WE ALL HAVE OUR VIEWPOINTS. THE MEMO TAKES YOU BEYOND.
www.readthememo.com
WHAT?
The Memo is an independent print quarterly magazine published in english: an editorial journey around the world that takes us beyond our media comfort zone and challenges our established viewpoints on contemporary issues.
WHY?
For as many people as there are in the world, there are just as many opinions: we want to reflect that diversity in the way we treat information.
Technology helps us to keep track of the mass of information out there and ensures immediate access. But when it comes to really understanding issues, by going deeper and revealing the hidden connections, we need more than technology.
The Memo lets us discover sources and views that we usually do not get to access, so we get to broaden our perspective and make up our own opinions.
HOW?
Every 3 months, our regional editors handpick contextual insights and alternative viewpoints on a given subject from all kind of sources around the world. Local and international. Online and offline. Known and unknown. So you get a broader and more transparent picture.
The selected content is translated into English and edited to fit into 5 sections that each analyze the theme through a specific angle. So what you get in your hands is a printed volume of curated texts and visuals displaying a theme from a wide variety of perspectives.
WHO?
The Memo’s core team in Berlin is:
Sophie Jung – Executive Editor
Sophie holds a master degree in history of art and economics from the Technical University Berlin and has a long experience in academic and journalistic writing. She now works as a freelance author for Financial Times Deutschland, art and taz focusing on cultural topics. Sophie is co-founder of ‚Berlin Art Prize’ and editor of an upcoming book on the theories of modernist design in cooperation with ueberschwarz ltd.
Timm Häneke – Art Director
Timm is a graphic designer living in Berlin. He works on cultural, commercial and self-initiated projects, most recently Transmediale 2k+12, festival for art and digital culture Berlin. Together with William Davis he Co-founded Szenarios Eu, a bureau concerned with cultural notions in design.
Haw-lin Services – Visual Curation
Haw-lin Services is the creative extension of Haw-lin, established early 2008. It offers art direction, graphic design and research in the field of fashion, architecture, product and interior design. Haw-lin Services develops its projects through iterative collaboration. Haw-lin Services is Nathan Cowen and Jacob Klein.
Alexis Mardon – Founder & Publisher
Alexis has a background and long standing interest in international communications. Since obtaining his master degree from Sorbonne University in Paris, he’s been involved in communications for global brands and institutions such as the Guggenheim Foundation, Absolut Vodka, Hugo Boss etc.
But that’s not all: The Memo is based on the network of regional editors that we are currently developing on all continents.
www.readthememo.com
WHAT?
The Memo is an independent print quarterly magazine published in english: an editorial journey around the world that takes us beyond our media comfort zone and challenges our established viewpoints on contemporary issues.
WHY?
For as many people as there are in the world, there are just as many opinions: we want to reflect that diversity in the way we treat information.
Technology helps us to keep track of the mass of information out there and ensures immediate access. But when it comes to really understanding issues, by going deeper and revealing the hidden connections, we need more than technology.
The Memo lets us discover sources and views that we usually do not get to access, so we get to broaden our perspective and make up our own opinions.
HOW?
Every 3 months, our regional editors handpick contextual insights and alternative viewpoints on a given subject from all kind of sources around the world. Local and international. Online and offline. Known and unknown. So you get a broader and more transparent picture.
The selected content is translated into English and edited to fit into 5 sections that each analyze the theme through a specific angle. So what you get in your hands is a printed volume of curated texts and visuals displaying a theme from a wide variety of perspectives.
WHO?
The Memo’s core team in Berlin is:
Sophie Jung – Executive Editor
Sophie holds a master degree in history of art and economics from the Technical University Berlin and has a long experience in academic and journalistic writing. She now works as a freelance author for Financial Times Deutschland, art and taz focusing on cultural topics. Sophie is co-founder of ‚Berlin Art Prize’ and editor of an upcoming book on the theories of modernist design in cooperation with ueberschwarz ltd.
Timm Häneke – Art Director
Timm is a graphic designer living in Berlin. He works on cultural, commercial and self-initiated projects, most recently Transmediale 2k+12, festival for art and digital culture Berlin. Together with William Davis he Co-founded Szenarios Eu, a bureau concerned with cultural notions in design.
Haw-lin Services – Visual Curation
Haw-lin Services is the creative extension of Haw-lin, established early 2008. It offers art direction, graphic design and research in the field of fashion, architecture, product and interior design. Haw-lin Services develops its projects through iterative collaboration. Haw-lin Services is Nathan Cowen and Jacob Klein.
Alexis Mardon – Founder & Publisher
Alexis has a background and long standing interest in international communications. Since obtaining his master degree from Sorbonne University in Paris, he’s been involved in communications for global brands and institutions such as the Guggenheim Foundation, Absolut Vodka, Hugo Boss etc.
But that’s not all: The Memo is based on the network of regional editors that we are currently developing on all continents.
www.readthememo.com
