FERRAN ADRIÀ / EL BULLI FOUNDATION PROJECT FOR SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006

SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006 INCLUDES A COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH FERRAN ADRIÀ— REGARDED AS THE BEST CHEF IN THE WORLD AND WIDELY CONSIDERED AS THE INVENTOR OF MOLECULAR CUISINE. IN ADDITION TO AN ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION OF EL BULLI COLLECTION UTENSILS, PHOTOGRAPHED BY SOME/THINGS CREATIVE DIRECTOR MONIKA BIELSKYTE, THE FEATURE INCLUDES AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH INSIGHT INTO ADRIÀ'S CURRENT PRACTICE AND THE EL BULLI FOUNDATION’S DEVELOPMENTS, DETAILS OF WHICH WERE NOT GOING TO BE REVEALED TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE 2014.

A PREVIEW OF THE FEATURE IS NOW ONLINE. ENTIRE ARTICLE ONLY IN THE PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 / THE DARK LABYRINTH











/ Special thanks to Luis García [EL BULLI] and Telefónica for granting us exclusive access to their working sessions and a visit to their r&d department.

For more information, visit elbulli.com / telefonica.com

INTERVIEW WITH SOME/THINGS' MONIKA BIELSKYTE FOR THESWITCH.COM

[In a long, two-part interview, we talk to Monika Bielskyte, creative director of Paris based art, design and media project, SOME/THINGS, that’s expressed by a luxury book that comes in ‘chapters’. As chapter 6 entitled The Dark Labyrinth begins its world tour with a series of events scheduled in Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Shanghai and Miami, we stole the biggest luxury known to man - time - with Monika to help us get our heads around what exactly SOME/THINGS is all about……

[...]

Can you tell us about one or two old stories from previous issues that you still love…
Working with Rick Owens, who is truly one of the most innovative designers today, throughout our first 5 issues was a wonderful experience, spending time with both him and Michele over the course of 3 years to present a very special look inside their world, taking portraits of their team in 6 locations in Italy and Paris, including Rick and Michele’s Palais Bourbon home, the factories, offices, and backstage leading up to the runway shows, collaborating on Rick’s perfume imagery and so much more.

Architectural pioneer Claude Parent is truly one of the brightest and most inspiring people I was blessed to meet. Now almost 90 years old, Claude is younger at heart than any young person I’ve met, his sense of wonder, his openness, his grace, his generosity were a true lesson of life, extending way further than just professional learning. He showed us his incredible collection of unpublished works, some of which we featured, and of course the interview we did with him, which ended up being almost 10,000 words! We worked very closely with Claude, as well as the CENTRE POMPIDOU, CITÉ CHAILLOT, and FRAC CENTRE, to conceive an ‘imaginary city’, photographed and filmed using his archive scale models. When he saw the film, he was truly moved by it… such genuine emotional moments— is really what makes me want to continue doing what we do.

Our new issue actually had some very personal interviews, I remember Ricardo Bofill telling me about winning a competition to build a mosque for Saddam Hussein, just before the war. His descriptions of Hussein becoming progressively more extravagant ‘walking like a Callas in an amphitheatre full of bearded men’ as Ricardo recalled, were insights into an extraordinary life, stories one doesn’t really learn by reading conventional press.

I also really enjoyed working with FERRAN ADRIÀ and EL BULLI. Ferran is widely regarded as the best chef in the world, and molecular cuisine is something that has always interested me. Being alongside Ferran during the El Bulli foundation’s brainstorming sessions with TELEFONICA’s R&D team, many of the details of which were not going to be disclosed to the public before 2014, was a truly revelatory and enriching experience...]


/ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW HAS BEEN UPLOADED TO THE SOME/THINGS PRESS ARCHIVE

EVENT REMINDER | chapter006 private launch tomorrow at some/things secret

/ photography by michael comninus, SOME/THINGS AGENCY

the CHAPTER006 launch event will be held tomorrow, JULY 1ST, AT some/things Secret in paris. ATTENDANCE BY INVITATION ONLY, FOR PRESS ENQUIRIES CONTACT PRESS[AT]SOMESLASHTHINGS[DOT]COM

50 copies of CHAPTER006 will be made available for purchase during the event. FOR PRE-ORDERS PLEASE SEE THE SOME/THINGS BOUTIQUE.

REMINDER | SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006 PRIVATE LAUNCH EVENT JULY 1ST

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 / THE DARK LABYRINTH explores the future through the eyes of historic & contemporary visionaries with specific emphasis on science & technology, featuring some of the most remarkable & innovative creatives from fields such as industrial design, engineering, & architecture, including ASTON MARTIN, BILL HENSON, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, CARLO SCARPA, CLAUDE PARENT, GALILEO GALILEI, GIVAUDAN, INTEL, MICK ROCK, as well as RICARDO BOFILL, & SYD MEAD, among others.

the launch event will be held JULY 1ST AT some/things Secret in paris. ATTENDANCE BY INVITATION ONLY.



CHAPTER006 preview event filmed & edited by nat urazmetova at some/things Secret, with production by SOME/THINGS AGENCY

/ FOR PRE-ORDERS OF CHAPTER006, SEE THE SOME/THINGS BOUTIQUE

PRINTING ASTON MARTIN, AITOR ORTIZ, CARLO SCARPA, EL BULLI, & CLAUDE PARENT

Doubling the edition size compared to past issues, & increasing dimensions to 31.5cm by 31.5cm, SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 contains over 400 pages of EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS & EXQUISITE VISUAL MATERIAL, PROVIDING A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO THE WORLD OF ITS CONTRIBUTORS



aston martin ONE-77 photographed by monika bielskyte




DESTRUCTURAS 069 photographed by aitor ortiz








carlo scarpa photographed by charlotte ballesteros




FERRAN ADRIA & el bulli feature photographed by monika bielskyte




claude parent model photographed by monika bielskyte


All instagram previews photographed by monika bielskyte at IMPRIMERIE COMELLI, PARIS
/ TO PRE-ORDER CHAPTER006, VISIT boutique.someslashthings.com

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 PREVIEW AS WE ARE EDITING IT / PART 3

part 3 of our instagram images DURING the editing process, taken by SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE editor-in-chief monika bielskyte. see more at twitter.com/#!/MONIKABIELSKYTE



Bradley Soileau WEARING Boris bidjan saberi KNIT & LEATHER COLLAR PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BieLSKYTE




detail of ferran Adria's el bulli FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BieLSKYTE




spacecraft project photographed by DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS ALAN COPE




LANVIN HOMME FW2012 RUNWAY PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BieLSKYTE IN COLLABORATION WITH etienne rosso & villa eugenie



Aston Martin one-77 PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BieLSKYTE


TO PRE-ORDER CHAPTER006, VISIT boutique.someslashthings.com

REMINDER | SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006 PRIVATE PREVIEW TOMORROW

DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS ALAN COPE' SPACECRAFT PROJECT, CONCEIVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR CHAPTER006 IN COLLABORATION WITH SOME/THINGS AGENCY


PRIVATE PREVIEW OF THE UPCOMING SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006, FEATURING AITOR ORTIZ, ANTOINE MAISONDIEU / GIVAUDAN, ASTON MARTIN, BILL HENSON, Björk, BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, CARLO SCARPA, CLAUDE PARENT, DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS ALAN COPE, EL BULLI / FERRAN ADRIA, GALILEO GALILEI / UFFIZI GALLERIES, GEERT GOIRIS, HIDEAKI UCHIYAMA, INTEL, MAS YENDO, MICK ROCK, RICARDO BOFILL, SYD MEAD, & VILLA EUGENIE, AMONG SEVERAL HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL PROJECTS TO BE REVEALED IN THE COURSE OF APRIL.

EVENT [INVITATION ONLY] 8-10PM WEDNESDAY MARCH 7TH
AT SOME/THINGS SECRET / 16 VILLA GAUDELET 75011 PARIS +33147009190
PRESS ENQUIRIES / PRESS[AT]SOMESLASHTHINGS[DOT]COM
STOCKIST ENQUIRIES / SALES[AT]SOMESLASHTHINGS[DOT]COM