Interviews
Kiki van Eijk: the primitive roots of rough design
Dutch designer Kiki van Eijk seeks a stable balance between human-made and nature through a sustainable approach which relies on the properties of raw materials and the expertise of craftsmen
Cosmic Garden: safeguarding Indian craft manufacturing
The Cosmic Garden exhibition at the Venice Biennale is committed to the emancipation of women through craftsmanship – with the support of Dior. A dialogue with Karishma Swali, from the...
Benjamín Labatut: the fear of technology is a human experience
Benjamín Labatut technology and imaginations by exploring the limits of human thought – «We're all scared, when human beings are scared, they start to chart out the future»
New York in Time: The Book That Encapsulates Near A Decade in Fashion With Johnny Cirillo
Johnny Cirillo joins Lampoon once again to discuss the release of his new book, documenting eight years of New York fashion through street style photography and interviews
Beyond fluidity – Flaminia Veronesi: I am a Seaweed
«I no longer define myself by my name, my nationality, or gender. I feel the result of every sculpture and every painting I made» – the work of Flaminia Veronesi...
In service and servitude: Bless, a dogma or philosophy against ‘redundant’ work
Interview with Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag. Bless’ collaboration with Fendi for Design Miami/: «Everything has the right to exist, as long as it takes some responsibility»
Saut Hermès: the horse goes to the tailor
Hermès' first client? The horse. The second? The rider. A conversation with Chloé Nobecourt, Director of Hermès Equestrian Métier and the maison’s artisans on craft manufacturing
Bill Kouligas: rough sound and cultural zeitgeist
Bill Kouligas: the world doesn't need any more records. The role of a music label is becoming irrelevant according to the Berlin-based dj. Athens, dj culture, and a view of...
Geophony, what is this? Camille Étienne and Bernie Krause
Climate actions solution – French activist Camille Étienne and sound ecologist Bernie Krause confront in a dialog about Anthropophony, geophony, technophony
Silvia Prada and the joy of hiding out
Silvia Prada’s ‘fetishistic lens’ to explore the complexities of desire and representation – a conversation on the evolving landscape of queer music, fashion, history and what it means to be...
William Kentridge: «Identity is a continuous construction»
In Self-Portrait as a Coffee-Pot the South African artist reflects on humanity in a close dialogue with his alter-ego, a metaphor for the artist’s critical eye
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
Ai Weiwei: fuck the mundane structure
Ai Weiwei returns to Italy with the exhibition Neither Nor at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano, Tuscany. Between lego, antique stools and criticism to art critics, the artist confirms to...
Carsten Höller: Doubt is a mushroom
In a Western culture of doubt avoidance, we want to be decision makers. Doubts contain beauty we don’t recognize. Lampoon 29: an interview with Carsten Höller and some mushrooms
Jordan Firstman is the posterboy: excess is boiled over
People understand when something is bad and when it is good. People are praising bad art right now – in conversation with Jordan Firstman, the posterboy of Internet and his...
David Sedaris on his life without his father: I hate married couples
«I wanted gay people to have the right to marry just so they could spit on it later» – David Sedaris: homosexuality, relationship with father, sister's suicide, partner Hugh, writing
Deborah Poynton: «overcome by vertigo – knowing I will die, while acting like I won’t»
Discordant objects amongst natural landscapes, nude portraits of herself, her friends and family, Deborah Poynton’s practice is about creating the illusion of reality, applying layers of oil painting
New Urbanism drives me MAD
From the efforts to re imagine China's urbanism to a fashion collaboration for Fendi Peekaboo. A conversation with Andrea D'Antrassi, Associate Partner of MAD Architects
Marion Baruch: humans made textile before writing
The curiosity towards humanity, the desire to experiment with the unknown, fabric and movement: the Romanian textile artist talks about her latest solo show
The cultural humor of Josh Landau aka Stolen Nova: a Californian skate rat
From skating the empty swimming pools of Beverly Hills to his psych-punk solo project Stolen Nova traveling back to London. Josh Landau’s cultural humor in Domino Leaha’s analog photography
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
Langston Uibel on pursuing cinema in a post-streaming landscape
Films are made in consortium. Langston Uibel discusses processes of collaboration and notions of artistic voice with the award winning actor
How Unreal We Are. SIRA cultural hub in Paris slams human fragility in viewer’s face
In the cultural hub SIRA in Paris, the nomadic curatorial project Shivers Only uses video art and analog photography to carve out human fragility and depict How Unreal We Are
Jezabelle Cormio: womanity and the gender gap – an anthology of the present
Cringe, femicide, and upper class vulgarity. Jezabelle Cormio, founder of the knitwear brand Cormio, sharing anger and strength with her political commitment in fashion
Mia Moretti Explores Cultures and Community in Her Music
Multiculturalism in the producer's work. Sounds from different cultures as a way of passing messages to other communities. Mia Moretti in the lens of Jacq Harriet and Carolina Orrico
Corporeal and digital – multidisciplinary artist Aziza Kadyri’s blend of old and new
Kadyri combines extended reality (AR/VR) and traditional art forms in works exploring the themes of decolonization, displacement, feminism, identity, social invisibility, and migration
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
Kim Ann Foxman an interview aboutherDJing career and the rave community
«The industry has opened up, the community has opened up. It is way more diverse in terms of gender, sexuality, and color». Kim Ann Foxman on raves music, photographed by...
Cultivating our garden: exploring Humberto Campana’s design process
Constructing with nature: Humberto Campana's botanic garden project blossoms as a sanctuary for preserving biodiversity and fostering environmental education
Magliano: masculinity menswear – human diversity shapes the community
Rediscovery of popular and provincial clothing, masculinity and human diversity, queer community and political action: the principles that brought Magliano to Pitti as guest designer
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
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
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
Big Wave Surfing, Mason Hyce Barnes and the ocean, an interview
Surfer Mason Hyce Barnes recalls the travels to Nazaré, the Mecca of the surfing world – an interview and some fashion portraits for Lampoon, The Working issue
Collecting samples – the artistic experimentation of Pandora’s Jukebox
Yasmina Dexter, aka Pandora’s Jukebox, during her career has created a sound map that animates fashion catwalks. Soundscapes, horizons of meaning that need no translation
Human Power comes from Human Fragility: James Norton, the acting, the diabetes
After playing on stage the role of Jude from A Little Life, actor James Norton talks with Lampoon Editor Carlo Mazzoni about the fragility they have in common: diabetes
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
Drawing performances: Tosh Basco’s evolving artistic experimentation odyssey
Tosh Basco: «Nudity challenges divisions and allows us to see ourselves as vulnerable and authentic beings. Performance art can serve as a reminder of our common humanity»
Michel Gaubert: Can Fashion Soundtracks Carry Political Messages?
"Music is an image, fashion does fashion" – portraits of Michel Gaubert, an interview for Lampoon on shows and cinematic events
Considerations behind Courrèges revival by Nicolas di Felice: at what costs?
In today’s landscape, what does it take to bring a brand from sleeping beauty to avant-garde status? Nicolas di Felice opening the doors of Courrèges to a genderless community
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...
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
Alva Noto – how rough architecture could be translated into music
From Berlin to Italy, from landscape architecture to soundscapes. Alva Noto aka Carsten Nicolai: a fusion of art, science, and rough sound moved by curiosity and collaborations
Roses and hunter: Farshad Farzankia honors the strength of women from Iran
«I experienced pain in my family and my close relationships, people going to jail and not coming back. I was born into this chaos of uncertainty» – Farshad Farzankia on...
Politics, ethics and collaboration: fashion according to Marco Rambaldi
«Crochet, once considered the symbol of patriarchy, turned into a feminist symbol of independence, becoming itself a manifesto to wear» – Marco Rambaldi, Bologna and the LGBTQ+ community
Jota Mombaça about political intersectionality and utopia as transition
Queer artist Jota Mombaça discusses her work as a radical reorientation to history and memory, allowing the elements to reveal perspectives inaccessible to people
