Every day, we are reminded of the boundless power of creativity and the resilience of humankind. Despite the challenges the world continues to face, through the strength of ideas, we can find hope, progress and unity. Creative thinking is a formidable tool. It gives us freedom to reimagine the future, and a world where equality prevails. Inside this issue, we bring creatives who are demonstrating innovation, including Anne Nobels, Cody Cobb, Daniela Droz, Guillaume Lavrut and Thomas Heatherwick.
Beyond Landscape | Cody Cobb discusses his enigmatic approach to American landscape photography, considering his place within the genre’s changing narratives.
Graphic Reduction | Guillaume Lavrut’s close-up compositions draw focus away from the busyness of everyday life, and towards the things we sometimes overlook.
Breaking Convention | Texture and reflection replace visual cues, as Luc Holper blurs the borderlines that usually separate recognisable and imaginary scenes.
Power of Expression | Anne Nobels presents a deeply personal set of photographs rooted in nature, that encourages viewers to open up to embracing vulnerability.
Moment of Stillness | Nick Prideaux approaches taking pictures in a mindful way, catching fleeting and fragmented scenes as an ongoing thread of mini-vignettes.
Ideation to Reality | Leading designer Thomas Heatherwick looks back across 150 key projects, demonstrating the importance of hands-on collaborations.
Colour Unleashed | Fresh lilacs are paired with zesty yellows, rich greens with blues and deep reds with tangerine orange in Teklan’s new interior design projects.
Paths to Abstraction | In a world dominated by post-production and AI tools, abstract and cameraless photographic techniques offer a chance to return to the real.
Worlds in Paper | Dutch artist Popel Coumou builds 3D rooms by layering and positioning geometric shapes that are hand-cut out of paper and cardboard.
Image credits:
1. SOLARIS, Exhibition Design for Johanson Design. Photographer: Fredrik Bengtsson. Curator, Designer and Stylist: Tekla Evelina Severin.
2. Cody Cobb, from Spectral, (2021). Geological formations lit by UV light in the White Mountains of California.
3. Cody Cobb, from Spectral, (2021). Looking at the night sky through a collapsed lava tube in New Mexico.
4. Image courtesy Guillaume Lavrut. Model: Darius @rockmenparis.
5. Luc Holper, from Melting Pot. Image courtesy of the artist.
6. Luc Holper, from Melting Pot. Image courtesy of the artist.
7. Anne Nobels, from Outside the Lines. Image courtesy of the artist.
8. Nick Prideaux, Untitled (2020). Image courtesy of the artist.
9. Nick Prideaux, Untitled (2020). Image courtesy of the artist.
10. UK Pavilion, (2007). Image: Daniele Mattioli. © Heatherwick Studio.
11. Picnic Outdoor for Kirkby Design. Photographer: Aleksandra Kingo. Art Director, Set Designer and Textile Designer: Tekla Evelina Severin.
12. Teklan Free Shelf for Montana Furniture. Photographer: Mikkel Mortensen, Yellows. Art Director, Set Designer and Shelf Colour Curator: Tekla Evelina Severin.
13. Daniela Droz, Lux, (2016). Image courtesy of the artist.
14. Popel Coumou, 191 Untitled (2023). Image courtesy of the artist.
15. Popel Coumou, 193 Untitled (2023). Image courtesy of the artist.
