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.

Jerome D. Salinger, * January 1, 1919, † January 27, 2010.

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.