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Every Wednesday Hanger 43 highlights what's happening in the world of art, illustration, design and architecture.

++ March 26, 2008
oslo: bleed
This graphic design agency has attracted clients and admirers far beyond the fjords and mountains of Norway.
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/interviews/profile_bleed

brasilia: trouble in utopia
The future seems to have ambushed Brasilia. What was supposed to be a futurist vision has degraded into a violent, crime-ridden sprawl of cacophonous traffic jams.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/mar/12/brazil

global: process recess reprise
Louis Vuitton has Takashi Murakami. Check out Prada's new spring line featuring James Jean's gorgeous illustrations.
http://comics212.net/2008/03/12/prada-is-james-jean-comic-artist-covers-spring-collection/

dubai: waterfront city
Rem Koolhaas has revealed his plans for a staggeringly massive development in Dubai. The 1.5-billion-square-foot Waterfront City set in the heart of Dubai.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/arts/design/03kool.html?_r=1&ref=design&oref=slogin

madrid: caixa forum
The Prado, the Reina Sofia, and the Thyssen have a new neighbor ’Äî the CaixaForum cultural center, which recently opened in the heart of Madrid's art triangle. A former power station, the seven-story space was designed by Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron.
http://vernissage.tv/blog/2008/03/07/caixaforum-madrid-by-herzog-de-meuron-architects-madrid-spain/
http://www.verticalgardenpatrickblanc.com/

++ March 19, 2008
london: mcbess
The fusion of old and new influences makes the work of Matthieu Bessudo look like what might've happened if the Gorillaz were created by the Fleischer Brothers instead of Jamie Hewlett.
http://mcbess.com/

global: age of google
How do you build a public library in the age of Google? Meet the architects struggling with this and many other questions.
http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/

new york: brand obama
Newsweek writer, Andrew Romano asks Michael Bierut to pinpoint the the circuitry of Obama's graphic design juggernaut.
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/02/27/how-obama-s-branding-is-working-on-you.aspx

bogata: excusado printsystem
Blazing stencils, grim stickers, bold paint and fiercely colourful graffiti are the calling cards for this Colombian street art collective.
http://pingmag.jp/2008/03/03/excusado-printsystem-street-art-in-colombia/