Visionaire magazine, always on the cutting edge of creative collaborations, has commissioned artist John Baldessari to lay his handiwork on their latest issue, Visionaire 64 ART. The idea is to take celebrity’s “selfies” and transform them from simple works of self absorption into concept art. Baldessari has taken high quality archival printed black and white photos of said celebs and laid […]
28
Oct
Elevating self-absorption into art... sort of
3
Nov
Lady Gaga, Ridley Scott, Ed Ruscha, Karl Lagerfeld & more
We’ve kept up with Visionaire’s always unique interpretations of the word “magazine” — sometimes its a vinyl album, sometimes it’s a tshirt, sometimes it’s an electric calender with 365 different curated images (such as in Issue 57 ), and sometimes it’s a clever tribute to Alexander McQueen (Issue 58) — but it’s almost always inventive. […]
7
Jan
A giant box head filled with literary goodies
The great literary magazine McSweeney’s returns with one of their most imaginatively plackaged issues, Number 36. Utilizing a very innovative presentation, which borrows more than a bit from Visionaire‘s philosophy of outside-the-box packaging (no pun intended), the “issue” is actually a 275-cubic-inch crate filled with goodies. The giant head box is filled with a litany […]
7
May
The avant garde magazine chooses a worthy subject
You know we’re fans of the avant garde Visionaire Magazine, who always push themselves to evolve the format to the next level. Most of their work is so future-forward that the term “magazine” is a disservice, like Issue 57 (consisting of an electric calender with 365 different curated images) that we covered a couple months […]
29
Apr
Madrid's "La Mas Bella" elevates the magazine to a new level
Certain magazines take the artform, flip it on its side, and then douse it in kerosene and blow the whole shit up. Visionaire magazine has redefined the format by making “issues” that were actually a set of vinyl that you played with a portable record player, and Gum magazine came packaged like a piñata filled […]
3
Dec
Elevating the magazine to new heights
To call Visionaire a magazine is like calling Lawrence of Arabia a movie. They take the medium and elevate it to another level — literally. Oftentimes the issues aren’t even books, printed on paper or even contain readable text. For instance, some “issues” have included the Sound Issue (53) which consisted of five 12″ vinyls […]
