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A Bow to the Original
A face can hide the rest of a portrait. Volker Hermes hides the face instead.


The Magazine You Don’t Throw Away
Print circulation fell. The magazine survived. Its job changed.


Everyone Knows Their Place
Doğu Özgün talks about the roles we inherit and what happens when someone leaves the board.


Luxury Wants Whimsy Now?
If perfection is no longer scarce, what does luxury make scarce instead?


The Em Dash
We can spot the signs. But what do they tell us?


The Medium Forgot the Message
Noah Becker on algorithms, visibility, taste and why popularity is a poor substitute for judgment.


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


Six Designers, One Name
A name made six designers easier to see. It also made their differences harder to separate.


No Proof, No Show
Copenhagen Fashion Week is turning sustainability from promise into proof.


Larger Than Us
Seven familiar figures return at the wrong scale, changing how we read what is before us.


Why Did the Serpent Need a Woman’s Face?
If the serpent was already a powerful symbol, why was it given a human face at all?


Margins of Thought
These notebooks ask what becomes visible when attention stays a little longer.


The Ghost Is Always Me
Je M’appelle Macid on the distance between artist and figure and the power of darker fragility.


Skopje 2028: The City Rebuilt Before
As Skopje prepares for European Capital of Culture 2028, its layered identity offers a new perspective.


The Car That Refused to Stay a Car
This collection follows a car as it slips away from its expected role.


What Remains
Sculptor Korkut Sönmez treats marble and bronze as vessels of time.


The Final Drop
One orange-yellow diamond gives this necklace its point of gravity.


The Architects of Looking
From Gaudí’s façades to Hockney’s pools, some surfaces do more than appear.


When Nothing Disappears: Memory After the Internet
When everything is saved, the problem is no longer preserving the past.


Impossible Materials: When Hardness Bends
A look at impossible materials in fashion, from Chanel’s cement embroidery to Herpen’s 3D shells.
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