Wm Brown magazine celebrates craft, the well-made and the well-travelled life.
Each issue is based on the season and how we as men approach style, food, drink, drives and travel.

The magazine is published in Brooklyn, USA, where its editor has fueled its production on Negronis.

Courier Issue 35

From leadership principles for troubling times, to tips on refreshing (and reopening) your business, our June/July issue is packed with all the stories and tools you need to reemerge from the global health crisis with confidence, inspiration and a solid plan. 

Also in this issue:

-How to be a resilient (and better) leader

-Tips on boosting your emotional intelligence

-From craft breweries to taxi firms, why are worker-owned co-ops on the rise?

-Business opportunities in the post pandemic world

-On the frontline of managing a chocolate supply chain

-What short-term pivots will become permanent?

-Sustainability’s godfather on the top principles to follow

-Lessons from Mexico’s first zero-waste supermarket

Wir haben uns in Transhelvetica #59 ein bisschen von der Haustüre weg gewagt und sogar ein kleinwenig über den Tellerrand gespäht. Aber keine Sorge, auch in dieser Ausgabe sind wir der Schweiz – wie schon in den vergangenen zehn Jahren – treu geblieben. Vielmehr haben wir uns von der Ferne inspirieren lassen. Denn ohne die Lebenslust des Südens, ohne die liebevoll reduzierten Objekten aus dem Norden, ohne die ruhebringenden Philosophien des Fernen Osten und ohne die knisternde Erotik aus dem Westen wäre es im Réduit solide farblos. So sind wir quer durchs Land und gleichzeitig «In 80 Seiten um die Welt» gereist.

a queer anthology of wilderness 

Featuring  Zoe Leonard, Eileen Myles, Jimmy DeSana, Princess Julia, Olivia Laing, Simon Costin, Timothy Thornton, Mary Manning and many more. 

Pilot Press was founded in 2017 to shed light on contemporary queer lives. With a focus on queer art, writing and activism from the AIDS era to present, its anthology series has brought together work by a variety of both emerging and established cultural figures. Previous contributors have included Eileen Myles, Wayne Koestenbaum, Zoe Leonard, Chris Kraus, the Estate of David Wojnarowicz, Sarah Schulman, the Estate of Derek Jarman and Olivia Laing. 

Pilot Press, 2020

#330 April – May 2020

EIKON #109

Artists | Alfredo Barsuglia | Bettina Gruber | Michael Höpfner | Jeremy Shaw | Nina Vobruba |

Thomas Ballhausen | Simon Bowcock | Katharina Brandl | Pia Draskovits | June Drevet | Margit Emesz | Lucas Gehrmann | Synne Genzmer | Maximilian Geymüller | Ruth Horak | David Komary | Carlos Kong | Peter Kunitzky | Fiona Liewehr | Maren Lübke-Tidow | Danièle Perrier | Maria Rennhofer | Ulrich Tragatschnig | Barbara von Flüe | Margit Zuckriegl

Languages | German / English
Dimensions |  280 x 210 mm
104 pages

Ever since postmodernism emerged and reinforced doubts about the existence of a single, absolute truth, the concept of authenticity has fallen from grace. To this day, the loss of this implicit understanding of one truth permeates all areas of life, which is noticeable in an ever-increasing indifference to authorship and copyright—an attitude of “What matter who’s speaking?,” as Michel Foucault succinctly put it as early as 1974 (Michel Foucault, “What is an Author?” in Language, Countermemory, Practice. Selected Essays and Interviews by Michel Foucault, ed. Donald F. Bouchard. New York, N.Y.: Cornell University Press , 1980, 115.). No wonder, then, that the present digital oversaturation resulting from the unfiltered pluralism of an “anything goes” mentality (the communication style inherent in this technology is full of acronyms, emojis, photos, and videoclips ceaselessly courting our attention with flashy colors, animated as GIFs, or with added sound) has reawakened our human desire for something simple and straightforward—a core message, so to speak. Against the background of this multimedia form of interpersonal exchange it is consequently not very surprising that populist tendencies—concise, easily understandable statements instead of sophisticated wording—are once again on the ascent, preferably uttered by a strong leader whose competencies often (seem to) lie only in successfully conveying plain messages to the addressee.

The current desire for simplicity also doesn’t stop at the art world’s gate, as Danièle Perrier points out in this issue’s “In Focus,” entitled “What May Art Do?” By adding to and honing arguments presented at the 52nd International AICA Congress on the subject of “Art Criticism in the Age of Populisms and Nationalisms,” the author shows that even actions that originally sprang from political correctness might actually overshoot the target and must therefore be critically examined. In any case, Perrier’s remarks should encourage us to engage in a more sophisticated investigation of what is currently happening in the art world (and elsewhere)—which, of course, in turn means going against the trends of our fast-moving times by not offering society quick, simple solutions. Instead, we ought to call for broader, more in-depth, and perhaps sustained discourse.

The signs of the times are geared toward change. The year 2020 marks the beginning of a new decade—not only according to the Gregorian calendar: EIKON is also entering a new era this spring, an era of new proportions for our institution, as on March 10 we open the EIKON Schauraum, a 25-square-meter exhibition and discussion forum in the heart of MuseumsQuartier Vienna. The Schauraum will be staffed by EIKON two days a week and can be viewed twenty-four hours a day, even after the opening hours. Solo and group exhibitions with artists presented in the print issues are already scheduled for the first year, along with artist talks and panel discussions. This way, we hope to make our program accessible to an even wider audience. We look forward to a personal exchange with our visitors and to this new challenge, and we thank everyone who has supported us along the way: the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Civil Service and Sport; the City of Vienna; MuseumsQuartier Vienna and Q21, who are also on the premises. Cordial thanks also go to the team of BWM Architekten, whose minimalist adaptations (perfectly suited to the space) have created the ideal conditions for future exhibitions, presentations, talks, and panel discussions.

Spaces Between Magazine

Ten Berlin-based photographers. Ten disposable cameras. A kaleidoscopic representation of the metropolis comes together in Spaces Between, IGNANT’s first print magazine. Designed by Deutsche & Japaner, the magazine features work from Alexander Kilian, Arturo Bamboo, Jasmine Deporta, Joseph Kadow, Lukas Korschan, Sarah Blais, Sigurd Grünberger, Silvia Conde, Vitali Gelwich and Volker Conradus.

Issue 11 – Fall/Winter 2019

Last March, office celebrated five years in the industry with an unprecedented anniversary issue that featured ten unique covers. This Fall, the magazine is back with its eleventh issue, and a brand new newsstand in the heart of LA.
For issue 11’s groundbreaking covers, office traveled to Los Angeles with photographer Joshua Woods to get to know “Bompton” rapper YG; photographer Jason Nocito rode around New York City with skater Evan Mock;
Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang invited the magazine, and photographer Dexter Navy, into his studio to watch him create his explosive work; and Alex Lockett teamed up with Jersey rapper and Kanye West protege 070 Shake and her girlfriend, Sophia Diana Lodato. Artist Aya Brown tapped into strong Black Lesbian energy for another cover, while Bay Area skateboarding collective and zine printing press Unity Skateboarding championed queerness in the skate world, and photographer Robert Lindholm captured models Olamide Ogundele and Dien in creations by New York City nail artist Juan Alvear with accessories by Balenciaga. Then, photographer Timm Gutt and stylist Nastya Klychkova took readers to Russia, where they shot a group of teenagers hooking up in their cars. That’s nine.

Also in the issue is an interview with indie rock phenom Phoebe Bridgers, original propaganda from German conceptual artist Jonathan Meese, a roundtable discussion with curator Kimberly Drew and some of today’s most exciting Black voices in the world of opera, and an essay and list of plays that inspired Broadway’s new star scribe, Jeremy O. Harris. Artist Andrea Mary Marshall looks into the secret world of The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a controversial Mormon sect, interviewing a former member, Sarah Allred, who escaped the group, and photographing herself in their traditional garments. There’s also an unedited (and utterly fabulous) discussion between Luar designer Raul Lopez and former Hood By Air fashion
director Paul Cupo. In addition, Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz invited writer Shumon Basar into her world of robotic biomimicry, and curator Noah Khosbhin organized a range of works by Mexican-born artist and tattooist Dr. Lakra, while photographer Gogy Esparza took in the wild costumes (and personalities) of the Notting Hill Carnival.

Alongside these features is the recurring Q&A series, office People, in which the magazine picks the brains of game changers like music producer Michael Uzowuru, Amsterdam-based design studio Odd Matter, shoe designer Pierre Hardy, pro skater-turned-actor (and ultimate millennial) Na-Kel Smith, model and Toxic Shock Syndrome survivor-cum-activist, Lauren Wasser, Houston Texans wide receiver “Nuk” aka DeAndre Hopkins, neo-soul superstar SZA, Brooklyn-based tattoo artist Bert Krak, AMBUSH and Dior Men’s jewelry designer, Yoon Ahn, and model Aaron Philip. For this edition of office Sport, photographer Will Grundy captured a crew of models sporting the latest from adidas, and artist Jeffrey Cheung opened up about his vision for creating safe spaces for queer people and womxn in skateboarding. Office Beauty sees an interview with legendary hair stylist Eugene Souleiman, and a glitter-filled editorial by Blommers & Schumm.

In this, our 20th issue, Dapper Dan is the everyman. We explore the sense of self in the individual. We explore the mood of individualism at the core of current fashion. In the pages of our magazine, modern masculinity plays out.

Our writers and interviewees consider disguise and identity, heroism and the antihero. Their thoughts are immortalised in our words. Our images transcribe a modern mythology in menswear.

‘I don’t like to look back. It’s not because I don’t care about the past’, says buyer and founder of MACHINE-A Stavros Karelis

‘You can make yourself into a walking hallucination,’ says writer and curator Charlie Fox

‘Maybe the instant gratification of sharing and receiving attention through the internet can be dangerous for an artist,’ say the duo behind publishing house, Loose Joints

‘Life is a real cycle somehow, it’s very weird,’ says founder of DIPLOMATES Matthieu Prat

‘I love what I love, and I don’t care if nobody else has ever heard of it. I’d love it if everyone loved the thing I liked,’ says writer Charlie Porter

What is the modern condition of menswear? What is the condition of man? You tell us, while we show you what we know. For we are what we wear, but only for a moment.

her. volume 10 featuring Zsela

For the 5th anniversary of her.magazine we have enlisted both Kenneth Cappello and Peter Sutherland to shoot the covers with MLMA and Zsela the respective subjects. In addition we have features on Aoi Okuyama who starred in Giri/Haji, New Zealand based marino wool enthusiasts Yarn, young and exciting designer Marta Jakubowski and the hugely talented Marguerite Humeau are amongst this latest compelling instalment which includes 256 pages.

Giddyheft

Das Giddyheft ist ein im Selbstverlag erscheinendes Pornoheft für Jungs.
Porno deshalb, weil es nach deutschem Gesetz so deklariert werden muss.
Hier findet ihr keine harte Interaktion, sondern Themen die nicht in handelsüblichen
Magazinen zu finden sind.
Und natürlich nackte Mädchen. Angezogen, ausgezogen und…
Über Geschmack lässt sich an dieser Stelle nicht streiten!

Jungsheft

Das Jungsheft ist ein im Selbstverlag erscheinendes Pornoheft
für Mädchen. Porno deshalb, weil es
nach deutschem Gesetz so deklariert werden muss.
Hier findet ihr keine harte Interaktion,
sondern Themen, die nicht in handelsüblichen Magazinen
zu finden sind.

Und natürlich nackte Jungs. Angezogen, ausgezogen und mit Latte.
Über Geschmack lässt sich an dieser Stelle nicht streiten!

Cura. 33
In the Middle of Nowhere

INSIDE THE COVER
Will Benedict
Text by Tenzing Barshee
& Camila Mchugh

CURATOR’S DIARIES
Kahlil Joseph
by Massimiliano Gioni

RHYTHM
A Year-Long Section
Edited by Anthony Huberman
Skyjacking
Text by Mahfuz Sultan
Images by Ari Marcopoulos

ICONS
Lynda Benglis
In conversation with Vincent Honoré

SPOTLIGHT
Camille Blatrix
In conversation with Simon Castets

FOCUS
Jesper Just
by Matthieu Lelièvre

PORTRAIT
Lex Brown
by Margot Norton

Matt Copson
by Laura Mclean-Ferris

Fin Simonetti
by Whitney Mallett

Autumn Knight
by Lumi Tan

SPOTLIGHT
Iman Issa
In conversation with Monika Szewczyk

SPOTLIGHT
Ima-Abasi Okon
In conversation with Taylor Le Melle

HOT!
Nevine Mahmoud
by Eva Fabbris

Berenice Olmedo
by Fabian Schöneich

Igor Simić
by Greg De Cuir Jr

As green commentators speculate about the future of environmentalism in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, it is more important than ever that green thinking should grow and evolve.

​In issue 5, we explore new approaches to ideas about climate change. Some articles propose big green changes which might fit into a ‘post-corona’ portfolio of green proposals. Some reflect on the outcomes of existing green approaches, and others interrogate the purpose and ethics of new technologies that aim to improve the environment.

Risk & Reward

MilK n°68

The day after

168 pages, English texts

On the cover, Julia Ashwood, Aussie globe trotter and creator of the travel guide website The Vista, testifies in our pages about her confined experience and how to envisage the afterwards.

Society, how the lockdown has reshuffled the cards of family life.

Psy, the olfactory memory, a fabulous machine to go back in time and bring back past emotions.

Lifestyle, the inner-outer life of Satomi Sekiya, Japanese designer of Monshiro jewellery.

Style, 60 pages of summer fashion to dream of the return of life in the great outdoors.

Escape, family friendly addresses where to expect to spend the summertime.

Das Wetter #21 mit 244 Seiten Inhalten, großem 148 Seiten-Sonderheft in Zusammenarbeit mit den Münchner Kammerspielen (Coverfoto von Wolfgang Tillmans) unter Matthias Lilienthal und exklusiver 10-seitiger Tourreportage von  RINs Nimmerland-Tour (fotografiert von Martin Tamba (@brownshootta)). Plus: 070 Shake (fotografiert von Nina Francesca Nagele), Erotik Toy Records (fotografiert von Jonas Höschl) und viele (sehr viele) mehr.

mit Texten von: Elfriede Jelinek, Mira Mann, Damian Rebgetz, Jovana Reisinger, Julia Riedler, Nicolas Rühle, Friederike Ernst, Leif Randt, Benjamin Radjaipour, Toshiki Okada, Julian Warner, Anna Landefeld, Leonhard Hieronymi, Enis Maci & Pascal Richmann, Klitclique, raumlaborberlin, Juno Meinecke, Josef Bierbichler, Gro Swantje Kohlhof, Christoph Gurk, Jan Wehn, Sascha Ehlert, Naima Limdighri, Emilia von Senger, Marius Goldhorn, Neslihan Yakut, Teresa Guggenberger, Felix Diewald, Charlotte Krafft, André Simonow, Johann Voigt, Caroline Elsen, Anton Weil & Luna Ali.

Wohnrevue 06—20 | Erleuchtet |

Was verbinden Sie mit Licht? Wir haben in unserer neuesten Ausgabe diverse Aspekte beleuchtet und waren zu Besuch im Yoga–Retreat Sutra House in Riehen, haben den Lichtkünstler Gerry Hofstetter, der unlängst das Matterhorn beleuchtete, getroffen und mit Eclipse Studios über ihr ganz persönliches Leuchtturmprojekt – eine Ausstellung über Willy Guhl – gesprochen.
Ausserdem möchten wir trotz abgesagtem Isalonio einen Hauch Mailänder Flair zu Ihnen nachhause bringen. Wir haben in unserem Mailand-Special die jüngsten Produktlancierungen zu Moodboards zusammengestellt, eine Hommage an Vico Magistretti gewidmet und das Ganze mit einem erfrischenden Apartment in der italienischen Metropole abgerundet.

a+u 2020:03
Architecture in Chile – In Search of a New Identity

Located at the “end of the world,” Chile’s idyllic landscapes create a perfect canvas for Chilean architects to express poetry in their architecture. To many, it is the utopian holiday homes that brought Chilean architecture into the international scene, and examples of these houses were previously featured in a+u 06:07 and in this issue, the House for the Poem of the Right Angle (see pp. 24–33) and Loba House (see pp. 44–51). Following 2010, however, we begin to see a different group of architects looking into less individualistic visions. Guided by a moral compass, they engage with the public or take up non-profit projects – Ruca Dwellings (see pp. 120–123) and Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center (see pp. 138–145) – that focus on social and sustainable issues which came to a halt during times of oppression. In an introductory essay, Diego Grass, an architect and tutor at Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, shares with us his insights into Chilean architecture since the 1990s. He describes how having gone through years of persistent domestic unrest, the country seeks to forge a new cultural identity that would bring a divided Chile together. 18 projects are selected in this issue to broaden our perspectives into architecture found in Chile, and the many ways these architects respond to its landscapes and urban territories.

English + Japanese / 168 Pages / 219 x 292 mm / 600 g

Flourish Volume 3  
A snippet of Scandinavia

A snippet of Scandinvia showcases our next new adventure in the world of print, looking at a snippet of our favourite spots in Scandinavia including: Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. We look at camping and hiking in the wilderness, city escapes, interior design, and bringing Scandinavian food into our homes with hygge recipes. 

Kinfolk Issue 36: Movement Issue

Physicality. Passion. Prowess:

Inspiration for living with forward momentum.

No matter the pace, our bodies are in perpetual motion. Issue Thirty-Six of Kinfolk explores the role of movement as a vehicle for physical prowess, self-expression or indeed social cohesion—it’s no coincidence, after all, that authoritarian governments place such emphasis on synchronized activities.

In a special themed section, we’ll push beyond the merits of mere exercise to meet those who are finding professional and personal fulfillment while in motion. We’ll meet the athlete (TBC: Salwa Eid Naser) set to storm the 2020 Summer Olympics, and examine the limits—and apparent appeal—of endurance sports in a special longform essay. Elsewhere, our fashion shoot finds us firing balls at models’ faces, and we tap the experts for five tips on moving into a more agile mindset.

Plus: Issue Thirty-Six includes a summer shoot set in and among the otherworldly salt pools of Pamukkale, Turkey, plus feature interviews (TBC: Miranda July) and a dynamic mix of long-form journalism, shorter essays and concept-driven visual stories that explore subjects such as what makes the perfect villain, why some things are only ever destined to annoy us, and what to do when waiting for bad news.

Middle Plane - Issue 02

The issue comprises four separate and bound editorials and The Silver Post newspaper, which can be found enclosed in an envelope. Each editorial responds to a specific artwork by the featured artist, criticising and dealing with capitalist culture, self-isolation, loneliness, illness, and celebrations of life in light of a difficult reality.

Nine months ago, we decided to work with Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s legacy as part of our third issue. Today, this decision seems more relevant than ever. Gonzalez-Torres’s work could be interpreted to have predicted a quarantined society back in the 80s, long before the possibility of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thus, we are proud to present new fashion editorials as a response to the work of artist Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

About Felix : While Gonzalez-Torres referred to himself as American, he was born in Guaimaro, Cuba, in 1957 and raised in Puerto Rico. He moved to New York in 1979 and died of AIDS-related causes in 1996. Felix Gonzalez-Torres employed simple, everyday materials and a reduced aesthetic vocabulary reminiscent of both Minimalism and Conceptual Art to address themes such as love and loss, sickness and rejuvenation, gender and sexuality.

Contributors : Charlie Engman, Benjamin Lennox, Adrian Samson, Jenna Westra, Alexis Roche, Pat Boguslawski, Lyson Marchessault and more.