MacGuffin #07 Trousers

A beautifully crafted Dutch magazine about the life of ordinary things. Like Hitchcock’s MacGuffins, these objects never take center stage, yet they quietly shape the narrative and spin the most intricate plots around themselves. A bed, a window, and a rope — these were the themes of its first issues. On the pages of the magazine, such mundane objects are revealed from unexpected angles, connecting people of various professions and appearing across all forms of art.

In 2016, the magazine won the top international prize for independent publishing, the Stack Awards.

Dress up with MacGuffin Nº 7, dedicated to an object that is not just a garment, but more so a mirror of power and desire: The Trousers. MacGuffin puts the pants on one leg at a time with survival gear, working uniforms, tent slacks, yoga leggings, hammer pants, men’s skirts and the big question: ‘what is in the pocket’?

Netherlands / eng. / 21×28 cm / 234 pages / 0.5 kg.