Aperture 255: The Design Issue

Apertureintroduces a new look for the magazine with ‘The Design Issue’, featuring previously unpublished images byLuigi Ghirri, a profile of the artist and jewellery designerCoreen Simpson, interviews with the celebrated fashion designerDuro Olowuand the design writerAlice Rawsthorn, and dynamic portfolios that speak to the myriad ways in which the fields of photography and design are intertwined. ‘The Design Issue’ also features three unique covers with images byDavid Hartt, Luigi Ghirri, andDayanita Singh.

In ‘The Design Issue’, Olowu speaks with the editor Dan Thawley about how his deep knowledge of photography has informed his fashion line. Thessaly La Force visits Coreen Simpson, who made portraits of New York Citys artistic and nightlife scenes and later found success as a jewelry designer. Alice Rawsthorn speaks with Billie Muraben about how designers respond to evolving technology and politics. And Mimi Zeiger considers David Hartts interventions with the built environment and iconic buildings, including Philip Johnsons Glass House.

In elegant, spare images, Dayanita Singh presents her long-term engagement with the architects Geoffrey Bawa and Bijoy Jain. Luigi Ghirris 1980s images from the Ferrari factory, in Italy, demonstrate the photographers fascination with industrial design. New work byDaniel Shea,Paul Kooiker, andNhu Xuan Huashow photographys boundless potential to tell stories about urban change, identity, and sartorial politics. This issue also featuresAvion Pearce, the winner of the 2024 Aperture Portfolio Prize, whose work will be presented in June at Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York; columns featureStefan Ruiz,Akihiko Okamura, andOlivia Laing; and features in The PhotoBook Review highlightAlexey Brodovitchs iconic art direction andPolymode, a bicoastal, queer, and minority-owned studio who are rethinking design histories.

160 pages, 23.5 x 30.5 cm, softcover, Aperture (New York).