THE LISSOME Magazine N°4
THE LISSOME Magazine N°4
The Lissome Magazine N°4
The Lissome’s Edition N°4: Love Ethic pays tribute to bell hooks’ influential work, All about Love: New Visions. Moving beyond the confines of romantic love, the author explores love as the foundation of life that touches on everything – love of self and others (and the more than human world), societal frameworks, the material world, justice, values and spirituality, as well as experiences of loss and healing. She advocates for a cultural shift towards a love ethic, affirming everyone’s right to freedom and a fulfilling life.
Inspired by bell hooks’ heartfelt wisdom, we envision a world where love ethics permeate every aspect of our lives, fostering collective care. We’d like to invite you to join us in contemplating this transformative possibility in our latest print edition, discovering love as a powerful antidote for our challenging times, softening hearts and opening new possibilities to thrive.
Format:
The Lissome is a 144-pages coffee table magazine, measuring 31 x 22,6 cm. It has a high-quality stitch binding to secure durability and easy reading.
Mindfully-Made:
The Lissome is produced locally in Berlin by Druckhaus Sportflieger, a FSC® certified printer renowned for its high-quality and craftsmanship. The magazine is printed on Enviro Top U, a 100% FSC® recycled paper which is Blauer Engel and EU Ecolabel certified.
About The Lissome
The Lissome is an award-winning independent publication based in Berlin exploring the intersection of Earth-centred fashion design, mindfulness, ecology and system transformation through poetic and sensuous storytelling – providing a gentle space for conversations and contemplation, inspiring positive change and making hopeful futures tangible.
Created by an international community of creatives in fashion and beyond, and published annually by The Lissome Verein non-profit association, The Lissome exists to advance a culture of regeneration, compassion and cooperation in the realms of fashion, crafts and contemporay culture.
Naming the magazine after the 18th-century word “lissome” meaning “gentle, calm, gracious, kind”, we set out to tell our stories in a gentle and joyful way, by means of beauty, manifesting the spirit we would like to see in the world.
Purpose of The Lissome
The purpose of The Lissome is to advance and share knowledge about a holistic sustainable fashion system that places human and planetary well-being at the centre. Through its online platform and print publications, it connects creatives (writers, designers, photographers, art directors, stylists etc.) from the fashion industry and beyond with craftspeople, academics and activists as well as end consumers, and offers space for critical discourse and creative expression.
Our aim is to heighten awareness and appreciation for the origin of textiles, high-quality design and craftsmanship, and responsible production processes to further cultural changes in social discourse and behaviour. The conscious and decelerated enjoyment of quality and beauty is promoted as a desirable alternative to the current trends of overproduction and overconsumption.
The Lissome is featured as a positive example of responsible media communication in the 2023 UN Sustainable Fashion Communication Playbook, a joint publication by UN EP and UN Climate Change providing a framework for countering misinformation, reducing messages perpetuating overconsumption and redirecting aspiration to sustainable lifestyles.
