Hi everybody,

It's been a while.... we know - and we'll try to keep in touch a bit more regularly! The good news is that our absence here is due to the fact that our shop is thriving and needs a lot of attention.
A different kind of attention was brought to it lately by the London based blogger Tina Bernstein who discovered our shop and wrote a lovely post about it - and us. We send a big THANK YOU to Tina and suggest you rush over to her wonderful blog colourliving for lots of colourful inspiration! Here's a little appetizer to get you hooked - one of Tina's photos she took at Tusch und Egon:

Karl is back in town

As you probably know, Karl Marx lived and died in London, where he is buried in Highgate cemetery. In honor of his 195th birthday on May 5th, the German concept artist Ottmar Hörl placed 500 statues of the philosopher in KARL MARX' hometown Trier in Germany.
We are proud to have brought Karl Marx back to London. You can now purchase the statues in 4 different shades of red in our shops and online.
Read more about the installation in Trier in an article by the Huffington Post here.
 
 

The Marx family lived in an apartment in 28, Dean Street, Soho, from 1850 to 1856. From there it was only a short walk to the British Library. A memorial plaque, installed by the Greater London Council, commemorates this with the words: "Karl Marx, 1818–1883, lived here 1851–1856".

Filter in Bottle

Another beautiful addition to our selection! 

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Tusch und Egon acts for payleven in London BoxPark

Tusch & Egon is using payleven in London BoxPark
We had fun shooting this promotional video with Alfie Dale and Simon Graffy.

Lene Bladbjerg in our store at boxpark

We are more than pleased to present a selection of beautiful, witty prints by the Danish artist Lene Bladbjerg in our shop now.

ON YOUR BIKE and DO I? by Lene Bladbjerg

Lene was born in Denmark, but grew up in Brussels, Belgium and is now based in London where she graduated at London College for Printing in 2000.

Since then, she has been working from her studio in Crystal Palace, South London, as a full-time visual artist and freelance graphic designer.Lene Bladbjerg’s work is influenced by her background as a graphic designer.

POLE DANCING by Lene Bladbjerg

Typography and grids drift in and out of her pieces creating haunting images and surprising messages. Her work can be very thought-provoking. She pays great attention to the smaller scale details of everyday life. In her work she attempts to capture the hidden beauty or interesting aspect of even the most ordinary of events or objects. She often creates her work by incorporating unusual materials, often re-cycled.

Come to our Boxpark shop, unit7 and get your own Lene Bladbjerg print!
Soon also available online

Alexandra Palace

Last weekend we headed over - or should I say up? - to the iconic North London venue, the huge Alexandra Palace, located on a hill surrounded by a park and offering fantastic views of the city. It is quite an impressive building and we were sad to see that unfortunately it is a bit derelict in parts. Luckily there are plans and efforts to regenerate the place over the next decade which would definitely be worth while! The potential is enormous... but see for yourself: below are a few photos we took inside the west wing.  This seems to be one of the parts in not too bad a state and gives you an idea of how beautiful the palace could be in general. We found its history and involvment with the BBC to be quite interesting too.

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Juliette Greco by Man Ray


Well, then at least those of you who are in London or planning a visit here should not miss the wonderful exhibition of Man Ray's work at the National Portrait Gallery. We went yesterday evening and loved it! It's a lot to take in - a bit overwhelming nearly - due to the high number of photographs exhibited, and it is quite crowded, too, but nevertheless such a treat!
So, take time and enjoy portraits of the arty, intellectual, beautiful people Man Ray met during the first half of the last century!