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january 27. 2012Vom Zahn zum WahnSüddeutsche Zeitung Magazin Nr. 4, 2012---Illustration for an article on the current tooth cleaning frenzy with a special look at the dental brush and its effectiveness.
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January 2012Tour de Suisse – Tour de SolHochparterre, Januar- /Februarausgabe 2012---This article by Axel Simon looks at architecture and building with solar energy in Switzerland. Grafilu creates five illustrations for the story.
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December 20. 2011Illustrations for Casmurros Fanzine #3Casmurros, São Paulo---The third fanzine of Brazilian literary blog Casmurros is dedicated to video games. An illustrated portrait of the late Brazilian writer Machado de Assi and six abstract pixel-compositions accompany essays by Brazilian writers.
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December 18. 2011Illustrations for The One-Page MagazineThe New York Times Magazine, Dezember 18, 2011---Four-color silhouettes and an illustrated portrait of Woody Allen accompany the articles “Creative Cheating” by Heather Havrilesky and “Viva Control Groups” by Jacob Goldstein.
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December 1. 2011Hormonal Much?Women’s Health, Dezember 2011---“The bloodstream carries hormones to every corner of you body.” — Pixel illustrations to an article by Brigid Sweeney
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November 21. 2011The Long Haul — Portrait Nico MuhlyThe New Yorker, November 28, 2011---Illustrated portrait of Nico Muhly to accompany a text by Alex Ross on the young composer’s first two operas “Two Boys” and “Dark Sisters.”
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November 11. 2011Sie werden uns kriegenSüddeutsche Zeitung Magazin Nr. 45---That’s the deal: Readers donates 5 Euros, editors engage. Here you can win Christmas presents you won’t find anywhere else: the staff of Süddeutsche Zeitung. Grafilu illustrates the 27 gifts.
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october 24. 2011Reality Testing — Portrait of Ben LernerThe New Yorker, October 31, 2011 ---This illustration accompanyies James Wood's book review of Ben Lerner's “Leaving the Atocha Station” a first novel about poetry and imposture in Spain.➜ Drawing & Illustrating for The New Yorker
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October 12. 2011When Does It Get Criminal?Zeit Campus, Nr.6 - November 2011---Several illustrations accompany this article in Zeit Campus: an IT-lawyer explains what’s legal to download, and what the future holds for law practitioners majoring in the information-technology field.
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October 10. 2011Doctor Vernacular — Medicinal Story TimeBeobachter Natur, Nr.8 2011---“Reading in the dark is bad for your eyes.” This article examines the vernacular beliefs on health and medicine and reveals the truth behind them. |
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october 10. 2011Sons and Lovers — Portrait of Alan HollinghurstThe New Yorker, October 17, 2011 ---This illustration accompanies James Wood's book review of Alan Hollinghurst's “The Stranger's Child.”➜ Drawing & Illustrating for The New Yorker
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October. 2011Kevin Mitnick Rates Today’s BlackhatsWired Magazine, October 2011 ---WIRED asked the master hacker, now a security consultant, to rate three of today’s most-hyped threats.➜ read it on wired.com
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october 3. 2011The Crypto Currency — Dept. of TechnologyThe New Yorker, October 10, 2011 ---This illustration accompanies an article by Joshua Davis about the online currency bitcoin and its mysterious inventor Satoshi Nakamoto.➜ Drawing & Illustrating for The New Yorker
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September 10. 2011«Jenseits von Gut und Böse» — a story about the gigantic power of GoogleDas Magazin, No.26 ---Illustrated pixel portraits of Larry Page and Sergey Brin accompany an article by James Gleick. The illustrations appear in «Das Magazin», the weekend supplement of major Swiss-German newspapers.Das Magazin
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August 1. 2011Grafilu has a new Address —
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June 23, 2011Hard Times — ScreenWired Magazine, July 2011---“A new documentary goes inside a great newspaper in the age of the Net.” Grafilu illustrates a digital teaser which goes with the text by Caitlin Roper in the July Issue of Wired. see movie trailer |
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June 12, 2011Portrait of John Sayles — A Moment in the SunThe New York Times Book Review---Digital portrait of John Sayles accompanying a text by Tom LeClair on Sayles’ new novel "A Moment in the Sun" in this weekends’s Sunday Paper. see it in the NYTimes
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May 3, 2011Portfolio News: I Am So Tiny!Grafilu Portfolio News---Check out the contributor portraits Grafilu has been drawing for the Magazin of Süddeutsche Zeitung. Shown left, the portrait of Axel Hacke honoring his 777.th column for the magazine.--- with thanks to programmer Ramon Torres see this project / süddeutsche zeitung magazin |
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Posted May 2011Good Night - Portrait of a dogprivat commission---Commissioned portrait of a dog, drawn in fountain pen, measuring 50 x 50 cm
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April 27, 2011Grafilu at this week's Illustrator's LunchZürcher Hochschule der Künste,
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April 2011Illustrated Portrait of Google’s Larry Page for Wired MagazineWired magazine, April 2011---“Larry Page Wants to Return Google to Its Startup Root.” Grafilu draws a digital portrait of Larry Page to the article of Steven Levy.See original drawing / see it in Wired
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March 2011Columnist Portraits for the Relaunch of Newsweek Magazine.Newsweek, The Daily Beast---As part of Newsweek’s redesign, Grafilu portrays its weekly contributing editorial staff. Shown left, the drawing of the Editor in Chief, Tina Brown.Newsweek / The Daily Beast
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February 21, 2011Illustration for James Wood’s book review of Teju Cole’s prismatic début novel, “Open City.”The New Yorker, February 28, 2011---“Cole has made his novel as close to a diary as a novel can get, and his narrator is both spectator and flâneur.”see illustration in The New Yorker
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January 2011Cover story for ZEITmagazinZEITmagazin, 27.1.2011 Nr. 05---“At the wrong time in the wrong place” — The cover story in this week’s ZEITmagazin chronicles the criminal youth of a 16-year-old, who stabs at random a 19-year-old at a Hamburg railway station on an evening in May of 2010.see a drawing from this story / mirkoborsche / ZEITmagazin
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December 2010
Illustrated X-Mas Card for MTV Networks
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Grafilu designed this year’s Christmas card for MTV Networks Switzerland and its sub brands MTV, Viva, and Nickelodeon. The two-sided card was printed in gold, silver, and black and features an hurray of characters from correlating shows.
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November 15, 2010Illustration “The Green Hornet” – Winter Preview MoviesThe New Yorker, November 22, 2010 Issue---Seth Rogan is The Green Hornet, a masked vigilante who fights crime with the help of marital arts expert and faithful sidekick, Kato. Directed by Michel Gondry. Starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Edward Furlong.see it in The New Yorker |
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November 1, 2010RumorsGrafilu Portfolio News--- Look for yourself by going to the project page and see how rumors spread and how a mosquito gets turned into an elephant. --- with thanks to Franziska and Sujata see project / frenzine / sujata design |
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Oktober 18, 2010Illustration for the ‘10 Big Green Ideas’Newsweek, October 18, 2010--- 10 illustrations to ‘The stories of thoughtful citizens who are trying to make great green ideas a reality.’ newsweek.com |
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Oktober 4, 2010Something BorrowedThe New Yorker, October 5, 2010 Issue--- Five illustrations accompany short stories by Rohinton Mistry, Jennifer Egan, Zadie Smith, Jonathan Franzen, and Henry Bromell (illustration shown left). see the Jonathan Franzen illustration in The New Yorker
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September 27, 2010Illustration “Enter The Void” – Goings on About TownThe New Yorker, September 27, 2010 Issue--- Gaspar Noé directed this drama, about a teen-age drug dealer who returns from the dead to protect his sister. Starring Nathaniel Brown and Paz de la Huerta. In English and Japanese. see it in The New Yorker |
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October 2010Portrait-icons for the Globe Style magazineThe Globe & Mail--- For the style magazine of Canada’s Globe and Mail I created four icons for journalist’s Q&A section. The Globe and Mail / Bryan Gee Design |
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September 2010New Grafilu Website…siehe auch grafilu.ch--- Thanks to all the proofers, testers, editors and David Wernz of sushie.net for the dynamic programming of the site! www.sushie.net |
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August 23, 2010Illustration “Takers” – Goings on About TownThe New Yorker, August 30, 2010 Issue--- A group of bank robbers find their $20 million heist obstructed by a hard-boiled detective. Starring Paul Walker, Idris Elba, Matt Dillon, and Hayden Christensen. Directed by John Luessenhop. see it in The New Yorker |
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August 15. 2010René Furer Architecture Theory PublicationDesign and Production--- Five new publications in the René Furer series on architecture theory. www.renefurer.ch |
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August 6. 2010Blog Illustrations for the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazinwww.sz-magazin.de--- Journalist portraits and title illustrations of their corresponding blogs now online at the Magazin of Süddeutsche Zeitung. see it online |
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JULY 13. 2010Distant Memory — Drawings for and of Omar AlessandroKunstmuseum Solothurn, 6.5. – 8.8.2010--- As part of the group show ‘Distant Memory’ the Kunstmuseum in Solothurn shows two photographs of my drawings of Swiss artist Omar Alessandro. see project / omar alessandro |
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JUNE 7. 2010Summer Fiction — 20 Under 40The New Yorker, June 14 & 21 issue--- Grafilu portrays twenty young writers who capture the inventiveness and the vitality of contemporary American fiction. see project / in the new yorker |
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April 9. 2010HomeworkSüddeutsche Zeitung Magazin 14/2010--- For the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin issue on school and design, Grafilu illustrates six stereotypes of teenagers for a story covering the hippest and newest design thingies for kids. süddeutsche zeitung magazin |
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April 5. 2010Portrait Albert CamusThe New Yorker, April 12 issue--- Illustrated portrait of Albert Camus in the April 12th. issue — on stands April 5th. related project |
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March 4. 2010Opening and Exhibiton Team JapanArthur Biel Bienne, March 4 – 24--- I was asked by ‘Tschuttiheftli’ to illustrate 12 players of the Japanese team. These warriors and gods are presently exhibited at the Cultureart Project Arthur in Biel. see project |
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February 1. 2010Tiny Portraits for the Magazin of SZSüddeutsche Zeitung Magazin--- Starting in January, I illustrate on a weekly basis tiny portraits of the journalist and authors featured in the Magazin of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. süddeutsche zeitung magazin |
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January 12. 2010Kopfloses BauenHochparterre No 1, January – February 2010--- Illustration for the Swiss architecture magazine ‘Hochparterre’. hochparterre |
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January 5. 2010Exhibition Proposal Jewish Museum BerlinJewish Museum Berlin--- Together with MAGMA and Raban Ruddigkeit, Grafilu works out proposals for the upcoming exhibition on ‘The Color of The Jewish Cartoon.’ magma |
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