Dune is not a fashion magazine. It is a biannual, bilingual academic journal of fashion, design, and visual culture, published by Flash Art and directed by Maria Luisa Frisa, professor and fashion scholar at IUAV University of Venice. The journal reflects the research interests and theoretical production of the fashion degree courses at IUAV, and its papers are subject to double-blind peer review. The scientific committee includes Judith Clark (London College of Fashion), Francesca Granata (Parsons New York), Alistair O'Neill (Central Saint Martins), Louise Wallenberg (Stockholm University), performer Silvia Calderoni, and filmmaker Bruce LaBruce.
Each issue is organised around a single theme explored through scientific essays, visual contributions, performative writings, and critical reflections by international researchers. The first issue, Dark Room, examined exhibition space through texts by Judith Clark and Bruce LaBruce. Manifesto explored the culture of design manifestos. Fragment pursued crossing disciplinary boundaries. Value investigated authenticity and reproduction. The forthcoming Biosphere addresses ecological materiality. Graphic design by Think Work Observe gives each issue a visual identity that matches the intellectual ambition of the contents.
Devoid of traditional advertising, Dune is supported by donors including Maria Grazia Chiuri, Maison Valentino, and Fondazione In Between Art Film. It is part of the FLAIR research cluster and welcomes open-call submissions from scholars worldwide. In a fashion media landscape dominated by commercial imagery, Dune insists that fashion deserves the same rigour of critical inquiry as any other cultural practice, and that the ephemerality that defines fashion is the root of its prejudice, not the limit of its significance.
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