round and is exhibited at the NAi exhibition Building for Bouwkunde from March 15 – June 7, 2009. The jury reports: “This entry is an intelligent and simple project, featuring a formula […]
MONU Magazine’s issue #10 was selected among magazines around the world to be exhibited from March 5 to March 14, 2009 in a temporary magazine library in the Omotesando Hills building complex in Tokyo, Japan. MONU was part of the MOOH event called “The Magazine of Omotesando Hills Library” . Title: The Magazine of Omotesando […]