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Stories by name
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Text by Carla Fernández
Enrique Olvera
Mexico City: It was only natural that my path would cross with Enrique Olvera’s at some point; we share a passion and admiration for the traditions of our country which are thousands of years in the making. We’ve dedicated our respective careers to imagining new ways of redefining this heritage with a constant spirit of innovation…
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Text by Camille Okhio
Eric N. Mack
New York City: Enigma is a funny thing. And a word we perhaps overuse. But Eric N. Mack is very much that. He moves through New York with a grace that is rare to see, leaving faint traces of dreams and possibility in his wake. His work is similarly inscrutable and attractive all at once….
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Joan Nestle is a fem, working-class, queer Jewish lesbian, and a lifelong activist. She is also a prolific and award-winning author, editor, and educator. I first met Joan in the ’70s after she co-founded the Lesbian Herstory Archives, one of the world’s most expansive collections of lesbian culture. She has been a lasting inspiration to…
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Text by Marco Velardi
Elein Fleiss
A Parisian view If you were asked to think of someone that influenced your vision in the way you work and look at things around you, for me one of these persons would be Elein Fleiss. I still remember clearly the first time we met in Paris some time ago, when I visited her apartment…
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Text by Arquitectura-G
Endless set of possibilities
Ghent: The work of Maarten Van Severen (1956, Antwerp, Belgium) has always been significant for us. In fact, he’s always been present among the pictures we have in our studio. He produced a series of brilliant designs in a short but very intense career, up until his death in 2005. The reason for bringing his…
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Text by Jason Nocito
Elevate me later
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Text by Jocko Weyland
Edward Colver
A day in the strife Los Angeles: The doyen of Southern California punk photography, Edward Colver vividly and thoroughly covered its heyday in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with countless now-classic records featuring his indelible images. Iconic pictures such as Chuck Burke flipping over the crowd on the back of Wasted Youth’s ‘Reagan’s In’ LP,…
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Text by Adrian Gaut
Elizabeth Beer & Brian Janusiak
Useful accumulation New York City: When I arrived to interview Brian and Elizabeth at their place in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, a string of activities was in progress. Nuala, who’s 16, was doing her Latin homework on the conversation pit/island of a couch. Ona, who’s two and a half, was opening every board game and puzzle onto…
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Text by Matthew Freemantle
Esther Mahlangu
Queen of Ndebele art Weltevreden: She may be a celebrated international artist whose work has been exhibited alongside the likes of Warhol, Hockney, and Rauschenberg, but Esther Mahlangu remains relatively obscure in her own country. It’s hard to find South Africans who know her well. Indeed, it’s hard to actually find her at all, living as…
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Text by Rui Tenreiro
Estufa
The story begins when I was a kid. My mother and I are queuing at a food outlet in Maputo, my hometown. At this time Mozambique had a Marxist-Leninist regime, and all food was rationed. In some stores there was nothing but empty shelves. When people got hold of five litres of oil, they would swap…
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Text by Tim Small
Enzo Mari
The essence of beauty Milan: I was in a really tight spot when Marco’s iChat bubble came up on my screen, asking me if I wanted to interview Enzo Mari. I didn’t know what to say. Why me? I just didn’t get it. I’ve never been interested in design, or architecture, or chairs and whatnot….
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Text by Karley Sciortino
Erol Alkan
At home Erol Alkan first got people talking back in the late 90’s when his signature mash-ups put him on the forefront of the bastard-pop wave of music. Since then he’s become one of the most respected and exciting dance music DJs in the world. From 1997 to 2007 he was host to the now…
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Text by Scott A. Sant'Angelo
Enzo & Romeo
pets Age: Enzo 4, Romeo 3 Breed: Whippet Gender: Both male Special marks: Enzo has brindle markings and Romeo has fawn markings Feeding: Two measured meals of high protein kibble twice a day with special meals prepared for their birthdays. Enzo and Romeo were both purchased from a whippet breeder in Southern California that specializes…
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I live in the east village. The building is fun, because there is a mix of young and creative people and old peculiar folks who have lived here since the hippie and crack years. They could all be characters out of a book by Salinger. There is a lady who sits in the lobby holding…