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Milan

BookCity Milano 2023: from Orhan Pamuk to a delegation of French cartoonists

With Nobel Prize in Literature Orhan Pamuk for the opening event and a delegation of French cartoonists from Angoulême, BookCity Milano 2023 wants to be a ‘dreamlike’ experience

Editorial Team

Hollywood

‘Eat the Rich’ – Hollywood: the renaissance of politically driven cinema

Situated in a world of greed, elitism and prestige, Hollywood throws out one hilarious satire after another, critiquing the mega rich and their tone-deaf struggles. The ‘Eat the Rich’ obsession

Iris Stigell

naturally sourced, Perfumery

Eau de Cologne, Chanel. Jacques Polge’s interpretation of cologne

The modern retelling of the classic scent is being redefined by a focus on sustainability through sourcing natural origin ingredients, eco-conscious packaging, and creating circular economies

Akshita Phoolka

Jonathan Hallam, Lampoon Issue 22

«Never show four white stitches in one image» – A talk with Jonathan Hallam

An interpersonal fascination between Martin Margiela and multidisciplinary artist Jonathan Hallam led to La Femme de Cabine – an homage to the House, fusing anonymity with ubiquity

Lilly Meuser

Chanel

Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan. In Goude We Trust!

Chanel celebrates the thirty-year partnership with the French photographer, art director, and illustrator Jean-Paul Goude at Palazzo Giureconsulti, Milan

Giulia Cangianiello

Collections

Deciphering the myth that is the Big Four

Chronicles from NYFW and LFW – why are we still holding on to an old idea to recreate something new? This might be the time to rethink the old tradition of what fashion weeks look like

Oliver Dahle

Digital edition

Kevin Félicianne on Joseph Bologne: the Black Mozart symbol of a community

The dark knights of Bologne. Kevin Félicianne for Lampoon digital stage three black models in memory of Joseph Bologne. A violinist called the black Mozart, a musician symbol of a community

Editorial Team

The Publishing Industry

Givenchy-a-ga: the designer and the creative directions of Givenchy

Adélia Sabatini and Alexandre Samson presenting a Givenchy catwalks book in Milan published by Ippocampo. A conversation on Givenchy

Editorial Team

Lampoon issue 28

Kicking traditions trough sustainability? Kasia Kucharska’s latex ensembles

Ornament is crime: Kasia Kucharska talks with Lampoon about fashion, architectural background and the next step of the sustainable textile industry – with Latex

Anna Roos van Wijngaarden

Lampoon issue 28

«Music is an image» – portraits of Michel Gaubert, shows and cinematic events

Can fashion soundtracks carry political messages? «Fashion does fashion» Michel Gaubert, an interview for Lampoon, The Working Issue: never taking irony for granted

Maria Hristina Agut

Lampoon issue 28

Sayak Valencia: «Gore capitalism disrupts the Marxist model of consumption»

Sayak Valencia’s research results on work conditions. Necropolitics and Gore Capitalism disrupt the Marxist model of production-consumption – the world of work is undergoing a radical change

Ario Mezzolani

architecture

The shape of the democratic Japan – Kagawa Prefectural Government Offices

Kenzo Tange’s Prefectural Government building is a fusion between Japanese design traditions and modernist style: the role of architecture in the reconstruction of post-war Japan

Agnese Torres

Exhibitions

Humans are still at the center of everything – Before the Storm, Pinault Collection

Deconstructing the Western gaze: a post-naturalist aesthetic, the climate crisis – less a transformation than the visible manifestation. Before the Storm, Pinault Collection

Matilde Moro

Paris

Over the Rainbow: cinema, erotic photography, and poetry at Centre Pompidou

After the release of the song Over The Rainbow from Wizard of Oz, ‘a friend of Dorothy’s’ became a code name to discuss homosexuality in the 70s at the Centre Pompidou

Cristian Tonea

forestry

Siamo Foresta, the Yanomami community: with Sheroanawe Hikihiiwe and Fabrice Hyber

We all have one goal for forests: to render them alive once again. Yanomami artist Sheroanawe Hikihiiwe and French-based artist Fabrice Hyber have created four hands for Siamo Foresta

India Gustin

Louis Vuitton

Hope, recognition, and devotion – Pharrell Williams debut at Louis Vuitton

In Paris, Pharrell Williams unravels the LVers Menswear collection, an imitation of his eclecticism – the artist’s debut as creative director for Louis Vuitton

Maria Hristina Agut

basel

Diverse Perspectives at Art Basel 2023: Kabinett, Parcours, Film

Conversations at Art Basel 2023: Care, Collectivity, and Connectivity Explored by Leading Cultural Figures in Panels

Debora Vitulano

liguria

From historical grandeur to contemporary art: Grand Hotel Miramare’s journey

Preserving tradition, embracing innovation: Grand Hotel Miramare’s journey as it continues to evolve in the Modern Era after 120 years of activity

Anna Polgrossi

Cartier, Lampoon issue 27

Nothing is gendered anymore, for the sake of good design: Cartier Libre

Marie-Laure Cérède, Creative Director of Jewelry & Watchmaking and Pierre Rainero, Director of Heritage, Image and converse with Carlo Mazzoni, Editor in Chief, for Lampoon Issue 27

Carlo Mazzoni

Collections, Paris

Paris Fashion Week: Ludovic de Saint Sernin, the label, Balenciaga’s redemption

The tension bubbling up around fashion shows resembles the call for anti-fashion, for something to eradicate a well-preserved, self-absorbed ecosystem as the one of fashion

Maria Hristina Agut

Exhibitions, the art field

Cityscapes and empty bleach bottles; Hicham Gardaf, In Praise of Slowness

In conversation with award-winning Moroccan contemporary photographer Hicham Gardaf, whose eyes examine the transformations of social spaces

Glesni Trefor Williams

call to action, Humanities

Russian-ness, pan-Slavism. Michel Eltchaninoff explains Vladimir Putin’s policies

Michel Eltchaninoff sits down with Eleonora Rajneri Karageorgevitch for Lampoon, investigating Putin’s ideological and philosophical foundations of thought

Eleonora Rajneri Karageorgevitch

Milan, The Publishing Industry

Libreria delle Donne, Milan: a key role in gathering, disseminating feminist ideas

Libreria delle Donne, Milan: where theories of feminist philosophy were born: interview with Giorgia Baschirotto and Laura Giordano, of Libreria delle Donne

Francesca Fontanesi

Venice

Généalogie, Comte de Montaigne: respect for time and dynamism – what’s behind the Champagne

Comte de Montaigne presents, at the St. Regis Venice, Généalogie, the photographic book that the Champagne House has entrusted to the creative direction of Giò Martorana

Ario Mezzolani

Design & Architecture, Humanities, Lampoon Issue 26

Teasing Lampoon’s newly published Muscles Issue — The Elusive Modernist in conversation with Hamed Khosravi

The lithe social muscle of an early freelancer: «As a reader and later as a writer of his character, it was not difficult to imagine [Gabriel Guevrekian] in Gertrude Stein’s house or in a poetry session with Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald»

Amelia Stevens

Paris, Photography

Paris Photo: giving visibility to women artists with Florence Bourgeois and curator Rossy de Palma

Paris Photo director Florence Bourgeois discuss Paris Photo 2022 – «it’s easier to publish a book than to be represented by a gallery, it means there is still work to be done in the photography market»

Kaitlyn Durbin

Exhibitions

Gabriele Schor explains the Feminist Avant-Garde exhibition at the Rencontres d’Arles 2022

From the feminist movements of the Seventies to the continuing forms of discrimination: an exploration of women conditions through an exhibition at Rencontres d’ Arles

Chiara Narciso

naturally sourced

Blue carbon: nature-based techniques to control the impact of anthropogenic activities

The carbon sequestered in coastal soils can stay trapped for centuries due to the water saturation allowing for a sustained carbon build-up, giving them a role to play in climate change mitigation

Roberta Fabbrocino

Exhibitions, Valentino

The heritage of the ‘last emperor of fashion’ in his 90 years of life: Valentino Garavani

To celebrate the 90th birthday of the Maison’s founder, some of his creations will be on display from May 11 to June 5 in his hometown, Voghera, Italy

Chiara Narciso

Perfumery, Yves Saint Laurent

Grain de Poudre, Yves Saint Laurent. The strength of being naked

Scent is the brother of breath – The story of Grain de Poudre perfumes and the ascent of perfumery in the haute couture

Matteo Mammoli

The Publishing Industry, Turin

Libreria Luxemburg, Turin. A bookshop where one can find collector’s texts which can be often found in museums only

The variety of the selection makes the bookshop a reference point for the operators of the Turin artistic field, from design to all the modernist and postmodernist forms

Giulia Cangianiello

Handmade, Lampoon Issue 24, Perfumery

Musings on porcelain. Ginori’s history and manufacturing facility. Between poetry and powder

From Ginori’s manufacturing facility, exploring the creation of an artisanal product between poetry and powder, and insects over errors

Editorial Team

call to action

Updating a new fashion legislature: is fast fashion auditing real or not?

Decarbonisation goals for fashion, taxes for pollutants from apparel, accountability for wage theft from garment workers. The fashion industry’s green, clean future may not be too far away

Aarushi Saxena

Humanities

The Claiming of Modern Milan and what to do with the legacy of a difficult heritage

A regime at the mercy of international and private interests with the persistence of social structures forged in the pre-fascist period — in discourse with Professor Lucy Maulsby

Amelia Stevens

Humanities, Lampoon issue 25

Can the monster speak? – Dr. Noémi Michel on the politics of voice alternative economies of attention

Monster derives from the Latin monstrare, to demonstrate. Dr. Michel’s methodology explores this notion of bringing forward shared realities of others and being transparent

Ibrahim Kombarji

art, Exhibitions, France

Versailles & the World, the exhibition: the Palace power over colonies is contemporary, more than ever

«How the Sun King’s palace played a key role in French diplomacy and was at the center of political, artistic and commercial exchanges between East and West»

Chiara Narciso

Collections

1920s inspirations bridge the silhouettes and constructivist set design of Chanel’s haute couture

Opened by Charlotte Casiraghi on horseback, Chanel’s haute couture shows Virginie Viard’s own signature while paying homage to the history of the house and the 1920s scene

Selin Hatunoglu

call to action

Ocean positive, regenerateing water resource: North Sails’ experience

North Sails has coined the definition of ‘ocean positive’ in order to guide a sustainable and committed revolution towards the seas

Chiara Narciso

offsetting

Hydropower: the ancient source is alive thanks to many carbon offset projects

Over 300 carbon offset projects in the Verra Registry, after the Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto Protocol), supported more than 2000 hydropower projects

Roberta Fabbrocino

Humanities

Japanese Girl in America, American Girl in Japan – Yayoi Kusama Revisited

Robert Shore chronicles the art of Yayoi Kusama: «the discovery of her father’s affair left her with a lifelong aversion to male genitalia; the dropping of atomic bombs left a sense of reality as a hallucination»

James Donovan

Hermès

A case study for Hermès: After two centuries below the water, an historic leather, reemerges preserved

Acquired by Hermès in the Nineties, bundles of hardwearing Russia leather from the cargo hold of the Metta Catherina survive two centuries below the water for closer study

Amelia Stevens

dom perignon, lady gaga

Dom Pérignon, Lady Gaga and Nick Knight team up to declare the Queendom

Lady Gaga and Nick Knight create a queendom for Dom Pérignon: «Patriarchy gave birth to the idea that the kingdom was the greatest thing of all, so we declare the queendom»

Jolanda Paci

hotel, Paris

Hotel Lutetia, Paris. Art Deco’s twist

The Latin word Lutetia, believed to signify ‘marsh’ or ‘swamp’, makes us think of how european cities are not only history infused, but living history

Amanda Ballerini

crafting, Lampoon Issue 24

Elsa Peretti’s democratic designs and a glass maker in Venice – Archimede Seguso

From Florence to New York, from fashion model to female artisan Elsa Peretti’s lived an existence of freedom, inspiring the accessibility of her design and creations bought by women, for themselves

Selin Hatunoglu

Collections, Dior

Playing games: Maria Grazia Chiuri revisits her youth for Dior: «This nonsense of a game»

Maria Grazia Chiuri fuses references from the Rome of her childhood with Sixties Dior designs to propose an optimistic post-pandemic future at Paris Fashion Week

Samantha Southern

Exhibitions

A.B.O. THEATRON. Art or Life traces the career and life of Achille Bonito Oliva

«I never cared too much about what I have done in the past, I only care about what I am going to do when I grow up». An exhibition celebrates the work and life of Achille Bonito Oliva

Agnese Torres

Missoni

An accent on Missoni’s heritage: on Ottavio’s centenary, Angela exits creative direction

Ottavio Missoni. The designer’s centenary in an exhibition at MA*GA Museum in Gallarate – the city where Missoni’s history and revolution began

Cecilia Falovo

Chanel, Paris

Chanel N°5 Limited edition: the youth of imagination and the expertise of technology

A collection of seventeen limited-edition products featuring Chanel N°5 in their mix, a new recycled glass bottle and biodegradable paper packaging: Chanel’s pioneering approach

Matteo Mammoli

Toronto

Archives, Toronto. The place for jewelry with no standard codes behind the selection process

«Ever since our family jewelry was confiscated in the Iranian revolution, I have been in search of recreating them» – In conversation with designer Jaleh Farhadpour

Astrid Hofer

Design & Architecture, Lampoon Issue 19

Studio Peregalli — between technology and harmony, the latter comes out on top

«We want to give a flavor, a scent, of a world that is linked to the place we operate from. We’re both students of Renzo Mongiardino»

Gianni Biondillo