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SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006
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FREDDIE MERCURY OF QUEEN PHOTOGRAPHED BY
MICK ROCK
GIVAUDAN PERFUME FACTORY PHOTOGRAPHED BY
MONIKA BIELSKYTE
CLAUDE PARENT SKETCH
THE LINEUP INCLUDES
AITOR ORTIZ
SPANISH PHOTOGRAPHER AITOR ORTIZ’S DECONSTRUCTED LANDSCAPES— A SUBJECTIVE EXPRESSION OF TIME & PLACE, ORTIZ MANIPULATES THE SCALE & PERSPECTIVE OF ARCHITECTONIC FORMS, CREATING AN UNFAMILIAR CITYSCAPE.
ASTON MARTIN
FOCUSING ON THE ONE-77 SUPERCAR, WITH ACCESS TO THEIR MOST GUARDED PRODUCTION AREA, THE ARTICLE PROVIDES A REVEALING LOOK AT THE CREATIVITY BEHIND ONE OF THE MOST ADVANCED DESIGNS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY. STRIKING IMAGES OF THE ONE-77 THROUGHOUT ALL STAGES OF MANUFACTURE AT THE SECRETIVE GAYDON FACTORY DEPICT A FUTURISTIC VISION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
BILL HENSON
AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW & UNPUBLISHED WORKS BY ACCLAIMED AUSTRALIAN ARTIST BILL HENSON, WHOSE PHOTOGRAPHS REVEAL A HAUNTINGLY DARK YET ROMANTIC PORTRAYAL OF THE HUMAN CONDITION— EXQUISITE BEAUTY, ANXIOUS YOUTH, DISTURBING SEXUALITY, & A TENSION BETWEEN SEDUCTION & ISOLATION.
Björk
AN EXCLUSIVE SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF THE ICELANDIC SINGER/SONGWRITER PHOTOGRAPHED BY HER LONG-TIME COLLABORATORS
WARREN DU PREEZ &
NICK THORNTON JONES, THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED CREATIVE DUO KNOWN FOR combining the art of photography with digital image manipulation. They have worked with Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Cartier and BMW among others.
BORIS BIDJAN SABERI
INSIDE THE DESIGNER’S ATELIER, WITH IMAGES OF HIS TEAM, ARCHIVES, & PRODUCTION, AS WELL AS AN INTIMATE EDITORIAL FEATURING MODEL & LANA DEL REY’S ‘BORN TO DIE’ VIDEO CO-STAR
BRADLEY SOILEAU.
CARLO SCARPA
AN ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE WORK OF CARLO SCARPA, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHITECTS OF THE 20TH CENTURY, WHOSE DESIGNS DRAW HEAVILY FROM JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE & VENETIAN TRADITION. PHOTOGRAPHED BY
CHAPTER004 CONTRIBUTOR
CHARLOTTE BALLESTEROS, THE IMAGES CAPTURE THE ELABORATE YET AUSTERE COMPOSITION & SOPHISTICATED DETAIL OF SCARPA’S PROJECTS.
CLAUDE PARENT
ONE OF FRANCE’S MOST REVERED ARCHITECTS. PARENT’S FUNCTION OF THE OBLIQUE THEORY, WHICH WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN THE 1960’S, EXPLORED THE USE OF SLOPES & ANGLES, BECOMING INFLUENTIAL IN THE DESIGNS OF MANY CONTEMPORARY ‘STARCHITECTS’, SUCH AS JEAN NOUVEL, REM KOOLHAAS, & ZAHA HADID. WORKING CLOSELY WITH PARENT [IN COLLABORATION WITH CENTRE POMPIDOU, CITE CHAILLOT, & FRAC CENTRE] TO CONCEIVE AN ‘IMAGINARY CITY’, PHOTOGRAPHED USING HIS ARCHIVE MAQUETTES, THE EXTENSIVE FEATURE ALSO INCLUDES HIS CURRENT RESEARCH, UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS & SKETCHES FROM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, & AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE NOW ALMOST 90 YEAR-OLD ARCHITECTURAL PIONEER.
DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD &
NICHOLAS ALAN COPE
THEIR SPACECRAFT PROJECT, CONCEIVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHAPTER006 IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME/THINGS AGENCY, REINVENTS THE LANGUAGE OF SCI-FI. CREATING OTHERWORLDLY VEHICLES, WHICH TRANSFORM INTO LANDSCAPES, WITH A CONCEPTUAL & AESTHETIC SCALE THAT IS RARE EVEN IN MOTION PICTURES.
EL BULLI /
FERRAN ADRIA
REGARDED AS THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD & WIDELY CONSIDERED AS THE INVENTOR OF MOLECULAR CUISINE— A MAJOR REVOLUTION IN COOKING. PART OF A CLOSE COLLABORATION OVER SEVERAL ISSUES, THE FEATURE INCLUDES AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH INSIGHT INTO HIS CURRENT PRACTICE & THE FOUNDATION DEVELOPMENTS, DETAILS OF WHICH WERE NOT GOING TO BE REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE 2014
GALILEO GALILEI
A FEATURE IN COLLABORATION WITH UFFIZI GALLERIES, OFFERING A UNIQUE REPRESENTATION OF CENTURIES-OLD SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS WITHIN A MODERN CONTEXT.
GEERT GOIRIS
THE BELGIAN-BORN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST’S UTOPIST ARCHITECTURAL IMAGES CREATED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SOME/THINGS.
GIVAUDAN
THE LARGEST MANUFACTURER OF FRAGRANCES IN THE WORLD, WITH IMAGES INSIDE THE FACTORY, THEIR PERFUMERY SCHOOL, & THE PERSONAL LAB’S OF THEIR STAR PERFUMER’S, IN ADDITION TO AN INTERVIEW WITH
ANTOINE MAISONDIEU— THE GRANDSON OF ALBERT CAMUS & NOSE BEHIND THE ICONIC SCENTS OF ARMANI, GUCCI, BURBERRY, & COMME DES GARÇONS.
HIDEAKI UCHIYAMA
JAPAN UNDERGROUND SERIES— A SURREAL DEPICTION OF UNKNOWN STRUCTURAL SPACES [INCLUDING NUCLEAR PLANTS, MEDICAL LABS, ANTI-FLOOD SYSTEMS, & ELABORATE BUNKERS], WHICH CAPTURE AN INVISIBLE SUBTERRANEAN METROPOLIS.
INTEL
A SPECIAL COLLABORATION FOR THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MICROPROCESSOR, SHOT IN SILICON VALLEY & LOS ANGELES, WITH UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION FROM INTEL’S RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
MAS YENDO
SELECT DRAWINGS FROM THE JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL ARCHITECT & DESIGNER— A DARK EXPLORATION OF MACHINES, BIONICS, & THE INDUSTRIAL AGE.
MICK ROCK
A PROVOCATIVE & UNRESTRAINED ACCOUNT OF GLAMROCK IN THE 70S, WITH BOTH ICONIC & UNPUBLISHED IMAGES OF DAVID BOWIE, MICK JAGGER, QUEEN, IGGY POP, LOU REED, & ROXY MUSIC, REVEALING A RAW EMOTION RARELY SEEN IN CURRENT MUSIC PHOTOGRAPHY.
RICARDO BOFILL
WORLD FAMOUS SPANISH ARCHITECT & HIS FIRM TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA— RENOWNED FOR BRINGING NOMADIC SAHARAN ARCHITECTURE INTO CONTEMPORARY DESIGN, WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SOCIOLOGISTS, & PHILOSOPHERS.
SYD MEAD
CONCEPT DESIGNER WHO BEGAN HIS CAREER IN INDUSTRIAL & AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN BEFORE REVOLUTIONISING THE AESTHETICS OF SCI-FI WITH
TRON, & CREATING THE VISUAL CONCEPT FOR THE LANDMARK CYBERPUNK FILM
BLADE RUNNER.
VILLA EUGENIE
THE RESULT OF A CLOSE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MONIKA BIELSKYTE &
ETIENNE RUSSO, THE FEATURE PRESENTS AN ARTISTIC REPORTAGE OF THE EVENTS & FASHION SHOWS THEY PRODUCE IN PARIS, MILAN, NEW YORK & ASIA, FOR HOUSES SUCH AS LANVIN, YVES SAINT LAURENT, DIOR, CHANEL, & DRIES VAN NOTEN, AMONG OTHERS, IN ADDITION TO AN UNPRECEDENTED INTERVIEW WHICH DISCUSSES ETIENNE’S INFLUENCES OUTSIDE OF FASHION, AS WELL AS HIS PROSPECTIVE PROJECTS.
THE ABOVE LINEUP DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL FEATURES IN
SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006, WITH SEVERAL HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PROJECTS TO BE REVEALED IN THE COURSE OF APRIL. CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGES PRIOR TO PUBLICATION.
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