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Review of the Year: It's our favourite things of the year!

Words: It's Nice That
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Date: 25 December 2013; Things
Review of the Year 2013
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We know what you’ve all been waiting for – our top five Things! Right? Right?!! Things is the weekly feature where we take all of the most exciting stuff that we get sent throughout the year and share it with you, like a mouthpiece for the under-represented artists and designers masquerading as a rowdy show-off. Without further ado, then, here’s our favourites of the year.

The cover of a zine features a person eating from a plate of pasta. Bold white text reads “PUT AN EGG ON IT”, with a small illustration of a halved boiled egg. Smaller text below reads “TASTY ZINE! #7 $7.00”. — Above
Put a Egg On It: Issue #7

An open book showing two pages of a design publication. One page features a wrapped “Idaho Spud” chocolate bar, while the opposite page shows a round “Tunnock’s Tea Cake” with its red and white foil wrapping partially peeled away. — Above
Put a Egg On It: Issue #7

An open magazine spread featuring an article titled “Family Style”. The right page shows a person in a conical hat preparing food at a street stall, with other people and motorbikes in the background. — Above
Put a Egg On It: Issue #7

An open book displays a collage of photographs. The images show a person on a motorbike carrying a large fish, a platter of crabs, and people eating at a street food stall. — Above
Put a Egg On It: Issue #7

Put a Egg On It #7

In a land over-populated with fancy pants foodie mags and carefully photographed dishes, Put a Egg On It stormed in with its green cover, kicked up a storm with some top-notch content both editorial and visual, and then left again leaving us confused about what had just happened. That’s until the next issue, though. This is a food zine unlike any other.
www.putaeggonit.com

A magazine cover titled “Victory” shows a person diving headfirst through a pale blue sky. They wear black swimwear and are captured mid-air in a dynamic, arched pose. — Above
Victory Journal: Summer 2013

An open book on a red surface shows a photograph of a person curled into a tight ball. They are positioned upside down against a clear blue sky. — Above
Victory Journal: Summer 2013

An open magazine features a graphic illustration of a baseball player in a pinstriped uniform, wearing a glove and cap. Large, 3D block lettering across the page reads “NEW YORK”. — Above
Victory Journal: Summer 2013

An open magazine spread shows a photograph of a derelict indoor swimming pool. Large, gridded windows look out onto bare winter trees, and a concrete diving board extends over the empty basin. Text on the left page begins with the heading “In Memoriam” and credits photography by Christopher Anderson and words by Piotr Orlov. — Above
Victory Journal: Summer 2013

Doubleday & Cartwright: Victory Journal: Summer 2013

We bloody love Victory Journal so we were very pleasantly surprised when one of the team popped into the studio to say hello and drop off a copy of their Summer issue earlier on this year. They never fail to impress with incredible photoshoots and off-the-beaten-track topics, and this feature on an abandoned swimming pool in the Catskills is one of the most interesting of the year.
www.victoryjournal.com

A photograph of a tree growing from the side of a concrete wall at night. The image is printed on a white card and set against a bright yellow background. — Above
Lasse Dearman: Split Second Feeling

An open book on a yellow background shows a photograph of a person’s legs. They are resting their feet on the back of a dark wooden chair. — Above
Lasse Dearman: Split Second Feeling

An open book displays a landscape photograph across two pages. The image shows a pale, sandy shoreline meeting a calm body of blue water against a yellow background. — Above
Lasse Dearman: Split Second Feeling

An open book displays a photograph across its two pages. The image shows a small bunch of dried flowers lying on a grey, speckled concrete surface. — Above
Lasse Dearman: Split Second Feeling

Lasse Dearman: Split Second Feeling

We’re huge fans of Dutch photographer Lasse Dearman’s intriguing abstractions of youth, grime and everyday beauty, and his view of photography as tool for adventure is perfectly captured in his Split Second Feeling photo zine. Don’tcha reckon?
www.lassedearman.tumblr.com

A white magazine cover featuring the title “BOOKMARKERS” in orange text. A small, vertical blue rectangle in the centre shows a partial view of a person’s face. — Above
David Bhalla: Bookmarkers: #1

An open book lies flat against a bright pink background. The left page features a technical diagram and a block of text, while the right page displays the chapter title “Evocative Objects: Things We Think With”. — Above
David Bhalla: Bookmarkers: #1

An open book displays a series of black and white chronophotographs. The images show a sequence of a person being picked up and held by another person. — Above
David Bhalla: Bookmarkers: #1

An open book rests on a bright pink surface. The left page features black and white photographs of Marina Abramović and the heading “Marina Abramović, The Artist is Present”. The right page contains a large, orange typographic quote that reads “I eat a large onion with the skin on with my eyes looking up to the sky complaining about my life”. — Above
David Bhalla: Bookmarkers: #1

David Bhalla: Bookmarkers: #1

Set up by second year Kingston student David Bhalla, he went to his university’s library looking specifically for books that have been bookmarked and collated the most interesting finds into Bookmarkers, adding his thoughts alongside. David’s enthusiasm for learning new information and the reasons behind choosing each bookmark makes this a fascinating read.
www.davidbhalla.co.uk