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    3 days ago

    Always keep moving forward!

    Forward Festival and Found Studio want to motivate creatives worldwide with their new clip. All the big visions, ideas, and dreams we had for 2020, let’s make them become reality!

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    12 days ago

    Byebye Donald: How designers process the Trump-era creatively

    With Donald Trump as the president of the United States of America, the world has been through a lot. It has been a wild ride full of fake news, thousand of tweets, embarrassments, and political scandals. Four years it was all eyes on Donald. Magazine covers, political cartoons, photo installations, and design activism have been part of his era as much as his slips of the tongue (remember “covfefe"). High time to have a trip down memory lane!

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    15 days ago

    Two of a kind: Street portraits of identical twins

    Over the last years, the London-based photographer Peter Zelewski took portraits of identical twins, which resulted in his project “Alike But Not Alike.” He explores the similarities as well as the striking differences between twins and askes: how identical are they really?

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    a month ago

    Forward´s favorite Christmas Ads: the 2020 edition

    Christmas mode on! It´s not only the season for eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate while watching “Love Actually”, but also for countless Christmas adverts, that are on the box right now. Every year, there is always huge anticipation around this epic advertising battle. We have a fine selection of our favorite Christmas adverts of 2020 ready for you. Happy Holidays everyone!

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    2 months ago

    Inbetween Street Fashion & Fine Arts: Johannes Ehemann

    Johannes Ehemann on the magic of individuality and blurring the borders of street fashion and fine arts.

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    2 months ago

    Big cat wins international design awards for FORWARD CREATIVES

    In cooperation with the London-based production studio The Mill and Art Director Raj Davsi, the unique short film “The ODD One Out” was produced on the occasion of Forward Festival 2019.

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    2 months ago

    The Bizarre World of Chicken Beauty Pageants

    We’ve all seen our fair share of cocky dancers, but they’re usually in a club after 2am pretending they’ve got “swagger” and they rarely look anything like this. Photographer and visual artist Ernest Goh, however, has created a series of images that highlight the beauty and character that chickens can exhibit when given a chance.

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    3 months ago

    Sofi de la Torre: Sweeten up your playlist with Spanish rap

    Tired of your Spotify playlist? We know just the way to spice it up! Sofi de la Torre is dealing out the strongest blows of Spanish rap right now. We had a little chat with the young singer about where she finds creativity and how music and visuals merge.

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    3 months ago

    Metaphysical vs. IRL: Amalgamating Craft

    In a collaboration seeking to explore the relationship between IRL craft and metaphysical craft, the Swedish designers Carl Herner and Emma Torsteinrud teamed up to create an intriguing three-part series of animated bags.

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    3 months ago

    Arts and Crates for Arts and Crafts - AND UNION x #SoliKüche

    Difficult times call for extra solidarity and extra initiatives to support those in need! That's why the design legends at Karl Anders in collaboration with the modernist Bavarian craft beer company AND UNION have launched a new creative initiative to support the Hamburg-based Kitchen Guerilla with their project #SoliKüche.

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    3 months ago

    HEART DIRECTORS CLUB - Design & Art for Charity

    Let us introduce you to the Heart Directors Club! Very well aware of the fact that artworks won't save the world, the people behind Heart Directors Club also know that a little financial help can definitely make things easier!

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    4 months ago

    Forward Calendar October 2020

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    4 months ago

    OBEY founder portraits Snoop Dogg for voting campaign

     The presidential elections in the US are approaching rapidly and campaigns are arising to motivate US citizens to participate in the elections and make use of their voice. OBEY founder, Shepard Fairey, has designed a series of posters starring Snoop Dogg for the voting initiative 'Vote With Snoop'. Together with the voting advocacy groups RockTheVote, 1VoteCloser, and social justice initiative OneOpp, the rapper and Fairey are trying to mobilize US citizens to go and vote on election day.

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    4 months ago

    Retrospective 'Martha Cooper - Taking Pictures' is opening in Berlin

    What the legendary Martha Cooper is probably best known for is the documentation of the Graffiti and Hip Hop Scene in New York in the late 70s and 80s. Until today, however, Martha leads a life full of travels and adventures and became an icon in the scene herself. On the first weekend of October, the large retrospective will open its doors at Open Nation Berlin to show a selection of Martha’s work from over six decades.  

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    4 months ago

    Thinking forward with Green Energy Lab

    Climate change is here to stay. 2020 has not only been the year of COVID but also the year of natural disasters. Floods, forest fires, extreme temperatures - the list goes on and on. Feeling helpless in this mess? The Green Energy Lab has made it their mission to come up with innovative solutions to create a more sustainable future and is looking for creative minds to get involved. Don ´ t miss the chance to win 10K prize money!

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    4 months ago

    How to be übercreative – Jason Romeyko at Forward Session Hamburg

    Only two weeks to go until Forward Festival Vienna and we are already super excited for all the creative input and inspiration by this year's speakers. To get you in the mood for the Livestream (already got your ticket?) we are happy to present to you the talk by Serviceplan's Jason Romeyko at Forward Session Hamburg this August!

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    4 months ago

    In Love with Data! Dennis Lück at Forward Session Hamburg

     The Forward Festival Vienna is just around the corner and we are already hungry for all the exciting inputs from the most creative minds of the industry that are awaiting. For the first time, there will be a Livestream of the festival! As a little foretaste to the upcoming festival we have something special for you today!

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    5 months ago

    Art exhibition STUDIO BERLIN opens its doors at infamous Berghain

    The notorious Berlin nightclub, which has probably remained a mystery to many techno-loving visitors due to its unpredictable door policy, is now opening its doors to a wider audience with the exhibition STUDIO BERLIN, which opened yesterday, just in time for Berlin Art Week.

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    5 months ago

    The design-conscious company that’s transforming commerce

    Why Shopify is betting on Germany

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    5 months ago

    Naked, raw, rebellious: Ren Hang exhibition showing in Italy

    Even after his death in 2017 the Chinese photographer and poet still remains a leading light in China´s late photography and art scene. An exhibition in Tuscany is featuring Ren Hang´s iconic works.

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    5 months ago

    Sarah Bahbah is giving you a glimpse of people's most intimate moments

    A beautiful, brunette woman is holding her face in both of her hands, her head turned away from the camera. "Fuck! I fell in love, how did this happen? He looked at me in French. I thought that kiss meant we were going to be lovers" Two pictures later, she is laying on her bed sideways, looking into the camera. "But I look at him, he looks out the window."

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    5 months ago

    Joined forces to Support Your Local Dealer

    23 international artists have collaborated and designed the new “Support Your Local Dealer”-T-Shirt. The third edition revolves around a “Rave New World”.

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    6 months ago

    Don't miss: Livestream of Forward Session Hamburg on August 21st!

    Join the Livestream of Forward Session Hamburg on August 21st, 2pm - 8pm CEST on our Facebook Page! Tune in for free, from wherever you are and enjoy a taste of the Forward Festival-spirit.

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    6 months ago

    Forward Calendar August 2020

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    6 months ago

    We are nominated! Vote for Lockdown Special

    To be fair, it's quite hard to name a favorite moment of this year's lockdown. One thing that did brighten our days, though, were the projects submitted to our Lockdown Special. If they made your home office time as well, make sure to give them a vote for the best concept and idea for coping with the crisis in the competition 'Creatives for Vienna' by the Vienna Business Agency.

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    6 months ago

    NAKE – not your ordinary teen magazine

    Opening up or going to your ordinary teen magazine online, makeup, dating tips and how to be liked by others are the topics the teenage world seems to revolve around. Whilst self expression and relationships are important issues, is it really all teenagers long for in times of protests, pandemics and increasing social awareness?

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    6 months ago

    "The Art of Banksy" exhibition in Vienna labeled fake

    “Copyright is for losers”, Banksy once said but now he seems to be having enough: The exhibition series “The Art of Banksy”, which will be shown in Sofiensäle this summer, is considered unauthorized and fake by the artist himself.

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    6 months ago

    '100 Beste Plakate' 2019 is touring again

    “100 Beste Plakate” is an association and exhibition series presenting the best, printed posters created throughout the year in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. This year's edition was just launched in Berlin and is now moving through the DACH region and to Korea.

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    7 months ago

    Chasing the phantom behind the infamous Döner Kebab logo design

    Most countries have a dish with whose invention they adorn themselves and that is being promoted as a national treasure with cultural significance. To serve only a few of the stereotypes, we could say the Italians are incredibly specific on how they cook their pasta, the Belgians can’t do without waffles and the Austrians do love a good Schnitzel. Countries and inventors of dishes take credit for original recipes, secret ingredients, or the only 'real' way of preparing a certain meal.

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    7 months ago

    Milton Glaser : "I did anything I wished"

    In the last days of June the designer of the famous I ♥ NY Logo, Milton Glaser, passed away on his 91st birthday. 

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    7 months ago

    Corita Kent: Nun, graphic designer and political activist

    Corita Kent was in a religious order and an art teacher but mostly she is known as the “Pop Art Nun”. In November 2018, she would have turned 100 years old and her artistic work proves: political activism comes in all shapes and sizes – even in a nun's robe.

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    7 months ago

    Inside the creative mind of Stefanie Moshammer

    We met the Austrian-born photographer and spoke to her about becoming who she is, her creative process, the value of construction and deconstruction and other key points of her career and work experience. Besides being nominated for multiple awards, Stefanie has already published multiple photo books and her work is frequently displayed in magazines, festivals and galleries around the globe, as well as used in advertising.

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    7 months ago

    Angewandte Festival goes alternate.mode

    "Can you move a festival into digital space?" The University of Applied Arts Vienna's reply: "No." But it will be happening either way. Angewandte Festival 2020 is about to go alternate.mode, in digital and public space, from 23 to 26 June.

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    7 months ago

    Interview: Adbuster Vermibus on his idea of perfect worlds and bodies

    Advertising in a perfect world? Nonexistent, says Spanish artists Vermibus, who is particularly known for his adbusting. Using solvent, he brushes away faces, flesh and branding, and creates art that criticizes advertising and its effect on society. 

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    8 months ago

    Get a glimpse of Laurie Simmons' dollhouse

    Back in the 1970s Laurie Simmons took a job in a factory which produced dolls and dollhouses. This was a determining step for her career, since she used the miniature objects for her own artistic work. She started to take photographs of everyday scenes, which she recreated with the toys. Laurie focused on her own experience during her childhood in the 1950s. The motives were defined by stern gender roles and the domestic ideal of the time – channeling the myth of the American dream.

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    8 months ago

    New Austrian Apparel song visualized by Lichterloh

    The DJ duo collaborated with visual artists Lichterloh to release their new video Aliénore D´Aquitaine - a track about one of the most powerful women during the Middle Ages. Minimalistic design colludes with Austrian Apparel´s signature sound.  

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    8 months ago

    Olafur Eliasson brings the outdoor world into your home

    Since people in many parts of the world can't go outside and enjoy nature and art, Olafur Eliasson lets you bring both within your own walls.

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    9 months ago

    Press Forward – 25 playlists by 25 creatives

    Every month, Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems handpicked by creatives, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. Find out what music Stefan Sagmeister, Erik Kessels, Annie Atkins and Snask amongst others listen to!

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    9 months ago

    Annie Atkins' pandemic advice

    Wes Anderson's graphic designer and Forward Festival speaker Annie Atkins used her time in quarantine to share lighthearted lessons on how to get through the lockdown in a 'fake' poster series.

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    9 months ago

    Designers support your local dealer

    32 designers and artists joined forces and created a one-of-a-kind t-shirt for "Support Your Local Dealer".

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    9 months ago

    Kessels & Burrill bring you Birds & Planes

    In times of travel restrictions, we get more used to the sound of birds singing than that of airplanes flying overhead. Forward Festival speakers Erik Kessels and Anthony Burrill collaborated with Malcolm Goldie to provide us with the ultimate, yet disturbing, mix of both.

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    9 months ago

    Watch again: Forward x Virtual Design Festival

    If the world was still in its normal status, we would now be writing about how amazing last week's Forward Festival Vienna was, but since we are living the "new normal" right now, the festival had to be postponed to autumn. Thankfully, we found a way to keep up the festival spirit by teaming up with Dezeen to host the program for their Virtual Design Festival last Friday.

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    10 months ago

    17/04: Dezeen Virtual Design Festival hosted by Forward

    Normally, at this point we would usually be going mad preparing the last details for Forward Festival Vienna, which would have taken place next week. Instead, we're all facing unprecedented challenges due to the coronavirus pandemic. While sitting in our home offices and coming up with ideas like the Lockdown Special to try and support our community, there is good news: we are very happy to announce our new date for Vienna and our partnership with Virtual Design Festival on the 17th of April!

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    10 months ago

    Press Forward – Home Office Edition

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. This special edition was curated by the team behind the Forward Festival to keep you productive at the home office.

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    10 months ago

    Eike König at Forward Festival Vienna

    Since we are all stuck inside, we thought it would be a good idea to bring the Forward Festival to your home! Eike König believes education should be for free, therefore his talk is the first one for you to enjoy.

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    10 months ago

    How to 'Social Distance' with Wes Anderson

    These days are all about social distancing, but what does that actually mean? Where can you learn to properly social distance? Little White Lies found the perfect teacher: Wes Anderson!

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    10 months ago

    'Helvetica' director lets you stream his films for free

    We are all affected by the current situation, therefore not only companies, but also people in the creative industries are offering their services for free to help overcome boredom during the lockdown. One of those creatives is Gary Hustwit, director of the film "RAMS", which we showed at last years Forward Festival Vienna.

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    10 months ago

    Moon Exhibition - Lockdown Special

    The current situation is hard enough already but it is even harder if you have financial problems due to the circumstances. This is why we want to help out our community in the creative industries not only by connecting them and giving them a platform but also by supporting them a little bit financially.

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    • Music
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    10 months ago

    Press Forward – Lockdown Special

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical gems hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. This special edition was curated by the team behind the Forward Festival to make the current (almost) worldwide lockdown more bearable.

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar March 2020

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    a year ago

    Exhibition: Approximation by Bilderbuch

    Stage sets, videos, album covers, physical or digital objects - Austrian band Bilderbuch keeps on reinventing their visuals by collaborating with talented artists. Now, these artworks will be part of the exhibition Approximation by Bilderbuch at MuseumsQuartier Wien.

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    a year ago

    Press Forward #23 by SNASK

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 23rd edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker SNASK.

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    a year ago

    DO TOUCH! The need for haptics in digital life

    Humans crave their five basic senses. While sight and hearing get covered quite well in the digital world, smell, touch and taste are often left behind.

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    a year ago

    Serious Business on how to keep moving forward

    Working in an agency means working for people. Therefore, it is essential to adapt to your audience's needs. Serious Business, a Munich-based agency, knows this challenge all too well. Working at the intersection of business and design, they use Strategy, Branding, Digital Design & Communication insight to reach their audiences. We are happy to share some of their helpful advice on how to adapt to your environment and stay curious.

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    a year ago

    Wes Anderson inspired by The New Yorker

    Relatable content. The trailer for Wes Anderson's new movie "The French Dispatch" was released and American magazine The New Yorker confirms it "looks an awful lot like—and was, in fact, inspired by—The New Yorker."  

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    a year ago

    A giant bookshelf full of trees

    160 trees on 7 floors - that is what IKEA is hoping to achieve for its newest store in the center of Vienna. Modeled on a bookshelf, it will be an open, friendly building with lots of greenery on all four sides of the facade and on the roof, which will be accessible to everyone.

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar February 2020

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    a year ago

    Press Forward #22 by Annie Atkins

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 22nd edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Annie Atkins.

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    a year ago

    The analog revolution is here!

    Every day the news are full of new digital gimmicks. It feels like there are articles about an AR contact lense, about driverless vehicles, robot pets or retailer's online fitting rooms every minute. Has the world forgotten about the beauty of analog magic? If you also feel an overdose of all things digital we found your savior: Florian Kaps.

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    a year ago

    The genius behind the DIGITAL EYES design

    It always starts with a vision, a topic we want to explore. Very soon, we will find ourselves digging for information and being overwhelmed by our own thoughts. That's when we have to gather our inspiration.  This year, we saw shared idea documents and 400MB worth of pictures taken with our phone.

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    a year ago

    Representing DIGITAL EYES

    This year’s Forward Festival is digital, analog and yet, it is anything but binary. It embraces both the pre-internet and the post-internet brain. To represent this year's festival motto DIGITAL EYES we invited various speaker who either specialize in digital or analog to show the best of both worlds. Meet our ambassadors:

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    a year ago

    The Pleasure of Empathy

    2020 is off to a good start. Eike König, graphic designer and founder of Berlin creative collective HORT,  hits the spot with statements that question our digital society in an aesthetic but constructive way.

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar January 2020

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    • Music
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    a year ago

    Press Forward #21 by DVTK

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 21th edition is curated by Forward Festival speakers Kim & David of DVTK.

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    a year ago

    Latent Being: What AI is dreaming of

    What happens when you make an algorithm hallucinate?

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    a year ago

    Forward's favorite Christmas Ads

    We are already in holiday mode here at Forward, so our team collected their alltime-favourite Christmas ads to get you all festive as well. Enjoy our little collection and Happy Holidays!

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    a year ago

    One last smoke

    What seems like pictures from another decade turn out to be pictures from not even two months ago. As one of the last European countries, Austria has finally introduced its indoor smoking ban by the 1st of November 2019.

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar December 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    a year ago

    Press Forward #20 by Barnaby Steel of Marshmallow Laser Feast

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 20th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Barnaby Steel of Marshmallow Laser Feast.  

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    a year ago

    The Culturama Bus is about to spread some love in Berlin

    A few years back, Berlin was famous for it's thriving and diverse club scene. But times and politics changed and now the city is marked by the closing of numerous clubs and other cultural establishments. Over a quite long period Berlin experienced the last party, the last event or the last happening at a location almost every weekend.

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    a year ago

    Helmut Smits creates the most intimate clock

    In early November, artist Helmut Smits launched his latest project: Screen Time – and no, that's not your next app to track the time you spend in front of your display.

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    a year ago

    Identity for sale

    Can you put a price on identity? Well, if you sell it on eBay, yes.

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    a year ago

    The advantages of the aerodynamic figure of afghans

    Let us introduce you to the most elegant creatures to ever float in pools: The floating Afghans.

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    a year ago

    Tim Lindacher creates campaign for Yung Hurn's Airline tour

    Celebrating the release of the new Album by Austrian cloud rapper Yung Hurn, we are taking a closer look at the associated campaign for the upcoming tour.

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar November 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    a year ago

    Rainer Mutsch's trophy design for ERSTE Bank Open

    The last week in Vienna was all about the country's biggest tennis event: the ERSTE Bank Open 2019. Besides the triumphant win of the Austrian superstar Dominic Thiem, once again the trophies came into the limelight.

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    a year ago

    Why does art matter? Banksy asks, offering originals for the right answer.

    Graffiti artist Banksy says he has been forced to open his own homeware store following a legal dispute involving a greeting cards company. The new store, called Gross Domestic Product sells art, homewares and disappointment to randomly selected buyers who must answer the question: “Why does art matter?”.

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    a year ago

    Erik Kessels reads naked & other stuff we like...

    “Brainstorming is ten people in a room masturbating – slightly embarrassing and always messy at the end”

     

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    a year ago

    HFA Studio turns baroque masterpieces into GIFs

    Since its foundation in 2016, the Vienna-based design studio HFA made itself a name with bold illustrations and multifaceted lettering. For their latest project they created multiple GIFs for the Viennese museum of art history KHM celebrating the baroque masterpieces of their recent exhibition "Caravaggio & Bernini".

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    a year ago

    Curious Publications Autumn Edition

    In the fifth edition of our collaboration with Sodabooks, we present you four new books and magazines for late summer - we will not call it autumn yet! The perfect read for this season – so grab your best pillow or blanket, make yourself comfortable with coffee or tea, and enjoy the last sunrays. It's wonderful because you don't need to wear sunscreen anymore - or sad? Not sure about it.

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    a year ago

    Daniel Gebhart shoots wedding-portraits of DIYers and their tools

    Whether it be cats hurling through the air, the impact alpacas could have on our private life or the world’s most useless inventions: Viennese photographer Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek has a special knack for all things odd and we love it!

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar October 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

    • Article
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    • Music
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    a year ago

    Press Forward #19 by Erik Kessels

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 19th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Erik Kessels.  

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    a year ago

    AR to the people

    AR is becoming constantly more available through face filters on Social Media. What happens when you let people enhance their own reality?  

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    a year ago

    Can design save our world?

    Can design save our planet? As the Amazon rainforests are still burning and other ugly things are happening on earth, designers may ask themselves: how can we have a positive impact through design? By choosing your clients wisely, designing smart disposable packaging and environmental or political campaigns, and thus generally promoting a healthier and happier Earth through design - there are thousands of ways. And more importantly: don't let your head down because of the disappearance of Banksy's Brexit mural in London.

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    a year ago

    Making-Of 'The Odd One Out' - Main Title Sequence by Raj Davsi

    For the Forward Festival season 2019, Raj Davsi and The Mill surprised us with their incredible film for our Main Title Sequence. Within two days the film was awarded the Vimeo Staff Pick and last week at Berlin Commercial it won the award for Best Animation. Now it's time to take a look behind the scenes and find out how Raj and his team brought the odd panther to life.

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar September 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    a year ago

    Success Stories #9 by wemakeit x Forward

    Every month we collaborate with wemakeit, in order to show you successful projects and behind-the-scene knowledge from the projects' initiators. It's amazing to see what the combination of creative ideas and the power of people can create.

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    a year ago

    Press Forward #18 by Anthony Burrill

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 18th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Anthony Burrill.  

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    a year ago

    Forward Calendar August 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    2 years ago

    Press Forward #17 by Max Siedentopf

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 17th edition is curated by Forward Festival speaker Max Siedentopf.  

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    2 years ago

    Forward Calendar July 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    2 years ago

    Forward Speaker Max Siedentopf steps in for Popstar in Music Video

    Max Siedentopf surprised us with an odd video: He's playing popstar Sigrid while running enthusiastically through a Sound Of Music scenery while lip-syncing "Hey, it's alright if we don't end up together 'cause you're mine right now".

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    2 years ago

    Press Forward #16 by Othmar Handl

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 16th edition is curated by the founder of Forward Othmar Handl  

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    2 years ago

    Grand Matters & Everpress celebrate Pride

    It’s pride month and EuroPride in Vienna is only a few days away. In celebration of all things pride and to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, the retailer Everpress teamed up with artist agency Grand Matter curated a collection of t-shirts. Each t-shirt has been designed by another creative.

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    2 years ago

    Erica Dorn on designing Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs

    For Erica Dorn, working on Isle of dogs was a first for she never worked in the movie industry before. Until 2015, when she got asked to work with Wes Anderson, she only did projects in advertising designing for agency clients as a freelancer and her own clients.

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    2 years ago

    Forward Calendar June 2019

    Every month, the Forward Calendar brings you the most important events from our community. In contrast to regular event calendars, we don’t just collect an innumerable amount of exhibitions and conferences taking place in Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Our calendar is a collection of the most inspiring events from the Forward universe. The kind of calendar that brings you forward.

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    2 years ago

    Press Forward #15 by OrtnerSchinko

    Every month, the Forward Magazine brings you a selection of musical pearls hand-picked by friends, musicians, speakers of the Forward Festival and many more. The 15th edition is curated by the Austrian graphic design studio and speakers at Forward Festival Munich OrtnerSchinko.  

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    2 years ago

    Success Stories #8 by wemakeit x Forward

    Every month we collaborate with wemakeit, in order to show you successful projects and behind-the-scene knowledge from the projects' initiators. It's amazing to see what the combination of creative ideas and the power of people can create.

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    2 years ago

    Roger Ballen x Die Antwoord

    When looking at Roger Ballen’s photographs you might think “What the fuck?!, “Who are these people?”, “Where do they live?” and “Jesus, who the hell took these pictures?”. Well at least that was, what Yolandi & Ninja, better known as Die Antwoord, thought when they saw his work for the first time. They knew instantly that they have found the identity and style for their music project that was still in its infancy at that time.

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