Contributeurs: Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Sophie Calle, Julien Dossena, Études, Fishbach, Thomas Hauser, Hill & Aubrey, Greta Ilieva, Barbara Kasten, Stef Mitchell, Tom de Peyret, Adrian Samson, Surkin, Céline Sciamma, Nicole Maria Winkler

These are times of post-truth, alternative facts and truthiness: at times it seems we are becoming fluent in Newspeak. But even as we have come to adapt to a more flexible view of reality, integrity, sincerity, truthfulness and authenticity remain consecrated ideals of selfhood. ‘Keep it real.’ ‘Stay true to yourself.’ ‘Be yourself.’ These truisms and tautologies have grazed many a coffee cup, self-help book and T-shirt, and they are a standard trope in TED Talks. Though we may cringe when we hear them, many of us have come to accept those corny phrases as conventional wisdom. But is there such a thing as a ‘real me’ or a ‘genuine self’? How does one live an authentic life? And is it possible to do so in fashion, an environment so wedded to the mood of the moment, so seemingly dependent on masks and masquerade, adopted when convenient and shed when no longer useful. Some might say that fashion and authenticity are antithetical: one the definition of the present ethos, the other the value of those who strive to prevail over it. Or so an existentialist, smoking in Les Deux Magots in 1946, would have posited. Only by overcoming the accepted norms imposed on us by our social institutions – family, education, religion, government – can an individual begin to live a truly authentic life. Today, philosophers prefer to think of authenticity as constructed and performed: we are selves upon selves upon selves. In 1981 Jean Baudrillard wrote about simulacra and simulation, meaning that we now have copies depicting things without an original. There is no more reality, only signs and symbols. Our experience of reality is only simulation; what it hides isn’t authenticity but that no such thing is needed for us to understand the world in which we live. Curiously, as philosophers debate the collapse of authenticity in a postmodern world, in consumer capitalism it has taken on a supreme importance: in fashion it’s the holy grail. Terms like ‘artisanal,’ ‘heritage,’ ‘craftsmanship’ and ‘storytelling’ have become buzzwords, and conglomerates are fond of referring to their offices as ‘campus’ and co-workers as ‘family.’ The further away we feel from those values, the more important they become it seems. We speak of ‘real clothes’ as opposed to ‘fashion,’ and ‘real people’ as opposed to models.

Cover: Kim Peers / Photography OSMA HARVILAHTI / Styling DOGUKAN NESANIR

We believe that a man’s style is something that derives from his own personality, not from ephemeral “trends”. We enjoy opinionated men. Men with a sense of purpose and a soul. Smart, intelligent and creative; men with ideas and ideology. Men who are their own men, who don’t fit others’ standards. Misfits? Yes. We don’t believe in negativity. We believe in revolution.

Benji Knewman is a man, around 40 years old. He’s trying to be genuine, and it seems he sometimes manages. Just like his grandfather who used to say: “Ben, how you spend your day is how you spend your life!” Currently Benji Knewman is more everywhere t …

Herausgegeben von Annemarie Jaeggi (Bauhaus Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin), Claudia Perren (Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau) und Wolfgang Holler (Klassik Stiftung Weimar) für 100 Jahre Bauhaus, Geschäftsstelle Bauhaus Verbund 2019, Weimar.

„Zu Hause ist es doch am schönsten.“ So floskelhaft wurde einst die Gemütlichkeit gepriesen, der Rückzug ins Private, nachdem die Welt draußen in Trümmer gelegt worden war. Polstergarnitur, Schrankwand und Schnittchen auf dem Tisch gehörten zur festen …

64 pgs, 24.5 × 17 cm, Softcover, 2017

Issue 8 of Noon, featuring contributions from Max Farago, Viviane Sassen, Tom Wood, John Waters and more! 172 pgs, 34 × 24 cm, Softcover, 2017,

The issue is called “The Anti Issue.” 2017 was a year of chaos, content overload, anti-establishment moves, counterculture, ugliness-as-sexiness, anti-fashion fashion, subversion, re-thinking, re-framing, re-working and re-imagining. This is Modern Mat …

It’s the last stop on a whirlwind year at HERO HQ – this summer we launched The HERO Summer Zine, full of pop and adrenaline and energy and colour, and now we’re super pumped to share with you our latest project, specifically conceived for curling up w …

This is lesson number one of this issue’s dossier BERLIN KIDZ, which follows the anonymous group of graffiti writers, videographers, and train-surfers to the highest points in the German capital. Meanwhile in New Jersey, FRANK OCEAN lives out his exile …

in the second issue of fount magazine we examine what it means to »connect«. what does connection on an artistic level look like? in our category »mash-up« artists from around the globe came together in an open call to be inspired and to work together

usa, 2017

Winter 2017 – The Sounding Off Issue – Issue #350 The Sounding Off Issue features a provocative and powerful collection of words and images that travels the globe from Glasgow to Ghana, Ireland to…

Winter 2017 – The Sounding Off Issue – Issue #350 The Sounding Off Issue features a provocative and powerful collection of words and images that travels the globe from Glasgow to Ghana, Ireland to…

Lick your lips, snap your fingers, and let Extra Extra No 9 trigger a trick. Extra Extra have concocted an audacious elixir for your papilla to be allured. Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong Weerasethakul sits on their table and shares mythical sensory expe …

Illustration by Gustavo Dao Texts by Louisa K., Nina Lau, and more. And a review of Émilie Jouvet by Dennis Vetter 20 pgs, 47 × 31.5 cm, Zine, 2016,

This sixth issue of Space Magazine is dedicated to taking another look… at objects that seem ordinary or every- day, at people you somehow never met. It’s about that flood of recognition, sensing what you lost or maybe never had, a place or object th …

Printed Pages brings together the best from the creative world, providing a global survey of the most inspiring work and projects and the people who made them. Published by It’s Nice That, the biannual magazine is an essential overview of the last six …

Bound to the opposing notions of Dystopia and Utopia – this monumental volume is divided into two parts where the counterpoints are reflected through eight photographic essays and accompanied by topical texts. Odiseo offers a sophisticated take on erot …

Meandering forth through Montparnasse Cemetery each awakened dawn, bound for schoolmaster’s paper realm, lost youth’s Sophie Calle, amidst the labyrinthine gravestones, encountered many of the leitmotifs that would come to characterise much of her enig …

Kuwaiti producer and artist Fatima Al Qadiri is somewhat of an enigmatic figure at the merging point between electronic music, fine arts and political theory. Bending and fusing different genres of music, she has released a handful of largely instrumen …

Herausgegeben von Annemarie Jaeggi (Bauhaus Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin), Claudia Perren (Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau) und Wolfgang Holler (Klassik Stiftung Weimar) für 100 Jahre Bauhaus, Geschäftsstelle Bauhaus Verbund 2019, Weimar.

oiletpaper is an artists’ magazine created and produced by Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari, born out of a passion or obsession they both cultivate: images. Number 15, powered by Perrotin. The magazine contains no text; each picture springs from …

The Journal explores the circulation of people, goods, information, and even fauna and flora, around the world and the transformative impact they have on contemporary life. While migration is part of humanity's genesis, it seems the phenomenon has become ubiquitous, happening faster, with complex ramifications. MIGRANT aims at exploring the relationship between these elements, events, journeys and spaces bound under the idea of 'migration' in all its forms, crucial to understand today's society. In order to break from the prejudices and clichés of migrants and migration, MIGRANT asks artists, journalists, academics, designers, architects, philosophers, activists and citizens to rethink our approach to migration and critically explore the new spaces it creates.

herausgegeben von Juliane Richter, Tanja Scheffler und Hannah Sieben mit Texten von Katharina Benjamin, David Crowley, Tom Erdmann, Simone Hain, Dieter Hassenpflug, Thomas Hoscislawski, Wolfgang Kil, Antje Kirsch, Gwenaëlle Le Goullon, Kaja Mielcarek, …

The new issue features 23 artistic positions focusing on erotic contemporary drawing. FUKT #16 is presenting a broad range of different techniques and expressions: from Martin Skauen’s humoristic and explicit cartoons to Bettina Krieg’s abstract line d …

ART PUBLICATION 2017, NEW YORK Softcover, 120 Pages, 9″ x12.5″ Full color/ B&W 4 Different covers available

FORGET THEM MAGAZINE IS AN OPEN SHOWCASE FOR NEW STYLE, FASHION AND CONTEMPORARY TASTE. FORGET THEM IS A BIANNUAL PRINT MAGAZINE.

FEAT. CONTRIBUTIONS BY AND CONVERSATIONS WITH : David Blaine by Juergen Teller Greta Gerwig by Collier Schorr Hari Nef by Julia Hetta Christopher Bailey by Juergen Teller 178 pages + 64 page Booklet “Blaine Blaine Blaine” Juergen Teller on tour with Da …

A platform to promote interconnecting themes and encourage new perspectives

Avant-garde and ironic, Dull is aimed at those in the know who are looking for a good time while rediscovering fashion. It showcases portraits of young designers, figures who are helping to change the face of fashion, and big names who have succeeded i …

Das Magazin »Akademische Mitteilungen«, kurz » AM «, ist eine Publikation des Studiengangs Kommunikationsdesign der Staatlichen Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, das sich im Bereich der unabhängigen Kultur– und Gesellschaftsmagazine ansiedelt. D …