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Vogue Patterns

It is rare to find the work of Steven Meisel outside of the glossy pages of exclusive fashion magazines but a recent discovery of a limited-edition jigsaw puzzle by Art+Commerce is an exception. The jigsaw puzzle features a pattern-on-pattern photograph of model Meghan Collison as a tattooed pin-up. The image originally appeared as part of the Vogue Patterns series (additional images depicted below) in the December 2007 edition of Vogue Italia, a publication for which Meisel has created every cover and lead editorial story for nearly two decades. The puzzles are also available at Colette in Paris, at Barneys New York, and at 10 Corso Como in Milan.

U Mag

I’m always looking for interesting applications of fashion, photography and design and U Magazine delivers. Whether the layouts of the current issue are clean and crisp or reminiscent of a punk zine, this digital magazine from Brazil is always visually interesting. Created by Romeu Silveira, a writer for São Paolo Fashion Week, and distributed via blogspot since 2006.

Miles Aldridge

I love these images created by Miles Aldridge for the Bang! Bang! feature in Numero Magazine No. 97. Massively saturated color, plastic gloss and pop references make for a delicious treat.

Very ELLE

The French edition of Elle magazine is getting serious about their creative. Very ELLE is a special biannual edition of French ELLE, art directed and designed by Non-Format for Hachette Filipacchi Associés. Features and editorial spreads employ the typeface Heroine, which was created specially for the magazine.

Maison Martin Margiela

In October 2008, Maison Martin Margiela celebrates its 20th anniversary. For this occasion, the Modemuseum Provincie Antwerpen presents a unique retrospective of his work. Conceived in close collaboration with Maison Martin Margiela, the exhibition takes place from September 12, 2008 through February 8, 2009. More images are available at A Shaded View.

Via Tyler Askew.

Nagi Noda (1973-2008)

A moment of silence for Nagi Noda (野田 凪 Noda Nagi), the talented, eccentric and boundary-pushing artist, art director and fashion designer from Tokyo. Noda passed away this past Sunday, September 7, 2008, at the young age of 35 after surgical complications from injuries sustained in a traffic accident the previous year.