Dust #29

An edition with editorial offices in Berlin and London. The magazine is exceptionally well-executed, predominantly celebrates youth beyond geography and trends. "We prefer to direct our gaze to the basic, genuine way through which youth expresses itself, from where everything should be reconsidered"

DUST ISSUE 29 OVERLOAD: As screens, algorithms, and metrics have taken on the task of organising reality—making it difficult to distinguish visibility from value, immediacy from context—every image around us now competes with every other image, leaving us with an uncomfortable question: what are we supposed to be as an independent magazine? And who are we accountable to?

Brands? Algorithms? Audiences trained to scroll? What are we being asked to become? A cultural platform? A marketing tool? Or simply another content machine?

For this issue, we are granting every image—and every brand—the conditions it seeks: maximised visibility, circulation, engagement, and a claim on collective attention. Every page is a cover. Every image is released into circulation as a standalone event. The magazine’s traditional hierarchy disappears. Inside and outside become a single flat surface where images compete freely for momentum, attention, visibility, and relevance. Sound familiar?

Italy / eng / 23 × 30 cm / 518 pages / 2 kg