Can art save us? As we find ourselves facing the ever-harsher realities of the climate crisis, this age-old question becomes relevant once again. In this issue, we interrogate the many ways in which animals and the natural world are presented visually—often with either advocate or escapist tendencies—and speak with artists who are suggesting new ways of reconnecting with and caring for the environment.

We also meet the artists who are relating to plants in an intimate and sensual manner. Through their lush, highly tactile work, they explore our current contact with the many different lives we share this planet with, while taking inspiration from the erotic power dynamics of BSDM.

In this issue’s Encounters, we speak to fashion photographer Tim Walker, discuss the pitfalls of utopia with pioneering sculptor Lee Bul and talk clay and consent with performance artist Florence Peake.

Two Paper Galleries continue our exploration of the wild world. We investigate the notions of innocence and the rural in Caroline Tompkins’s heated photography. Cover artist Lydia Blakeley’s paintings are also presented; these bring together pets, sporting animals and Internet memes with both unsettling and amusing results.

In the back section of the magazine, Journal features our regular columnists: Charlotte Jansen questions the environmental argument for having fewer children, while Federico Florian examines the unnatural social and transactional space of the Uber car. Plus, Mary McCartney takes us inside Peter Blake’s studio—and cooks him lunch—and Gavin Turk suggests ten ways of improving our relationship with Planet Earth.All this and more, as we round off a particularly explosive decade.

Kleinformat

Garten: Tische, Stühle, Liegen

Tabletop

Möbelmesse Stockholm

Smooth Criminals – Die Faszination des Verbrechens

Kritiken

La vérité – Hirokazu Koreeda

The Gentlemen – Guy Ritchie

Uncut Gems – Josh und Benny Safdie

About Endlessness – Roy Andersson

Von der Rolle – Verena Endtner

Jagdzeit – Sabine Boss

It Must Be Heaven – Elia Suleiman

Undine – Christian Petzold

To the Ends of the Earth – Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Essays

Die ungesühnten Verbrechen des Patriarchs – White-collar Crimes und die Moral
von Michael Kuratli

Geschichten von wahren Verbrechen – True Crime mit Facetten
von Selina Hangartner

Artikel

Cinéma romand: Black Movie
Das Genfer Festival der Vielfalt
Stéphane Gobbo

Ins Netz gegangen: BoJack Horseman
Vom Pferd erzählen
Marian Petraitis

In Serie: Ku'damm 59
Kernkompetenz Krötenschlucken
Geesa Tuch

Close-up: Running on Empty
Aufladung
Johannes Binotto

Flashback: Kirk Douglas
Letzte Zuflucht
Michael Pekler

Geschichten vom Kino
Musik Box Theatre, Chicago
Heinrich Weingartner

Migrant subjects create migrant imaginaries. The very notion of culture is inseparable from these processes of diffusion, friction, transformation and creolization. When the journeys and experiences of people on the move are documented and represented, migration itself becomes the subject of culture. Rituals and institutions, knowledge and identities, phonemes, pigments and pixels, notions of taste, class, gender or ethnicity migrate across time and space at any given epoch.

SCENARIO is the award-winning magazine on trends, ideas, visions, and possible futures. It was established in 2010 and is developed by futurists from the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies in regular collaboration with the brightest minds, notorious leaders, and prolific influences from around the world.

ISSUE 6:2019: Judith Butler is one of the most influential gender theorists of our time – an icon who over the last 30 years has turned our understanding of gender and sexuality upside down. We have interviewed her about the future of the feminist project, which faces new challenges as a result of changes in our society. “We have to reclaim and renew feminism as a liberating movement,” she says.

Furthermore in this issue: The techno-economic totality / Behaviour / New from Global Scanning Network / Phenomenon: De-urbanisation / Age of the living organisation / Sisters Hope and the sensual society / Animalia Digitus / what is the future of comics? / Inside the Institute / 50 years of independent thinking about the future  / News about science and technology / meat without meat / CO₂ as a raw material / Photo series: Diaspora / Sociotech / Recommendations / Dymaxion Car / Scenarios, trends, ideas, and much, much more…

Das Knuckle Magazine vereint kontemporäres Storytelling mit Ski Kultur. Eine Gruppe von Wintersport Enthusiasten vermittelt, was es heisst den Skisport nicht nur zu betreiben, sondern zu Leben. Geschichten welche darum herum entstehen, werden in diesem Print Magazin jährlich einmal veröffentlicht. Dabei reicht die Spannweite von unterhaltsamen Comics bis hin zu gesellschaftskritischen Essays. Auch der Fotografie und visuellen Gestaltung wird grosse Hingabe gewidmet. So vermag dass Knuckle auch Leser zu begeistern, welche wissen, dass es nicht immer darum geht, wer als Erster im Ziel zu sein.

Die Ausgabe No. 1 des Knuckle dreht sich um Reisen und beleuchtet diesen Zustand des unterwegs seins von ganz unterschiedlichen Seiten.

The Face – Vol. 4 #2

The original style magazine returns with the best stories, culture, talent, fashion, photography and design in the world. A no-brow bounty of film, sports, sex, drugs, pop, politics and four great cover stars.

IN THIS ISSUE

– Cover Editorial, "Illusion of Time" feat. Arthur Gosse, by Julien Barbès
– Faber-Castell: The Charm of Digital Abstinence, by Marie Danker
– “Luxury means creating moments” - Interview with Charles Graf von Faber-Castell
– Luxury Perfumes, by Klas Foerster, Jana Wilms
– Cologne Guide: The Rhine Metropolis Cologne by Sebastian Schmidt
– The Qvest Hotel Cologne, by Sebastian Schmidt
– The Viennese Grand Elegance - Tuxedo Collections feat. Wiener Models by Annyck Benth
– The Winter Grooming Special, by Malia Keana
– Alpine Longing, Outdoor Fashion Collections by Dirk Bader
– The Quality of Time Essay, by Ondrej Navratil, Bernadette Prechtl

CONTRIBUTORS

Editor in Chief & Art Director Ondrej Navratil
Photography by Annyck Benth, Dirk Bader, Julien Barbès, Klas Foerster, Noé Lelou, Rose Time Photography, Vincenzo Buscemi
Words by Jana Wilms, Malia Keana, Marie Danker
Styling by Julia Quante, Bernard Werkmeister
Illustration by Bernadette Prechtl
Models Arthur Gosse, Alexander Köhle, Benjamin Hahn, Eric Bergmann, Fabian Stadler, Frederic Lehnert, Gabriel Thomas, Mario Loncarski and Thomas Riedelberger

SPECS

Size 289 x 380 mm (11.3 x 14.9 inches)
Pages 48, printed on Design Offset Nature Paper
Language German / English

Welcome to the Fall/Winter 2019 issue of Sixtysix magazine. 

We begin this issue with a compelling cover image from Various & Gould, the Berlin artist duo I visited with for our cover story, “Into Berlin.” In this feature, we hit the road in a Lizard Green Porsche 911 with a little help from Bose Automotive providing the soundtrack. In Berlin, we set out to answer, just what is it like living, working, and collaborating in Berlin?

This issue also took us into the world of designer greats like Natasha Jen of Pentagram, the world's largest independent design consultancy. Natasha gave us a tour of her New York City offices and opened up about just what her work means to her and why she doesn’t mind checking Slack on vacation. 

This issue also gets deep with prolific designer Karim Rashid, who shared insights and tips for staying relaxed and finding love in your work, a topic I discuss in my “Note to Our Readers.” Work, he says, brings meaning to life.

Speaking of doing what you love, writer Blake Crouch seems to do little else. He’s the mastermind behind multiple novels turned successful screenplays (you might have seen the television series Wayward Pines), and his latest sci-fi thriller, Recursion, is now in the works with Netflix. He took our photographer Kennan Harvey for a tour of his beautiful Colorado property as our managing editor Laura Rote talked with him about his creative process and what lies ahead. 

After touring Berlin in a 379-horsepowered Porsche, we headed to Newport Beach to go behind the scenes of the highly anticipated Toyota Supra. Photographer Nathaniel Wood was given access to the secretive Calty Design Research Center to document the design lab that created the car while I spoke with the center’s President Kevin Hunter on why, after 20 years, Toyota brought the car back to market. In search for a different type of fast wheels, I also had the chance to speak with Job Stehman, the head of R&D at VanMoof—producers of the beautiful S2 electrified bike. I’ve been riding one all fall here in Chicago and have come to absolutely love it. 

In Tokyo, writer Kimberly Hughes found architect Sou Fujimoto toiling away over his tiny models incorporating everyday objects in surprising ways to bring his masterful buildings to life. His warehouse-style offices overlooking Tokyo Bay are full of fantastical works described as everything from Jenga towers to clouds to pancakes. There he works among his colleagues—he has no personal office—in an understated space where he can concentrate on the great works at hand, like his L’Arbre Blanc residential project in Montpelier.

Back in California, writer Grace Perry got a rare glimpse inside creative director Roanne Adams’ Los Angeles home on Silver Lake. There, with life and work and family all around her, she opened up about her creative process, doing work she’s proud of, and how she manages a hectic schedule living both in LA and New York City. 

In this issue we also speak with Canva’s Melanie Perkins, self-described “vector art monster” Rob Zilla, illustrator MURUGIAH, interior designer Rebecca Cartwright, and photographer Lawrence Agyei. 

Self Service magazine is a Paris-based fashion and culture biannual.

Self Service Magazine is a fashion and cultural biannual magazine, widely referred to as the leading publication in the fashion and luxury industry. Self Service Magazine features the preeminent players in the fashion world, with innovative editorials photographed by the world's best photographers and stylists.

About Elska 27 (Warsaw, Poland):

Elska Warsaw is our twenty-seventh issue and our first made in Poland. Here is a country witnessing a massive upswing in homophobia, and as conservative voices get louder, queer voices need to be heard. So we decided to come lend a hand and spread a bit of homosexual propaganda.

Inside this issue you'll meet a selection of ordinary gay Varsovians who have shared their bodies and stories with us. Let's celebrate their courage and their don't-give-a-fuck attitudes. It's what Poland needs, it's what the world needs now.

Features images of / stories from: Maciek K, Lew Ż, Mateusz D, Arkadiusz M, Maciek P, Marcin C, Henryk M, Daniel U, Aleksander N, Sebastian G, and a Q&A with Emilio V.

We also recommend ordering Elska Ekstra Warsaw, available as part of the “bundle” , for loads of outtakes, a behind the scenes diary of our Warsaw trip, and to meet the following additional Warsaw boys: Krzysztof I, Mateusz M, Michał M, and Tom S.

Details and Specs:

Elska Warsaw is 196 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

About Elska 24 (Guadalajara, Mexico):

Elska Guadalajara is our twenty-fourth issue and our second to be shot in Latin America, following our popular Elska Bogotá project. Aside from sharing a Spanish colonial legacy and language, you'll also find that the men are some of the most open, proud, and daring we've met yet. If our Bogotá issue was our most naked issue ever, then this one is even more naked! So yes, the cover (sans censorship kitty) is totally appropriate!

But why Guadalajara? If you're looking at this wondering why our first Mexican issue was made here and not in Mexico City, then you only need to meet a Tapatio man who'll tell you quickly how his city of Guadalajara is the true gay capital of the country. It's this pride that convinced us to come here and made us fall in love with the city.

Inside this issue you'll get to know a sampling of local guys who we met on our trip, presented through honest photography and intimate storytelling. Some of the men you'll meet in Elska Guadalajara include:

• Daniel R, who talks about how he was able to come out of his shell, with a bit of blind bravery and a bit of trying to impress a crush;

• Alejandro G, who opens up about the pain of now being alone in a city whose every corner reminds him of his love, and waits for the day that they can be reunited;

• Iván D, who reflects on meeting a straight man who really touched his heart, showing the value of our hetero allies who can be loved and not only feared;

• Andrés A, who divulges the intimate details of a hook-up with a guy he met at the gym who he thought was out of his league, imparting a new confidence and convincing him to take more chances.

Features images of / stories from: Tom P, Daniel R, Iván D, Alejandro G, Luis V, Teo C, Alejandro S, Andrés A; plus our reader Q&A featuring Troy Tsai.

Includes texts in English and Spanish (followed by English translations)

Details and Specs:

Elska Guadalajara is 180 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

About Elska 22 (Stockholm, Sweden):

Elska Stockholm is our twenty-second issue and the first in our new bigger and better format, including a new paper stock, a textured cover with flaps, a more spacious layout, and a larger page size and increased page count. If you don't already collect Elskas, then now is the time to start.

Stockholm is an incredibly beautiful city, set on a series of islands and full of grand old buildings and handsome streets. We chose to visit in the winter, hoping for a setting full of snow and ice, which we got. We also got some of the warmest and cosiest selection of images yet. The men we met were photographed wrapped up in hats and coats and scarves outside and then half-naked in cosy jumpers and nothing else at home, or in nothing at all (but with the heat cranked up).

Stockholm is our third issue set in the Nordic region (after Elska Reykjavík and Elska Helsinki) and there are definitely some similarities both in the looks of the men, in their attitudes, and in the stories they wrote. There's a coolness, perhaps even an aloofness about them, giving a sense in their personal stories that it wasn't easy for them to open up. There's also a certain shyness, or perhaps a lagom-influenced desire to be understated, which is apparent in the way that their images are more off-guard and relaxed than in images from some other Elska issues like Los Angeles or London. There's also a bit of sadness, or at least of tentativeness, in their stories, perhaps influenced by the fact that we met these men in the cold dark winter.

Inside this issue you'll get to know the real Stockholm through the experiences of a random set of men from the local LGBTQ community who we met during our visit. Each was photographed in a natural, documentary-like style in the city and in their homes, and each contributed a personal story to help you readers get to know them at an even more intimate level. 

Some of the men you'll meet in Elska Stockholm include:

• Linus L, who talks about what good can come from letting go of self-consciousness and preconceptions about others;

• Albin H, who recounts the moment when he finally came to accept himself for his differences, and to view what he thought was a negative as a positive;

• Martin FJ, who confronts his cynicism towards relationships after a night spent with another guy from a hook-up app;

• Andreas S, who wonders if he's the 'wrong type of gay' or if it's OK to just be himself;

• Patrik G, who looks back at the rise, fall, and re-emergence of LGBTQ culture in Stockholm;

• Mathis F, who speaks of the frustrating duality of this city that contains both beauty and misery.

   

Features images of / stories from: Patrik G, Linus L, Albin H, Jonas P, Ross K, Tomas A, Mikael L, Andreas S, Mathis F, Martin FJ, and Tin Nguyen.

Details and Specs:

Elska Stockholm is 200 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

About Elska 19 (London, England):

Our nineteenth Elska Magazine issue is our second to be made in the UK, but our first to be made in England. Inside, readers are introduced to fifteen men from the local gay/queer community. Each get their own chapter containing a personal story they wrote from their life in the city, and several intimate and unairbrushed images shot of them inside their homes and out in their neighbourhoods. None are hired models or celebrities, none of the scenes are staged, and none of the stories are commissioned, resulting in an honest glimpse at gay lives in the British capital.

Living in London is vastly different to what tourists see and experience, which is why the images don't show what you might expect - there's no Buckingham Palace or even a Gherkin in the background. The stories are rather more real as well, and in the case of our London issue, often a bit dark. 

Some of the fifteen men you'll meet in Elska London include:

• Tommy M, who talked about the fabulous gay life he dreamed of as a teenager, eventually moving to London from his native Lithuania to find year after year of his expectations being shattered;

• Harry F, who shared a recent experience dealing with a barrage of homophobia from a punter at his local pub, something he didn’t expect to happen in this city and in 2018;

• Omar B, who wrote about learning to accept loneliness as a normal part of London life, and learning how to flourish anyway;

• Jamie T, who opened up about a sexually unwelcome experience at a work function and how the #MeToo movement has barely reached the LGBTQ community;

• Brad C; who discussed the trials of dating in the capital in a colourfully detailed and most explicit way that transports you into the city's pubs, parks, and bedrooms.

Features images of / stories from: Omar B, Dylan T, Darren B, Jose C, Jamie T, Alex L, Wellie Y, Sean B, Kamil M, Harry F, Tommy M, Brad C, Victor U-K, Konstantin Z, and Thomas G.

Details and Specs:

Elska London is 180 pages. The print version is A5 (24cm x 14.8cm / 5.8 x 8.3 in), full colour, perfect-bound, and on 130gsm (90lb) matte paper. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

Details and Specs:

Elska Berlin is 180 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

Elska Berlin is our second issue, made in one of the world's gay meccas. It quickly too became one of our most popular issues ever, and after selling out some time ago (and receiving loads of requests to make more), we finally decided to reissue it. However, we didn't do a simple reprint. We decided to redo the issue completely, going into our Berlin archives and selecting each image and story from scratch. The result is over 50% previously unpublished images, making the new Elska Berlin attractive for old and new customers alike. We also chose to redo the print version in our new bigger and lovelier format, making it all the more attractive.

The issue is divided into twelve chapters, each dedicated to one particular man who the Elska team met on their trip to Berlin. Each chapter includes a dozen or so images, taken of the subject both in the city streets and at home, dressed in their own style or often nude. Each chapter also includes a personal story contributed by each guy, sort of like an intimate conversation or diary entry. The goal of the magazine is to act as a sort of virtual transport to the city, inviting readers to meet a selection of local guys, get to know them, and fall in love with them and the city.

Features images of / stories from: Bastian C, Marc Y, Diego S, Luca T, Roman T, Emil T, Colin C, Falko D, David P, Heiko M, Matija M, and Raphael K.

We also recommend ordering Elska Ekstra Berlin, available separately, for loads of outtakes, a behind the scenes diary of our Berlin trip, and to meet the following additional men: Shir N, Luca T, Alessandro G, Adam G, Ticha T, and Max E.

The photography of ‘Elska Berlin’ and ‘Elska Ekstra Berlin’ includes work by Liam Campbell, Fedya Ili, Jonathan Lemieux, and Andriy Melnyk. The stories are written by the subjects themselves.

Details and Specs:

Elska Berlin is 180 pages. The print version is 170mm x 240mm (approx 6.7 x 9.4 in), full colour, sewn-bound, offset-printed, and on 130gsm (90lb) internal matte paper and 280gsm (110lb) textured coated coverage paper with flaps. One random Elska Collectors' Postcard is inserted inside.

"What I really like about Double magazine is the way this magazine deals with what it really loves, not only about the last news or last trends but mixing with news from the past. I mean we always try to mix energy that cannot disappear according to us and that could fit with the most relevant from today. An example? Never forget Paddy McAloon when you want to talk about pop music in England today ; never forget the designer Bob Mackie when you want to talk about the spectacular way of shows today. " – Fabrice Paineau

The First Nations Issue

Guest edited by Bridget Caldwell-Bright and Maddee Clark.

Featuring words by: 
Andrew Farrell 
Indiah Money 
Kai Clancy 
Laniyuk 
Rose Chalks 
SJ Norman 
Timmah Ball 
Tré Turner 
William Cooper

Featuring images by: 
Moorina Bonini 
William Cooper 
Ebony Daniels 
Edwina Green 
Morgan Hickinbotham 
Jacinta Keefe 
Ricardo Martinez-Roa 
Daniel McDonald 
Hailey Harper Moroney 
SJ Norman 
Bodie Strain 
Pierra Van Sparkes 
Toz Withall

Foam Magazine #55 Talent (2020) | Cover Alba Zari

3,238 projects, by 1,619 authors, born between 1983 and 2001, coming from 69 different countries. A total of 3,457 images. The 2020 edition of the Foam Magazine Talent Issue contains a selection of 20 artists from a fascinating pool of submissions. A wide spectrum of themes, techniques and approaches that once again lets us say — yes, photography is very well alive and in very good health. As it is alive, it is changing, evolving, creating ramifications and cross-pollinating. Most importantly, as the access to opportunity increases, the panorama becomes more and more fertile — and it’s beautifully blossoming.

The Talent Issue this year is even more special: for the first time in the history of Foam Magazine we are releasing two different covers, one with an image by Kamonlak Sukchai and the other by Alba Zari. These two wonderful images represent the extremes of the very broad spectrum in image making that we had the honour of exploring while browsing the submissions of the Talent Call. We also present a conversation between Mariama Attah and Ghanaian artist Eric Gyamfi, who was part of the Talents 2019 and then winner of the Paul Huf Award 2019. While we were almost ready to print, we received fantastic news: for the second time, Foam Magazine has received the award for Best Magazine of the Year by the Lucie Foundation, announced during a gala at the Carnegie Hall in New York!

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS AND ARTISTS

Aàdesokan, Sofia Borges, Adji Dieye, Rahima Gambo, Eric Gyamfi, Karla Hiraldo Voleau, Benoît Jeannet, Tommy Kha, Luther Konadu, Simon Lehner, Matthew Leifheit, Alexandra Lethbridge, Elsa Leydier, Douglas Mandry, Pat Martin, Philip Montgomery, Camillo Pasquarelli, Anastasia Samoylova, Simone Sapienza, George Selley, Micha Serraf, Hashem Shakeri, Gao Shang, Kamonlak Sukchai, Dustin Thierry, Guanyu Xu, Yorgos Yatromanolakis, Ali Zanjani, Alba Zari

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Mariama Attah, Henri Badaröh, Iatã Cannabrava, Brian Curtin, Christa Dee, Marcel Feil, Brad Feuerhelm, Allen Frame, Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh, Taco Hidde Bakker, John Hilliard, Kim Knoppers, Mirjam Kooiman, Russet Lederman, Diane Lima, Shaka McGlotten, Elisa Medde, Marc Mouarkech, Azu Nwagbogu, Iheanyi Onwuegbucha, Jaime Lowe, Liz Sales, Aaron Schuman, Shamita Sharmacharja, Diane Smyth, Valentine Umansky, Leslie Wilson, Duncan Wooldridge

Foam Magazine has been awarded several prizes for both its high-grade graphic design and the quality of its content. Most recently, Foam Magazine was awarded Photography Magazine of the Year at the Lucie Awards 2017 and 2019.