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From AnOther Autumn/Winter 2024 Issue: Bill Skarsgård https://lnkd.in/eqvnvsyp CREDITS: Photography: Sam Rock Styling: Agata Belcen Hair: Claire Grech at Streeters using ORIBE Make-up: Mel Arter at Julian Watson Agency using ULTRA VIOLETTE Set design: Afra Zamara at Second Name Photographic assistants: Joe Reddy and Jack Symes Styling assistants: Izzi Lewin, Inês Bizarro and Belinda Nelson Tailor: Nafisa Tosh Make-up assistant: Mari Kuno Set-design assistants: Evie Nairne and Charlie Heath-Martin Retouching: The Hand of God Production: Holmes Production

Weekly echo chamber 08: How luxury became a state of mind. We’re exploring the evolution of luxury and what it means to Gen Z. A complex topic for a newsletter, we’ll be sharing more of our findings soon 👀 Dazed Media Bryony Stone Phillip Bircham Kaia Byndom Clarke

The first time cover star Central Cee set foot in a studio, he knew he was exactly where he needed to be. But after years spent hustling for a future big enough to accommodate his dreams, the west London rap star is only now learning to call himself an artist. “With the mixtapes, I was living in [the same] house I grew up in,” he says of his earliest output. “Now we’ve elevated, we’re actually musicians #TheImpossibleIssue See more: bit.ly/3XFbv4a

Willow Smith spent years recovering from her first, tumultuous brush with fame. Now, having released her most spiritually guided album to date, she’s finding new ways to turn anguish into art – “A pretty substantial amount of my life is now spent in the studio. If I’m not in the studio, then I’m at home with my six animals [three cats and three dogs],” she says, flashing a smile that reveals a gleaming set of grillz. “Or I’m somewhere doing something ethereal and witchy.” See more: https://lnkd.in/d3kK57yv

This week on The Weekly Echo Chamber; How niche food became the new hyped product... Sign up here https://shorturl.at/a2lEw

We’re excited to announce two of our projects – Moncler: An Invitation to Dream and IKEA Catalogue!!! have been selected as finalists in three categories for the 2024 The Lovie Awards. Share the ‘Love’ and vote for our projects now: Moncler Invitation to Dream - Best Multimedia Storytelling in Marketing, Advertising & PR: https://lnkd.in/egpzFbAd Ikea Catalogue!!! - Products & Services in Marketing, Advertising & PR: https://lnkd.in/et76YdRE Ikea Catalogue!!! - Best Partnership or Collaboration in Marketing, Advertising & PR: https://lnkd.in/eeSHnPsX

From AnOther Autumn/Winter 2024 Issue: Holly Herndon. https://lnkd.in/d3RmSJja CREDITS: Fashion direction: Katie Shillingford Hair: Kosuke Ikeuchi at Shotview Make-up: Kenny Campbell Props: Tara Holmes at Laird and Good Company Fashion assistant: Precious Greham Pre and post-production: A New Plane Technical director: Tom Wandrag Producer: Róisín McVeigh AI creative technologists: Alex Puliatti and Andrea Baioni Special thanks to Eva Jäger

A musical prodigy who’s got the whole world guessing his secrets, Mk.gee’s thrilling and mysterious adventures in sound have seen him hailed as a new kind of guitar hero. He explains his burning desire to be the “best at something indescribable”. Six years since Frank Ocean played him on an episode of Blonded Radio, it seems the best-kept secret in indie music, a surefire generational talent, has been released into the air like a genie from a lamp. #TheImpossibleIssue See more: bit.ly/3z9wzGu

Introducing The Weekly Echo Chamber – Your cultural digest from Dazed Studio This week, Dazed Studio Group Brand Strategy Director Isobel Farmiloe and Artist, Writer & Researcher Günseli Yalcinkaya unpack How the Algorithm Killed Cool “It’s never been easier to be cool, yet never harder. It’s never been easier to buy into cool as an aesthetic. You used to have to dig for cool things, records or clothes. All these signifiers required some form of cultural knowledge. Now, because of the way that the algorithm operates, [information is] served on a platter. How to be perceived as cool — a perfectly-packaged consumer good.” Read more here: https://trib.al/YWtvJnJ

As part of our white label creative agency work with Hinge, we took insight from #BookTok and created a campaign with leading literary figures, turning the idea of a zine on its head through immersive media takeovers in key global cities. With six novella’s written by six literary figures — Roxane Gay, R. O. Kwon, Oisín Mckenna, John Paul Brammer, Brontez Purnell, and Isle Mcelroy – No Ordinary Love followed the love journeys of six real Hinge couples. Our campaign includes on a dedicated micro-site No-Ordinary-Love.co and has been printed as a limited edition zine, distributed in New York City and London now through September 30th. Stop by and pick up a copy while supplies last.   New York City: Chinatown at Canal and Forsyth St (outside of Time Again) Greenpoint at Nassau St. and Lorimer St. (outside of Five Leaves) East Village at East 7th St. and Avenue A (outside of Miss Lily’s)   London: Pophams Bakery London Fields, near Broadway Market Truman's Brewery Pavilion Cafe on Columbia Road https://lnkd.in/eXGwfy5e