All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. No family is perfect. This doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
It’s the search for perfection that guides us when choosing new members for our families. It’s what allows us to love and become dependent on other people, other friends, other partners. This is the real family. It should be this sacred place of mutual understanding that protects and educates us. This family can consist of your mother, father, your friends, your cat, your boyfriend, your two boyfriends, grandmother, aunt: ultimately whoever you want it to consist of, without needing the proof provided by a DNA test.
It’s to this family that we dedicate this issue. Whether traditional or unusual, this concept has been essential in the shaping of the designers, artists and other creatives that we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to.
Isaac Hempstead Wright known from the notorious Stark clan graces our fourteenth cover shot by Michiel Meewis and styled by Michael Miller.
To help us understanding the concept of FAMILY, in this issue we feature editorials by Allan Hamitouche, Asaf Einy, Dorian Ulises López, Eric Lobb, Fabien Montique, Kapturing, Lois Cohen, Marc Medina, Paola Vivas, Peggy Kuiper, Rasharn Agyemang, Rui Palma, Simon, and interviews with Haider Hackerman, Xander Zhou, GmbH designers Benjamin Alexander Huseby and Serhat Isik ,Willy Chavarria, Shalva Nikvashvili, Patricio Campillo, Conan Osiris, and many more.
Welcome to the FAMILY issue.