THE SPACECRAFT PROJECT FOR SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006

Since CHAPTER005, SOME/THINGS has had a close relationship with creative duo DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD and NICHOLAS ALAN COPE. After first featuring their PUTESCO series, SOME/THINGS collaborated with COPE and ARNOLD for THE SPACECRAFT PROJECT in CHAPTER006, in addition to two exclusive articles for the upcoming CHAPTER007, for which more details will be released soon.

Based on a concept by Monika Bielskyte in collaboration with art director Dustin Edward Arnold, with photography by Nicholas Alan Cope, THE SPACECRAFT PROJECT reinvents the language of sci-fi using computer graphics and digital image manipulation to create otherworldly vehicles with an aesthetic scale that is rare even in motion pictures. A PREVIEW OF the feature is ONLINE / ENTIRE ARTICLE ONLY IN THE PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 / THE DARK LABYRINTH

EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH INTEL IN CHAPTER006

FOR AN EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION TO COINCIDE WITH THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MICROPROCESSOR, SOME/THINGS AGENCY WAS COMMISSIONED TO DEVELOP A NEW WAY TO PHOTOGRAPHICALLY REPRESENT ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY, EXPLORING INTEL’S HISTORY THROUGH VISUALLY ARRESTING IMAGES OF NEW AND ARCHIVE WAFERS AND CHIPS [SHOT IN PARIS, SILICON VALLEY, AND LOS ANGELES] AND EXTENSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH THEIR ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND FUTURISTS, INCLUDING WITH STEPHEN L. SMITH, BRIAN DAVID JOHNSON, & GENEVIEVE BELL. PUBLISHED IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006, THE FEATURE WAS THE RESULT OF GAINING UNPRECEDENTED COOPERATION FROM INTEL’S R&D TEAM



[...COMMON DENOMINATOR VS INDIVIDUAL / history has always been a dialogue between moments of extraordinary bravery and courage and brilliance and full-heartedness on the part of people who, for a better world or a different world, had a vision of how things could be. And then moments where it’s, in fact, a whole group of people standing up and saying it’s going to be something— whether they stand up and say it’s going to be the end of 30 years of rule in Egypt or we’re going to attempt to change the Chinese government or we’re going to overthrow the French aristocracy.

I am aware of people standing up to say ‘we like reality TV’ and the brave individuals and the full-hearted ones have run the gamut too— from politicians and activists and visionaries to pop stars. And you know, you can say, probably not unreasonably, that Elvis Presley changed the world. Would you argue that he was a visionary or a fine human being or that he had a fine vision? Maybe not, but I think it has always been a tension between visionaries and people who imagine other states and who are willing to just get up there and push for them.

I think we go through moments of lamenting the common denominator but we forget sometimes that when a country or a culture or a group of people decide to do things en masse it has an amazing impact. Whether it’s for good or for bad I think is a different question, but for me personally, you have to strive for excellence, you have to have a big vision. And I think you have to make room for there to be lots of points of view. I’m less interested in an elitist thing that says, ‘I know what’s best for everyone’. I want to make it possible for everyone to have something. But those things are always in tension...]


/ EXCERPT FROM A TEXT BASED ON A CONVERSATION BETWEEN GENEVIEVE BELL & MONIKA BIELSKYTE. ENTIRE ARTICLE ONLY IN THE PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 / THE DARK LABYRINTH












/ photography by DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD, NICHOLAS ALAN COPE, & AIGA OZOLINA
SPECIAL THANKS TO mikael moreau & julien laval

A PREVIEW OF the feature in SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 is ONLINE.
FOR MORE, SEE THE SOME/THINGS AGENCY PORTFOLIO

THOM BROWNE AUTUMN/WINTER SHOW LAST YEAR FOR THE VILLA EUGÉNIE PROJECT

THOM BROWNE AUTUMN WINTER 2012/2013 SHOW PHOTOGRAPHED BY MONIKA BIELSKYTE DURING PARIS FASHION WEEK AS PART OF AN EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION WITH ETIENNE RUSSO & VILLA EUGÉNIE.

FEATURED IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006, THE PROJECT PRESENTED AN ARTISTIC REPORTAGE OF THE EVENTS AND FASHION SHOWS VILLA EUGÉNIE PRODUCE IN PARIS, MILAN, and NEW YORK FOR HOUSES SUCH AS LANVIN, YVES SAINT LAURENT, DIOR HOMME, and DRIES VAN NOTEN, IN ADDITION TO AN UNPRECEDENTED INTERVIEW WHICH DISCUSSES ETIENNE’S INFLUENCES OUTSIDE OF FASHION. A PREVIEW OF THE ARTICLE IS ONLINE. SEE THE SOME/THINGS AGENCY PORTFOLIO for more.

/ THOM BROWNE WILL PRESENT HIS AW2013/2014 MEN'S COLLECTION TONIGHT AT 6PM DURING PARIS FASHION WEEK.

SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006 EVENT AT GALLERY AESTHETE LAST NOVEMBER

Last November, GALLERY AESTHETE hosted the Chicago launch event of SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006. The fashion lifestyle boutique features luxury menswear alongside a rotating selection of fine art, with collections from designers such as RICK OWENS, COMME DES GARÇONS, JULIUS, and BORIS BIDJAN SABERI. SOME/THINGS ISSUE001 through to CHAPTER006 are currently available in store. For more information, visit galleryaesthete.com



LONNEY WHITE artwork, interior design by LUKAS MACHNIK









Danas Daoud and Steven Smiss with interior architect LUKAS MACHNIK





Gamaliel Gomez looking at SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE





Miriam Farrish with GALLERY AESTHETE's owner STEPHEN NAPARSTEK









RICK OWENS architecture photography in SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE ISSUE002



/PHOTOGRAPHY BY MATTHEW REEVES

18TH CENTURY SKETCHES BY ÉTIENNE-LOUIS BOULLÉE IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 FEATURES SKETCHES BY VISIONARY ARCHITECT & THEORIST ÉTIENNE-LOUIS BOULLÉE FROM BETWEEN 1728 & 1799, ACCOMPANIED BY TEXT EXCERPTS FROM ARCHITECTURE, ESSAI SUR L’ART.



// Vue intérieure d’un Muséum 1783




/ Coupe avec globe armillaire Cénotaphe de Newton / XVIII century
// Coupe du cénotaphe de Newton XVIII century




/ élévation géométrale d’une chapelle des morts projet numéro 22 / XVIII century




/ Elévation géométrale d’un monument funéraire projet numéro 24 / XVIII century


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

BORIS BIDJAN SABERI PORTRAITS PHOTOGRAPHED AT HIS ATELIER IN BARCELONA

SOME/THINGS has a long-standing relationship with IRANIAN-GERMAN MENSWEAR designer BORIS BIDJAN SABERI, featuring portraits and visual documentation of the creation of his Spring/Summer 2010 show for ISSUE001, a site-specific oxidised metal with felt wool and dripped tar sculpture for the launch of CHAPTER005, and an intimate editorial FEATURING MODEL, & co-star of LANA DEL REY’S ‘BORN TO DIE’ & 'blue jeans' VIDEOS, BRADLEY SOILEAU, photographed at boris bidjan saberi's ATELIER WITH garments from the Autumn Winter 2012/2013 collection, for SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006.

In addition to a series of limited edition BORIS BIDJAN SABERI | SOME/THINGS bags, available exclusively through the SOME/THINGS BOUTIQUE, SOME/THINGS AGENCY also produced a video documenting boris' collaboration with eyewear brand linda farrow.

/ The above portraits photographed by MONIKA BIELSKYTE at Boris' montserrat studio near barcelona during shootings for SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006. PREVIEWS OF the features in SOME/THINGS CAN BE SEEN ONLINE / ENTIRE ARTICLES ONLY IN THE PRINTED EDITIONS OF SOME/THINGS

SELECT DRAWINGS BY RICARDO BOFILL & TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA IN CHAPTER006

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE 32-PAGE FEATURE WITH WORLD FAMOUS SPANISH ARCHITECT RICARDO BOFILL AND HIS FIRM taller de arquitectura— RENOWNED FOR BRINGING NOMADIC SAHARAN ARCHITECTURE INTO CONTEMPORARY DESIGN, WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SOCIOLOGISTS, AND PHILOSOPHERS. THE ARTICLE INCLUDES IMAGES BY taller de arquitectura AND SOME/THINGS, AS WELL AS A REVEALING INTERVIEW PROVIDING INSIGHT INTO BOFILL'S PERSONAL LIFE AND HIS CRITIQUES OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.















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

ARCHITECTURE PHOTOGRAPHY BY AITOR ORTIZ IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 FEATURES SPANISH PHOTOGRAPHER AITOR ORTIZ'S DECONSTRUCTED SCENES— A SUBJECTIVE EXPRESSION OF TIME AND PLACE, THE IMAGES MANIPULATE THE SCALE AND PERSPECTIVE OF ARCHITECTONIC FORMS, CREATING AN UNFAMILIAR CITYSCAPE.















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

IS THE FUTURE WHAT YOU IMAGINED [CHAPTER006 PREFACE]

PREVIEWS FROM FEATURES IN SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006, INCLUDING ASTON MARTIN, BILL HENSON, INTEL, SYD MEAD, CLAUDE PARENT, MICK ROCK, & HIDEAKI UCHIYAMA, ARE ONLINE / ENTIRE ARTICLES ONLY IN THE PRINTED EDITION OF SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 / THE DARK LABYRINTH, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN 30 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE, OR VIA OUR ONLINE BOUTIQUE.

TO SEE THE FULL LIST OF STOCKISTS, VISIT someslashthings.com/worldwide distribution.

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 / NYC COCKTAIL THIS FRIDAY NOV 30

Tomorrow night, SOME/THINGS CHAPTER006 will be presented at SELECT FRIDAYS NEW YORK, hosted by Jules Kim [Bijules] and Katie Longmyer [Good Peoples], with guests MINT&SERF, SOME/THINGS creative director Monika Bielskyte, and DJ Equal.

Friday, 30th November [10pm-2am]
El Jockey Lounge at Super Linda / 109 West Broadway, NYC [at Reade St]