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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.

From the photo serie ‘Today’s Picture’

November 12, 2012

Today’s Picture from Lower East. Pictures from cold and sunny days in Bern, Switzerland and november-ish days in Denmark. Dates October 29 and 30 – and November 2, 4, 8, 10. We are still showing the coolest one, or the most beautiful one, or the one that tells the best story of the day. All of

Aarhus Filmfestival 2012

November 7, 2012

Tuesday the Aarhus Filmfestival opened for six early November days offering more than 150 films. A lot of eye-openers, fresh ­perspectives, curious wonders, and visionary power. Now. Present! The opening film at the festival was the overwhelming “5 Broken Cameras“, the film witnesses the non-violent resistance in Bil’in, the self-taught cameraman Emad Burnat’s village at

KiC Kunsthåndværk i Centrum

November 2, 2012

Today KiC – Kunsthåndværk i Cenrtrum opens in Ridehuset Aarhus. KiC is a censored arts and crafts market, which presents arts and crafts, that unfold in the field between art and design. More than 60 designers are represented. On the market you can find textiles, jewelry, glass, ceramics etc. Christmas shopping can start here. Lower

Today’s Picture. New ones.

October 30, 2012

New Today’s Picture from Lower East. Pictures from sunny and warm October days in Nice, France. Dates 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28. We are still showing the coolest one, or the most beautiful one, or the one that tells the best story of the day. All of them being carefully treated and maybe improved in photoshop. The search

Three Lions and Nine Hearts

October 25, 2012

If in Aarhus, you have the chance to meet three fantastic lions! “The sculptor Claus Ørntoft has just completed a major sculptural installation for
 Marselisborg Palace Park in Aarhus which will be unveiled at a ceremony on 
Friday 26 October 2012 at 15:00. The work, a gift to H.M Queen Margrethe II from Aarhus Municipality

Edvard Munch Angst / Anxiety at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum

October 21, 2012

Lower East are very proud of having designed the graphic material for the huge Edvard Munch exhibition that is shown in ARoS Aarhus Art museum. We designed the big exhibition book and a great wall biography in the exhibition room as well as brochures. The exhibition is amazing and absolutely wonderful – we highly recommend

Aarhus Filmfestival 2012

October 19, 2012

Lower East just finished the graphic work on the printed programme and on the website for Aarhus Filmfestival 2012. And now we look so much forward to see all the fantastic shorts and docs scheduled this year. Check out the festivals website, reserve the days November 6-11 – and find your way to Aarhus, Denmark.

Today’s Pic

October 7, 2012

The Today’s Picture from the ‘Lower East World’. Pictures from October 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7. Sunny and good Autumn days. We are still showing the coolest one, or the most beautiful one, or the one that tells the best story of the day. All of them being carefully treated and improved in photoshop. The search

Oh oh oh it’s magic

October 1, 2012

Now it finally happended. Our good friends in the Alps, the KaosPilots Switzerland, started up the first team today. KaosPilots Team SUI1. The students were all well-equipped with a beautiful suitcases, with lower east designed luggage tags.

Today’s Picture

September 30, 2012

Another week has passed. The last one in September. The weeks selection of Today’s picture from Lower East fell out this way. Photos taken and posted on September 23, 24, 26, 27, 28 and 29. We are still showing the coolest one, or the funniest one, or the one that tells the best story of

Lower East on Bornholm

September 28, 2012

European Glass Context 2012 forms part of a biennial symposium for European contemporary glass and ceramics on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Through comprehensive exhibitions, workshops, master classes and lectures, an opportunity will arise to discuss and present the best of contemporary European glass today. This event is motivated by a desire to promote the

Welcome Party

September 21, 2012

The brandnew KaosPilots Team from Switzerland are curious to meet you, partners and potential playmates for the coming years of their project design and innovation work here in Bern and worldwide. Are you curious to meet them? Welcome Party October 5th in Bern. 18:00 sharp. We think there will be a chance to meet Lower

Today’s picture

September 21, 2012

This weeks selection of Today’s picture from Lower East. Taken on September 15, 16,17, 18, 20 and 21. We are juggling with and working on this new project, where we will pick one photo per day (or so!). We will show the coolest one, or the funniest one, or most likely the one that tells

KaosPilot bag

September 19, 2012

Two weeks from now the KaosPilots Switzerland welcomes the first team of students to the school in Bern. Lower East has designed the new ‘school bag’, and behind the lines everything is getting ready for the brave and most likely excited students. The new website is very close to be published, until then keep informed

Border Crossing – again

August 25, 2012

Danish newspaper Politiken just gave a fantastic review of the Border Crossing at Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark – five hearts out of six. Once again we suggest you to check the thematic exhibition that touches on contemporary migration issues in films and videos by some of the world’s foremost visual artists/film and video directors out, exhibition

KaosPilots the Movie

July 4, 2012

The coming KaosPilot School in Bern, Switzerland has just created this funny, energetic, half-minute trailer. Check it out. Lower East and the programmers are right now working on the new website for the school, we are all quite exited about that. Coming up during the summer. Keep you informed? Of course we will! Until then this

Opening Border Crossing

June 20, 2012

Today is the day! Today the exhibition Border Crossing will open at Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense Denmark. Lower East finished the design work on the catalogue just in time (and hopefully the printing house will keep promises and deliver latest at 4pm). The exhibition will run until September 16 2012. Here we invite you to a

Border Crossing

June 11, 2012

On June 21 the exhibition Border Crossing will open at Kunsthallen Brandts in Odense, Denmark. Lower East are right now working late hours to finish the catalogue for the exhibition. The exhibition will touch on contemporary migration issues in films and videos by some of the world’s foremost visual artists/film and video directors: Alfredo Jaar (Chile/US), Chen Chieh-jen (Taiwan), Aernout

More Lower East Note Cards

May 13, 2012

Two new & fresh Lower East Note Cards. Todays theme seems to be flowers. As soon as we reach the number of 12, the production of the cards will start. Stay tuned. See the previous cards: here & here

Greenland Eyes

April 29, 2012

This weekend Lower East attended our very first Greenland film festival ever; Greenland Eyes (in Berlin). One of the screened films was directed by our good friend Niels Bjørn, the main reason why we found way to such a small niche festival. The film, Greenland Year Zero, was a poetic and interesting documentary on Greenland facing some of its