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Loose Joints Journal First Issue

<loosejoints> was born in an era when culture magazines around the world were still vibrant, and is a "creative platform" that keeps analog editing methods in mind. In this era when the meaning of magazines is being questioned, we want to convey the greatness of the works of artists who built the "era of magazines", the fun of making things together, and the joy of owning art. To gently connect cultures by including artists born in the present era. And to create and share the values ​​that magazines have again in the format of a zine. After "GUGGENHEIM", which was launched before COVID-19, and "almanacs", which reported on an era when the world was divided by various hierarchical levels, we decided to relaunch as "loosejoints JOURNAL" with the aim of recording the formation of a new culture that is emerging that transcends borders and generations in a gonzo journalism style.

The theme of the first issue is "Back to Life." Now that we are regaining the physicality that was lost during this season of division that seemed to continue forever, I thought I would reconsider "living." Without intending to, artists have always woven innovative lives like canaries and shaped the lifestyles of the times. What kind of lives do they shape and what are they thinking and outputting as their works in an atmosphere that tends to become more and more conflictual day by day? By reporting on their lives, we would be happy to think together with you about the unique way of "life" that is unique to <loosejoints>, where you feel the warmth of your loved ones and are loosely connected.

loosejoints JOURNAL
2024 Spring Summer
Issue 01
Back to Life
March 15, 2024
Newly launched


Pages: 128p
Format: W110mm x H180mm
Language: Japanese
Publication Year: 2024
Designer: Yuta Ukai
Editors: Kei Sato, Sohei Oshiro, Shun Sato
Publisher: loosejoints
ISBN None
Instagram: @loosejoints_journal
Web: loosejoints.net
Contact: info@loosejoints.net

CONTENTS

Featured
Whole Life Catalogue
loosejoints lifestyle journal

Artist Talk

Yasuko Furuta (TOGA Designer)
Ed Davis (Former Brain Dead / Art Director)

loosejoints SS24 Back to Life Artwork
Tomoo Gokita
Ed Davis
Clay Arlington
Shuhei Abe
Keita Ishiguro
Stewart Armstrong
Straight
R yusuke Eda
Kensei Yabuno
Yoshirotten
Masato Maekawa
Deadkebab
Turtleheads
Kotsu
City Country City®

column
Food for Thoughts

Shuya Okino (DJ, producer)
Kiki Kudo (Writer, Chef, Music Producer)
Hiroyuki Ishii (Attorney at Law)
Yusuke Sakai (Engineer, MUSVI Founder)
Eri Ishida (Editor)
Tom Hodgkinson (Editor-in-Chief of the British culture magazine The Idler )

The usual super personal playlist
A Grab for Pleasure / A Grab from the Shelf Clay Arrington, Shuhei Abe, Keita Ishiguro, Stuart Armstrong, Ryusuke Eda, Kensei Yabuno, Yoshirotten, Masato Maekawa, Deadkebab, Turtleheads, Kotsu

A very personal manga review by the culture evangelist, Tomoko Ogawa
A Grab for Pleasure / A Grab from the Shelf Manga Edition
A major new series
Kenji Miyazawa "Night on the Galactic Railroad"

Art Series
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Vincent Willem van Gogh, William Turner , Georges Seurat , Setsudae Komura, Paul Cézanne

" Life " bound elegant mix
Shuya Okino "Back to Life" MIX

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