LAMPOON #31

The new issue – the 31st, marking 10 years since our foundation – is a tribute to Independence: in publishing, music, design, and architecture.

The introduction: a conversation with Olivier Zahm, Editor-in-Chief of Purple Magazine, on independent publishing in art and fashion; an interview with Joël Dicker, who decided, after Bernard de Fallois passed away, to publish his books independently — launching his own publishing house rather than relying on a large group.

Los Angeles-based artist Isabelle Albuquerque reclaims authorship over the female body in art by casting her own nude form in sculpture; Caterina Barbieri discusses cosmic music and returns to Italy to direct Biennale Musica 2025; Bob Wilson explains his process behind reframing Michelangelo’s La Pietà Rondanini for the 2025 Salone del Mobile; Amanda Pandaba’s art aims to make sport culturally accepted; Mathis Chevalier, the MMA fighter working to dismantle toxic masculinity.

One chapter is dedicated to a project by Romain Laprade, who joined us in Rome to explore rationalist and modernist buildings—an unexpected vision of Italy’s capital. A special collaboration with Chanel, involving seven talents from Milan’s creative scene.

/ Features and Photography
Three fashion stories by Rebekah Campbell and Cece Liu in New York with model Tilda Lindstam; by Boris Ovini in Paris with model Charlotte Tomaszewska; and by photographer Alessia Gunawan. Dexter Lander presents a creative narrative playing with fashion and mannequins, transforming them into works of art.

Ari Versluis and Ellie Uyttenbroek add a new chapter to their Exactitudes project – Featuring the emerging independent designer Nada van Dalen. Still-life perspectives include Adrien Dubost, who incorporates objects discovered during his travels, and Eduard Sánchez Ribot, who develops imagery around the concept of the circular form.