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A Publisher is pleased to announce Synthesis Curated for Youssouf Fofana, a project supported by Jordan Brand that will launch to coincide with their exhibition project District 23 – a living, breathing example of how to use sport’s greatest stage, as an accelerator for lasting impact that serves the entire community, particularly the next generation – an initiative creative directed by Fofana for Jordan Brand. Synthesis Curated For Youssouf Fofana is guest-edited by the French-Senegalese designer and founder of Maison Château Rouge and the Union de la jeunesse internationale himself, on the occasion of Jordan Brand’s Summer of Basketball Culture. The issue serves as an exploration of the African diaspora — in particular creatives connected to Senegal and West Africa (where Fofana finds his roots) — in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, with a look at how sport and shared culture can create community. 

From exploring the inter-African football matches at Square Leon, where aunties are selling their craft and foods to onlookers, to the exploration of Senegalese handcraft, textile and embroidery, to new takes on French classic cuisine, the 112 page issue explores the ideas around a synthesis of French identity – where the children of immigrants have created their own lines of creative expression that call on their blended heritage of two homes — in Paris and from the continent. 

The 18th represents for Fofana the new — and maybe real — France; Design and art movements in and around the base of Montmartre are contextualised historically, as the area has been for over a century the locale of many of Paris’ creative community. Fofana calls upon many creatives and collaborators who have spent time in and around the Goutte D’Or neighbourhood, including artists, photographers, designers, musicians, athletes, chefs, historians and entrepreneurs.

The dialogue between the cultures of West and North Africa and Paris are at the heart of this issue, brought to life in many forms, ranging from food to fashion, music to design, and much more. 

The cover references the plastic striped bags many families in the African — but also global — diaspora communities use to carry goods from the market, with illustrated ‘travel stickers’ on the back cover. Accompanied by a map-poster insert of the 18th arrondissement, places that make the neighbourhood what it is, Fofana invites the reader to explore an often overlooked neighbourhood to experience his — and the new — Paris. 

Contributors include: 

Alassan Diawara, Aby Gaye, Alexandre Zongo, Amy Sall, Annie Vallet, Axel Aurejac, Diadié Diombana, Djamal Saka, Eva Diallo, Glory Kabe, Harlem Lamine, Haroun, Ilyes Griyeb, Inès di Folco Jemni, Khalilou Fadiga, Laye Mar, Loick Mfoundou, Lou Assous, Marianne Costade, Maty Biayenda, Maya-Inès Touam, Mory Sacko, Moya Diomande, Mustapha, Belhocine, Ramata-Toulaye Sy, Wu Yué, Xulybët, Yanma Fofana and more.

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An A Magazine Curated By special print project in partnership with Acne Studios, conceived as a visual essay by acclaimed French photographer Philippe Chancel revealing the inner workings of Floragatan 13, the former Czech embassy in Stockholm, Sweden transformed into a fashion atelier and corporate office.

This 100-page document delves into the building floor by floor, beginning with the sixth level management offices and descending ten storeys through each crucial component of the design and production ateliers including inspiring and communal spaces such as the ground floor library, underground canteen and photo studio. Numerous floors reveal bespoke and site-specific design projects by long-time Acne Studios favourites including a state-of-the-art lighting network designed by Benoit Lalloz, furniture by Max Lamb, and artworks by Daniel Silver. Philippe Chancel’s crisp, exacting photography is accompanied by insightful quotes by Acne Studios creative director Jonny Johansson, architect Johannes Norlander, the Acne Studios teams and external collaborators.

Designed by Savvy Studio in New York City, FLORAGATAN 13 CURATED BY ACNE STUDIOS is presented as an embossed envelope in matte grey card designed to mimic the vertical textures of the building’s concrete façade.

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Femininities Curated By Natacha Ramsay-Levi is a limited-edition zine created for the 2019 Hyères Fashion, Photography & Accessories Festival that takes place inside the historic Villa Noailles on the French Riviera. Inspired by the collective spirit of the artistic and literary figures who surrounded both Chloé founder Gaby Aghion and Marie-Laure de Noailles, a renowned patron of the arts, the 100-page collectible document meanders through a collection of texts and poems in English and French alongside journal entries by Natacha Ramsay-Levi and Gaby Aghion. Channeling the solar spirit of the Chloé collections, a mesmerizing portfolio of images photographed by Gareth McConnell and styled by Camille Bidault-Waddington depicts a trio of free-spirited Chloé girls in constant movement. Artistic contributions by Chloé collaborators from Rithika Merchant, Marion Verboom and Isabelle Cornaro join texts by Ramsay-Levi's heroes including Judy Chicago, René Char, and Valentine Schlegel, as well as a scrapbook by jeweler Ligia Dias, a close friend and collaborator. 

Further exploring links with the Villa Noailles, Femininities Curated By Natacha Ramsay-Levi features stills from Man Ray's 1929 film Les Mystères du Château du Dé filmed in and around Hyères showcasing the very same indoor swimming pool in which Chloé unveils Natacha Ramsay-Levi's fashion exhibition 90 years later. Closing the document, a 24-page carnet of blank writing paper dotted with feminist quotations allows readers at home to add their own thoughts and memories to their Chloé zine. 

CONTRIBUTORS:

Camille Bidault-Waddington, Céline Chalem, Gaby Aghion, Gareth McConnell, Hélène Ahrweiler, Jane Graverol, Joyce Mansour, Judy Chicago, Julia Kristeva, Ligia Dias, Mai-Thu Perret, Man Ray, Marguerite Duras, Marion Verboom, Maya Angelou, Max Papart, Raphael Hefti, René Char, Rithika Merchant, Valentine Schlegel, William Blake.

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A PUBLISHER and PACO RABANNE are delighted to announce NUDES CURATED BY JULIEN DOSSENA, the first in an exclusive series of small-run print publications complimentary to A MAGAZINE curated by and dedicated to capturing iconic moments in our global cultural calendar. Inviting a new creative persona to curate each issue, these site-specific documents each function as a 100-page magazine to support events, exhibitions, and anniversaries – from art fairs to cultural festivals, biennales, and photography exhibitions.

NUDES CURATED BY JULIEN DOSSENA celebrates the 31st International Festival of Fashion and Photography in Hyères, France, where Dossena presides over the fashion jury in his role as Creative Director of the maison Paco Rabanne. Initiated by Editor in Chief Dan Thawley, the project takes inspiration from the monograph ‘Nues’ by Jean Clemmer (1969), a rare photography book published by Pierre Belfond Editions that celebrates the female nude and the iconic Paco Rabanne styles of the time.

NUDES CURATED BY JULIEN DOSSENA unfolds as a long form photography portfolio shot by Spanish photographer Coco Capitàn and styled by Elodie David in the grounds of the Villa Noailles, the 1920s modernist maison d’hiver designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens for Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles perched high above the town of Hyères on the French Riviera. Capitàn’s photographs feature top models Emmy Rappe, Lena Hardt, and Nirvana Naves wearing contemporary and archive pieces from Paco Rabanne. An in-depth dialogue between Julien Dossena and Dan Thawley on the subject of modern day nudity and eroticism accompanies the images, alongside a poetic series of Coco Capitàn Writings scattered throughout.

 

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