PIN–UP MAGAZINE: ISSUE 40 "INDEPENDENCE" – Dozie Kanu Cover

A collector's edition alternative mainbook cover for the "PIN–UP 40: INDEPENDENCE" box set, celebrating 20 years of architectural entertainment and asking where do architecture, design, and culture stand today? FEATURING DOZIE KANU Lisbon-based artist and designer Dozie Kanu on interdisciplinarity, his Texas roots, and his first collaboration with Knoll. Interview by Victoria Camblin Portraits by Jim C. Nedd SOLANGE KNOWLES / SAINT HERON Music’s consummate multi-hyphenate reflects on her career through Saint Heron, the multidisciplinary creative studio she founded in 2013. Interview by Theaster Gates Portraits by Kobe Wagstaff YASMEEN LARI Pakistan’s architectural pioneer on craft, “barefoot social architecture,” and the duty of architects to become humanitarians. Interview by Andrew Ayers Portraits by Arif Mahmood IAN SCHRAGER The New York nightlife impresario turned godfather of boutique hotels on Studio 54, Palladium, and a career built on subverting the status quo. Interview by Michael Bullock Portraits by Bolade Banjo Also in the issue: five essays on the state of design (Jay Osgerby), architecture (Kate Wagner), interiors (Rafael de Cárdenas), wellness (Andrew Pasquier), and the female body in the 21st century (Whitney Mallett); architect Mariam Issoufou and Ghetto Gastro’s Jon Gray on Gourmega, their new West Village eatery; Valentina Cameranesi Sgroi’s bold borosilicate glassware; Francisco Gaspar and Tawanda Chiweshe of the newly formed studio YY; a Milanese fantasy in rug form by cc-tapis and Fornasetti; Shepard Fairey’s take on a modern armchair classic; and much more.