Editorial Team
Estrarre CBD: da pratica artigianale a produzione industriale
Con il mercato della cannabis in espansione sono nate tecnologie che permettono di estrarre i principi attivi attraverso processi a basso impatto ambientale. Il caso Herbolea Biotech
Fantasy, myth, dream, aspiration, illusion. Menelik Puryear shuffles some visionary assets
A silent performance, a theatrical act without a script, a dreamscape of bodies floating on the stage of life. Menelik Puryear and the dream as satisfaction of unconscious desire
Trent’anni d’arte, da Trieste a Venezia, passando per Torino e Madrid
«Le rubavano, i baristi le vendevano sottobanco. Nel 1994 furono messe in commercio: la prima collezione fu firmata Sandro Chia». Carlo Bach racconta le illy Art Collection e la mostra...
Louis de Roffignac: Objects on photosensitive paper
To explore transparency, Louis de Roffignac opted for neutral backgrounds and played around with colored gelatins. The layering of colors allows for variations of the different shades of transparency
Changing Markets – deft marketing tricks mask the truth on synthetic fibers
Extracted, refined into petrochemicals, and processed into plastic. Fossil fuels are spun into synthetic fibers– over seventy percent of all fiber production
Flowers, snails, and sea stars. Ruggiero Cafagna playing with some hermaphrodite things
A mix of portraits, documentary, and fashion developed on humanist realism expressed in a raw aesthetic, showing the sensibilities, fragilities, sensuality, and positive feelings
3standardstoppage, New York / Beijing. Piercing the art bubble and evolving past standards
3standardstoppage breaks through the existing methodologies of art, design, and fashion and builds a bridge of dialogue between the United States and China
Jin Jia Ji: The cracks in the rock
«I want to show the alienated but intimate relationship between human beings and nature, and the tenacious vitality shown by the combination of them» – Jin Jia Ji for Lampoon
Stolen moments are out of reach because of the hectic pace of our lives – Alba Yruela
The attachment to the environment is evidenced by the references to the earth and its plastic qualities. A diary from Spain: mud, transparencies and blades of light
Florence Mann and the fictional modern mermaid
Our main focus was water – we wanted to present the relationship between humans and water, as well as explore water in different states by the sea as well as...
Marie Tomanova drops the incendiary femininity of cyber provocateurs cumgirl8
Marie Tomanova for Lampoon – the Transparency Issue: «I wanted to photograph the badass musicians of punk band CUMGIRL8. We kept it real. Honest. We peeked into their universe»
How can there be such an abundance of seafood so readily available? The Tronchetto market in Venice
Despite attentive regulations, fish markets across Europe are more fully stocked than ever, creating a false sense of abundance in the minds of consumers
Dematerialization of architecture in the forms of the Bocconi campus in Milan – Filippo Ferrarese
«At night, the Bocconi campus was wrapped with wire mesh but, during the night, this casing disappeared. It became possible to see inside»
Homosexual militancy in Italy during the Seventies: Nicola Di Benedetto performing Mario Mieli
From illustration to performances, from sculpture to acting: Nicola Di Benedetto – «We were all staging the Seventies and we all were acting»
Nūdo: all-natural biodegradable beauty essentials designed to blend back with nature over time
From bamboo to sisal, all-natural raw materials replace plastic offering an alternative to everyday products that already exist
Telling people’s lives without altering them – it’s a matter of transparency. Rosie Alice Foster
«We felt privileged to be allowed into somebody's most private and safe space, so we tried to capture it respectfully»
Adiel’s techno music: Human connections are the core of Italian DJ and producer
From spinning discs in a local club in Rome to storming Berghain, Italian DJ Adiel talks about her techno music production
Hunting for gold, Domino Leaha and Talulah Brown – twisting roads in California
«Sweet Domino fell in love with California and I with her when we met one night at a bar in East Los Angeles» – Talulah Brown and Domino Leaha on...
Waanders in De Broeren, Zwolle. Books and a deconsecrated church revised by BK Architecten
After a succession of fortune and ruin spanning six centuries, the new chapter in the life of Broerenkerk takes the shape of a bookstore: the Waanders family and the printing...
Lampoon / Transitioning – Marcela Jacobina crafts a gallery of humanity in her series
A photographic series explores with a voyeuristic sense the human body and ordinary gestures that accompany our lives. «It’s about being, existing, not acting»
Lungo il Canale Villoresi, il mare dell’hinterland milanese
Da progetto agricolo nato durante l’Unità d’Italia ad avamposto di biodiversità vegetale e fauna ittica, oggi – come si è evoluto il Canale Villoresi dopo gli anni del degrado
References to literature and cinema: an aesthetic guide from Giangi Giordano
Reiner Werner Fassbinder, Alberto Arbasino, Carlo Emilio Gadda. Toshio Matsumoto. Visual researcher and creative director devoted to fashion and cinema, Giangi Giordano tells his story
Consumerism and cultural appropriation. The paradoxes of our time through Lamrabat’s lens
Mous Lamrabat's message is to subvert North African stereotypes, mocking the limits that Western vision has imposed on the world
A home invasion, a confinement story – Igor Pjörrt
A deliberate eroticism is drawn from the fetishization of insecurity, potential harm, and destruction of heritage
Apologia della milanese: la signora è un’icona ma non lo sa
In occasione del libro di Michela Proietti, flash back e delirio forse ironico su onnipotenza parascientifica di ogni donna chi nasce, cresce – o solo vive – a Milano
Ci si presenta un quarto d’ora prima, si ragiona con un quarto d’ora d’anticipo
La storia del marchese socialista, tra Hollywood e Moët & Chandon. Se vogliamo che tutto rimanga com’è, bisogna che tutto cambi. The man en avance, la vita di Robert de...
The story of two emerging jewelry labels: Carolina Dória and Virginia Evangelista
Sustainable materials and virtual models coexisting with traditional craftsmanship. This is how the future of the jewelry industry looks for the upcoming designers
Design italiano e scandinavo, somiglianze e differenze: Fredrik Fogh
Il candore scandinavo e l’industrial italiano, nella Milano degli anni Cinquanta e Sessanta, Fredrick Fogh: quando il design scandinavo arrivò a Milano
Cristian Chironi – New York Drive: Bringing art to the people in a Fiat 127 Special
A series of performances where generations intersect, communities converge, and different nations interact, all to the sound of a small, fifty-year-old car’s roaring engine
«As my mother is getting older, I try to solidify memories with her» – Mateo Arciniegas’ intimate trip
«‘Nuestra Nueva York’ is a visual recollection of our past and serves as a physical memory of what has been our story in New York» Mateo Arciniegas for Lampoon
The rise of resale: facing strong platforms, brands invest in internal initiatives
As consumer demand for transparency and traceability increases, fashion brands explore in-house resale initiatives considering new technologies such as NFD and blockchain
Female nudity on solitary landscapes: womanhood according to Leif Sebastian
Yearning for a sense of freedom. Permission to Play. Leif Sebastian's approach: «I like to plan but also to be present enough to be informed by my surroundings»
Lampoon / The honesty Issue – The sensuality of Bonacina 1889’s wood told through the eyes of Eli Craven
It wasn't bamboo, it wasn't wicker. It was rattan, a solid wood that could be curved and shaped was just imported by Bonacina in the late Nineteenth century
iPhone, ink printer and photocopy. Andreas Schmidl and Josef Lazo, from the land of nostalgia
«A mid-century vibe. We bought these postcards in California. A classic kind of collage scrapbook thing. Almost like a wishboard based on our longing». Lazoschmidl’s fantasy is a provoking game
Lampoon / Diverso – Lou de Betoly among assemblages of madness and decadent surrealism
«I love this idea of real objects, somehow flattened to be archived. There’s a mix of natural and artificial fibers. Real hair in contrast with the plastic hair of a...
Rid Burman on being Diverso: «Things are abstracted, distorted, not traditionally beautiful»
German Expressionism, Egon Schiele, Modernism, Mirò. Rid Burman's many inspirations draw from a distant, dreamlike world
Dieter Rams: non c’è senso dell’umorismo, la forma segue la funzione
Weniger, aber besser. Non c'è senso dell'umorismo, la forma segue la funzione. Il colore è proibito, tranne dove Rams lo ritiene necessario: per anni i prodotti Braun hanno avuto pulsanti...
Seeking scraps of green in modern urban jungles: Petra Valenti and Yosephine Melfi
Milan has many paradoxes: futuristic glass architecture and battered urban spaces: for Paola Valenti and Yosephine Melfi, surviving in modern cities is a question of adaptation - just like a...
The praise of boredom – Sarah Balhadère portraying Esther Garrell in a Gio Ponti scenario
Sarah Balhadère's voyeuristic eye captures moments of ordinary monotony, believing it to be the most profound response to our needs
Eimear Lynch: «I don’t make characters. I only do portraits»
Irish photographer Eimear Lynch dedicated her summertime probing through intimate lives of young people across a series of portraits, freeing herself from introversion
Adrien Dubost and his odd dialogue between Louis Vuitton luxury and Seventies design
Bravery, the High Jewellery collection – 90 pieces designed by Francesca Amfitheatrof. It took a global three-year search to source the sapphires, emeralds, rubies, diamonds and gemstones used on the...
«We are a mix of different people, easily called a family» – Ruggiero Cafagna and a family album
«My wife Haruka is Japanese, I’m Italian, our daughter Joy is a mix of us with a French touch. Each one has a different story» – Ruggiero Cafagna and his...
Lampoon / Diverso – House doesn’t mean home. Katie Silvester on the meaning of being a family
Katie Silvester and Sam Carder roam around Scotland recounting how the concept of family has changed and how there is nothing more dynamic than human relationships
According to Guen Fiore, sexual tension is a tool against human fragility
Guen Fiore and Rubina Vita Marchiori willing to investigate that eternal feminine that precedes and overcomes every prejudice, showing raw images made of shapes, materials and fabrics
Lampoon, Dance is black: Genis Mitjans’ photographs are an ode to strength
As in a choir, models and professional dancers chosen by Genis Mitjans and Samuel Puyol trying to say everything that a single body cannot say alone. Intertwining bodies to speak...
Lampoon/ Hermès, a Cabinet de Curiosités could showcase an entire universe
Unseen objects, paintings, prints and sculptures. More than one hundred works have been selected for the Montenapoleone store in Milan, one of the strongest retail assets worldwide
