Aperture No. 255: The Design Issue

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Behind the Scenes of Aperture Magazine’s Design Refresh

The London-based designer Scott Williams speaks about drawing inspiration from Aperture’s seven-decade design history—and all the details that go into perfecting the magazine’s new look.

When Luigi Ghirri Photographed the Ferrari Factory

In the mid-1980s, Ghirri was invited to make promotional photographs for the mythic carmaker. His images bring the company down to earth from the upper stratosphere of luxury.

12 Graphic Designers on Their Favorite Books

Whether they’re about pills, products, art, or architecture, here are the books that photobook designers always come back to.

Dayanita Singh Finds Common Ground in the Work of Two Architects

In her long-term series on Geoffrey Bawa and Bijoy Jain, Singh offers a world in which the aspirations of modernism are realized.

The Uncanny Worlds of Nhu Xuan Hua

Working across art and fashion, Hua explores the constructed nature of memory in indelible, dreamlike images.

Akihiko Okamura’s Outsider View of Northern Ireland

In the 1960s, the Japanese photographer recorded the Troubles with understated eloquence.

How Images Make the Objects We Desire Seem Irresistible

In the twentieth century, photographers proved you could sell anything. Today, they work in a world where you have to sell everything.

How Photography Influenced Duro Olowu’s Life in Fashion

From album covers to Yves Saint Laurent, the London-based designer’s curiosity is limitless—and his deep knowledge of photography has informed his way of seeing the world.

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Aperture No. 257

Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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