This month BLEND Magazine releases an unconventionally themed issue: Soft Sell, Hard Sell. BLEND Magazine’s editor in chief wanted to present advertising as an underestimated art form and tell the story of the masters that are responsible for making it. People like Wilbert Das, the former creative director of advertising driven brand DIESEL, to Hans Ulrich Obrist (ranked number one in Art Review’s annual top 100 of most influential people in the art industry). From advertising legend George Lois to photographer of Benetton’s legendary campaigns Oliviero Toscani.
The line includes backpacks, totes, accessories, and travel items featuring Haring’s iconic imagery, including his signature heart and the Radiant Baby artwork.
Innovation you can feel. We traveled to Milano during the Winter Olympic Games to speak with Danielle Kayembe, Expert Apparel Product Innovation Manager at Nike, who has been closely involved in bringing this vision to life, about the journey behind the innovation — and how a jacket powered by air became a real change.
Inside Spazio Maiocchi, a gallery space in Milan, something unfamiliar is happening. A 150 meter loop of off road terrain has been constructed indoors.
Ami Paris has released a special selection for Valentine’s Day. Continuing its ethos of celebrating love in all forms, founder Alexandre Mattiussi has designed exclusive pieces.
Willy Chavarria has launched a new line called BIG WILLY. It is presented as a core, evergreen workwear collection infused with the brand’s energy and humor.
Turn the page. Breathe deep. Your pupils are already dilating. The high is coming.
Issue 26 brings together two electrifying covers that take the dopamine dive from Sadiq Desh captured by Cris Cerdeira to multidisciplinary visual artist and photographer Tomás Pintos’ cover story, Besos hasta agotar stock (Kisses Until Sold Out), developed from the live performance creating a space where glamour
meets exhaustion.
