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S-MAO Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office

a+u May issue features the work of Sancho-Madridejos Architecture Office (S-MAO). Based in Madrid, Spain and established in 1982 by Juan Carlos Sancho and Sol Madridejos, the office has developed a nuanced and committed practice rooted in investigations in plastic arts and aesthetic theory. An essay by their close friends, Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, reveals the deeper origins to S-MAO’s approach and describes how their trials and investigations have yielded “new processes in engineering, new construction systems, and a new language.” An ensemble of 20 projects, framed according to 2 investigative themes, are featured in this monograph, supported by axonometric diagrams and concept models. The multiple views of early study models convey the obsessive search for an “original space,” as described by García-Abril and Mesa, where structure, envelope, and shape come together. (a+u)

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Tone–Void
Juan Carlos Sancho

Valvanera Sports Complex
City Hall and Community Center in San Fernando de Henares
Anabel Segura Community Center
Sports Complex in Galdakao
Arrixaca University Hospital Teaching Center
Alicante Museum of Contemporary Art (MACA)
Clubhouse in Qingpu
14 Viñas Winery
Shopping Center in Éibar
Fundo Moray Center

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Themes and variations in the work of S-MAO
Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa

Essay:
Fold–Crossover
Juan Carlos Sancho

Chapel and House in Valleacerón
Church in Qingpu
Housing Cantalares
Shade-Water-Breeze Fold
Innovation and Business Development Center (CAT)
Technology Dome
IESE Business School
Chapel and House in Sierra la Villa
Outdoor Stage and Culture Hub in Alburouj
New Luohu Culture and Art Center

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Printing Fashion is a publication exploring the culture of printed fashion. It investigates the production and consumption of fashion publications while reflecting on the fashionability of printed media at the time of the digital. Printing Fashion analyses the magazine as a space of creation of imaginaries and creative encounters; but it also discloses the economic transactions, the conventions, the labour, the value exchanges, the material value, the hidden practices and figures that surround the making of a magazine. Each year the magazine focuses on a specific theme, reporting the experience of the people that produce, theorize and work in - and with - the magazine: printers, editors, academics, curators, photographers, stylists, translators, researchers, collectors, interns, advertisers, students, distributors, copywriters and many more. Created in collaboration with graphic designer Monica Fraile Morisson, the magazine is founded by Justin Morin and Marco Pecorari within the MA in Fashion Studies at The New School Parsons Paris.

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We are celebrating 10 years since 91 Magazine started as an online magazine. This 200 page luxury edition celebrates everything that we love and support - creative living, small independent businesses, inspirational people, beautiful photography and carefully crafted words.

This chunky issue is more on par with a beautiful book than a magazine, and is split into three sections - LIVE, WORK and EAT. With a tactile textured cover and gold detailing, we hope you will treasure this issue for years to come, displaying it in your home and keeping it nearby for regular bursts of inspiration!

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Based in the UK, 91 Magazine was launched in 2011 by founding editor and publisher Caroline Rowland. The idea came about when Caroline felt that none of the mainstream interior magazines were capturing her interest any more, and she longed for a magazine that covered all aspects of creative living.

The magazine has evolved from an online only publication to a biannual print magazine published in over 15 countries worldwide. We publish content twice-weekly on our award-winning blog (Amara best interior magazine blog 2017 and best company blog 2019) and distribute a quarterly e-zine for free to our mailing list subscribers. We also host online workshops for creative small business owners.

The magazine itself focuses on creative interiors – homes, shops, cafes, studios – spaces created by people thriving in small business and the creative industries. Aspirational yet attainable. Super stylish yet affordable. We champion independent makers, designers and brands and delve into their worlds and environments for interior and style inspiration plus insight into their lives of creativity.

Volume Seven is the perfect holiday companion or gift for a classic enthusiast. All the events covered in this Journal have taken place since January 2021.

In this issue we cover our usual eclectic mix of adventures on two wheels and four from around the world. We talk to the competitors of the inaugural Dakar Classic in Saudi Arabia, we follow the Winter Marathon in Italy, find some incredible moments from Monaco GP Historique and experience some drag racing on the beach in Australia at Rattletrap, we even visit the World’s first Auto Polo Championships. (Only in Australia!)

There are also lots of events closer to home we talk to competitors from this May’s Donington Historic Festival, follow a Vintage Trial in Herefordshire and go Trail riding in Shropshire.

We talk to Harry Metcalfe and friends about their plans to ride to Dakar early next year on Classic Enduro bikes, we visit Nottingham to see IN Racing and find the beating heart of Bristol cars, and how the business has adapted to help Bristol owners preserve their engines worldwide. We also have an exclusive interview with William Medcalf from Vintage Bentley about this incredible childhood adventure holidays where in 1979, his family took three children under the age of 12, 14,000 miles across America in a pre-war Bentley.

All these amazing stories and adventure tales are married to some incredibly images from a variety of talent to name but a few; Amy Shore, Grease and Grain, Ondreij Kroutil (Steering Media), Andrew Coles, Ollie Flower, Gustavo Epifanio, and so many more.

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Auto Addicts is a classic lifestyle magazine connecting a like minded community of creatives, writers and photographers with classic adventure thrill seekers through a series of interviews and first hand accounts all accompanied by some stunning photography.

Trotz Egoismus und Empathielosigkeit ist und bleibt der Mensch ein soziales Wesen. Vielleicht braucht es einfach neue Ideen für unser Miteinander. Die könnten ja in einem Umfeld entstehen, das im Englischen „solitude" genannt wird. Ein Zustand, der nicht negativ konnotiert ist, sondern ein durchaus wohliges Alleinsein mit sich selbst meint, das den Blick für das Wichtige im Leben schärft. Es kann zum Beispiel ziemlich erholsam sein, Smartphone und Laptop mal auszuschalten und sich mit einem Magazin zurückzuziehen.

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GQ magazine (formerly known as Gentleman’s Quarterly) is the modern man’s guide to all the things he wants to know, do, or worry about, from fashion suggestions, politics, culture, the latest gadgets on the market, sports, news, reviews, and interviews with the most intriguing celebrities around, as well as some sexy photoshoots with some of the world’s most beautiful women. It is the man’s monthly lifestyle magazine for the modern professional man with taste: his preoccupations are varied, and GQ deals with all of them.

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Autumn/Winter 2021 features legendary musician and artist Laurie Anderson (photographed by Mayan Toledano) on our main release cover and world-renowned British artist John Akomfrah (photographed by Lauryn-Alexi Ipinson-Fleming) on our special release issue. 

A conversation between Akomfrah and Ayana V Jackson can be found in Encounters, alongside interviews with Anderson,  Larry Achiampong and Haegue Yang. 

Yan Wang Preston shares her recent photography project from England’s moors: With Love. From an Invader evokes the powerful, primal connection that humans have with the land. In State of a Nation, Furmaan Ahmed visits six young artists who discuss their first-hand experiences of living and making art in the UK. 

Toyin Ojih Odutola explores the notion of home; Charlotte Jansen questions the connection between creativity and raising children; and Jayden Ali discusses the city of Liverpool, from its history as a slave port to a hopeful possible future. 

The new issue also features contributions from Duro Olowu, Danielle McKinney, Julie Verhoeven, Jammie Holmes, Billie Zangewa, Tomoo Gokita, James Barnor, Anya Paintsil, Tanoa Sasraku, Phumzile Khanyile and more. 

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Established in 2010, Elephant celebrates creativity and contemporary culture in the visual arts. We cover the international art world, with a focus on emerging artists, designers and photographers. 

We publish daily stories online, and publish a biannual print magazine that is distributed internationally. Our audience is based all over the world, and we champion a diversity of voices in our commissioning. 

Elephant takes a non-hierarchical approach to contemporary art, bringing together pop culture, music, graphic design, illustration and memes in our coverage. We are an art magazine for modern life, exploring how politics, the internet and creativity collectively shape our world. 

Say hello to Volume 39 (our October 2021 edition)!

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enki magazine is the home of design and architecture. Showcasing today's talented architects and interior designers. Build your own dream of the future.

ELLE DECOR delivers what you can't live without—chic houses, fascinating people, smart ideas and must-see destinations.

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Elle Decoration is a home and interior magazine dedicated to current trends in design, art and architecture. With more than 25 issues worldwide, Elle Decoration shows the most beautiful interior styles, apartments, lofts and country houses around the globe.

Auch die Zürcher Bars hat Covid hart getroffen, während Monaten sind die Barkeeper*innen auf Stumm geschaltet. Die manchmal überbordenden Orte des Zufalls sind verlassen und verstaubt, niemand schüttet am Tresen mehr sein Herz aus, Trinken und Begegnen haben keine Heimat mehr. «Auf Eis» gibt den verstummten Gastgeber*innen ihre Stimme zurück und stellt ihre Erfahrungen ins Zentrum.

«Auf Eis» entzieht sich gängigen Vorstellungen und stellt die Barkeeper*innen und ihre Gasträume ins Zentrum. Ist es Kunst? Ein Cocktailbuch? Ein Zeitzeugnis? «Auf Eis» vereint all diese Aspekte in Bildern, Gesprächen und Hintergründen. Darüber hinaus enthält «Auf Eis» nerdige, klassische und überraschende Cocktailrezepte von unseren liebsten Akteur*innen der Zürcher Barlandschaft.

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AD nasce nel 1981 sviluppando e modellando sulla sensibilità italiana, l’esperienza di Architectural Digest, il magazine americano di interior design e di architettura leader nel mondo. È la rivista delle case più belle del mondo: con una formula editoriale di alto profilo ogni mese propone una panoramica dettagliata delle tendenze e delle innovazioni più originali nel campo dell’arredamento, del design, dell’architettura, dell’arte con l'aggiunta di finestre di curiosità, affidate a noti esperti, su orologi, motori, food e bon vivre.

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Nomas Magazine proudly presents issue 14 dedicated to the Greek island of Patmos

They call it the “Jerusalem of the Aegean” and the truth is that Patmos is unlike any other island in Greece. Maybe because despite its natural beauty, it also retains an authenticity and a nearly mystical energy that seduces its visitors. It is said that if you visit the island twice, you will never stop craving to return. Issue No 14 is a rich journey to Patmos. It is the stories of Greeks who were born there and foreigners who fell in love with the island and chose it as their home. There are stories about architecture, but also stories around a dinner table. There are the unique photographs of  Sabina Sarnitz Ifigeneia Filopoulou Rene Habermacher Ioannis Nikolaou Dimosthenis Grivas Alexis Vasilikos and Yannis Bournias that narrate their own stories.

An issue that came out despite the strict quarantine, even when covid swept Greece - along with half of our office. This is why this issue seems like a miracle-and we present it with great emotion.

Creative direction:Bureau Borsche

Cover Photos: Ioannis Nikolaou& Ifigeneia Filopoulou

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NOMAS magazine gazes at people and places with the curiosity, the joy and the longing of a nomad, the desire to belong, even for a while, to another culture.
Every issue explores a different destination, or a theme. The magazine is the common ground for photographers, artists, writers and creative wanderers who share the same passion, for experiencing and documenting travel narratives about the unseen and the untold.
NOMAS is a limited edition that shapes a contemporary perception in Art and the travel culture industry, through its most comprehensive, best curated and researched content.

Headmaster returns with its largest issue yet, featuring ten original projects by artists, musicians, and writers from seven countries. Contributors include Argentine skate punks, queer Black twins from Alabama, and the only all-Asian drag house in Vancouver. The cover features drag performer Dol of Siam as a Goddess of Enlightenment, part of a new queer zodiac system developed for this issue. A cross between an art book and a traditional magazine, this issue features multimedia work that cannot be seen anywhere else. The issue also includes two inserts: a risograph poster by Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin, as well as a 16-page zine of erotic stories from writers Lawrence Schimel (Spain) and Alejandro Córdova (El Salvador/Argentina), who wrote their stories separately and then translated them for one another. Readers will also be given exclusive access to an EP from queer Portuguese duo Fado Bicha, who produced a nine-song EP just for Headmaster. All work featured in Headmaster is completely original and cannot be seen anywhere else!

Limited edition of 1000 copies worldwide.

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Headmaster is a print magazine for any sophisticated man-lover who appreciates contemporary art and writing. Each issue features original projects by nine or ten contributors, each a response to assignments specially written by the magazine’s two editors. Issues of our magazines are birthed slowly and carefully – we’ve released eight magazines in seven years – and we only print 1000 copies of each issue.

PUBLISHERS LETTER

At the moment it sometimes seems that we can’t keep up at all. We are in turbulent times. Many things are no longer as we knew them, many things demand completely new qualities from us. Every day we receive information that makes us think – sometimes, it even makes us fearful.

That is why we long for a truth that helps us to ‘classify’ and comprehend what is going on. This is a deeply human reflex. Truth is one of those things. There are very few words that possess such deep, human, historical significance.

It's about true friendship, true love, recognising and uncovering connections, the truth behind truth, its power, and always about ourselves. And quite often we end up with beliefs generated by many different types of media as well as a variety of protagonists and channels. And these beliefs are then thrown out loudly in the hope that they will become truth.

In the September issue of SLEEK, we go in search of the truth. To do so, we engage in conversations, find stories, hear views, recognise possibilities, and find personal truths. Truth is an aspiration and a pillar of our responsibility.

The great artist Louise Bourgeois put her entire life at the service of consistent transparency. As part of this endeavour, she embarked on a lifelong dive towards truth, exposing everything covering it with a mixture of ruthlessness and deep humanity. We honour this courageous and highly inspiring woman with a story.

In these pages, we are also joined by internationally-successful designer Stefan Sagmeister (with whom we enjoyed a 14-day email exchange on this topic, published here), the multi-creative talent Henrik Vibskov, Carla del Ponte (where we talk about the sad truth in Syria) and director Daniel Sager, whose spectacular documentary Behind the Headlines will soon be released in cinemas. 

I hope that while reading this issue, you might also encounter the truth – or at least be able to recognise it.  And take care of the truth, because as my parents used to say, “lies have short legs”.

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Le nouveau IDEAT 150 a mis les petits plats dans les grands pour vous livrer le meilleur des tendances de la rentrée. Pas moins de 400 pages dédiées au design, à la décoration, à l’architecture et au lifestyle pour faire le plein d’inspiration et rêver, sans quitter votre canapé. Comme à chaque rentrée, notre numéro exceptionnel s’articule autour de trois grands dossiers qui font état des grandes nouveautés design et déco.

• Dossier enfants : fan de déco, un métier qui commence tôt ! Ludique mais fonctionnel, esprit enfantin ne veut pas dire élémentaire ! Notre dossier s’en donne à cœur joie !
• Dossier canapés : choisir la pièce de mobilier centrale du salon, c’est matérialiser d’un seul geste son style de vie. Savoir-faire et belles signatures : impossible de ne pas trouver son bonheur ici.
• Dossier tapis et carrelages : un choix considérable de textures, de dessins, de formats, de trames et de couleurs qui est offert, dans lequel, notre dossier sélectif apporte son expertise et sa touche de créativité.

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Allure is an American women's magazine focused on beauty, published monthly by Condé Nast in New York City. It was founded in 1991 by Linda Wells.

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Architectural Digest, votre source référence en matière de Décoration, d'Architecture, d'Arts et Design.

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Our new poster publication invokes a pentagram. Through short essays by some of our favourite witchy writers and illustrated art posters we explore the elements, earth, water, fire, air and spirit, and their pull on the modern witch.

Includes
2 A1 Posters (59,4x84,1cm)
3 A2 Posters (42x59,4cm)
Printed in special colours.

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In Issue No. 5 we travel to the mountains via the paintings of Etel Adnan, along coastlines wherever waves roll in, and then all over the world through the photographic archive of Lindsay James Stanger. We celebrate the history of hair braiding in South Africa, Salasacan weaving techniques in Ecuador, Vedic jewellery traditions and the new sound of Ukraine. We meet Cassi Namoda, an artist painting stories of Mozambique; Chinese dancer and choreographer Yang Liping; and Mark Klauber, whose lace-making business is one of the last surviving in New York. And we visit a bakery in Tel Aviv, discover the joys of making the anise spirit arak, and spend a summer stretching mozzarella in Italy.

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Lindsay is a biannual print and online magazine celebrating the importance of different cultures and places around the world. It launched online in March 2017 and its first print issue was published in 2018. Founded and edited by Melbourne-based photographer and designer Beth Wilkinson, Lindsay is an independent magazine created in collaboration with brilliant and curious writers, photographers and artists from around the globe. Lindsay was founded in Australia, on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respect to their ancestors and elders—past, present and future—and value the role of storytelling in their culture, which is amongst the oldest living cultures in the world.