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Art Bottega Veneta builds from the blocks of timeless style with its limited edition LC14 The Milanese brand partners with Cassina and Fondation Le Corbusier to reimagine the French architect’s design
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Adriana Cuenca’s new film is a rich, diaristic journey through Myanmar As we travel through the nation’s expansive landscape, we are given a glimpse into the daily life of its people by Alex Hodor-Lee The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram “To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform.” by Caroline Busta Inside ‘Mondo 2000,’ the cyberpunk magazine that gave us a glimpse of the utopian future that never was The magazine's founder R.U. Sirius talks with Claire L. Evans about internet culture's psychedelic early days and its clusterfuck present by Claire L. Evans Dior fine jewelry designer Victoire de Castellane takes us inside her technicolor dreamworld The former 'bourgeois punk' on how she incorporated tie-dye in her latest collection by Divya Bala The politics of pleasure: Is there a place for partying in the revolution? In pursuit of this question, Michelle Lhooq takes Document inside Seattle’s autonomous zone and through the history of protest by Michelle Lhooq The battle over the visual language of counterculture, from Dada to the digital age Transgressive design has been defined by the provocative, cut-and-paste aesthetics of punk. Now, a new face of counterculture has emerged. by Madeleine Morley Saved by the rave: British youth are reclaiming public land to party, even during a pandemic Photographer Laurence Ellis documents the outdoor free parties where communitarian spirit rages on by Oli Warwick Fish, Pole: on crises, change, and the American condition On the eve of the 2020 Presidential Election, writer Brian Blanchfield considers change in the absence of divine intervention by Brian Blanchfield Eddie Van Halen, the guitar god who boosted hard rock into a neon future The late rock legend is best remembered for his searing guitar solos—but Eddie Van Halen's most genius creative moment was one that horrified fans, rock... by Noah Berlatsky Andrew Yang joins Document to discuss political polarization, universal basic income, and America’s future The former presidential hopeful on lessons learned from the campaign trail by Alex Hodor-Lee In the Australian outback, a vision of our uncertain future Anangu have lived in the Australian deserts for millennia, but rising temperatures threaten to make the region inhospitable to humans by Document Journal Vietnam’s “plastic village” is the tale of Western excess For Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue, photographer Laurence Ellis traveled to Australia, Zambia, and Vietnam to investigate what might become of the planet by Clara Malley A new law seeks to expose the NYPD’s secret surveillance technology A closer look at New York City's landmark POST Act—a law the NYPD and Bill de Blasio spent three years trying to quash by Alex Hodor-Lee From virtual Lolitas to extreme sex, deepfake porn is blurring the lines of consent and reality Exploring the dark, liberating, and potentially catastrophic future of technology's freakiest frontier by Chelsea Summers Is lab-grown the new grass-fed? A glimpse into the ethical future of meat From climate change to public health, synthetic meat is going to change our world by Nina Burleigh How do we memorialize America’s gun violence epidemic if we can’t yet see its end? “The question of how to memorialize an ongoing epidemic is a fraught one, particularly at a time when mass shootings have become such a common... by Oliver Wainwright The blurred faces—and ethics—of protest photography Amid revelations of the NYPD’s biometric surveillance programs, photojournalists are forced to reconsider photography in public space. by Alex Hodor-Lee Re-centering the Black experience in the horror genre, from ‘Beloved’ to ‘Get Out’ “Black history is black horror”: scholars and creators Tananarive Due, John Jennings, and Robin R. Means Coleman probe the future of horror—with an eye to... by Noah Berlatsky Portrait of Warren, Ohio—a microcosm of the Rust Belt struggle Trumbull County was a Democratic stronghold before it flipped for Trump in 2016 by Jordan Heller frog design’s Moon scooters are one giant ‘LEAP’ for transportation For Document's Fall/Winter 2019 lunar portfolio, the worldwide design firm imagines three products for life on the Moon. by Document Journal No need for mooncakes on the Moon For Document's Fall/Winter 2019 lunar portfolio, Shanghai-based architecture duo Neri&Hu offer a meditation on humanity's need for nostalgia. by Neri&Hu Why the Moon should operate on a ‘Hotel California’ principle ‘You can check out but you can't leave.’ Critic and sociologist Steve Fuller makes the case in this installment of Document's imagining of lunar life... by Steve Fuller What will we drive on the moon? Lexus shows Document the future For Document Fall/Winter 2019, we called upon culture's brightest minds to envision lunar life. Here are Lexus's seven proposals for luxury space travel. by Maraya Fisher 10 extraordinary creators imagine life on the Moon in Document’s ‘Lunar Portfolio’ Lexus, Nike, OMA, DJ Honey Dijon, and more share their visions for what our future among the stars might hold in this portfolio for Document's... by Meg Thomann Their lands, our future: photographing the resiliency and innovation in the Zambian floodplains Laurence Ellis documents the Barotseland region for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue. by Clara Malley The hysteria-inducing, swashbuckling adventurers behind Louis Vuitton’s most well-traveled trunks From Douglas Fairbanks, the eccentric, old Hollywood celebrity to Casanova orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski, discover whirlwind lives of the original Louis Vuitton carriers. by Aaron Hicklin Dive into the waters of ‘Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing’ We revisit the oddball ’70s magazine, which counted Debbie Harry and Mick Jagger among its cover stars, for Document Fall/Winter 2019 by Anthony Haden-Guest Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later Peaches, Liz Johnson Artur, the infamous Berghain bouncer Sven Marquardt, and others share their memories of an international turning point in Document's F/W 2019 issue. by Aaron Hicklin What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's University of the Underground offers a Master's in the Design of Experiences. After the program's first two chaotic years, Ben Hayoun... by Bella Bathurst Their lands, our future: the indigenous frontline defenders of the Amazon Photographer Laurence Ellis documents the Loreto region of the Amazon rainforest for Document Fall/Winter 2019. by Daegan Miller The new Space Race, and the desperately outdated laws that govern it With talk of Space Force and Moon colonization, Becky Ferreira explains why it might be time to update our 50 year old space treaty in... by Becky Ferreira ‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories Writer Bob Morris reflects on the alternative weekly golden era with Hilton Als, Lynn Yaeger, Michael Musto, and Vince Aletti. by Bob Morris Document spotlights 5 extraordinary people whose work is transporting us from untenable presents to unimagined futures We hear from Jose Antonio Vargas on immigration, Marion Nestle on food, Damian Woetzel on the arts, Sarah Lewis on images, and Irin Carmon on... by Gideon Lewis-Kraus Peter Saville’s fashion apocalypse now The graphic artist discusses his relationships with Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas and why it’s time to ask the hard questions about the fashion industry. by Hilary Moss Andre Walker’s uniquely candid approach to aesthetics basics Hilton Als captures Andre Walker's ingenious, sensual world in a cross-cultural stream of consciousness. by Hilton Als Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the... by Katharine K. Zarrella Revisiting Suck magazine’s experiment in radical feminist pornography Lynne Tillman and other contributors to Suck magazine look back and analyze the legacy that the transgressive magazine left behind. by Alison M. Gingeras At Alaska’s “ground zero” for climate change, a new generation of activists fights to preserve a vanishing way of life Photographer Laurence Ellis and Peter H. Gleick chronicle Alaskans' efforts to fight climate change in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue. by Peter Gleick Has the internet broken the marketplace of ideas? Rethinking free speech in the Digital Age Writer Cody Delistraty explores the limitations of free speech absolution in the era of social media for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue. by Cody Delistraty Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt... by Arthur Vanderbilt A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman Empress Of carves out a kingdom Empress Of singer Lorely Rodriguez talks about her insistence on living through empathy and her DIY origins in Los Angeles. by Fiona Duncan The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction? by Cody Delistraty Information overload: When everything is everywhere, how do we understand what’s important? Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explores where the democratization of information and freedom of choice turn sour for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue. by Brendan Nyhan Fashion Nova on the rise Document transforms the slinky Instagram clubwear sensation Fashion Nova into an indie punk dream. by Ann Binlot Author Chris Kraus interrogates social practice in her upcoming book of the same name Chris Kraus makes radical proposals for how art can be read through context and circumstances in Social Practice by Emily Wells Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration... by Philip Watts A window into 1980s New York with Robert Mapplethorpe, Cooke Mueller, and Sade East Village Eye uncovered the brightest minds of 1980s New York. Thirty years later, editor Leonard Abrams finally shares its story in Document S/S 2018. by Emily Manning The next generation of designers determined to make sustainability a fashion reality Document and graduating students from Parsons School of Design question the fashion industry’s model of excess in this sustainable editorial. by Shawn Lakin Where have all the cowboys gone? The gay rodeo inherits the American West “The animal doesn’t care if I’m male or female, gay or straight. When I’m steer riding is the one time I can legitimately say I’m... by Mark Smith
Adriana Cuenca’s new film is a rich, diaristic journey through Myanmar As we travel through the nation’s expansive landscape, we are given a glimpse into the daily life of its people by Alex Hodor-Lee
The internet didn’t kill counterculture—you just won’t find it on Instagram “To be truly countercultural in a time of tech hegemony, one has to, above all, betray the platform.” by Caroline Busta
Inside ‘Mondo 2000,’ the cyberpunk magazine that gave us a glimpse of the utopian future that never was The magazine's founder R.U. Sirius talks with Claire L. Evans about internet culture's psychedelic early days and its clusterfuck present by Claire L. Evans
Dior fine jewelry designer Victoire de Castellane takes us inside her technicolor dreamworld The former 'bourgeois punk' on how she incorporated tie-dye in her latest collection by Divya Bala
The politics of pleasure: Is there a place for partying in the revolution? In pursuit of this question, Michelle Lhooq takes Document inside Seattle’s autonomous zone and through the history of protest by Michelle Lhooq
The battle over the visual language of counterculture, from Dada to the digital age Transgressive design has been defined by the provocative, cut-and-paste aesthetics of punk. Now, a new face of counterculture has emerged. by Madeleine Morley
Saved by the rave: British youth are reclaiming public land to party, even during a pandemic Photographer Laurence Ellis documents the outdoor free parties where communitarian spirit rages on by Oli Warwick
Fish, Pole: on crises, change, and the American condition On the eve of the 2020 Presidential Election, writer Brian Blanchfield considers change in the absence of divine intervention by Brian Blanchfield
Eddie Van Halen, the guitar god who boosted hard rock into a neon future The late rock legend is best remembered for his searing guitar solos—but Eddie Van Halen's most genius creative moment was one that horrified fans, rock... by Noah Berlatsky
Andrew Yang joins Document to discuss political polarization, universal basic income, and America’s future The former presidential hopeful on lessons learned from the campaign trail by Alex Hodor-Lee
In the Australian outback, a vision of our uncertain future Anangu have lived in the Australian deserts for millennia, but rising temperatures threaten to make the region inhospitable to humans by Document Journal
Vietnam’s “plastic village” is the tale of Western excess For Document's Spring/Summer 2020 issue, photographer Laurence Ellis traveled to Australia, Zambia, and Vietnam to investigate what might become of the planet by Clara Malley
A new law seeks to expose the NYPD’s secret surveillance technology A closer look at New York City's landmark POST Act—a law the NYPD and Bill de Blasio spent three years trying to quash by Alex Hodor-Lee
From virtual Lolitas to extreme sex, deepfake porn is blurring the lines of consent and reality Exploring the dark, liberating, and potentially catastrophic future of technology's freakiest frontier by Chelsea Summers
Is lab-grown the new grass-fed? A glimpse into the ethical future of meat From climate change to public health, synthetic meat is going to change our world by Nina Burleigh
How do we memorialize America’s gun violence epidemic if we can’t yet see its end? “The question of how to memorialize an ongoing epidemic is a fraught one, particularly at a time when mass shootings have become such a common... by Oliver Wainwright
The blurred faces—and ethics—of protest photography Amid revelations of the NYPD’s biometric surveillance programs, photojournalists are forced to reconsider photography in public space. by Alex Hodor-Lee
Re-centering the Black experience in the horror genre, from ‘Beloved’ to ‘Get Out’ “Black history is black horror”: scholars and creators Tananarive Due, John Jennings, and Robin R. Means Coleman probe the future of horror—with an eye to... by Noah Berlatsky
Portrait of Warren, Ohio—a microcosm of the Rust Belt struggle Trumbull County was a Democratic stronghold before it flipped for Trump in 2016 by Jordan Heller
frog design’s Moon scooters are one giant ‘LEAP’ for transportation For Document's Fall/Winter 2019 lunar portfolio, the worldwide design firm imagines three products for life on the Moon. by Document Journal
No need for mooncakes on the Moon For Document's Fall/Winter 2019 lunar portfolio, Shanghai-based architecture duo Neri&Hu offer a meditation on humanity's need for nostalgia. by Neri&Hu
Why the Moon should operate on a ‘Hotel California’ principle ‘You can check out but you can't leave.’ Critic and sociologist Steve Fuller makes the case in this installment of Document's imagining of lunar life... by Steve Fuller
What will we drive on the moon? Lexus shows Document the future For Document Fall/Winter 2019, we called upon culture's brightest minds to envision lunar life. Here are Lexus's seven proposals for luxury space travel. by Maraya Fisher
10 extraordinary creators imagine life on the Moon in Document’s ‘Lunar Portfolio’ Lexus, Nike, OMA, DJ Honey Dijon, and more share their visions for what our future among the stars might hold in this portfolio for Document's... by Meg Thomann
Their lands, our future: photographing the resiliency and innovation in the Zambian floodplains Laurence Ellis documents the Barotseland region for Document's Fall/Winter 2019 issue. by Clara Malley
The hysteria-inducing, swashbuckling adventurers behind Louis Vuitton’s most well-traveled trunks From Douglas Fairbanks, the eccentric, old Hollywood celebrity to Casanova orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski, discover whirlwind lives of the original Louis Vuitton carriers. by Aaron Hicklin
Dive into the waters of ‘Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing’ We revisit the oddball ’70s magazine, which counted Debbie Harry and Mick Jagger among its cover stars, for Document Fall/Winter 2019 by Anthony Haden-Guest
Remembering the fall of the Berlin Wall, 30 years later Peaches, Liz Johnson Artur, the infamous Berghain bouncer Sven Marquardt, and others share their memories of an international turning point in Document's F/W 2019 issue. by Aaron Hicklin
What it’s like to earn a Master’s degree in the basement of an Amsterdam nightclub Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's University of the Underground offers a Master's in the Design of Experiences. After the program's first two chaotic years, Ben Hayoun... by Bella Bathurst
Their lands, our future: the indigenous frontline defenders of the Amazon Photographer Laurence Ellis documents the Loreto region of the Amazon rainforest for Document Fall/Winter 2019. by Daegan Miller
The new Space Race, and the desperately outdated laws that govern it With talk of Space Force and Moon colonization, Becky Ferreira explains why it might be time to update our 50 year old space treaty in... by Becky Ferreira
‘The Village Voice’ nurtured New York’s preeminent thinkers—here are their untold stories Writer Bob Morris reflects on the alternative weekly golden era with Hilton Als, Lynn Yaeger, Michael Musto, and Vince Aletti. by Bob Morris
Document spotlights 5 extraordinary people whose work is transporting us from untenable presents to unimagined futures We hear from Jose Antonio Vargas on immigration, Marion Nestle on food, Damian Woetzel on the arts, Sarah Lewis on images, and Irin Carmon on... by Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Peter Saville’s fashion apocalypse now The graphic artist discusses his relationships with Yohji Yamamoto and Adidas and why it’s time to ask the hard questions about the fashion industry. by Hilary Moss
Andre Walker’s uniquely candid approach to aesthetics basics Hilton Als captures Andre Walker's ingenious, sensual world in a cross-cultural stream of consciousness. by Hilton Als
Fashion’s “new” problem? Moving the needle forward in the age of infinite reference Is fashion suffering a crisis of originality? We can’t seem to stop talking about who’s stealing from whom but appropriation is a thoroughly old-fashioned practice—the... by Katharine K. Zarrella
Revisiting Suck magazine’s experiment in radical feminist pornography Lynne Tillman and other contributors to Suck magazine look back and analyze the legacy that the transgressive magazine left behind. by Alison M. Gingeras
At Alaska’s “ground zero” for climate change, a new generation of activists fights to preserve a vanishing way of life Photographer Laurence Ellis and Peter H. Gleick chronicle Alaskans' efforts to fight climate change in Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue. by Peter Gleick
Has the internet broken the marketplace of ideas? Rethinking free speech in the Digital Age Writer Cody Delistraty explores the limitations of free speech absolution in the era of social media for Document's Fall/Winter 2018 issue. by Cody Delistraty
Denham Fouts: The most expensive male sex worker in the world So-called by novelist Christopher Isherwood, Denham Fouts was pursued by a Greek king, a German baron, a British viscount, and many, many more. Arthur Vanderbilt... by Arthur Vanderbilt
A look back at Gore Vidal’s “sexual paradise” Was Gore Vidal’s objection to being defined as gay intellectual—“post-gay” before his time?—or was it personal, rooted in the sexual mores of a different generation? by Tim Teeman
Empress Of carves out a kingdom Empress Of singer Lorely Rodriguez talks about her insistence on living through empathy and her DIY origins in Los Angeles. by Fiona Duncan
The complexities of getting off in the age of technological pleasure Access to sexual pleasure has never been greater than in the present—but has that increased satisfaction? by Cody Delistraty
Information overload: When everything is everywhere, how do we understand what’s important? Political scientist Brendan Nyhan explores where the democratization of information and freedom of choice turn sour for Document's Spring/Summer 2017 issue. by Brendan Nyhan
Fashion Nova on the rise Document transforms the slinky Instagram clubwear sensation Fashion Nova into an indie punk dream. by Ann Binlot
Author Chris Kraus interrogates social practice in her upcoming book of the same name Chris Kraus makes radical proposals for how art can be read through context and circumstances in Social Practice by Emily Wells
Ottessa Moshfegh gives sleeping it off a try, for once Murder, booze, and sex have been just some of the novelist's go-tos in the past. Now, the dissolution of her latest book takes its inspiration... by Philip Watts
A window into 1980s New York with Robert Mapplethorpe, Cooke Mueller, and Sade East Village Eye uncovered the brightest minds of 1980s New York. Thirty years later, editor Leonard Abrams finally shares its story in Document S/S 2018. by Emily Manning
The next generation of designers determined to make sustainability a fashion reality Document and graduating students from Parsons School of Design question the fashion industry’s model of excess in this sustainable editorial. by Shawn Lakin
Where have all the cowboys gone? The gay rodeo inherits the American West “The animal doesn’t care if I’m male or female, gay or straight. When I’m steer riding is the one time I can legitimately say I’m... by Mark Smith