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This is the blog for lower east & lower east lab. A mix of stuff from our design & communication world (things we do, things we have done, and things we experience and get inspired from) and news from our lab – where all kind of actions and experiments can happen – that be workshops, creative meetings, urban safaris (with focus on start up, architecture, design or food), and exhibitions, events, dinners and a lot more.

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New website for the Hempel Glass Museum

May 4, 2015

New & fresh website for the Danish Hempel Glass Museum. Up and running now! The museum show right now their 50th year jubilee exhibition “Colours“ – go and see it for yourself, the exhibition will be on show until 30th September this year. “The exhibition presents 16 artists of 11 nationalities and gives you an insight of modern glass

it’s a book

DG15 – book design for Glasmuseet Ebeltoft

April 22, 2015

Lower East designed the book for the exhibition “DG15 – 40 Years of Contemporary Glass in Denmark”. The museum wanted the book to mirror the exhibition idea – to both tell the story about Danish glass during the last 40 years and to show the direction of Danish glass today through a varied combination of text,

Sometimes you do get a second chance!

April 10, 2015

If you want to be a KaosPilot in Switzerland, you actually still have a chance to apply. They have extended their application deadline, and welcome you to send in your application as soon as possible or latest until April 15th, 2015. Read about the school and the surrounding environment in this damn fine newspaper (by the way designed

Danish glass

April 7, 2015

Glasmuseet Ebeltoft are showing “DG15 – 40 years of contemporary glass in Denmark” – an exhibition, which document and show the development of Danish glass over the past 40 years as well as the current trends and the direction of glass today. Lower East did the graphic design of the book as well as the logo for

New Business #2

April 6, 2015

NEW BUSINESS – a one year further training (9 modules of three days each) for people who want to grow their project ideas into sustainable and inspiring businesses. A changels mastery program for passionate entrepreneurs with existing and new projects and business dreams. The training takes place in the Innovation Village in Bern (the home and house

what’s new?

March 19, 2015

what’s new from innovationsdorf bern, from kaospilots switzerland, from changels, from new business and bits and pieces from urban safari berlin, quiet days and lower east. We did the design of this fine newspaper, 32 pages, filled with thoughts, questions, information, pictures… You can check out and read the entire newspaper on this link to

Food Safari Berlin 2015

March 17, 2015

Lower East, Lower East Lab, Urban Safari Berlin and Camillo’s Kitchen presents: Food Safari Berlin. [Text, both in english and danish]   Berlin er en vidunderlig, pulserende og stemningsfyldt storby! Det perfekte spot at tjekke ud og dykke ned i, hvis du ønsker at blive inspireret, få nye idéer og undersøge nye business-muligheder. Byen byder på

Posters for KaosPilots Switzerland

March 12, 2015

Voila! A new series of posters for the KaosPilots Switzerland. Design by Lower East and very fine photos by Rahel Krabichler. With short text portraits of students from the school, an insight in their motivations and reasons to attend the three year education and information on the school. And a reminder that deadline for application for the new team

New Business in Lower East Lab

March 9, 2015

Last week we had a three day NEW BUSINESS WORKSHOP here in the Lower East Lab. The 6th module of NEW BUSINESS, a one year further training (9 modules of three days each) for people who want to grow their project ideas into sustainable and inspiring businesses – a mastery program for passionate entrepreneurs with existing and

Supalife Kiosk

March 2, 2015

Up there in Raumerstrasse in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, you find a damn fine kiosk, the Supalife Kiosk. An inspiring gallery filled with cool screen prints, graphic art and illustrations. You find a delicate selection of books too, and you can attend beginners workshops in screen printing, woodcut printing and a lot more (if you ask). The kiosk is the base for

The Intern speaking – How to promote Lower East Lab

February 27, 2015

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working with the question – how to promote Lower East Lab? What can we do right here and now? What will need time to grow and what would happen if we had no limitations and could do whatever we wanted? Can we do a big billboard

Follow your dreams

February 24, 2015

Ever dreamt about becoming a KaosPilot? Now could be the time! There is a kaospilot school in Denmark and one in Switzerland. They will be forming new teams very soon. Application deadline in Denmark is already on March 2nd, and in Switzerland the date is March 18th. Open Doors in Bern, Switzerland on March 13th. And an

Impressions from the Lower East Lab

February 17, 2015

A stack of pictures from the Lower East Lab from a sunny Tuesday in February. The lab is really a thrill as a design studio on a quiet, concentrated and cosy working day, and for a hectic and noisy one as well. Last week we had a big dinner, more than 20 people had a joyful Wednesday evening in Camillo’s

A pixi book for grown ups about Frederikskirken in Vonsild, Denmark

February 13, 2015

                      Lower East had the pleasure of designing a small book (in Danish) about the beautiful church in Vonsild near Kolding called Frederikskirken. The church was inaugurated in 1824. The architect was the famous C.F. Hansen who was also the architect behind the great Vor

Urban Safari Berlin 2015

February 3, 2015

Do you want to explore inspiring spaces and meet interesting people? Then Urban Safari Berlin is the thing! Berlin is a vibrant metropole! The city is right now a melting pot of start-ups, young entrepreneurs, fresh ideas, inspiring atmospheres, cool exhibition venues, an innovative food scene and just amazing corners. A perfect spot to explore,

Ta’ fat om dansen

January 19, 2015

A new, very interesting and quite huge dance project has just started in Denmark; Ta’ fat om dansen (“Grasp the dance“). Ta’ fat om dansen is a three-year nationwide dance project that offers inspiring and life giving dance activities for all. The project will reach out to thousands of people across Denmark and is the largest dance

Architectural Utopia Reloaded

January 2, 2015

“Design and architecture became exuberant, colourful, sexy, light-hearted and fluent“. Lower East just had to check out this very, very interesting and inspiring exhibition at the Haus am Waldsee in Berlin today! HAUS-RUCKER-CO
 – ARCHITECTURAL UTOPIA RELOADED “The late 1960s witnessed an extraordinary sense of awakening and optimism. In the wake of the first space programmes an

How to communicate your project

December 12, 2014

Lower East had this week the pleasure to work with the first year students from Team #3 at the KaosPilots Switzerland  – we had four creative, hectic and funny days, where we focused on ‘how do we communicate our project(s)’, ‘how to communicate your business’ and ‘how to communicate your unfinished business’. How do we get people on board in

New website KULTURERHVERV

December 1, 2014

We just finished this little beauty – a new website for the organization Kulturerhverv (culture-business). We designed the visual identity too. Check it out (it’s in danish – but you’ll get it, it’s about creativity, about creating value, about business and culture working together, and stuff). You can apply for membership too – good events

Aarhus Filmfestival 2014

November 10, 2014

From November 11th to November 16th the yearly Aarhus Filmfestival will take place. Over 6 days the filmfestival will be screening a great amount of international shorts and documentaries. Check the program at the festival’s webpage – good stuff is happening in Aarhus, Denmark. Among other stuff Lower East designed the poster for the event. Poster Aarhus