Now only 24 days to 2009 edition – More speakers, more exhibitions, more details!
3 days – approx. 40 hours of talks – 16 exhibitions – many coctails and parties.

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Each night at Colophon2009 features networking cocktails with an open bar that are ONLY AVAILABLE to people with Flash Passes. That includes a special preview of the exhibition Beyond Kiosk at the MUDAM, a Colophon-only space at hip local bar Carré Rotondes, an opening cocktail at the Casino Luxembourg venue, and the farewell cocktail at the Philharmonie auditorium. And many other exclusive special advantages, including the 320 pages book « We Make Magazines » and non-stop access to 16 exhibitions.

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“A weekend devoted to the independent magazine scene, filled with encounters, exhibitions, talks, workshops, movies and networking events”

Curators: Jeremy Leslie, Andrew Losowsky, Mike Koedinger.

Download the press kit including details on exhbitions, talks, speakers, etc. (approx. 60 pages).

Download the overview of programme.
 

And here’s a quick preview on some programme updates - more details in the next week's letter:
 

Two Keynote Talks:

“Editorial design: independents and the mainstream”
From the 1960s onwards the design of independent magazines has influenced their mainstream competitors. This is a visual history of some of these relationships.

By Simon Esterson (UK)

Esterson is an editorial designer. He was the launch art director of the architecture and design magazine Blueprint and later creative director of Italian architecture monthly Domus. He is now creative director and part owner of Eye, the international review of graphic design.

“The story of 032c” By Jörg Koch (Germany)

 
Plus "success stories" by:

- Colors Magazine, Mauro Bedoni (Italy)
- Distill, Christopher Lockwood (UK)
- Domus re-design, Nicolas Bourquin (Switzerland)
- eye magazine, Simon Esterson (UK)
- le cool.com, René Lönngren (Spain)
- Lula, Becky Smith (UK)
- MagNation, Ravi Pathare (Australia/New Zealand)
- Shift, Anja Lutz (Germany)
- Slanted, Lars Harmsen (Germany)
- Sleek, Qvest and Luna, Lothar Eckstein (Germany)
- Stackmagazines.com, Steven Watson (UK)
- Tokion, Christopher Ambrose (USA)

Interviews on stage:

In three one-hour-sessions, the people behind the Colophon2009 10 magazine exhibitions are interviewed on stage:
Friday 12 am, Jeremy Leslie interviews Good (Los Angeles), IdN (Hong Kong), Karen (London) and Kasino A4 (Helsinki).
Saturday 12 am, Andrew Losowsky interviews BabyBabyBaby (Mexico), La Mas Bella (Madrid), and Volume (Amsterdam).
Sunday 12 am, Mike Koedinger interviews Liebling (Berlin), Nuke (Paris) and Sang Bleu (Lausanne).

Closing Ceremony, Cocktail and Dinner – only for Flash Passers.

INDEPENDENT MAGAZINES

1. Why celebrate independent magazines?
2. What is the difference between an independent magazine and a mainstream magazine?
3. Where do all these independent magazines come from? Are they a new phenomenon?
4. Who makes independent magazines and why?
5. Who reads independent magazines, and why?
6. How do independent magazines make enough money to survive?

MAGAZINE INDUSTRY

7. Are magazines only ink and paper?
8. How much longer do print magazines have left?
9. How is the current financial crisis affecting magazines?

COLOPHON

10. Who is Colophon aimed at?
11. Choose five words to describe Colophon.
12. What did you learn from the first Colophon in 2007?
13. Why is Colophon different from other graphic design/print industry events?

PERSONAL

14. What do you look for in a good magazine?
15. Do you have a large collection of magazines? If so, which are your favourites in your collection?
16. Which current magazines do you enjoy?
17. In no more than 20 words, write what you think will be the future of magazines.

‘Publishing’ by definition means ‘making something public’ –
A strong and loaded act, historically, politically and culturally. but:
What is it that we really want to ‘make public’ today?
In workshops and public interventions we have gathered the responses of people in Luxembourg,
Cairo, Milan and Bangkok. These many different responses – ranging from humorous to serious,
from spontaneous to elaborate – have been assembled on this large wall newspaper.
While this is by no means an objective opinion poll, it however gives an insight into the issues and
concerns of the people in these diverse places – material that will possibly trigger for further
discussions and reactions.

‘This should be made public’ is a project by shift! [www.shift.de] and was originally conceived for Colophon 2007. All responses in their original design and language are archived at www.flickr.com/photos/this_should_be_made_public

1. Pecha Kucha Presentations
2. My favourite Magazine – Shows
3. Portfolios’ Markets: Photography, Illustration & Editorial Design
4. Making a Magazine
5. Magazine Store
6. Playlists by Magazines

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Under the Patronage of Mr Jean-Louis Schiltz, Luxembourg’s Minister for Communications

With the kind support of the Ministry of the Economy & Foreign Trade

And the Minister of Tourism

National Office of Tourism

Luxembourg City Tourist Office

University of Luxembourg