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  • FRANK OCEAN: The Artist is Absent

    Last month Frank Ocean's album Blonde was certified platinum, breaking one million units sold in an age when nobody seems to be paying for music. But the psychedelic future soul of Frank Ocean has always been about meaning, not numbers. For our Winter 2017/18 issue, music journalist Alex Needham got to the heart of Blonde in "The Artist is Absent," a feature accompanied by a photo editorial shot by Petra Collins and styled by Mel Ottenberg. "Once you let it in," Needham writes, "Ocean's thoughts and emotions are transmitted to you on such an intimate level, they seem to suffuse your central nervous system."More

  • Beatriz Colomina on “Portable Utopias” at Eurozine:

    “Struggle in the street was combined with otherworldly utopias in the low budget, small circulation architectural magazines of the 1960s and 1970s. Free of the constraints of finance and convention, the genre served as an international platform for experimental design and discourse and was instrumental in the progress of architectural modernity.”

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  • “Artists, of course, have always liked to think of themselves as rebels but, the truth is, as long as art remains a prestige economy of the free market — a glitzy barnacle on the side of global finance — it cannot be an effective tool for political change. The best it can hope to do is comment on the political situation after the fact, ‘thematize’ it as it unfolds, or in rare, purely serendipitous cases, anticipate it.”

    Anna Khachiyan, “Art Won’t Save Us” on Open Space

  • Half a Century of Civilian Sketches from the UK’s UFO Desk

    One Sunday in 1952, Lieutenant John Kilburn of the Royal Air Force noticed an unidentifiable silver object, “swinging in a pendular motion . . . similar to a falling sycamore leaf.” The sighting prompted the opening of the UK's Unidentified Flying Object department within the Ministry of Defence, a desk which collected sketches and reports from members of the public, collected here in a hysterical architecture of the British collective unconscious.More

  • 🚨 RE-STOCK 🚨 DIY Branding Kit #3: 032c Laces ⛸ 👞 👟

    Attention to detail is the heart of obsession. At the moment, we at 032c are tied up with our signature shoelaces. Originally produced for Avi Gold’s Better Gift Shop™ Hot Dog Installation at Dover Street Market, Ginza, our “DIY Branding Kit #3: 032c Laces” are available again from our online store in black or red. Now any shoe can become a 032c shoe. Trail boots? Sure. Brogues? Absolutely. Ballet flats? Why on Earth not.

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  • Surprisingly slick art direction from the chaotic world of hardcore punk

    Deliberate art direction may seem out of scope for a scene known for crude songwriting and in-your-face lyrics, but the most impactful bands of the hardcore spectrum have often been those who opt for a considered design direction to accompany their impulsive music. And in a world that rewards a “no fucks given” attitude, a punk band having a glossy art direction is pretty damn punk.More

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  • COME ONE

    COME ALL

    TRAVIS SCOTT’S ASTROWORLD HAS DROPPED.

    Read the 032c interview here or in full graphic splendor in the Summer 2018 issue. Still want more Travis? We’ve got leftover cover fly-posters at our online store.

  • A public service announcement from TRAVIS SCOTT in 032c’s Summer Issue 2018:

    “TO ALL THE FANS THAT COME FROM MILES, I HAVE BEEN WORKING VIGOROUSLY ON MY ALBUM THAT HAS MADE MY BRAIN MORE RADICAL EVERY TIME I PLAY IT. IT MAKES STORMI HIT THE MOONWALK EVERY TIME I HIT PLAY. AND IT’S SOMETHING I PLAN ON DELIVERING TO THE FANS AT ULTIMATE HIGH VOLUME. COME ONE. COME ALL. BE PREPARED TO RAGE AND LEAVE IT OUT ON THE FLOOR. THANK YOU AND GOOD NIGHT FROM ASTROWORLD.”

    Read the INTERVIEW, buy the POSTER, get the ISSUE.