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A behind-the-scenes look into the sights, inspirations, and personalities behind AUGUST
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The enchanting Casa Fayette in Guadalajara, designed by @dimorestudio for @grupohabita. The current Mexico City includes a supplemental portfolio of Grupo Habita’s unique properties, all designed by well-established and up-and-coming talents such as India Mahdavi, Frida Escobedo, Rick Joy, Nicolas Schuybroek, and Dimore Studio.
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the closing ceremonies of the Mexico City Olympics, one of the most influential design and political moments of the last century. Read our interview with Lance Wyman, the head designer of the ‘68 Olympics graphics, in the current issue on Mexico City. #lancewyman #mexicocityolympics
Now up on the website: AUGUST’s guide to Mexico City — with museums, restaurants, architectural sites, and more — and personal recommendations by Diego Avila, manager of the hip bookstore Casa Bosques (the exclusive retailer of AUGUST in Mexico City). @diegoyunacamara’s list includes the Mercado Jamaica, the vibrant flower market that truly comes alive the week before Day of the Dead. 🌼💀🌼 Photo by @lesliewilliamson #mercadojamaica
The new exhibition “Tutto Ponti” on our favorite Italian architect and designer Gìo Ponti opens today at Les Arts Decoratifs in Paris. Ponti’s “total work of art” aesthetic permeated all his best buildings, such as the Parco dei Principi Hotel in Sorrento, where he designed everything from the buildings to the furniture, tiles, and flatware (images 1 and 2). In the Milan issue we presented an interview between Salvatore Licitra, Ponti’s grandson and the director of the Ponti Archives, and Vida Nemazee, who commissioned the Villa Nemazee in Tehran, Iran (last Photo). Don’t miss this extraordinary exhibition! Dates: October 19, 2018 to February 10, 2019. All photos courtesy the Ponti Archives @giopontiofficial
Two views of Barragan: photographer Francois Halard’s iconic Polaroids of iconic Barragan projects (Casa Gilardi, image 1), and artists LakeVerea’s tin rubbings of the Casa Barragan’s surfaces, including its famous pink wall (image 2). In the current Mexico City issue. @francoishalard @lakeverea
Trying to find a copy of AUGUST at your local newsstand? Check out the list of stockist on our website: august-journal.com/stockists/ From Alabama to Washington D.C., France, Germany, United Kingdom, the Netherlands, South Korea, and more! #supportindependentbookstores
On the first day of fall we are already dreaming about the magic of summer, and especially E-1027, Eileen Gray’s incredible house in the south of France. 2018 marks the 140th anniversary of the modernist designer’s birth, and Cap Moderne, the non-profit organization devoted to preserving this avant-garde masterpiece, is launching a crowdsource fundraising campaign through Indiegogo to recreate the house’s free-standing and built-in furnishings. Head over to @capmoderneuk for more images of the house and link to the campaign, and pass the info on to raise awareness of this effort. Photos of the house by noted photographer Francois Halard are part of the rewards, along with private tours and a dinner for 12 at the house! . These photos of the house are by Manuel Bougot.
How are you enjoying your Mexico City issue? With some fresh fruit, a shot of tequila, or a delicious Noguchi lamp? Post your AUGUST reading situation, tag us, and the winner will get a comp issue of the next edition! These three photos by @just.good.design, @casadragones, and @ignaciamx 🙏
The Mexico City issue now on newsstands, and sharing space with @oprah, Beyoncé, and Beth Ditto. #allthequeens at @sohonewsinternational and @iconicmagazines
It’s the weekend so take a seat and read the Mexico City edition cover to cover... The issue is now available at august-journal.com as well as fine stores internationally: @heathnewsstandsf in San Francisco, @casamagazinesnyc in New York, and @casabosques, the exclusive retailer of AUGUST in Mexico City, to name but three of the dozens of retailers worldwide. Happy reading! Image from the “Sillas Callejeras” feature, a project of found street furniture by @fabien.cappello with photos by @sergiolopezfoto and text by @marioballe ✨
Welcome to the month of August! The namesake of our journal, August is traditionally when we go on holidays, journeys to discover new things about other places, and new things about ourselves. But remember that it’s always August at AUGUST Journal, so treat yourself to a pan dulce. It’s a delicious passport to another world, and only for 10 pesos. Illustration by @cecifonik.
Can’t decide where to eat this weekend? May we suggest ANYWHERE in Mexico City?! And you can’t go wrong with “los especiales”. The forthcoming issue on CDMX has an excerpt from (recently repatriated) expat @abbyclawsonlow’s book “This Is Mexico City,” which will let you know what’s what where and when in our current favorite culinary city. 📸 by Abby Clawson Low. #augustjournal #cdmx #thisismexicocity
New letterpress business cards, just in time for the Mexico City issue. When you are in Mexico City, go to El Padrino, an open-air letterpress stall in the Plaza de Santo Domingo, to have your own cards printed. - Thank you to @abbyclawsonlow for having these cards made for me, and congratulations on her forthcoming book “This Is Mexico City,” which we excerpted in the issue!
Acapulco is an hour flight away from Mexico City, and a world apart. Set within the Acapulco Bay and a rocky coastline, the city is the Amalfi coast of Mexico: rugged, wild, spectacular. The Hotel Boca Chica, a charming midcentury structure that was renovated in 2008 by Frida Escobedo (this year’s Serpentine Pavilion designer), is sited strategically on the western end of the bay, with views of the sandy beach on one side and the rocky coast on the other. Thank you to @grupohabita for a magical stay, and to @aneeche for being the perfect hostess! #hotelbocachica #noplaceiratherbe #getaroom @moisesmicha @rafaelmicha
A Diego Rivera-inspired bouquet of calla lilies, by florist Fernanda Piñera. In the Mexico City issue, now available for pre-order on our website. Link in profile. Photo by @lesliewilliamson #augustjournal #diegorivera #callalillies #mercadojamaica
The most amazing pre-launch party tonight, hosted by the lovely and talented @lakeverea, complete with a cake version of the Mexico City issue!!! Thank you Carla and Francisca 💜💙💛🧡❤️ (And yes those are emoji cookies.)
The beautiful Archivo Diseño y Arquitectura is one of the most fascinating cultural institutions in Mexico City. Founded by the architect Fernando Romero and with Mario Ballesteros @marioballe as its director, the Archivo is housed in a midcentury modern gem right next to the Casa Barragan. Its mission is to collect and preserve both high and anonymous design, with an emphasis on Mexican culture. We are thrilled to be launching the Mexico City issue here on Saturday, and you can read all about the @archivoda when the issue hits the newsstands next month—with an insightful text by @imrevolting and gorgeous photos by @lesliewilliamson. 🙌
A sneak peek at our story on Graciela Iturbide, Mexico photographer laureate, and the studio designed by her son the architect Maurizio Rocha. Photos by @lesliewilliamson and interview by @madamemallet, in the forthcoming issue on Mexico City.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the iconic 1968 Mexico City Olympics, with its indelible graphics by Lance Wyman. Wyman designed these “hostess” dresses in collaboration with his business partner’s wife, Julia Murdoch. Read the interview with Lance Wyman by @aileenkwun and @misterngo in the forthcoming Mexico City issue. Photo by Lance Wyman.