Editor's Log 029
fakemink pulls a thousand, Nigo at the Design Museum, and Margiela under the hammer
Hey everyone,
Welcome back to the Editor’s Log.
Hope all my UK readers had a nice bank holiday. I’m trying my best to have fun, but I fear it’s just a tad too hot for a country with no air conditioning, not to mention my exams still aren’t done. And I keep having dreams of my birthday even though it’s not for another couple months…weird
Monday
N4T announced new music, which dropped yesterday. It’s cool, but nothing earth-shattering. It really just feels like a placeholder until his new era. The artwork is fire though.
Samuel Hine has been appointed senior men’s style editor at New York Magazine. I really like him, the man has a lot of swag, and I’m very much looking forward to reading his newsletter for the mag.
Tuesday
Chanel has returned to growth on the back of the frankly insane demand for Matthieu Blazy’s work at the house. Honestly, I hear it. I’ve said before that I don’t particularly care for the big houses, but Blazy is the exception, he’s truly come into his own at Chanel.
Happy 78th birthday to the icon that is Grace Jones. Surely one of the coolest people alive, and that’s not up for debate.
DaMetalMessiah called in Jon E Cash for a Producer’s Cut. ‘Hoods Up’ is forever a classic, and my ‘Westfield’ white label is one of the most treasured records in my collection. If you don’t know his work, the post is a great place to start.
Arsenal won the Premier League for the first time since before I was born! Now, I’m not about to LARP as some die-hard who watches every game, but I’m a North Londoner, born into an Arsenal family, so it’s hard not to celebrate anyway, and I’ve scarcely seen my dad this happy. The scenes at the Emirates looked unhinged, so maybe I’ll join the parade this weekend…
Wednesday
Autechre’s ‘elseq 1’ is getting a physical release for the first time, as a 5xCD set. I’d pre-order it in a heartbeat if it weren’t almost £100. Insane price, though it is very cool, and anything The Designers Republic touches turns to gold. I might grab tickets to see them in October, or maybe I’ll try to blag press.
Barber Osgerby is closing after 30 years. Their work was hit or miss for me, but always interesting; their most iconic piece is probably the London 2012 Olympic torch. A real loss for the design world.
In the afternoon I went to the Design Museum for the Nigo exhibition, which was really fascinating. I’ve never been crazy about Nigo as a designer, but I’ve always admired the way he simply did whatever he wanted, and it was sick to see so many of the things I was obsessed with growing up in real life. Worth heading down, if only to understand Nigo the person and the journey that got him here.
Then I checked out Russ Jones’ new show at Ladbroke Hall. Some lovely ideas: there’s a Japanese zen cabin, and the rest of the show spills outside, mostly a series of flower arrangements paired with poems. I’d never been to Ladbroke Hall before, which is stunning.
To close out the night, I went to Canning Town for, I think, only the second time in my life, for BeauBeau’s music club. The last time I went was back when it was still actually at BeauBeau’s (RIP), so it was nice to see it going strong, and to catch Dripset again.
Thursday
Happy birthday to Jammz, one of the most wholesome people I’ve ever met in grime and one of my favourite MCs full stop! His album ’No Remorse’ was one of my favourites of 2024.
In the evening I went to the listening party for fakemink’s new album, ‘terrified ..’ In 24 hours he managed to pull 1000 kids out for him, which was nuts. He’s a strange sort of savant; not great at explaining his own work, but the work is excellent, and he somehow manages to both undersell it and oversell it in the same breath. I’m intrigued to see where he goes. Also, I can’t believe he took the secret feature off… And everyone who works at Huxley has so much swag it’s crazy.
Friday
Karoline Vitto and Sinéad O’Dwyer were in conversation for Another Mag, discussing their work with corpulent bodies, specifically around the Met’s new exhibition, while touching on a whole host of other things. A super interesting chat, and reassuring to hear that an institution like the Met is actually trying to get this right. More of this, please.
The largest Agatha Christie exhibition in almost 25 years opens at the British Library this October. I was a voracious reader growing up and adored the Poirot books, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’ especially, so this is firmly on the list.
Kano, the GOAT, picked up the Visionary award at the Ivor Novellos, presented to him by Dave. Glad they finally rate him… and he teased new music, plus he’s been hinting at studio sessions with Blue May. My excitement is climbing by the day.
To mark the bank holiday I went to the Buffalo Zine launch, hosted by Bimba y Lola. Once again: everyone at Huxley, insane swag. I also met Hetty Mahlich, who was so sweet, and a 30-year-old who didn’t know who Dave was…(insane, right? And she was from South London).
Then I headed to the Worldpeace DMT and Femcels show at Chats Palace. The show was amazing; I especially loved The Femcels, though my friend was more of a Worldpeace person. Either way, Rowan did a stellar job, being part of both bands.
Saturday
Martin Margiela is set to auction off a large chunk of his archive. Everything from his office telephone to samples from his Hermès years is going under the hammer. I won’t be able to afford so much as a paperclip, but I hope at least a few pieces end up in public museums where they belong.
E-flux published their review of ‘A Kind of Paradise’ at Museum Rietberg in Zurich. There’s a lot to unpack, and the work sounds compelling, the shapeshifting section in particular. I almost certainly won’t be trekking all the way to Zurich, but I’ll be digging into every artist in the show.
Sunday
And Living Proof New York has published a London edition featuring so, so many of my faves, including, but not limited to, Wiley, Amy Leung, and DaMetalMessiah. Best believe a copy is top of my to-do list.
Until next week,
Sik
P.S. Sampha, please come back, we need new music. And if anyone fancies throwing a club night on 3rd August, that wouldn’t go amiss.