Three views of a transparent, prism-like Lumia structure in a wooded setting, scattering bands of rainbow light across its reflective surfaces.

How Not to Repeat an Image

George Stadnik on Lumia, light, time and the search for an image that never repeats.

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A Bow to the Original

VOLKER HERMES HIDES THE FACE TO SEE WHAT THE REST OF THE PORTRAIT CAN DO

The Magazine You Don’t Throw Away

Print circulation fell. The magazine survived. Its job changed

The Medium Forgot the Message

NOAH BECKER ON POPULARITY, TASTE AND JUDGMENT

When the Archive Chooses What Returns

DIGITAL MEMORY, STORAGE AND THE SYSTEMS THAT DECIDE WHAT COMES BACK

CURATED CULTURE • FASHION • DESIGN • VISUAL STORYTELLING • EDITORIAL • DISCOVERY • STYLE • INSPIRATION •

A symbolic image of a series of cards of images representing social media.

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The button stayed the same. The system behind it changed what that choice could do.

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the object edıt

Objects that stay with us long after recognition.

the EDITORIAL selectıon

Available today. Beyond the season.

moodboard

Selected for the detail that sets it apart.

conversatıons

Different ways of seeing the same world.

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Editor’s Picks

The Image Arrived First

What changes when we see an artwork’s image long before we encounter the work itself?

The stars of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in the 1970s.

Corset and Action!

There was little reason to treat that corset as an object with a future.

The Good Old Em Dash

A punctuation mark has been made to answer for who wrote the sentence.

The City Rebuilt Before

The promise of Skopje 2028 is not to give the city one clear image.

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Can a Silhouette Have an Author?
Sarah Burton’s final Alexander McQueen collection beside her Givenchy debut.
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The Room Returns in Pieces
A show-flat carpet and concert-hall acoustics return as a rug and a lamp.

Holly Golightly in the Breakfast at Tiffany's

Beyond the First Glance

Magelier looks at fashion, interiors, objects and places through the details that are often passed over at first sight. It follows form, atmosphere and use as they move through daily life.