The lineup for It’s Nice That Issue #4 includes interviews with Nick Knight, Neville Brody, Miranda July, Trokia, RBG6, Noma Bar and Bompas & Parr, features by Sara De Bondt, Adam Buxton, Adrian Shaughnessy, Jez Burrows, Mike Lemanski, Peter Nencini and Micah Lidberg as well as work from the likes of Michael Landy, Rui Teneiro, Peter Grundy and more.

Every order placed before September 30th will receive a free screenprint by James Jarvis, commissioned especially for the issue.

Nude Paper No. 2 release party in Berlin.

Von Chris Dercon.

Nerdcore deluxe: Jason McDonald, a fan of Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead comic books has mapped out major events from the series. Markers illustrate exactly where all the action goes down.

Sole and Ravi Zupa have teamed up to release a 72-page illustrated poem accompanied with a full-length audiobook/album this September.

Issue 72 out now. Featuring PVT, Takeshi Kitano, Eric Koston, Ron van der Ende, Danny Sangra, Mount Kimbie, Derrick Brown, Las Vegas Cemetry, Tame Impala, Ennio Morricone and much more.

Harvey Pekar, * October 8, 1939, † July 12, 2010.

The Bicycle Portraits project was initiated by Stan Engelbrecht (Cape Town, South Africa) and Nic Grobler (Johannesburg, South Africa) early in 2010. Whenever they can, they’re on the lookout for people who use bicycles as part of their everyday work, to meet and photograph. Being avid cyclists themselves, this project is as much an investigation into South African bicycle culture as it is an excuse for them to ride their bikes and take photographs. Via

Desillusion Magazine is all about surf & skate and the arts and culture that surrounds it with tons of video-gems you might have missed out so far. Like they say on the website: Your daily dose of “Fuck Yeah!”. So true. Via

A nicely done Add-On to the recently released Sang Bleu Issue 5

Finally available at SangBleu.com. More pictures here.

The high-profile line-up for issue #3 includes seven interviews of Milton Glaser, Sir Paul Smith, Tom Dixon, Keith Schofield, Tom Gauld and Maisie Broadhead. Further articles include Geoff McFetridge, Ken Garland, Johan Lofgren, Keetra Dean Dixon, Dan Germain and Michael Marriott.

The publication also acts as an archive for the most interesting work posted on itsnicethat.com from the last six months. All pre-orders received before midnight on March 31st will receive an exclusive, large-scale screen print from illustrator Parra.

You can pre-oder now at the It’s Nice That Shop for £10.

LODOWN issue no. 70 launch event at Civilist Berlin. Tuesday March 2, 19:00.

The picture of the series “War Is Personal”, winner in the category “Contemporary Issues Stories” by Eugene Richards shows Sgt. José Pequeño and his mother. Pequeño suffered a devastating brain injury from a grenade tossed into his Humvee in March 2006 in Iraq. Helped by a grant from National Geographic Magazine, Richards was traveling around the U.S. in 2009 to work on a series of stories mainly about veterans and their families.

Pentagram designer Luke Hayman shares his insightful list on the ways magazine design and distribution will change in order to adapt to the new iPad.

Die Diplomarbeit Eine Abrechnung mit dem Tod von Christina Taphorn, die im Fachbereich Design an der FH Münster entstanden ist, beinhaltet eine interessante Ansammlung von Zahlen und Fakten sowie Skurrilitäten und Informationen rund um den Tod, einem Thema mit dem sich jeder – früher oder später – einmal beschäftigt oder beschäftigen muss.

LODOWN #68 – official release party at Motto in Kreuzberg, next Tuesday, Oct 27, 6.30 pm.

Stories and extraordinary images from Sydney’s mysterious underworld in the early 20th century when breaking the law had everything to do with dressing like you didn’t.

LODOWN Magazine Launch of the DTP 001 Special Issue. The magazine is not layouted on the computer or even better: it isn’t a screen to print production. LODOWN went back to old phototype setting methods, which were adequate before ‘desk top publishing’ (DTP) was taking over.

Thursday, 24 September 2009 at Torstrasse 74, Berlin.

Following the success of the first sold-out printed publication, It’s Nice That are pleased to announce that Issue #2 will be released on Thursday October 1st. Inside the publication you’ll find 128 pages documenting the best of the work featured on the site in the past six months in more depth, alongside a series of interviews and features. If you didn’t get the chance to see Issue #1, take a look here.

By Boros Foundation, Words by Jens Casper, Annette Schryen, Photography by Noshe.

It’s been a while since I read a comic book but when a friend introduced me to Brian Wood‘s DMZ I was hooked from the start: Imagine a 2nd American Civil War with Manhattan as a demilitarized zone between the two warring parties, visualized by the stunning art of Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli and you’ll get the idea.

Oldschool printing with a 2.000 pounds of weight Kluge. Via

70 years after the Reichskristallnacht it is still a tightrope walk to publish a book about the corporate identity of the National Socialist party. For years designer Andreas Koop looked into this awkward subject and managed to make a factual approach with his book NSCI. Read the interview (German).

Nippon Edit showcases a variety of books published in Japan. The titles are consisted mainly of art-related publications, from zines to hard cover titles. Motto has collected a special selection from unique Japanese publishers which are hard to find outside Japan. Saturday March 28 at Motto Berlin.

All new for March: Lodownmagazine.com relaunch and issue #65 ahead.

Posters.

From solo to group exhibitions, London based Art Vandelay is a live project centred around showcasing the best in emerging global talent from a broad mix of creative disciplines.

Sang Bleu is an outstanding tattoo magazine with a fashion twist. Reading the first time about it a few months ago, I now hold Issue III/IV in a massive edition of 500 pages in my hands – thanks to Motto Distribution Berlin.

Fixed Magazine’s 2nd issue is finally available as a free PDF download.

In collaboration with the Italian edition of Marie Claire, Karl Lagerfeld shoot exclusive with Eva Herzigova for a calendar for 2009 which is available packaged in a black box from December 16.

A new space dedicated to magazines and art publications in Berlin. MOTTO BERLIN will launch with a one week event, inviting a publication each day from the 16th until the 21st of december 2008. Their list of magazines looks really promising.

MOTTO BERLIN, Skalitzerstr. 68, 10997 Berlin

Terry Richardson has created a pin-up style feature as a fourteen month calendar for the upcoming December/January issue of French Vogue.

Amelia’s World, shot by Robin Schwartz is now available through The Aperture Foundaton. Via

You love bikes and are looking for something different to the other magazines and journals out there? That’s what The Ride has been created to be. It is an all encompassing read no matter if you are a roadie, freerider, track racer, BMXer, XC rider or even commuter.

…cut the fashion crap. We got other magazines for that. Focus on what you do best: Music.