We are very excited to be a part of the New York Art Book Fair this weekend (Sept 29-Oct2nd) at PS1. If you are in the NY area come and see us.
For this year's New York Art Book Fair, we are excited to release a limited edition project by San Francisco based visual artist Colter Jacobsen. The project was created in collaboration with Colter, THE THING and Printed Matter for the 2011 New York Art Book Fair and a healthy portion of the profits will go to benefit the Printed Matter's involvement with the Book Fair.

Edition size: 150

Price: $75

Description: The edition consists of a double ended cedar pencil (two erasers), with a palindrome printed on the pencil. It also includes an offset double-sided poster and is set in a custom made wooden box with text set into to the top.

It will be released at the fair and is available through THE THING Quarterly and Printed Matter's website. So if you are not going to the fair and are interested in Colter's Project, it's possible to purchase HERE.

As always, current subscribers can purchase at a discounted rate.

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We are excited to announce the pre-sell of James Franco's limited edition THING Project, Brad Renfro Forever. Here is the basic info on the project:

BRAD RENFRO FOREVER
100 signed editions
by James Franco
Release date: FALL 2011. We are pre-selling now at $650 per edition.
This project has been created by James Franco In collaboration with LATAMA legendary Italian cutlery and Walt Halucha, with help from Moon Editions in San Francisco.

It will feature a custom made switchblade by LATAMA legendary Italian cutlery and Walt Halucha. When fully opened, the knife measures 11 inches. It has a Swivel Bolster and Black & White Brazilian Horn Handle. The blades will each be numbered at the factory in Italy and then laser etched and hand painted by Moon Editions here in SF.

VISIT THING PROJECTS FOR MORE INFO
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Issue 14 is now available for purchase as a single issue: $75 for non-subscribers and $50 for subscribers. Click here for more info on the issue. Or go to our QUARTERLY page and choose ISSUE 14.

The issue consists of a 6x8.5 inch table mirror with a wallet sized photo of the actor Brad Renfro (now deceased). The photo is set into the mirror frame and is accompanied by handwritten, lipstick text (written on each mirror by James Franco). The text reads “Brad Forever.” The issue also includes a 9.5 x 27 inch black and white fold-out poster of James receiving a carving of the word “BRAD” in his arm by tattooer Mark Mahoney.

There was a great article on the issue in this past Friday's June 3rd New York Times by James Nestor.


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On Saturday May 26, James came to work with us at THE THING’s office here in SF on issue 14. Like two of our past issues where the contributors were physically involved in design and production (issues 5 and 12), James wanted a hand in each issue, literally. And so for an intense 5 hours, with a small crew of 10 people, James hand-wrote with lipstick on each issue. Lenny Gonzalez, THE THING's official photographer caught the action and made a short documentation. (see below)

James Franco Issue 14 of THE THING Quarterly from THE THING Quarterly on Vimeo.

Single issues have been released and are available through our website here, and at Printed Matter in New York, The Curiosity Shoppe in San Francisco and Double Break in San Diego.

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April 30th 3:30-4:00PM
We will be celebrating the opening of THE THING's new office in the Mission with Starlee Kine and the Kadist Art Foundation. Starlee will be on hand to read from her issue 10 of THE THING and then offer an onion cutting demonstration at the Kadist Rading Room at 3:00PM. Following this, we will all step down the street for drinks at THE THING Quarterly's new office, wherein we will have an office party and soft opening for our new location. While issue 10 sold out quickly last year, Starlee will be signing any of these issues and a very cool take-away surprise for those who show up. No one goes away empty handed at THE THING's (office) party!

Starlee Kine reads at the Kadist Reading Room: 3289 20th Street: 3-3:30PM
THE THING Quarterly (office) party: 3285 20th Street: 3:30-4:30

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On March 19th, as part of the grand opening of the Kadist Foundation's West Coast HQ and an early office warming for THE THING Quarterly's new office location in the Mission district of San Francisco, THE THING will be partnering with Kadist and The Curiosity Shoppe, to host our third ever Parallel Black Jacks tournament using Ryan Gander and Europa's Issue 9.
The tournament will use the same rules as the event at the Berkeley Art Museum's tournament and the Lisson Gallery tournament in London last year. The winner will receive a total cash prize of $200 from THE THING and Kadist and a $50 Gift Certificate from the Curiosity Shoppe.

The info:
Time: 7:30-10:00PM
Location: Corner of 20th and Folsom (in San Francisco)
Action: Parallel Black Jacks Tournament till only one person is standing!

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We are pleased to announce that issue 13 by Matthew Higgs and Martin Creed is now available as a back issue order. Those who subscribe will automatically receive issue 13 as their first issue. But it can also be purchased as a single issue while supplies last. Back issues are $60 for non-subscribers and $40 for subscribers (these prices do not include shipping). To find out more about the issue, click here: issue 13

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