Issue No. 18
Back To Basics
For this issue, we asked artists, designers, and brands what going back to basics means to them. Their answers brought us back to instinct, material, process, and the simple ideas that first inspire us to create.
Our cover captures that spirit through paper artist Alla Mydollmallu, photographed on film in her own living room wearing a boat costume made entirely from paper. No elaborate set, just a raw, intimate moment built from one of the most basic materials.
Art
Studio Visit: Celeste
We The Cool Magazine stepped inside the Mexico City studio of textile artists María Fernanda and Gabriel, entering a symbolic universe where drawings, cotton, and hand-built installations blur the line between material, memory, and imagination.
Life in MotionDesert Dispatch
An Essay by Joe Lorenz
When the Spanish first arrived to the remote region in the Southwest pocket of present day Texas, they referred to it as “El Desplobado” - The Uninhabited Land. Today is goes by several names- The Trans-Pecos, Far West Texas, or simply, The Big Bend region, taking that namesake from the famous National Park that exists in a large oxbow of the Rio Grande.
Music