Aperture 255 Summer 2024
From fashion to architecture to the printed page, and beyond, this issue, featuring Aperture's new look, considers how photography and design frame our daily lives. Customers will receive one of three unique covers, chosen at random, featuring an image by David Hartt, Luigi Ghirri, or Dayanita Singh.
| Weight | 0.645000 |
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| Binding | Magazine |
| Pages | 144 |
| Report Date | 2024/06/01 |
| Date Published | 1st June 2024 |
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| Frequency | quarterly |
| ISBN13/Barcode | 9781597115674 |
| ISBN10 | 1597115673 |
| Publisher | Aperture Foundation |
Features
EDITORS’ NOTE
The Design Issue
CUTTING A FIGURE
The fashion designer Duro Olowu’s endless curiosity
A conversation with Dan Thawley
PARADISE LOST
David Hartt reveals the tensions between architecture and history
Mimi Zeiger
FERRARI BY LUIGI GHIRRI
The Italian photographer’s study of the mythic carmaker
Michael Famighetti
BETTER LIVING
Dayanita Singh finds common ground in the work of two architects
Tausif Noor
EMPIRE PLAZA
Daniel Shea explores a utopian dream in Albany
Julian Rose
DESIGN TOUCHES EVERYTHING
The critic Alice Rawsthorn on design as a response to life
A conversation with Billie Muraben
OFF THE WALL
The many possibilities of photography exhibitions
David Campany and Sara Knelman
THE SHAPE OF THINGS
How do images make products irresistible?
Jesse Dorris
PAST LIVES
Coreen Simpson’s artistic avatars
Thessaly La Force
DREAM SEQUENCE
Uncanny realities inspire Nhu Xuan Hua’s pictures
Larissa Pham
THE THEATER OF PAUL KOOIKER
A fresh voice in fashion deploys oddity and improvisation
Columns
AGENDA
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Japanese Women Photographers, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Tropical Modernism
TIMELINE
Kim Beil on a brief history of the moon
VIEWFINDER
Declan Long on Akihiko Okamura’s outsider view of Northern Ireland
STUDIO VISIT
Brendan Embser on Stefan Ruiz’s art-filled Brooklyn home
CURRICULUM
Alejandro Cartagena on Back to the Future, Latin American photography, and flea-market finds
SPOTLIGHT
Lucy McKeon on Avion Pearce’s poetic world-building
ENDNOTE
Olivia Laing on the art of garden making
The PhotoBook Review
POETIC RESEARCH
Dori Tunstall speaks with the designers behind Polymode
ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Christina Cacouris on Alexey Brodovitch’s iconic art direction
THE DESIGNER’S BOOKSHELF
Twelve studios discuss their favorite books