On October 8th 2010 GmbH will open in the Modern Institute gallery space at 14-20 Osborne St. in Glasgow’s Merchant City.

The mission of GmbH is to create a vibrant resource space for contemporary cultural product and high quality specialist publications in Glasgow’s city centre, a space which can encourage and support the Glasgow creative community providing access to the best international print media of all kinds, from high-gloss print to fanzines. The project, created and run by enterprising young duo Jamie Kenyon & Neil McKie, is intended to fill the current gap in Glasgow for an experienced outlet for specialist print dedicated to art, culture and design.

Kenyon and McKie realised that after the demise of the large Borders outlet on Buchanan Street there was no decent place to purchase a wide range of fashion, arts and culture publications. The high street outlets that remain do not stock anywhere near the volume of specialist publications that Borders once did.

This left a vacuum in the cultural market for a dedicated publication outlet, which provides an expansive range of contemporary magazines, journals and periodicals. A destination which would reach further in specialisation than Borders ever had, focusing on bespoke publishing, art, fashion, design, film and music as well as covering lifestyle, culture and affairs.

In addition to this, Kenyon and McKie intend the GmbH project not only to provide a dizzying variety of specialist publications, but also in-store expertise: friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff who can advise interested readers on titles to complement their interests as well as being able to source publications from across the world that maybe be difficult to find.

Though the Internet now provides easy access to art and culture information, as well as to on-line versions of print editions, there is still no substitution for the enjoyment of a beautifully printed publication, nor the satisfying sense of completion in reading one magazine from cover to cover. There is a real tactile pleasure to be taken from a loving created magazine that cannot be duplicated on a computer screen. Many publications and limited edition art materials are not able to be found on the web and therefore can only be an accessed and enjoyed upon the printed page.

Neil McKie has been involved in the music and event promotion industry since 2003. While working with PCL Concerts he produced citywide music events and festivals.
Jamie Kenyon graduated from GSA in 2007, since he has worked in curatorial roles with SWG3, Tate Britain and is currently Programmer at CCA.

The GmbH opening event takes place on 8th Oct at 4pm until 9pm – we would like to invite you along to see the project in action.

For more information please contact gmhbshop@gmail.com