The Daily Dispatch includes reviews and critical readings of books, exhibitions, photography projects, architecture, independent publications and cultural initiatives. Each contribution connects individual work to a wider system of production, politics, technology and material culture.
Updated with new content every day, The Daily Dispatch extends Lampoon’s editorial research beyond the rhythm of the print edition. It is a continuous journal of contemporary culture — grounded in evidence, direct observation and an interest in how things are made.
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Fashion lives and dies in the pipelines of consumerism
Otto von Busch: «what if fashion is just a byproduct of something else? What if fashion is just the exhaust of social processes? What if fashion is just the exhaust...
The unsustainable impact of patriarchy on the industry: Maryam Lotfi with Amy Boote
The globalization of fast fashion supply chains has raised concerns about gender equality, and the industry has irresponsibly accumulated social sustainability violations
Regards Vénitiens: the exploited city seen with a reverse glaze. Nikos Aliagas
Fondazione dell'Albero d'Oro hosts an exhibition by the Greek-French photographer Nikos Aliagas. Venice seen from the outside is all about respect and contamination
Kayako Oki and Samuel Yal cases: between low-tech craft and audiovisual research
There is an area of audiovisual production that has always preferred broken word, timelessness, a-logical relations and spatial alteration. A rough ode to the non-fictional production
The carefreeness of childhood collides with adult reality in Luca Staccioli’s exhibition
ArtNoble Gallery presents Luca Staccioli's exhibition WAKE-UP CALL, an intimate reflection on the meaning of childhood in relation to the socio-cultural environment that surrounds us
The Amazonian reforestation act: Plan B for planet A – International Day of Forests
For more than a decade Reforest’Action has been taking measures to counteract the effect deforestation has left in the Amazon. An interview with Jihane Guenoun on International Day of Forests,...
Is silk sustainable? Mulberry silk and the chance of a spider web
Spider-silk is estimated to be one of the natural fabrics of the future because of its strength. Tougher by weight than the steel of the same diameter, and as strong...
Shooting the war as part of daily life – Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Rupeta
In conversation with Ukrainian photographer Oleksandr Rupeta, as he navigates daily life in Ukraine, his reaction to the war and the fragility of civilization
Why Animals’ images used in the fashion industry? Humane Society International
Schiaparelli is not the first one using images connected to the animal world, but what has changed today? beyond the Schiaparelli case to understand this phenomenon
Endemic design: Fernando Laposse bringing the focus back to outsourced Mexico
Fernando Laposse: «designing is not just a matter of materials». When social justice, unemployment, climate change, mass migration and violence are at stake
A planet-friendly future begins with respectful textiles: Pangaia’s case study
Accelerating toward an Earth Positive Future combining design, purpose, new and advanced technologies that build on the properties of natural materials, PANGAIA case
Maria Felix, Cartier, the crocodiles: shall we still understand an aesthetic delirium?
The complexity of a narration between Paris and Mexico,reviewing the twentieth century: notes on aesthetics during a visit to the Cartier exhibition in Mexico City
Arden presents Iván Pellicer in Secret Softness for Lampoon digital edition
Arden Queardan is a NewYork/Madrid-based Galician publicist who started out in the world of photography with innocent spontaneity: shooting actor Iván Pellicer
Biodegradable fireworks through the air – SPARK, sustainable pyrotechnics
Winning the Dutch Creativity Awards 2022 and 3 Lovie Awards, the fourth chapter of the Dreamscapes series omits traditional fireworks for biodegradable sparks of light
Labels are a heteronormative lens: Kobe Wagstaff – Lampoon Digital Edition
Fat, fem, masc, twink: labels are a reflection of the heteronormative lens within the community’s subconscious. They limit us from exploring the complexities of our minds, hearts and souls
Flax – is it a forgotten fiber? Introducing Inflaxuation by CQ Studio
CQ Studio reinvents a material that has been around for centuries to showcase how the fashion industry can sync up with other systems to ensure long term sustainability. The flax...
What are the health consequences of fossil fuel overreliance?
Since 2015, the average global exposure to urban green space has stayed low: 27% of urban centres were classified as moderately green or more in 2021
Oscar 2023 – which is the difference between an actor and a personality?
Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, the Oscars welcome the first leading role nominations for an Asian woman next to blockbuster performances from Lady Gaga and Rihanna
March 8th – Feminist Surrealism and the art of repurposing: Meret Oppenheim
The exhibition on the Swiss surrealist artist concludes at New York's MoMA. An exhibition that restores dignity to a central female figure in the artistic scene of the twentieth century
Pablo Picasso x Paul Smith: An homage exhibition at Musée national Picasso, Paris
At Musée national Picasso-Paris, British designer Paul Smith led a three floor homage exhibition to the work of the Spanish painter Pablo Picasso on the fiftieth anniversary of his death
From the Roman Empire to Valentino: Tyrian purple’s extraction is now sustainable
History and specifics of a century year old pigment. Valentino’s dare to create a monochrome collection that has given new lifeblood to the brand
Coperni Fall Winter 2023 robotic takes during Paris Fashion Week
Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant: the partnership with Boston Dynamics and robot dogs are the new twist in the collection's show at Paris Fashion Week
Paris Fashion Week report: Hermés’ naturalistic immersion in Fall Winter 2023
After sales beyond all expectations and winning the MetaBirkin trial, the brand returns with a proud woman at Paris Fashion Week
The Sixties of Courrèges revisited by Nicolas Di Felice in FW 2023
«Is the sky blue?» is the leitmotif that accompanies the collection's runway reflecting on contemporaneity and its obsessions
David Morris — how one goldsmith tackled an impossible request
The Hexagon Cuff: the human mind envisioned it, technology made it possible, and a leap of faith was the catalyst. Time is not of the essence, prototyping is key
Moncler Richard Quinn and Craig Green – composed and polished like marble: Sanja Marušić
Water streams down the marble, flows through the cities and the taps it's a land of water and resilience, contaminated by many transitions – Sanja Marusic for Lampoon 18
The rawness of Maximilian Raynor’s practice through his residency in Woolwich
«It’s a make do and mend mentality, an ad hoc way of working, of finding materials - taping together rather than sewing. It’s that crafty, Nineteen Eighties approach to fashion»,...
Kindness is punk: Westwood’s advocated ideals pursued by the Vivienne Foundation
«We cannot stand human suffering». Vivienne Westwood's seek for justice is coronated with a not-for-profit foundation in her name, continuing her work for a green economy
Oasi Cashmere – Zegna and The Elder Statesman joins Italian and American heritage
The styles are reinterpreted in off-kilter patterns and casual cuts in collaboration with Bailey Hunter, Creative Director of The Elder Statesman and Zegna Creative director Alessandro Sartori
Psychedelic, hypnotic: the all-consuming screens of Yuri Ancarani’s Atlantide 2017-2023
In conversation with Italian video-maker Yuri Ancarani, as he navigates modern-day Venice, the push and pull relationship with nature, and loneliness
Paris Fashion Week: Ludovic de Saint Sernin, the label, Balenciaga’s redemption
The tension bubbling up around fashion shows resembles the call for anti-fashion, for something to eradicate a well-preserved, self-absorbed ecosystem as the one of fashion
Maximilian Davis brings contrast and a twist on heritage to Ferragamo FW23
Ferragamo's FW23 collection at Milan Fashion Week features tailoring, monochromatic looks, and lavish details by Maximilian Davis
Milan Fashion Week: Jil Sander’s take on minimalism in Fall Winter 2023
No more limits imposed by the brand's heritage, Lucie and Luke Meier rediscover the present in their fifth year of operation
Keeping track – how much public money is going towards military expenses in the West?
According to the SIPRI, global military spending continued to grow in 2021, reaching an all-time high of $2.1 trillion after seven years of spending growth
Prada keeps on working with nylon – but searching for solutions
Italian companies fight marine pollution by giving new life to discarded fishing gear, joining hands with Prada to transform recycled nylon into high fashion
Revived long lost material that could elevate the leather industry: fish skin
An interview with Nienke Hoogvliet, conceptual designer from the Netherlands: she works with new materials with the aim to raise awareness on marine pollution
Change is inevitable. Under Daniel Lee, Burberry plans on conquering the youth
London Fashion Week marks the Burberry rebranding with ex-Bottega Veneta designer in the lead. The Brits are coming to the rescue, this time dressed in faux fur
Liao Wen: wooden sculptures to investigate the human body and its complexity
Liao Wen for Bodies and Souls, a group exhibition for Cassina Projects curated by Manuela Lietti and in collaboration with Capsule Shanghai
Cityscapes and empty bleach bottles; Hicham Gardaf, In Praise of Slowness
In conversation with award-winning Moroccan contemporary photographer Hicham Gardaf, whose eyes examine the transformations of social spaces
Hillary Taymour, founder of Collina Strada – «It’s just fun. I just try to make it not fucking boring»
From sustainability to climate change, to self-love and self-preservation, acting as a barometer of the world’s current political, social and economical situation. «We don’t shove values down anyone’s throat»
Artcurial auctions Bauer Grunwald’s heritage, leaping in a Venetian scenery memoir
Between art-deco and byzantine features, the Bauer Grunwald Palace is a veritable style crossword. Artcurial auction house engages its unique pieces to a trade
«My relationship with photography is a love affair», Domino Leaha for Lampoon digital
«I strive to evoke a visceral experience for the viewer. I invite them into a private world; one of raw intensity and honest emotion». Domino Leaha for Lampoon online
Microalgae grown biomass from filtered polluted air. The making of biopolymers
London: Otrivin Air Lab harvests carbon dioxide, purifies air, grow algae biomass and 3D print biodegradable products in a workshop space format
Confronting the unknown and embracing the randomness of external forces
In a world that replaces human touch with digital connectivity and normalizes isolation, photographer Devred and stylist Blagoeva take their models outside of their comfort zone
«After Midnight you can play the part the sun can’t understand» Indiana Roma Voss for Lampoon
Indiana Roma Voss' story for Lampoon is a combination of figures emerging from the dark and searching for their essence, catalyzed by the eyes of the viewers
EONEF’s tethered balloons: air quality monitoring, wildlife conservation and forest fire detection
The social enterprise EONEF is working towards connecting the most isolated places in the least invasive method possible: with a helium-filled balloon equipped with sensors and cameras
