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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
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
Exploring ageism in social media: how is the affecting the humanity behind the screens
With adult creators facing TikTok ageism, social media might not be ready to reflect the realities of life beyond young adulthood, but it reflects Zoomer's ideas of age, youth, and...
Fili Pari on bridging the gap between marble and fabric – Italian raw materials
The Renaissance artist Michaelangelo could free an image from a marble block, as he used to say. Italian start-up Fili Pari has turned a material such as marble into a...
And I need to forgive – Ashley Batz shoots Alici for Lampoon online
Photographer Ashley Batz in a story with artist Alici in an editorial for Lampoon digital edition: «my new songs are special moments from this summer trapped in time. Like little...
Not only street style, a walk in the Parkside is a precise code
Washed-out photographs in a light that reflects on femininity and womanity. Aliocha Wallon's analog photography for Lampoon online is a sluggish ode to street life and effortless freedom
Fuck-it expense, Gen Z: the digital consumer mis-behavior
Fuck-it expense – how do you spend your time when you think the world is ending? Gen Z consumer behavior reflects human fragility and a generation of frustrated young people
Couture SS 2024: make fashion great again
Fashion has a tendency to look back in order to be able to move forward. The German philosopher Walter Benjamin described how this could be a new way of looking...
Is aesthetics formed on the Internet? Bored generations and web hypnosis
Rituals for bored generations or a new way of composing reality? The web hypnosis and the Internet aesthetics on our relationship with the real dimension
Exploring human fluidity in digital spaces: gamification and self-expression
A deep dive into the gamification’s role in shaping Gen Z virtual identities: self-determination, human fluidity and the potential risks of alienation: Roblox and Fortnite cases
Elsa Peretti’s democratic designs and a glass maker in Venice – Archimede Seguso
From Florence to New York, from fashion model to female artisan Elsa Peretti’s lived an existence of freedom, inspiring the accessibility of her design and creations bought by women, for...
Sustainable textile industry: Lycra Company get rid of fossil-based spandex
Dismissing Plastic. Eyeballing the need for a sustainable textile industry, The Lycra Company replaces synthetic spandex with a fiber made with a naturally sourced ingredient: corn
The Role of Black – in fashion and human history
More than just a color – exploring the intersection of fashion, culture, and humanities by tracing attraction of black in the tapestry of western fashion history
