Pin-Up Issue 38 – Big Design
Summer 2025
PIN–UP XXL. The Big Design Issue. Design is often reduced to surface, function, or price tag. But how do we choose which objects deserve space? What resonates with you and the people you share that space with? What challenges our ideas of taste, of design’s role in the world? The PIN–UP XXL issue is not just supersized — almost double the size of a regular PIN–UP — it is also an expansion of how we approach design. Think big!
MICHAEL ANASTASSIADES
The shy, Cyprus-raised Londoner has become one of the design industry’s most important assets
Interview by Michael Bullock
Portraits by Kuba Ryniewicz
FAYE TOOGOOD
Oscillating between interior design, creative direction, furniture, and fashion, the Studio Toogood founder’s work is consistently big in vision
Interview by Victoria Camblin
Portraits by Chiara Gabellini
ALEXIS SABLONE
For the MIT-trained designer, skateboarding functions as an architectural framework
Interview by Jonathan Olivares
Portraits by Lee Mary Manning
Also in the issue: Dan Mahboubian Rosen’s guide to living large; Mark Grattan’s big foray into textiles; at home with the late artist Juan Pablo Echeverri; 20 years of Playlab; the legacy of Scott Burton; Gio Ponti’s obsession with hands; Maria Foerlev’s penultimate guide to Copenhagen; and so much more.
AND: NYC11 — A new wave of creatives connecting the dots between art and design, featuring Armando Aguirre, Felix Beaudry, Sarah Burns, Kiki Goti, Kouros Maghsoudi, Luam Melake, Nifemi Ogunro, Ellen Pong, Tika Shelia (Around The Studio), Olivia Vigo, and Max Zinser.
PLUS: 30 pages of Design XXL
The only biannual Magazine for Architectural Entertainment
PIN–UP is a magazine that captures an architectural spirit, rather than focusing on technical details of design, by featuring interviews with architects, designers, and artists, and presenting work as an informal work in progress – a fun assembly of ideas, stories and conversations, all paired with cutting-edge photography and artwork. Both raw and glossy, the magazine is a nimble mix of genres and themes, finding inspiration in the high and the low by casting a refreshingly playful eye on rare architectural gems, amazing interiors, smart design, and that fascinating area where those areas connect with contemporary art. In short, PIN–UP is pure architectural entertainment!
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