Arkitip Issue No. 0053X X: Mark of Collaboration
Arkitip Issue No. 0053X X: Mark of Collaboration is previewed here as the art-based magazine
Arkitip Issue No. 0053X X: Mark of Collaboration is previewed here as the art-based magazine turns its focus to the realm of collaboration. Going beyond what is perhaps most familiar in product collaboration, the issue brings together a plethora of people from different backgrounds to create something new or showcase a recent collaboration they had participated in. The whole issue was overseen by Alex Calderwood and John C Jay and is available for a pre-order now at Arkitip.com. With a pre-order price of $20 USD, the issue’s ship date is slated for December 28th, 2009.
The poet Ryunosuke Satoro said, “Individually, we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.”
This philosophy is the inspiration for this issue…an exploration, celebration, commentary on the joys of collaboration through our own personal lens. People collaborate on many levels. It occurs in nature, technology, science, art, music and politics. For this issue of Arkitip, we asked artists, technologists, writers and friends to show us a recent collaboration or to create something new. Creative work for this issue originated from New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, San Francisco, Shanghai, Seattle, Paris, Miami, Cape Town and Portland.
Tokyo in the 90s was in what seemed to be an eternal funk. As usual, it was the young people that offered hope and creative juice to society, thus a highly entrepreneurial subculture began to discover it own influence. These new creators and designers were born from a tight group of friends, so although they were perhaps competitors, they often joined forces to create new products and identities for the young.
Only in Tokyo does consumerism have such spiritual power. Thus the emergence of double brands, where products were able to take on dual characteristics and unique personalities. Soon the “X” in Japan’s subculture became a symbol of personal collaboration. A good collaboration starts with an inspired idea, a desire for unexpected results and mutual respect or pure love of another’s work.
A great collaboration occurs at that nexus of unforeseen possibilities and positive friction. Grace, openness and honesty can achieve extra-ordinary results. The most satisfying experiences in our careers, as a Cultural Engineer and a Creative Director, have been these moments. – Alex Calderwood + John C Jay
Featuring:
Gus Van Sant x Paige Powell
John Maeda x Becky Bermont
Akio Iida
Aaron Koblin x Takashi Kawashima
Apolis Activism x Filson x Invisible Children
Bruce Wolf x Ying
Coleman x Goldkrand
Howie Pyro x Z-Trip
Jeremy Pelley x Fritz Mesenbrink x Mathew Foster
Lisa Chacón x Jared Lovejoy x Jason Harler
Matt Black x Alex Asher Daniel
Roman Alonso x Carlos Morera
Shawn Wolfe x Houston
Wei Wei x Don Hui
Ambra Medda x Silvia Fendi
Yves Behar x Ethan Imboden
Tom Sachs x Camilla DeterreEditors + Creative Directors:
Alex Calderwood
John C JayProducer + Editorial:
Caterina deCarloArt Directors:
Stephen Giem
John C Jay7.5 x 10 In. (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
96 pages + covers
Four color offset printed, perfect bound
Hand packaged & numbered ltd. edition of 1500Packaged with:
John Maeda and Becky Bermont hand numbered print piece
7.5 x 10 in. (19.05 x 25.4 cm)
Black imprint, 130 lb. cover stock
Hand numbered in a ltd. edition of 1500$20.00
This issue edition is not currently in stock
You may pre-order it now and we will ship it to you as soon as it arrives
Estimated ship date: 28 December 2009
