Designblok for life

The democratisation of production tools has facilitated the rise of the bedroom producer, writer, editor or publisher. Who needs the old media these days? The young source their information from an ever increasing stream of blogs and tumblrs. The early 21st century could be the era of the fan, bolstered by the web 2.0 revolution. – more

Hotels are peculiar places. Impersonal, fleeting, eerie but utterly fascinating. Take for instance the Chelsea Hotel, a debauched hotbed of creativity and one of New York’s legendary havens for contemporary art. Or the brilliantly deranged Jack Nicholson staggering in the non-descript environs of an isolated hotel in Kubrick’s The Shining. Then there’s the quintessential hotel-based – more

City Surfer are a force to be reckoned with in the Prague club scene. Established in 2007 as a spontaneous idea of like-minded music-makers, the collective has since expanded and currently encompasses graphic designers, illustrators or fashion designers who collaborate between each other. Music, however, remains at the core of City Surfer. Last year they – more