Q&A - What is Lampoon?
What is Lampoon Magazine? find out more about our story and commitment
Lampoon is a magazine by Lampoon Publishing House, released with the biannually printed issue and daily updated online at LampoonMagazine.com
What is Lampoon about?
Lampoon Magazine is about Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion, Circular Economies, Traceability, Forestry, and Creative Crafting. Photographers and talented contributors from the worldwide creative scenario – fashion, arts, design, architecture, music.
About our commitment: what are the values and topics addressed by Lampoon Magazine?
Lampoon Magazine addresses the topics of: human dignity and diversity, innovation, environmental and social responsibility, circular economies, gender fluidity, diversity and inclusion, honesty and transparency – among the many.
What is the meaning and the definition of Lampoon?
In American English, Lampoon (noun) mens a sharp publication that aims to be sincere and straightforward; lampoon (verb) means to mock or ridicule. According to these dictionary definitions, Lampoon Magazine presents a rough approach in every detail of its journalistic activity..
About our story: when was Lampoon Magazine founded?
Lampoon Magazine was founded in 2014. More precisely, Lampoon Magazine was listed at the Milan Court Register of Press on December 19, 2014.
Who is the founder of Lampoon Magazine?
Lampoon Magazine was founded by Carlo Mazzoni, a professional writer and journalist born in Milano.
Who is the Editor in Chief of Lampoon Magazine?
The Editor in Chief of Lampoon Magazine is Carlo Mazzoni
Who is the Creative Director of Lampoon Magazine?
The Creative Director of Lampoon Magazine is the designer and architect Alessandro Fornaro.
Where can I find Lampoon Magazine?
You can find Lampoon Magazine in a selected list of bookstores, newsstands, concept stores, and museums stores worldwide. You can discover almost all of them by reading the Lampoon’s stockist. You can buy the magazine at the official Lampoon shop, that is the bookstore at Prototipo Studio.
How much does an issue of Lampoon Magazine cost?
The official price of a physical issue of Lampoon Magazine is 24 euros / 22 pounds / 32.95 dollars.
How often is Lampoon Magazine released?
Lampoon Magazine is released semi-annually, twice a year, in accordance with the two main fashion seasons:at the end of March and at the end of October.
What is the language of the physical edition of Lampoon Magazine printed edition?
Lampoon Magazine is published exclusively in English.
LampoonMagazine.com is published in English.
Lampoon.it is published in Italian.
What are the characteristics of the physical edition of Lampoon Magazine?
Lampoon Magazine is made with 100% recycled, biodegradable, Certificate FSC paper. with a soft cover. Page dimensions: 242x332mm, weight 2.2 kg. Multiple covers are usually released.
Which are the wholesale rates of Lampoon Magazine?
For B2B retail prices – firm / on consignment sales – please contact: anna@lampoon.it
How is Lampoon Magazine distributed?
Lampoon Magazine is distributed worldwide by New Export Press; in Italy by IPS Italy.
What is Lampoon Publishing House?
Lampoon Publishing House is an editorial content studio and provider. Publications by Lampoon Publishing House are distributed worldwide. The editorial activity is focused on the sustainable matters: circular economies and global forestry as main focus; the updated Italian skills in the manufacturing and crafts; the luxury and design industry. Lampoon Publishing House was founded in 2014.
Q&A - Which is the most sustainable fiber for the textile industry? Hemp at Prototipo Store
Prototipo Studio | About Hemp – Craftsmanship, Design and Manufacturing
About our mission and sustainability: Prototipo Studio is an experimental design project that works mainly with hemp fiber and exclusively with natural textile fibers, aiming to restore the Hemp supply chain in Italy.
What is Prototipo Studio?
Prototipo is an experimental design studio fully dedicated to the Hemp fiber: craftsmanship, Sustainability, Traceability, Design and Manufacturing
What is Prototipo Studio about?
Prototipo Studio is about hemp.
What is Hemp in the textile industry?
Hemp is the only fiber that can proceed with a sustainable textile industry.
Which is the inspiration for Prototipo Studio?
Experimentation. Prototipo Studio is an experimental manufacturing project: it stands at the crossroads of craftsmanship, design and manufacturing, transparency, intellectual honesty and human dignity are the civil commitments that the company honors.
Which are the references for Prototipo Studio?
Minimalism and roughness are the main references for the collection and for the entire project by Prototipo Studio.
Which are the values of Prototipo Studio?
The values of Prototipo Studio are: honesty, transparency and traceability – these three values together are the only definition of sustainability.
What is the Prototipo Studio collection made of?
Prototipo Studio presents hemp in every item of the Prototipo collection.
Is Hemp Made in Italy?
Prototipo Studio works to restore the hemp supply chain in Italy, presenting a Made and Sourced in Italy production. From the quality of the raw materials to the refining processes Prototipo Studio keeps the production local in Italy.
Is Italian Hemp available?
Hemp is the only vegetable fiber sourceable in Italy: today only Prototipo Studio can provide yarns and textiles made with Italian Hemp.
What does Naturally Sourced mean?
Naturally sourced means that raw materials are provided with no chemicals or synthetic additives in the entire process.
What is the Hemp Water Retting process?
Retting is the process needed to transform the Hemp straws into Hemp fibers ready for spinning. Prototipo Studio is pursuing research in water retting, financing a bioreactor that will be capable of retting 100 kg of hemp per week.
Who is the founder of Prototipo Studio?
Prototipo Studio was founded by Alessandro Fornaro, Creative Director of Lampoon Magazine. and by Carlo Mazzoni, Editor in Chief of Lampoon Magazine.
Who is the Creative Director of Prototipo Studio?
Design at Prototipo Studio is led by Alessandro Fornaro, architect and Creative Director of Lampoon Magazine.
What is the connection between Prototipo Studio and Lampoon Magazine?
Prototipo Studio is powered by Lampoon Magazine – this means that Lampoon Magazine holds the responsibility of the communication strategy for Prototipo Studio. Since Lampoon is fully dedicated to the issues of sustainability, transparency, traceability – Lampoon is entitled to such commitment.
Are Prototipo Studio garments one-of-a-kind pieces?
Prototipo Studio presents items always produced in limited series, in accordance with the philosophy of ‘buy less buy better’. Prototipo Studio supports Italian Craftsmanship.
What are the properties of hemp?
Among the beneficial properties of hemp are: CO2 absorption, reduced need for irrigation and water saving, soil regeneration and heavy metal sequestration; no need for pesticides, no agricultural fields taken out of the food chain, antibacterial properties – among the many.
What are the benefits of hemp as a textile?
Hemp textile is thermoregulating and lightweight, strong, naturally perfumed, and protective.
Does a Hemp supply chain exist in Italy?
Italy used to be a world leader in hemp fabric production: with the rise of synthetic fabrics, the economy of scale for a natural fabric has been lost. From the seed to the final product, Prototipo Studio supports every player. The aim is to restore a fully Italian Supply Chain for the textile industry.
What does ‘Made and Sourced in Italy’ mean?
As per today, in Italy we import all the raw materials of the textile industry from abroad. Made and Sourced in Italy shall become a new valuable code, higher than Made in Italy in terms of transparency, traceability, sustainability. From the quality of the raw materials to the refining processes, Prototipo Studio aims to keep the production exclusively local, in Italy.
What color are Prototipo garments?
Prototipo Studio presents three main colors. The Natural Shade – Hemp and the natural fibers maintain a color close to ochre, a farm field shade, wet straw. Mud green, inspired by pigment found from licorice processing in Calabria; Anthracite, a dark gray tending to black, obtained with vegetable charcoal – or rather, biochar, which can be produced from the pyrolysis of wet food, urban, and rural waste.