Editorial Team
Uncorrecting: facing the mirror, examining our bodies
What would I change? «Instead of hiding imperfections, we want to make them visible, the best version of ourselves – what imperfections look like, even when they are not»
Il passato come un abbraccio collettivo: Ciao! Discoteca Italiana si racconta
Il progetto nato solo due anni fa a Torino è già diventato culto grazie ad una ricerca artistica che unisce grafica, musica e immagine e con il loro Ballabile Mediterranea...
The hallucinated smoke of clubs: Vitali Gelwich
Vitali Gelwich, The Next Era – Maria Grazia Chiuri presents a collaboration between Dior and D-Air lab, the Italian start-up founded in 2015 by Lino Dainese
When art creates a new economy: the White Cube project in Lusanga, Congo
The post-plantation project by Renzo Martens and the Cercle d’Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise – on restitution and new art from the Global South
«Together, to be together and be». Winter Vandenbrink
Italian Futurism and radical silhouettes – the inspiration of Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, is written large in Winter Vanderbrink – shooting Bottega Veneta
Lampoon Transition Issue: Mr. Heron Preston and the promise he can confirm
We need to educate consumers on what they are consuming. Designer Heron Preston on presenting a whole new material to the world in coming months
La storia la fanno le giovani generazioni e le loro rivoluzioni, per fortuna
L’insopportabile sufficienza con cui si guarda alle proteste dei giovani al loro futuro – il paternalismo resta la chiave di lettura, ma così si nega la storia
Maisie Cousins: Decadence, erotism and wet muscles
Maisie Cousins’ ultimate story for Lampoon Magazine, the Muscles issue is a dodecaphonic composition of decay, consumption and wet sexual allusions
About the intimacy of the world of bodybuilding
Driven by the enthusiasm for the diversity of martial arts and fitness sports, photographer Frederik Ruegger traveled to a bodybuilding contest in south-west Germany
Roman Goebel pays homage to Helmut Newton in Monaco
«Ten years ago I discovered the pool in the harbor of Monaco and I fell in love with the Helmut Newton vibe». Roman Goebel, Giedre Dukauskaite and Moffy Gathorne-Hardy for...
Milano è una città femminista?
In Italia le donne sindaco rappresentano il 13,7% e amministrano principalmente piccoli comuni: Milano non è un piccolo comune e alla sua guida abbiamo un uomo, di mezza età, bianco,...
Lampoon, the Muscles issue – Kyle Berger’s tuneless song for an apocalypse
«It is a replica, it is a reproduction. Everything is the same, everything comes back to itself, as our faces shrink in front of a mirror that lies». Kyle Berger...
Maisie Cousins fotografa una festa incentrata sullo zucchero: Beautés du Monde
Macarons, liquirizia, marzapane e frutta esotica accendono il nostro appetito per la collezione di alta gioielleria di Cartier, Beautés du Monde, in un servizio fotografico di Maisie Cousins
Recognizing female leadership – Kayapó chief Tuire interview with artist Pinar Yolaçan
As older generations of Indigenous people are passing away, many of their languages are in the danger of going extinct. With them we are losing their heritage and knowledge in...
Pauline Scotto di Cesare and the nonverbal communication of body language
Pauline Scotto di Cesare for Lampoon Digital Edition: aside from being decorative, we use gestures and movements to convey messages
Jack Johnstone x Delly Deacon – Let nature take its course, a reflection of freedom
Designer Delly Deacon tooks Photographer Jack Johnstone around the East London marches whilst she forages for numerous natural materials to make her hats.
What makes a man? – questioning masculinity, Sharifa Morris and Guarionex Rodriguez
Masculinity is constructed and defined socially, historically and politically, rather than being biologically driven. Sharifa Morris design a story about the condition of manhood today
Carta: il settore editoriale non riesce a sopperire alla mancanza di materie prime
L’Italia al secondo posto in Europa per la produzione di carta, dietro solo alla Germania, 9 milioni di tonnellate per il 2021 e attività delle cartiere italiane a pieno regime
The Politics of Parks: Green Space and Social Inequality in New York City
Parks in New York City promote public health and well-being. Do they also promote gentrification and inequality? A dialogue with New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver and architect Stefano...
Love is made, not felt. Pavel Golik wants us to indulge in the carnality of love
«For the project Summer of Love we’ve spent time with eight different couples to capture their love» – the ultimate project shot by Pavel Golik and conceptualized by Ina Witzel...
Quando la moda ha iniziato a porsi il problema della sostenibilità?
Oggi ci si mobilita per l'ambiente perché produciamo e possediamo troppo – cent'anni fa la sostenibilità era frutto dell'ingegno in circostanze di povertà. Sustainable Thinking, al Museo Salvatore Ferragamo a...
Slow fashion and electronic e-waste – an endeavor towards the jewelry industry
Ashley Heather, founder of AuTerra, walks us through the philosophy behind a model of jewelry production that aims to return to a concept of ‘slow fashion’
Fashion Books, Milan: the niche attitude and that very first encounter with Versace
Fashion books straight from the Fifties, magazines and museum catalogues line the walls of Alessandro Andrei’s private studio – talking about Fashion Books
Talking about leather tanning in Florence, at Artigianato e Palazzo, September 2022
Leatherworkers and sustainability: this is the focus of Artigianato a Palazzo 28th edition, which will take place in Palazzo Corsini as per tradition
Florence Mann: dissolving gender and subverting the wearability of clothes as we know it
Inspired by the work of Rei Kawakubo, Sarah Lucas and Barbara Hepworth, Florence Mann and Veronica Blagoeva study a different view on the connection between human form and clothing
End-of-life materials: the case of Rester recovery fiber plant
Rester’s recovered fiber plant might not have created 100% biodegradable fibers for every fiber type it produces, but it has prolonged the life of textile and lessen its emissions
Gogol&Company, Milan. A social and cultural catalyst for the local community
According to Tosca, each reader has two souls. There are those who wait for the right book to call for them and there are those who, instead, ask for advice
Put down your phone and go for a walk – Jana Sojka, childhood, adulthood
«Dusk is my favorite moment and it seems like the earth starts to take deep breaths after a long and busy day» – Jana Sojka’s night tales
Lezioni di umanità: imparando dagli indigeni dell’Amazzonia, e dalle formiche
La nuova terra nasce quando tutto sembra perduto: «Le crisi, le perdite sono spesso il sentore di un cambiamento. È il momento di un salto evolutivo» - il nuovo romanzo...
Rolex Mentor and Protégé – what does it mean ‘cross-generational interaction’ ?
The Rolex Mentor and Protégé initiative was set up to make a contribution to global culture: international artists take part in a one-to-one mentoring relationship by artistic masters
Tre storie d’amore: Salinger e O’Neill, Kokoschka e Mahler, Chanel e Stravinsky
Non divennero mai famiglie, non ebbero mai figli, ma questi tre amori interrotti e sofferti ispirarono la storia della letteratura, dell’arte e della moda
Arses, spitting, domestic appliances. Bruto Fanzine and its obsession with the archives
In a digital society, can paper be the bulwark of free circulation of images? Bruto fanzine – a story of obsessions and theft of internet domains
Lampoon Archive: Annie Collinge – some Gucci sneakers to play the old game
Using props and staging, the British photographer Annie Collinge creates scenes that seem to come straight out of a fairytale. Annie delivered Lampoon’s irony to Gucci Tennis 1977
Aldo Rossi: disegni e sperimentazioni di un architetto che resta attuale
‘Disegni fatti male’: i più espressivi, quelli eseguiti durante una telefonata, quando usciva dal modo della perfezione e dell’applicazione – Vittorio Savi su Aldo Rossi. L'eredità di Aldo Rossi, interviene...
Estate in Versilia, estate a Capri: le case vacanza di Piero Bottoni
Piero Bottoni ambisce ad assicurare una casa per le vacanze a tutti i lavoratori, senza abbassare la qualità formale degli insediamenti e valorizzando il paesaggio
Rasmussen and Kristensen: «We like to stick our high heels into the dark mud»
Matilde Søes Rasmussen and Marie Flarup Kristensen. The offspring of an artistic collaboration where care, trust, and an interest in mythic female existences are all elements
Iwantja Rock n Roll The work of three artists from Aboriginal Australian communities
Vincent Namatjira, Kaylene Whiskey, Tiger Yaltangki: Aboriginal Australian communities to produce commentary yielding humor, irony, depth, and re-contextualization
Essere radicali e verticali – come distinguersi nel mondo dell’editoria
«La nostra natura più coatta è il retaggio della cultura locale, di una periferia continuiamo a frequentare». A Roma, un osservatorio della cultura globale – Lorenzo Micheli Gigotti racconta gli...
Smisurata – Un invito a riflettere sul desiderio di confrontarsi con progetti al limite
Iuav Graduation Show 2022, allo Stadio Penzo, «a Sant’Elena, in quella parte di Venezia che si aggancia ai giardini de La Biennale ed è a una sola fermata dal Lido:...
Cos’è la solastalgia? Lo spiega Laura Pugno con Over Time
Neve artificiale – il tentativo di riprodurre ciò che abbiamo perso. Il progetto Over Time, vincitore della IX edizione di Italian Council, analizza il rapporto tra la neve e l’essere...
No more synthetics fibers – removing carbon and plastics from fashion
Desynthesizing fashion: old materials from natural and animal fibers may be the answer at scale to replacing synthetic fibers
Maison Dior takes the enhancement of Venetian heritage quite seriously
It was 2020 when Dior covered the facade of the Correr Museum with a cascade of gold created by Fabrizio Plessi. This year, the French house continues to invest in...
Dialogo tra un collezionista anonimo e Caterina Riva, Macte
Il collezionista che ha deciso di concedere in prestito le opere della sua collezione privata per realizzare L’ESCA, ha assistito a diverse edizioni del Premio Termoli
The Broken Arm, Paris. The blurred line between art and life
Simplicity of materials can draw attention to garments, artwork, literature and music on display: thinking can matter more than buying, according to the trio Joste, Lafarge and Steinmetz
Joe Cruz – An archival research project of Fragmented and saturated ironic pictures
A graphic study of 'Crufts' the largest dog show in the world, focusing on the owners and their relationship to their dogs. The work of Joe Cruz is a online...
Words that roll, that creep, that ring – Tom Biddulph’s hide and seek
A poem made of words that have been cut from the world and glued into a poem. Inspired by the Dadaists' cut-up poetry and pictures stolen from ordinary life
