MacGuffin 14: The wall
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From the Apartheid wall in Palestine to the digital paywall, from memorial murals in Jamaica to the increasingly tall glass facades of modern office blocks, walls testify to the tumult of history and humanity’s ceaseless urge to communicate and to sow division. They force us to reflect on the paradoxes of openness and isolation, of enclosure and exclusion. In a world(...)
MacGuffin 14: The wall
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From the Apartheid wall in Palestine to the digital paywall, from memorial murals in Jamaica to the increasingly tall glass facades of modern office blocks, walls testify to the tumult of history and humanity’s ceaseless urge to communicate and to sow division. They force us to reflect on the paradoxes of openness and isolation, of enclosure and exclusion. In a world drowning in borders, barriers and barbed-wire fences, this issue of MacGuffin pauses for thought and asks: What exactly do we want to express or protect? And why?
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Issue Nº 3 explores the fascinating life of the object that binds together pieces of furniture, K2 climbers, redneck cars, Japanese eggs and Mars rovers, inspiring a community of flax spinners, biennale curators, bondage lovers and sailing enthusiasts: Rope.
MacGuffin Magazine 03 : the rope
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Issue Nº 3 explores the fascinating life of the object that binds together pieces of furniture, K2 climbers, redneck cars, Japanese eggs and Mars rovers, inspiring a community of flax spinners, biennale curators, bondage lovers and sailing enthusiasts: Rope.
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Macguffin Magazine, The Life of Things, issue n. 04 delves into the alluring lives of the sink, the object that speaks volumes about who we are and how we live. Featuring mesmerizing inox sinks, sinks for genever drinkers, pathologists and butchers, ''kommunalka'' sinks, sitcom sinks, and bottomless sinkholes into which everything disappears.
MacGuffin Magazine 04 : the sink
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Macguffin Magazine, The Life of Things, issue n. 04 delves into the alluring lives of the sink, the object that speaks volumes about who we are and how we live. Featuring mesmerizing inox sinks, sinks for genever drinkers, pathologists and butchers, ''kommunalka'' sinks, sitcom sinks, and bottomless sinkholes into which everything disappears.
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Macguffin Magazine, The Life of Things, issue n. 05 opens up the curious life of the cabinet, where intimate stories are hidden away, kept and inevitably shown. Revealing enlightened DIY shelves, immaculate celebrity closets, whimsical cocktail bars, socialist kiosks, classic cubes and cabinets that beat you at a game of chess.
MacGuffin Magazine 05 : the cabinet
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Macguffin Magazine, The Life of Things, issue n. 05 opens up the curious life of the cabinet, where intimate stories are hidden away, kept and inevitably shown. Revealing enlightened DIY shelves, immaculate celebrity closets, whimsical cocktail bars, socialist kiosks, classic cubes and cabinets that beat you at a game of chess.
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Macguffin magazine, The Life of Things, issue n. 06 is dedicated to the perfectly shaped object that is the dream of every visionary architect, but a source of great distress to the unsporty among us: the ball. MacGuffin kicks off with spinning ballboys, tumbling plants, rolling meatballs, bouncing planets, utopian bubbles, and the inventor of the smiley: Mr. Harvey Ball himself.
MacGuffin Magazine 06 : the ball
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Macguffin magazine, The Life of Things, issue n. 06 is dedicated to the perfectly shaped object that is the dream of every visionary architect, but a source of great distress to the unsporty among us: the ball. MacGuffin kicks off with spinning ballboys, tumbling plants, rolling meatballs, bouncing planets, utopian bubbles, and the inventor of the smiley: Mr. Harvey Ball himself.
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Dress up this spring with MacGuffin Nº 7, dedicated to an object that is not just a garment, but more so a mirror of power and desire: The Trousers. MacGuffin puts the pants on one leg at a time with survival gear, working uniforms, tent slacks, yoga leggings, hammer pants, men's skirts and the big question: ''what is in the pocket''? Featuring Paul Gorman, Emily King,(...)
MacGuffin Magazine 07 : the trousers
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Dress up this spring with MacGuffin Nº 7, dedicated to an object that is not just a garment, but more so a mirror of power and desire: The Trousers. MacGuffin puts the pants on one leg at a time with survival gear, working uniforms, tent slacks, yoga leggings, hammer pants, men's skirts and the big question: ''what is in the pocket''? Featuring Paul Gorman, Emily King, Gert Jonkers, Umberto Eco, Karlheinz Weinberger, Hannah Carlson and many more.
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MacGuffin 12: The Log
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‘The Log’ takes a walk in the woods to explore the design and politics of timber. From the last Norwegian trunks that floated down the Glomma to the indigenous logs that help map the Amazon, and from Jamaican lacebark trees to online chatbots, meet the logs that function as totems, design tools, oracles, wormholes, comic figures, activist artworks, village idiots, prison(...)
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‘The Log’ takes a walk in the woods to explore the design and politics of timber. From the last Norwegian trunks that floated down the Glomma to the indigenous logs that help map the Amazon, and from Jamaican lacebark trees to online chatbots, meet the logs that function as totems, design tools, oracles, wormholes, comic figures, activist artworks, village idiots, prison cells, logbooks, nightmares, and dreams.
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Macguffin Stories
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''MacGuffin STORIES'' gathers 18 offbeat stories and drawings that uncover the lives of ordinary things. From collapsed airbeds and clogged sinks to unsettling windows and whispering trees, these stories transform the familiar into something alive and charged, reminding us that objects carry memories and tensions of their own. Commissioned for and first published in(...)
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''MacGuffin STORIES'' gathers 18 offbeat stories and drawings that uncover the lives of ordinary things. From collapsed airbeds and clogged sinks to unsettling windows and whispering trees, these stories transform the familiar into something alive and charged, reminding us that objects carry memories and tensions of their own. Commissioned for and first published in MacGuffin Magazine, this small book brings together writers and artists who celebrate the unexpected beauty and drama hidden in daily life. ?MacGuffin STORIES contains stories by Sarah Arnolds, Simone Atangana Bekono, Maurits de Bruijn, Douglas Coupland, Olivia Douglass, Arnon Grunberg, Sanneke van Hassel, Daphne Huisden, Inigo Laguda, Fouad Laroui, Maria Mahía, Tom Ó Caollaí, David Pefko, Jente Posthuma, Rosa Rankin-Gee, Adania Shibli, Kandace Siobhan Walker and Kira Wuck. Drawings by Bráulio Amado, Gabriel Carr, Viktor Hachmang, Rudy Guedj, Barbara Helmer, Henri Jacobs, Inna Kochkina, Can Lejárraga, Nazif Lopulissa, Moriz Oberberger, Olga Prader, Bernadeta Rimutyte, Koen Taselaar, Nina van de Ven. ?Edited by Kirsten Algera and Ernst van der Hoeven.
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Macguffin 08: The desk
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The latest issue available in the bookstore!
Macguffin 08: The desk
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May 2020
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Macguffin 10: The bottle
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The magazine celebrates its tenth jubilee by uncorking a miscellany of bottles that capture the zeitgeist. The menu for this festive issue includes a parade of down-market perfumes, messages squeezed into bottles, perfect Molotov cocktail recipes, celebrity fridges and their curated contents, the curious colours of centuries-old domestic bottles, the racism rife in the(...)
Macguffin 10: The bottle
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The magazine celebrates its tenth jubilee by uncorking a miscellany of bottles that capture the zeitgeist. The menu for this festive issue includes a parade of down-market perfumes, messages squeezed into bottles, perfect Molotov cocktail recipes, celebrity fridges and their curated contents, the curious colours of centuries-old domestic bottles, the racism rife in the wine business, the salvation sought at AA sessions, and the many marvels that await in the minibar. Featuring Kandace Siobhan Walker, Jacy Topps, José Quintanar, Studio Qiu Yang, AtelierNL, El Ultimo Grito, Emily King, Mirka Laura Severa, Johannes Reponen, and more, plus an anthology of graphic design talent.
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