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Fashion design: creativity must be constrained

If creativity cannot expand on the surface, it descends into the depths. Limits and constraints are needed, to improve the proceed with a responsible design: analysis, examples, chronicles, and references

Carlo Mazzoni

Exhibitions

Dysfunction – the relationship between creativity and mental health

Why are artists still not attributed with the creative respect they are owed in a multi-billion industry in conversation with Gregor Barratt

Pali Castle

Melbourne

Error404, Melbourne. A commune for creativity and sustainable efforts

Acting as a hub and safe space for designers and creatives, Error404 is a celebration of the counterculture in Melbourne. In conversation with founder Kacey Heywood

Pravin Nair

Lampoon Issue 29

Ottolinger and womanity: ready to unwear

«We felt something was missing for women in the fashion market». Ottolinger duo, Cosima Gadient and Christa Bösch, forms new vocabularies of the feminine and the thrust towards womanity

Maria Hristina Agut

Lampoon Issue 29

Ariana Papademetropoulos: Earth, fantasy and mystery

Is the water coming out or going in? This is the mystery of movement that allows paintings to remain alive. Ariana Papademetropoulos on Earth, fantasy and surrealism with Lampoon for it SS24 issue

Anna Prudhomme

Lampoon Issue 29

Pelle Cass: crafting real-life scene manipulation

«Viewers can perceive my work as commentary on overpopulation or crowding. It’s a dichotomy: the sense of anxiety juxtaposed with the shared happiness of being together» – Pelle Cass for Lampoon

Ana Tess

Lampoon Issue 29

Stella Rose Gahan: the cookie-cutter mold of pop stardom

Jiro Konami photographed Stella Rose Gahan for Lampoon, the Boiling issue in a special editorial for Celine. On self-expression, humanities, and the feminine-masculine unconscious sides

Farah Hassan

Humanities

What is Niksen, the Dutch concept of doing nothing?

Cultural roots of Niksen: Dutch work-life balance and doing nothing. How Dutch culture values leisure time alongside productivity. Human respect, private life, personal growth

Ario Mezzolani

Paris

Paris fashion’s return to conservatism

Contemporary fashion finds itself navigating a spectrum from avant-garde innovation to traditional conservatism. At Paris Fashion Week, runway presentations showcase a resurgence of conservative aesthetics

Oliver Dahle

Milan

Sakeya, Milan: a House of Sake with a fusion bistro inspired by Obanzai cuisine

Chef Masaki Inoguchi combines seasonal ingredients and the Obanzai culinary tradition with European flavors to accompany the sake tasting experience in the Japanese speakeasy

Editorial Team

call to action, Collections

What happened to slow fashion?

After the pandemic, fashion seemed to abandon consumerism and make room for slow fashion. All gone. Mosaert and Buena Onda apart

Sofia Busignani

Collections

From Prada’s Ugly Chic to Tiktok Cringe Chic

Cringe chic is a fashion evolution from Prada’s Ugly Chic. Embracing awkwardness and kitsch, redefining beauty on unconventional terms

Ario Mezzolani

Reportage

Black History Month: why do we celebrate in February?

Today we mark February as a tribute to Black History: retracing ongoing community’s struggles and recent triumphs

Ario Mezzolani

Athens

Ernst Ziller’s legacy: restoring Athens’ architectural heritage for the modern age

Exploring the creative pulse of Psiri, Athens’ Zeitgeist district, through the Monument Hotel Athens – arising from the restoration of a building by Ziller from 1881

Editorial Team

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

Athens

Mona, Athens: slow living, industrial heritage and a view on the Acropolis

Entrepreneur Shai Antebi and Creative Director Eftihia Stefanidi conceived Mona as «a homage to the art of living». Furniture, textiles and design objects crafted from industrial waste materials, walls revealing the passing of time

Editorial Team

raw materials

Fili Pari on bridging the gap between marble and fabric – Italian raw materials

The Renaissance artist Michaelangelo could free an image from a marble block, as he used to say. Italian start-up Fili Pari has turned a material such as marble into a sustainable textile for the industry

Martina Tondo

couture

Couture – no Opulence any more, but responsibility

Anything that appears opulent today turns out to be out of time, out of the human context we are living in – opulent fashion is not current, it is waste and consumerism

Carlo Mazzoni

The Publishing Industry

Bonacina Grandi Maestri: a book traces hundred thirty years of the company’s history

Rattan manufacturing and design icons in the book Bonacina Grandi Maestri – pieces for the Agnelli family, Mondadori, Rothschilds, and inspirations for Mongiardino

Editorial Team

Milan

Sine by Di Pinto: Neapolitan heritage, organic materials and cultural humor

After traveling the world, chef Roberto Di Pinto opened his gastrocratic restaurant, Sine. Organic and locally sourced products are used to celebrate his Neapolitan roots – and vocation for art

Editorial Team

the art field

Public cruising and orgies: Raphael Hubner’s male art is a modern Kama Sutra

The Brazilian artist draws sex positions men can perform in public and private spaces. Raphael Hubner homoerotic art outline men intimacy and sex in conservative Brazil

Editorial Team

Humanities

Camila Falquez raises social consciousness on BIPOC, Black, indigenous, people of color

BIPOC means Black Indigenous and People of Colour. A conversation with Camila Falquez, Latin America’s fashion photographer of the year, whose work focus is in on systemic racial injustices

Anna Roos van Wijngaarden

Digital edition

Francesca Cavalcanti and Aurora Troise: a shared experience of youth

Naples, where bonds are formed, identities are forged again. Francesca Cavalcanti and Aurora Troise on the fragility of youth and the human commitment of photography

Editorial Team

The Publishing Industry

Sharing life with a 100 kg pig: Feng Li’s human-animal friendship

Note Note Edition’s latest photographic book. The intellectual humor of Chinese photographer Feng Li and his strange relationship of friendship with his pig rescued from a tragic fate

Agnese Torres

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

Miami beach

Emily Butler: Latino and feminist histories for an inclusive edition of Art Basel Miami fair

Art Basel Miami Beach 2023 on the ‘American melting pot’ and its social and cultural themes – a fair with exhibitions on gender, races, sexual liberation, feminism

Debora Vitulano

Lampoon issue 28

The Working issue:how rough music relates to raw architecture

«I visualize my work as a sculpture that is being refined and polished» – a rough dialogue between violinist Charlie Siem and architect Anne Holtrop on music and architecture

Amelia Stevens

Lampoon issue 28

Vito Schnabel: «Don’t talk about things you want to do – do them»

The American dealer Vito Schnabel about his perspectives on curation ethics, NFTs and his reflection on the matters of diversity and representation within the gallery system

Anna Prudhomme

Lampoon issue 28

Crafting conversations: Paul Smith and some nomadic inspirations at Altai Gallery

When Sir Paul Smith discovered «a shop of handmade rugs» in Milan, he brought their essence to his London showroom and to the upcoming Fall Winter collection

Aarushi Saxena

Milan

Première Vision 2023, denim made with hemp, the only really sustainable fiber

A confluence of denim pioneers, artisans, and innovators, and creative interactions with the global denim community. For the occasion, Prototipo Studio will unveil first hemp denim

Martina Tondo

Lampoon issue 28

Changing economies, changing societies, changing design – the Bouroullec brothers

The rhythms and habits of work nowadays are increasingly oppressive. The Bouroullec brothers have a solution to turn it around through design: it’s cat ergonomics

Agnese Torres

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

Future archeology – Louis Vuitton Resort 24, the show took place at the Isola Bella

Speaking of womanity. An aquatic to botanical collection, leaving the land to reconnect with the plant kingdom. The images by Alice Rosati and a fashion review by Lampoon Editor in Chief

Carlo Mazzoni

Lampoon issue 28

Parris Goebel: a Polynesian and Samoan woman and her community

Parris Goebel as a part of her community: «My purpose is to represent Polynesian and Samoan woman worldwide and show them that there is space for us in the entertainment industry»

Sebastiano Mauri

Humanities

Andrew Esiebo documenting Lagos: urban transformation and inequality

Navigating the urban labyrinth of Lagos: Andrew Esiebo’s visual journey talks about the chaos, cultural richness, and struggles of Africa’s hustling megacity

Elisa Russo

the art field

It was fun even a thousand years ago – even Medieval images were memeable

Dicks, killer rabbits, and giant snails: a look at Medieval humor – from the recent discoveries by Dr. James Wade to @weirdmedievalguys and @medievalmarginalia accounts

Roberta Fabbrocino

Humanities

From the curvy movement to SS24, fashion forgot inclusivity beyond the catwalk

The last few seasons have confirmed this, after a wave in which the trend was the representation of everybody the fashion returns to extremely slim bodies, normo-typed and stereotyped

Chiara Narciso

publishing industry

Mara Palena and the ungraspable side of memory. Oikeiôsis the ultimate human experience

Mara Palena studies the gap between the recorded self and the present – «It’s out of my control. Something that fascinates me is always a moment in between two moments»

Maria Hristina Agut

Antwerp

International Magazine Store (IMS), a disseminator of recondite magazines in Antwerp

«My father was heavily involved in the meat and livestock industry» – Mr. Willem pivoting into cultivating creativity through the business of disseminating international magazine titles: IMS Antwerp was born

Pravin Nair

Exhibitions

DIVA – the power of Divas is on display at the V&A museum in London

Someone might have seen the dress Edith Piaf used to wear, or the two-piece ensemble Cher wore at the 1975 Rock Music Awards, before they ever listened to one of their songs

Roberta Fabbrocino

Digital edition

The ordinary absurdity of mundane lives – Marivan Martins for Lampoon online

«This series is an ode to it. It is totally ordinary and totally cheesy. It is about trying to watch the royal wedding. It is about feeling special on your birthday» – Marivan Martins, Lampoon digital

Editorial Team

architecture

Human body has no angles. Maison Bernard, Théoule-sur-Mer: the organic, human-centric bubble house

In 2013, Maison Bernard became an endowment fund whose purposes are the protection and the perennity of Antti Lovag’s architectural work with Pierre Bernard and also a residence for artists

Alessia Tu

London

1-54 London 2023: an increase in galleries from the African continent and a strong female presence

1-54 London, the 2023 edition: using technology to support women, translate climatic information through art, and engage with the disabled communities of Ghana

Giovanni Bartolini

Verona

Visiting Curator, ArtVerona: a circular artistic system for a renovated present

Originally created by a group of independent art collectors and connoisseurs. In 2004 ArtVerona officially became a part of the Veronafiere’s annual program

Debora Vitulano

Barcelona

Swab Barcelona, a human scale fair, prioritizing quality programs and accessibility for its audience

Humane treatment and accessibility to culture are at the forefront in an event that seeks to break the barriers and elitism that often characterize the contemporary art scene – the aim of Swab art fair

Sofia Brizio

Digital edition

Baxter Dury: «My demons are more conceptual but equally scary»

Baxter Dury – Alix Bortoli and Vrinda Jelinek show the British singer shadows to the public: «my demons are more conceptual than monstrous manifestations but equally scary»

Editorial Team

Collections

Casablanca’s trailblazing evolution and the inclusion of women’s fashion

Paris meets Moroccan inspiration, Charaf Tajer turns heads debuting his collection reinventing women’s fashion at the PFW SS24

Farah Hassan

The Publishing Industry

Like Someone Alive – Dorothy Sing Zhang’s visual meditations on sleeping city-dwellers

Sleeping is an act that unites, humbles and humanises— Dorothy Sing Zhang’s series and photobook Like Someone Alive surveys and captures it, in all its sentimental beauty

Ario Mezzolani

Exhibitions

The show in Venice Everybody Talks About the Weather – the semantics of ‘weather’ in visual art

Why does the art world shy away from reflecting on climate change through artworks? Dieter Roelstraete curated the show Everybody Talks About the Weather at Fondazione Prada in Venice

Chiara Narciso

Humanities

Your obsession over non-Western cultures is not appreciation. It’s fetishization

The origin of Eurocentric superiority of costume dates back to Social Darwinism and the idea of the West and the Rest. How is the fashion industry intended to move forward from that?

Martina Tondo