Contents
Starters 70 – 84 From London to Tokyo, the new names and faces worth taking note of put pen to paper on what it means to be alive in 2022
Wish You Were Here 86 – 87 photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI Samuel de Saboia’s epic, autobiographical canvases send us on a psychedelic tailspin. Set the controls for the heart of the sun…
From the Ground Up 88 – 89 photography JAN CARLOS DIAZ Enter Atelier Masōmī, the architectural agency reaching into a precolonial west African past to envision a gleaming future
Rehearse for the Metaverse 90 – 93 Trying to figure out your look for the metasphere? Here’s your handy guide to surviving the impending digital apocalypse
Trip to the Doctor 94 – 97 A moment with the newly opened Clerkenwell Health, the first private clinic in Europe to use psilocybin to crack the mental health epidemic
Trip Advisor 98 – 101 Want to sort your ibogaine from your shroom oil? As the great Willy Wonka said: Come with me and you’ll see, there’s a world of pure imagination…
Dreamachine 102 – 105 This year, half of London rushed a small, circular light display in search of their inner cosmos. We meet the musical mastermind behind the trip of the season – no comedowns guaranteed
In da Club 106 – 114 Ever wondered what a zero – gravity dancefloor might feel like? From xenomorph strip – teases to LSD breakdancing, here’s a rundown of the future of nightclubbing
Blown Away 116 – 123 photography CARLIJN JACOBS styling IMRUH ASHA
Grounded 124 – 133 photography JUSTIN FRENCH styling GLEN MBAN Clear a path for Kelela, who sets a new blueprint for Black femme club – pop in her first interview since 2019
Abracadabra 134 – 143 photography FRANCOIS VISSER Meet the young wizards at a Cape Town college using magic as a tool for empowerment
Rock Steady 144 – 151 Performance photography ISABELLE WENZEL styling MIRKO PEDONE
Bad Gal Hal 152 – 161 photography OSMA HARVILAHTI styling ALBA MELENDO The New York travel blogger switching up attitudes on the global runway, and calling for ‘more bitches like me’
Space to Inspire 162 – 171 photography MICHAEL HAUPTMAN Inspired by the success of Alyssa Carson, a diverse new era of aspiring astronauts are terraforming the future of space travel
In the Mind’s Eye 172 – 191 photography JACK DAVISON styling IBRAHIM KAMARA
The Upper World 192 – 195 Daniel Kaluuya talks to astrophysicist Femi Fadugba about bringing his time – hopping book to the big screen
Badlands 196 – 205 photography TOM JOHNSON styling OLA – OLUWA EBITI
Burning Up 206 – 217 photography KRISTIN – LEE MOOLMAN styling IBRAHIM KAMARA In Barbados, Afrobeats titan Burna Boy discusses his new album Love, Damini and why peace outweighs politics
Feeling Saucy? 218 – 233 photography NICK SETHI styling MARION B KELLY II Soon, we’ll all be seeing the world through Florida rapper and Lil Nas X collaborator Saucy Santana’s eyes
Motion Detected 234 – 245 photography THIBAUT GREVET styling GEORGIA PENDLEBURY
Fields of Thought 246 – 253 photography PAULO ALMEIDA styling GEORGE KRAKOWIAK
The Stack 256 – 271 photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Curtain up on Ms Carrie Stacks, whose twisted DJ skills and luscious music have forever impacted global nightlife
Weather the Storm 272 – 285 photography CARLIJN JACOBS styling IMRUH ASHA
Speculative Futures 286 – 293 From dolphins with verbal diarrhoea to resets for UK politics: key cultural figureheads join hands to write the future
Sky High 294 – 303 photography & styling JOSEPH LOKKO In a rare interview, the Lynchian pop enigma gets masochistic on the making of her long – awaited return
Chrysalis 304 – 309 photography TYLER MITCHELL Past and present come together in surreal collision in Tyler Mitchell’s debut London solo show: here, the photographer dives through the layers that ensnare his work
Hot Boxing 310 – 311 The future of sustainable, luxury streetwear is here, it’s in a box, and you’ve no idea what’s in it: HEAT unwrap the secrets of their cult fashion start – up
Surreal Life 314 – 315 Judith Watts reflects on how the surrealism movement got its claws into everything we know today, from fashion to design
Give Me a Sign 316 – 317 *Warning* The views expressed in these horoscopes are not those of Dazed magazine. But they are fucking hysterical photography CARLIJN JACOBS styling IMRUH ASHA All clothes KENZO AW22
photography KRISTIN – LEE MOOLMAN styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Wool twill trousers BURBERRY AW22, leather belt JESSIE WESTERN, jewellery Burna’s own photography JACK DAVISON styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Sequin – embroidered silk blazer DOLCE & GABBANA AW22, cotton shirt ALEXANDER MCQUEEN AW22, chrome scales wig DIVAMP COUTURE
photography NICK SETHI styling MARION B KELLY II All clothes DOLCE & GABBANA AW22, necklace Saucy’s own, shoes stylist’s own photography JUSTIN FRENCH styling GLEN MBAN Silver jewelled necklace PRADA AW22
photography RAFAEL PAVAROTTI styling IBRAHIM KAMARA Crepe couture bra and tights VALENTINO PINK PP COLLECTION, patent leather platform pumps VALENTINO GARAVANI DISCOBOX PINK PP COLLECTION
photography OSMA HARVILAHTI styling ALBA MELENDO Silk car dress LOEWE AW22, catsuit stylist’s own