What is biocouture? Meet the Japanese designer rendering the needle and thread obsolete
Yuima Nakazato introduces fermented microbes and digital fabrication to the guarded tradition of haute couture.
Arthur C. Clarke’s 1986 ‘Playboy’ interview is a sci-fi prophecy for the counterculture
Read the futurist mastermind's revelations on UFOs, Reagan's ‘Space Force,’ and smooching Allen Ginsberg.
Grimes’s wellness regime proves we’re all still paranoid about androids
Scalping your eyeballs isn't a biohack, only a distraction from the root of our ills.
‘Storytellers of the black narrative’: Revisiting Gordon Parks’s ‘A Great Day in Hip Hop’ 20 years later
Photographer Jamel Shabazz recreates the iconic image of 177 artists including the Wu-Tang Clan and The Roots.
Alex Israel launches the Bat Signal into the Marseille sky
The artist brings Tim Burton's Gotham to Le Corbusierto's iconic Cité Radieuse.
2019 in photojournalism: encapsulating the stories we can’t afford to forget
Humanizing the headlines at this year's World Press Photo Exhibition.
Road-tripping with model and photographer Julia Campbell-Gillies
Emily Lipson photographs Campbell-Gillies on the Long Island Expressway, as the two discuss why fashion isn't ‘stupid girls playing dress up.’
Great, now global warming is causing woolly mammoth poaching
Even prehistoric beasts can't escape the wrath of climate change.
Who is Turkmenistan’s dictator and why is he always holding puppies?
Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow—taking a note from Trump, Kim, and Putin—has been distracting us from human rights violations with puppies, horses, and a viral rap video.
Meet 5 emerging photographers confronting race, gender, and identity
Red Hook Labs spotlights 25 globe-spanning artists, selected by a panel including Kim Jones and Edward Enninful.
Isamaya Ffrench’s 5 favorite ‘beauty’ books: romance, recipes, and Carl Jung
The British makeup artist tells Document about the books that shaped her progressive sense of beauty.
Barrio Chino: meet the Chinese-Cubans fighting to keep their culture alive
Photographer Sean Alexander Geraghty shares stories from Havana’s Chinatown—once the largest in all of Latin America.
Accompany Solange on her spiritual expedition home
Beginning next week, an extended cut of Solange's futuristic, redemptive film 'When I get Home' will be screened internationally.
Russia’s hottest influencer destination is actually a toxic dumping ground
Chemical runoff from a nearby power plant has made the "Novosibirsk Maldives" the perfect yoga selfie backdrop.
Kiyan Williams and Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski on the audacity of art-making at the margins
"Blackness and queerness are just such expansive and deep wells of knowledge and inspiration. It’s a gift to be able to access that and create...
Are China’s contemporary artists the saviors of its cultural heritage?
As historical sites are bulldozed daily, artists at JINGART 2019 reflect on the importance of the past.
Exorcising the social media ghosts of relationships past
Elisha Lim's upcoming graphic novel decodes our post-breakup nightmares.
‘The Year of Return’: 5 Ghanaian artists sound off on Pan-African solidarity
Document explores the marketing initiative bringing celebrities, world leaders, and diaspora artists back to West Africa.
Pussy Riot’s face down with the Alabama abortion ban
The punk protest performers trade Moscow for Birmingham in a sold-out show today.
Sarai Mari owns her existential crisis
Captivating images of paranoia and fantasy from the photographer's latest book.
A Superstar is Born: Adidas, basketball, and the 1986 rap show that started it all
How the humble 1969 “Shelltoe” and Run DMC laid the groundwork for contemporary sneaker culture.
Jess Cole’s 7 short books for each day of the week
“I'm seduced by writing that makes me feel something—and intensely so. I love the thrust of shorter literature it pulls, rolls, and leaves before you...
When Louis Vuitton met Grandmaster Flash: the eccentric ’90s campaign that shook high fashion
Document revisits Louis Vuitton's iconic 1997 Centennial Collection campaign with Guzman, the irreverent photography duo who pulled it off.
Chopova Lowena riot grrrls take over the East Village
The designer duo inspired by Bulgarian folklore creates traditional garb for women who don’t care what you think.
5 young photographers pushing the bounds of ‘feminine beauty’
Document's favorite emerging photographers from Dior Makeup’s Photography Award for Young Talent exhibition.
VHS tapes, vegetables, and sustainable glitter: Central Saint Martins’ green wave
Can Maison/0—an incubator project from CSM and LVMH—convince luxury brands to be more green?
Daichiro Shinjo, a calligraphy artist seeking Zen amidst our existing chaos
Photographer Markn captures the artist's contemplative and explosively kinetic process.
Documenting the rites and rituals of India’s sacred water source
Amidst political turmoil over water rights, pollution, and scarcity, photographer Marc Hibbert captures small moments of ecstasy and serenity at the Ganges.
On the ground at Milan Pride, as Italy’s LGBTQ immigrants speak out
“I believe it is our responsibility as people of color, as LGBTQ+ people of color, immigrants, refugees, to repossess the concept [of Pride] and bring...
Cheng Ran, the video artist melding underground stories with experimental DJ scores
On the heels of winning the $100,000 Nomura Emerging Artist Award, Cheng Ran tells Document how he stays on the cutting edge in today's globalized...
Valentino x Birkenstock: the fascinating origin story of summer’s best collaboration
Document travels to Görlitz and Bernstadt, the remote German towns home to Birkenstock's sprawling factories
Christian Louboutin travels to the Himalayas on the LouBhoutan Express
Christian Louboutin found inspiration in Jenga, Parisian nightlife, and the rich craftsmanship of Bhutan for his Spring/Summer 2020 collection.
Spectacles of society: exploring 600 years of British eyewear
Document goes inside the century-spanning archive of Cubitts for a special fashion portfolio.
One night at ChokeHole, where drag performance meets pro wrestling
The southern-fried smackdown is taking drag culture back to its subversive roots.
Diedrick Brackens weaves visual anthems for the yee-haw agenda
The textile artist explores black queer identity in his stunning, Southwestern tapestries.
Dior blends functionality, fire, and feminism with the help of Penny Slinger and Agnès Varda
For Fall 2019 Couture, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri revives the question: Are Clothes Modern?
Ira Silverberg’s guide to poets as prose-writers, from Sylvia Plath to Ocean Vuong
The New York literary heavyweight gives his reading list of genre-defying poets.
‘Chronicles’: a fantasy anthology starring Ajak Deng and @uglyworldwide
Fashion photography's answer to 'Game of Thrones.'
Watch Miu Miu Croisière 2020 live from Paris
Tune into the livestream Saturday, June 29 at 7:30 PM Paris / 1:30 PM New York.
Artists Alex Israel and Tschabalala Self reimagine Louis Vuitton’s Capucines handbag
Rodeo Drive gallery pop up, Louis Vuitton X, unveils the collaborations as art objects behind glass
Arlene Gottfried photographed the magic and madness of Old New York
During the '70s and '80s, Gottfried captured the soul of local communities from Poet's Café to Coney Island.
Robert Giard photographed over 600 LGBTQ writers—5 of them share their stories
'Particular Voices' saw Giard capture America's queer literary giants alongside emerging talents, treating each with a profound sense of urgency.
Botter, the Paris men’s label taking on dictatorships one fruit sticker at a time
Designers Rushemy Botter and Lisi Herrebrugh talk to Document about their Spring 2020 collection, with inspiration plucked fresh from the market.
Violet Chachki, uglyworldwide, and Mykki Blanco toast to Pride
Milk Makeup and Visionaire curated a night celebrating dancing, beauty, and color.
Capturing the new faces of Jil Sander men’s
How casting director Henry Thomas found the models to embody the brand's modern, trans-national identity.
Toni Morrison, in her own voice
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders's documentary, 'Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am,' reveals the author's strength and sharp wit, surprising no one.
DeSe Escobar defines the future of going-out glam
The Club Glam co-founder talks protests, trans visibility, and giving New York's parties a much needed dose of feathers.
Bali is designing a sustainable future and we should take notes
Good times and doing good at Future Design—where sustainable living stems from a harmonious relationship with the natural ecosystem.
Underground fetish legend Rick Castro opens his 30-year photography archive
The 'King of Fetish' gives his thoughts on voyeurism, motocross, and gifs ahead of his exhibition, 'GLORY HOLE.'
