This section brings together interviews and reviews offering a direct view of contemporary culture and creative practices.
The photography section presents a selection of images from the print edition.
Each piece reflects the magazine’s approach: sharp, critical, and without unnecessary embellishment.
Readers explore conversations with artists, designers, and thinkers, visual narratives through editorial photography,
and reviews that examine books, exhibitions, and projects.
Magazine documents the work behind ideas and productions, connecting content from paper to digital.
It’s not a showcase – it’s a place to observe, question, and understand how culture is produced and experienced,
through the lens of Lampoon’s editorial vision.
Magazine
Golden Silk – Why silk production at an artisanal level creates a circular economy
«An array of solar panels, connecting us to the same source that has been powering the Khmer people for generations». In conversation with Golden Silk
The link between hemp and female empowerment
Hemp cultivation as a form of female empowerment and womanity. The story of the European beguines and the hemp work that inspired the Sisters of the Valley
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
Fashion is not inclusive yet – the disabled community speaks out
The case of Will & Well. The disabled community has been left behind in the movement to make fashion inclusive. Adaptive apparel is underdeveloped within the industry
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
Bacterial stunts and molds at Margiela – from 1997 till today
Who remembers Martin Margiela’s bacterial stunt from 1997? Mold on clothes, multiplied in the backyards of contemporary museums. Retracing the technique used in the exhibition
Human diversity – camaraderie and Americana
Meeting at the intersection of modern Americana, human bond, and natural contact. A story of two young men in the setting of Los Angeles. Cole Fawcett for Lampoon digital
Deep Sea Mining: the new gold rush is for minerals
Deep-sea mining: ravaging the oceans in the name of transition. Norway is the first country in the world to say yes to finding raw materials in the ocean depths. Environmentalists...
Old-growth forests: what’s the meaning of “responsible forestry”?
Responsible Forestry: to preserve and maintain old-growth forest conditions, the United States Department of Agriculture and the 128 forest land management plans
Urban forestry: Valencia European Green Capital 2024
Fourteen years ago, the European Commission created the European Green Capital Award to promote green actions, urban forestry and urban life quality enhancement in European cities
Flowers for Spring? – daring and groundbreaking
Peter Kaaden photography: you need to be good and daring to shoot Flowers for Spring – even more, when you do this without irony
March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. Why do we celebrate?
What does it mean to be part of a community like Ireland's? Why has St. Patrick's Day become a holiday celebrated all over the world? What are its origins and...
Parisian Newstands: icons of urban culture and information
From Haussmann's 1857 vision to modern challenges, Parisian newsstands evolve. Urban icons adapt, balancing tradition and digital era demands, embracing change
Two Spirit: who are they? understanding the fluid vocabulary
Uniting masculine and feminine energies, Two Spirit identities offer a holistic perspective on gender and spirituality. Challenging Western norms Lampoon explores the definition and the meaning of the term
Green colonialism: raw materials rush props up
Raw materials – an estimated 100 billion tons (Gt) of raw materials are mined each year. Of these, over 90% came from virgin resources. Less than 10% is coming from...
The Squalid realism of Richard Billingham in Ray’s a Laugh
The analog photography and the intellectual irony of Richard Billingham reflects the crudeness of a youth spent under the weight of alcoholism and poverty in the Black Country
Community of the Andes: Lea Winkler reveal Urubamba
Photographer Lea Winkler digging deep into the soul of Peru's Sacred Valley: a reportage on the lives and traditions of Urubamba's communities for Lampoon digital
Oppenheimer: human fragility in a blockbuster biopic
Murphy gave layered portrayal of Nolan's Oppenheimer, with his complicated interpersonal relationships with colleagues and partners, self-mythologization, and human fragility
Oscars, shame and pride – Poor Things: amplexus and autopsy
Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things awarded at Venice Biennale last summer and today at the Oscars in Los Angles: the movie chronicles the macabre becoming splendid, amid diseases and autopsies
Wim Wenders’ Perfect Days and the Ikigai method
Wabi sabi, Ikigai method and tea ceremony, Japanese philosophy for a fulfilling and happy existence: from Wenders' Perfect Day to books by Héctor García and Francesc Miralles and Noriko Morishita
Prada and communism: the redundant, the necessary, and the lucky-ass factor
Culture should be accessible to the community through wealth redistribution. This is the most leftist act to be demanded from those who have more while remaining within the boundaries of...
When length matters: wool carbon footprint’s impact
The wool debate: Environmental Effects of worsted versus woolen processing – insights for sustainable fashion. When fiber fineness is synonym with luxury but carries environmental concerns
Billy Barraclough and some Flowers for the deads
Photographer Billy Barraclough: Flowers for the deads. A reportage in a market in Varanasi, India, not so far from the Cemetery
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
A chromatic liberation: diversity in fashion – Altered States
The liberation found in embracing expressions of beauty, where color and texture serve as tools for personal transformation, challenging conventions and empowering self-identity
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
The dark side of likes: Schadenfreude and the social media
Political arenas to celebrity mishaps, the pleasure of others' pain in the social media age - how Schadenfreude shapes social cohesion and trust within communities?
Bogotá Care blocks: a solution against unpaid work
In Bogotá, 1.2 million women dedicate most of their time to unpaid care work. Mayor Claudia López opened the Care Blocks project
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
Power and fashionistas in the Church
The Church and the religious fashion: Fashion for God at Museum Catharijneconvent shows the artistic commitment behind the paraments of the Catholic church in the past
Flames of culture: Zhang Xiao’s Shehuo saga
Step into the world of Shehuo with Zhang Xiao's photographic odyssey, tracing the journey from ancient rituals to contemporary celebrations, where tradition and innovation ignite
Cartier in Sydney, one message only: culture
In Sydney, visiting the Hermitage mansion and the Opera House: Cartier opens to new customers for high jewelry in Australia – the luxury market today responds to only one marketing...
We do celebrate the vulva – Bex Day’s book PETAL
Over seventy shots celebrating the vulva and subverting the biased canons of the representation of the female nude in contemporary society – Bex Day’s first photographic book
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...
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
Eco-urbanism – strengthening the railway system in the EU
Train transport - Expanding the trans-European night train service can enable eco urbanism, contribute to the EU environmental sustainability goals and bring European cities closer together
What is environmental racism? The voice of marginalized communities
The Not In My Backyard approach of developed countries in contrast with the unawareness of marginalized communities: environmental racism, definition and meaning
Pain or pleasure? The opioid crisis in US
Pain and Pleasure – The opioid crisis in the U.S. turned into an epidemic. It all started with OxyContin and its marketing campaign by Purdue Pharmaceutics
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
Tranquillity, Davines. The beauty industry would be less polluting if it started with agriculture
Founded in Parma, Italy in 1983 by the Bollati family, the Davines group has been devoted to comprehensive sustainability for over twenty years
Queerbaiting and Rainbow washing: from Harry Style to Frozen
Picture something that seems to start out with the best of intentions but ends up doing worse. The issue of queerbaiting opens the debate to human respect and the need...
Gender Identity, Sexuality and Fluidity
Masculinity in femininity balances the coping mechanisms, femininity in masculinity promotes wisdom: Marie Tomanova photography taps into androgyny
Western inspirations, a review: Sophie Stafford analog photography
A collection of images before the fire, a memorial to the lost New Western Bingo and a celebration of its people. After the building burned down, Sophie Stafford’s 2013 analog...
Searching for roughness in the Spring 24 collections
The defect leads to failure, which can evoke a feeling of disappointment or misadventure in the face of the image mastered. Jeanne Lucas’ rough approach for Lampoon digital edition
What do you bring to the table? Spuma’s Purpose Economy model
The current driving force of the global catering service. Companies reliance on tailor made catering and quality raw materials service to accommodate the needs of today’s market
