This Month in National Geographic, check out the article “Tails from the Bog”. This man or what is left of him, was discovered in 2003. His hair is still styled in the way he wore it during the last moments of his life. Though he is missing an arm and half of his body, his hair looks good! The article rediscovers the history of man during the iron age.

This is a great zine that I have come across recently. I’d Rather Drink Muddy Water And Sleep In A Hollow Log is a 160-page fanzine created by Dash Snow for his THE END OF LIVING…THE BEGINNING OF SURVIVAL at Contemporary Fine Arts in Berlin.

For their October issue, Wallpaper* magazine has employed three guest editors. Jeff Koons, Hedi Slimane, and Dieter Rams each dedicate a section of their own to the mag which will come in three different covers. On newsstands today. via creative review

The new issue of the journal is now out on magazine racks. Issue 20 has some pretty nice features, the highlight being a spread curated by Kathy Grayson titled “salon” which features works by Barry McGee, Aurel Schmidt, Taylor McKimens, Matt Leines, Andrew Jeffrey Wright and more. At only $10 it is an easy sell. If you subscribe, each issue comes with a Limited Edition print, this issues print being by the father of modern skateboarding, Mark Gonzales

I just received a new zine in the mail from Kelsey Brookes. Your Terrible Certainty is the fourth installment of the Aqua Boogie series. The 24 page zine has some great drawings in it and as the San Diego-based artist puts it “is absolutely guaranteed to disappoint.” It measures 4.25″ x 5″ and is in a signed and numbered edition of 200. For $5, you cannot do any better. More pics after the jump

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Issue number 13 of Swindle has come out, and as always it is a great read. This issue’s theme is Death & Fame and features The Germs on the cover. Other interesting features include a piece on Henry Darger and another on Cryonics. The best thing about Swindle is that it also comes in a Hardcover, which you can buy here

This Wallpaper Magazine fashion editorial spread is just bizarre. Models with animals, choking chickens, strange shit, and then there was this one (above). Image featured in this month’s wallpaper. Photographed by Marcus Gaab. More images from this spread can be found online.

Our first muse, Gemma Ward is on the cover of I-D magazine, titled “Grow UP”, she is a pretty one I tell you.

FEFE is a quarterly publication that debuted in January of 2007, chock full of eye-conic images. Founded by a group of 25 Italian design professionals, FEFE invites readers to submit artwork illustrative of a theme chosen by the publishers, such as

Wallspankers PDF sticker magazine, is celebrating its first year anniversary. Issue 4 is packed with over 350 black-and-white potential adhesives. Created by a hundred artists from all across the globe. Click here to download and learn more about Wallspankers.

Looking for the next big thing? Antenna magazine has finally launched their website. Check it out, you can find exactly what you don’t know your looking for. From the hipster T-shirt to the the chrome vans. The magazine comes out seasonally but the site is updated regularly. Plus, instead of just posting a comment on each product you can call in and leave a message about how cool everything is.

The new issue of Complex with guest editor Kanye West hits newsstands this week. Kaws along with REAS, Brent Rollins, and a few other artists also directed pages for the issue. Here is one of Kaws images from the shoot with photographer Matt Doyle.

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To celebrate colette’s 10 year anniversary in March of 2007, Arkitip partnered with the legendary Parisian boutique to create a special issue edition. The store has always been known for it’s affinity to art as evidenced by an impressively long list of exhibits in its 10 year history. To mark their first decade, colette commissioned over 90 artists to create original works that expressed their view of the new year. Artist’s include Alexandre Pierson, Andre, Ayako Takagi, Base and Axel du Bus, Ben Eine, Christophe Brunnquell, Claude Closky, Cody Hudson, Craig Robinson, Experimental Jetset, Fafi, Faile, Genevieve Gauckler, Groovisions, H5, Ich + Kar, Indesignwetrust, Jean-Phillippe Delhomme, Jim Houser, Jochen Gerner, John Maeda, Juju’s Delivery, Kaws, Kevin Lyons, Kuntzel + Deygas, Laurent Fetis, Lovisa Burfitt, Matthieu Laurette, Marcus Oakley, Mike Mills, Misha Hollenbach, Modern Toss, Mori Chack, Norm, Parra, Paul Davis, Pete Fowler, Richard Hart, Ryan McGinness, Shepard Fairey, Simone Shubuck, Thomas Campbell, Yoshitomo Nara.
You can get this issue at Arkitip’s website and in selected retailers worldwide

New launch this week with the appearance of a Japanese edition of ROLLING STONE. Inside, you get a layout that is very reminiscent of the original magazine

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Wallpaper does it again with their limited edition covers. In recent months, they’ve lent a nod to the design world by displaying (sans-coverline) the work of Dieter Rams and Alan Fletcher. The March issue has them doing the same for fashion, bringing to life Hussein Chalayan’s mechanical dress. Available now to subscribers and those near fancy newsagents.