{{Infobox magazine | title = mono.kultur | italic title = no | logo = | logo_size = | image_file = <!-- cover.jpg (omit the "file: prefix --> | image_size = <!-- (defaults to user thumbnail size if no size is stated) --> | image_alt = | image_caption = | editors = | editor_title = | previous_editor = | staff_writer = | photographer = | category = interview magazine, fanzine, independent publishing | frequency = Quarterly | circulation = | publisher = | founder = Kai von Rabenau | founded = 2005 | firstdate = | company = | country = Germany | based = Berlin | language = English | website = {{URL|http://www.mono-kultur.com/}} | issn = 1861-7085 | oclc = }} '''''mono.kultur''''' is a quarterly magazine publishing interviews with creatives in the arts and culture in a wider sense.<ref>{{cite web|title=mono.kultur Website|url=http://mono-kultur.com/|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref>
Each issue features a single in-depth interview and dedicates the entire issue to the interviewee. With this radical focus on only one feature the editorial design adapts to the theme of the interview, the only constant being an unconventional DIN A5-Format.<ref>{{cite web|title=One Track Mind - Interview with Kai von Rabenau|url=http://www.imaginepub.com/one-track-mind-an-interview-with-kai-von-rabenau-of-mono.kultur-magazine|website=Imaginepub|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Kai von Rabenau|url=http://hugohoppmann.com/blog/interview-with-kai-von-rabenau-mono-kultur/|website=Hugohoppmann|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Avant/garde Diaries|url=https://vimeo.com/35686721|title=Frank Leder & Kai von Rabenau - Ultimate Fanzine|website=Vimeo|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref>
==History and profile== ''mono.kultur'' was founded in 2005 in Berlin. The magazine is published in English and distributed worldwide. Founder and publisher is Kai von Rabenau. The editorial team consists of 10 independent editors and 6 more contributing editors.<ref>{{cite web|title=mono.kultur Colophon|url=http://mono-kultur.com/colophon/|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Kai von Rabenau|url=http://hugohoppmann.com/blog/interview-with-kai-von-rabenau-mono-kultur/|website=Hugohoppmann|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=At Work with Kai von Rabenau|date=13 October 2014 |url=http://magculture.com/at-work-with-kai-von-rabenau-mono-kultur/|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref>
Klanten, Mollard, and Hübner described mono.kultur in their 2011 book on Self-Publishing Culture: "Incidentally, many of mono.kultur's chosen protagonists are surprised and delighted by the scope and space of the chosen format. For once, they are encouraged to speak out about topics, interest and ideas usually glossed over in targeted lifestyle features, half-hour promo interviews, or narrow specialist publications. Complementing this rich content, the small, beautifully compact magazine is designed by a changing rosting of invitees who spice up the thematic mono.kultur with their own aesthetic interpretation."<ref>{{Citation|last1=Klanten|first1=R.|last2=Mollard|first2 = A.|last3=Hübner|first3 = M.|title=Behind the Zines: Zines and their role as a catalyst in the evolution of media and graphic design today|place=Berlin|publisher=Gestalten Verlag|pages= 170–171|date=March 2011|isbn=978-3-89955-336-9 }}</ref>
==Editorial Design== With the ambition to make the editorial design of each issue fit the theme of its interview mono.kultur is renowned for its high standards in design<ref>{{cite news|title=Zeitgeist in Papier|url=http://www.zeit.de/lebensart/2010-10/neue-magazine|newspaper=Die Zeit|date=2 November 2010 |last1=Beskos |first1=Daniel }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Kai von Rabenau|url=http://hugohoppmann.com/blog/interview-with-kai-von-rabenau-mono-kultur/|website=Hugohoppmann|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> and could attract leading editorial design studios such as [http://www.mariolombardo.com/ Mario Lombardo], [http://www.studio8design.com/ Studio 8] or [http://studioanti.com/ Studio Anti] to contribute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mono-kultur.com/issues|website=mono.kultur Issues|accessdate=30 June 2015|title=Issues Overview}}</ref>
==Publications and Editions== Additionally to the quarterly magazine publication mono.kultur has published several publications and editions: * In 2014 mono.kultur published a poster with artwork by Chris Ware.<ref>{{cite web|title=MONO.EDITIONEN #05 / CHRIS WARE|url=http://www.mono-konsum.com/index.php/monoedition_en/mono-editionen-05-chris-ware.html?SID=3n3294frt9cajv1q65869334h2|website=mono.konsum|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> * In 2014 mono.kultur published a large format book featuring artist [http://www.robertmontgomery.org/ Robert Montgomery].<ref>{{cite web|title=MONO.EDITIONEN #04 / ROBERT MONTGOMERY|url=http://www.mono-konsum.com/index.php/monoedition_en/mono-editionen-04-robert-montgomery.html|website=mono.konsum|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> * In 2011 mono.kultur published issue #26 with Manfred Eicher of ECM Recordings as a free iPad app including interactive features such as sample sounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=mono.kultur #26 iPad App featuring Manfred Eicher|url=https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/mono.kultur-26/id438900922?mt=8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804145350/https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/mono.kultur-26/id438900922?mt=8|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 4, 2014|publisher=iTunes AppStore|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=mono.kultur launches iPad App|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/news/18794/mono.kultur-launches-ipad-magazine|website=The Wire|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> * In 2011 mono.kultur published an edition with a reprint of the original interview with Taryn Simon and ten plates of the artist's ‘A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters’.<ref>{{cite web|title=MONO.EDITIONEN #03 / TARYN SIMON|url=http://www.mono-konsum.com/index.php/monoedition_en/mono-editionen-03-taryn-simon.html|website=mono.konsum|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> * In 2009 mono.kultur published a poster edition in cooperation with Miranda July,<ref>{{cite web|title=MONO.EDITIONEN #02 / MIRANDA JULY|url=http://www.mono-konsum.com/index.php/monoedition_en/mono-editionen-02-miranda-july.html|website=mono.konsum|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> the series was reprinted in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dear you, again|url=http://mono-blog.com/2010/11/dear-you-again/|website=mono.blog|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> * In 2008 mono.kultur produced a series of T-shirts, scarves and tote bags with original artwork by David Shrigley.<ref>{{cite web|title=MONO.EDITIONEN #01 / DAVID SHRIGLEY|url=http://www.mono-konsum.com/index.php/monoedition_en/monoeditionen-01-david-shrigley.html|website=mono.konsum|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref>
==Magazine Blog - mono.blog== Since 2009 the editorial team of mono.kultur publishes a blog they describe as "a rather eclectic summary of the things that are currently on our collective minds".<ref>{{cite web|title=mono.blog|url=http://mono-blog.com}}</ref>
==Events Series - mono.klub== mono.kultur regularly organizes events in and around Berlin. The series was labelled mono.klub and included 46 events ranging from film screenings, lectures, exhibitions as well as club-like parties.<ref>{{cite web|title=mono.klub Events|url=http://mono-blog.com/?s=mono.klub&searchsubmit=%3E|website=mono.blog|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref>
==Recognition== In November 2014 the KK gallery in Los Angeles recognized mono.kultur with a retrospective exhibition.<ref>{{cite web|title=mono.kultur: Dialogues in Print|url=http://www.kklosangeles.com/gallery|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref> In 2010 mono.kultur was nominated as "Magazin of the Year" at the prestigious German LEAD Awards.<ref>{{cite web|title=LEAD Awards 2010|url=http://mono-blog.com/2010/03/lead-awards-2010/|website=mono.blog|accessdate=30 June 2015}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|33em}}
==External links== * [http://mono-kultur.com/news Official website]
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