For a long time we have been thinking of how to re-use all the proof textiles. They are like a visual history of jollygoodfellow. Old and new prints side by side and on top of each other. Now we have started to cut out squares, and we are thinking of having them as scarfs! And maybe we will add an extra print to some of them.
Soon it is time for a Christmas tour. You will find us, for the second year in a row, at three Christmas fairs here in Stockholm, so it’s starting to become a tradition.
This year we move up one floor from Tellusgången and take part in Konstfacks Christmas fair at Telefonplan November 27-28, the fair is open between 10-17.
The following weekend you find us at Christmas at Rosendal in one of the lovely greenhouses on Djurgården. December 4-5, between 11-16.
It would be nice to meet you there! We are sure you will find something you like at these fairs, so remember to bring cash!
Throughout December, urbnCal will be in Bonniers julshop, Bonniers Konsthall. Start with an exiting exihibition and then stop by the restaurant and shop.
Torsgatan 19, St Eriksplan, Wednesday – Friday 12-19 Saturday – Sunday 11-17.
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Manos has left the green house at Överjärva Gård and moved to Renstiernas gata 22, Södermalm, Stockholm. The first time we passed by our “jussi” was in the window! Today we delivered lots of newly printed “jussis”: bodys, t-shirts and tote bags.
Karin, who runs Manos, sells her own nice ceramics (which you also see in the picture above) among hand picked items from around the world. Often there is an exibition from a guest artist in one of the big windows. When in town – go there and get inspired!
We have made an alternative cover for The Forest & The Trees!
Who wants a record cover nowadays? Well, most of our friends don’t care. So we made the cover bigger and left out the cd. Actually, it’s big enough to carry your favourite magazines or the groceries. And it contains a code to download The Forest & The Trees debut album.
Yes now it’s on the wall! It has been available on the web a week and today we delivered some calendars to Fotografiska and konst-ig here in Stockholm.
urbnCal 2011 Copenhagen is:
• 12 sheets (jan-dec) of environmentally friendly (FSC-certified)
swedish high quality uncoated paper (Munken Lynx Rough,170 g/m2).
+ 1 sheet with a list of all street addresses and a template for marking.
• Format: A3 (11,7×16,5 in) with a 20 mm hole for hanging.
• 2 colors: black & white photographs + colored details
• Packing: plastic cover with label
• Limited edition packed in a screenprinted organic tote bag
Today we sent our darling to the printer! The test print is already on its way back, we are so excited to see how it turns out, but for the final result we have to wait until September 24th. And the 25th we are going to Copenhagen to celebrate the release at hansenogjensen, Tullinsgade 24 (Jun 24 in urbnCal 2011). If you are in Copenhagen on saturday, September 25th, 11-2 pm please come and celebrate the release with us and you can be the first one to buy next years calendar!
PS. Can you guess which of the numbers in this view belong to Dansk Arkitektur Center?
Sisaret is the Finnish word for sisters. This print is dedicated to Esa’s late mother and all other sisters. In the 60’s and 70’s there was an unwritten rule in some churches that women shouldn’t cut their hair but wear it in a topknot (pingstknut in swedish), the tighter the better. To get the right feel for this print we took pictures of timber in the Finnish countryside. These are the first prints of Sisaret and there is more to come! If you would like to carry one of these rare beauties, you find them at Supermarket or NDC.
Camp meeting in the late 60’s, Finland.
A few years a go we bought some purple poppy seeds to spice up our cooking. After a while we found out that some bugs also seemed to like them so we thought “let’s give the poppy seeds to the birds”. It was in the middle of the winter and they could need some energy. We threw them in a flower box, but the birds weren’t interested at all. We forgot about the poppy seeds, but in the spring time they all of a sudden started to grow. The flowers have embellished our balcony all summer and now we have new poppy seeds which we can plant next year, if we haven’t used them in the kitchen.