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PIN–UP is a Magazine for Architectural Entertainment

PIN–UP captures an architectural spirit, rather than focusing on technical details of design, by featuring interviews with architects, designers, and artists, and presenting work as an informal work in progress – a fun assembly of ideas, stories and conversations, all paired with cutting-edge photography and artwork. Both raw and glossy, the magazine is a nimble mix of genres and themes, finding inspiration in the high and the low by casting a refreshingly playful eye on rare architectural gems, amazing interiors, smart design, and that fascinating area where those areas connect with contemporary art.

18/09/2026

“We never remember what something fully is. We remember how something felt.” — 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝘆

Spanning sculpture, film, performance, and design, GILES TETTEY NARTEY’s practice explores how design can carry ritual across time, reimagining Afro-Atlantic forms and methods of making for the present rather than reproducing them as pastiche.

In conversation with Tomi Laja, the British-Ghanaian artist and architect discusses memory, inherited forms, and the objects that shape and guide us.

Read the full conversation at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

Nartey will be featured in 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙪𝙚 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝘼𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 at the Design Museum, opening November 6, 2026

Interview Tomi Seyi Laja
Portraits Christian Cassiel

17/09/2026

Bursting the fiction that ‘paradigmatic’ architecture can only be produced in hegemonic locales.” — 𝗦𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝘆𝗮

Architects of Liberation: Modernism in West Africa, co-curated by art historian Ikem Stanley Okoye and MoMA’s Chief Curator of Architecture and Design, Martino Stierli, looks back at a moment of architectural optimism, when newly independent West African nations seized on Modernism to build nations and give radical form to new visions of the future.

Suleman Sheikh Anaya takes a closer look for 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

Architects of Liberation is on view at MoMA The Museum of Modern Art through January 2, 2027.

All photography François-Xavier Gbré

16/09/2026

𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨
A film by PIN–UP featuring Ten of Cups Farm

PIN–UP is proud to see 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 selected for Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, the second-longest-running q***r film festival in the world.

For this third post, we celebrate Ten of Cups Farm, a family of “anti-Zionist Jewish q***rs” in Washington State practicing what they call radical interdependence: farming together while caring for each other and the land they live on.

Originally commissioned for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦—𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 chronicles three contemporary q***r communities across the country (House of GG, Lupinewood, and Ten of Cups Farm) and the different ways they have cultivated a profound sense of home while defying mainstream norms.
𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 (2024), 32 min.

Chicago Screening
Monday, September 21, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, Chicago

Directed by michaeljbullock and MICHAEL CUKR
Concept and curatorial direction by 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗕 and Michael Bullock for PIN–UP®
Cinematography and post-production by Michael Cukr
Original music by KUKII
Art direction by Office Ben Ganz
Commissioned by Michelle Joan Wilkinson Christina De León for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

15/09/2026

𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨
A film by PIN–UP featuring lupinewood 
PIN–UP is proud to see 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 selected for Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, the second-longest-running q***r film festival in the world. 
For this second post, we celebrate Lupinewood, a chosen family in Western Massachusetts who, since 2017, have been transforming a falling-apart mansion into a home and community space, with artist residencies, a community print shop, and a recording studio. 
Originally commissioned for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦—𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 chronicles three contemporary q***r communities across the country (House of GG, Lupinewood, and Ten of Cups Farm) and the different ways they have cultivated a profound sense of home while defying mainstream norms. 
𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 (2024), 32 min.
Chicago Screening
Monday, September 21, 2026, 6:45 PM CDT
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, Chicago

Directed by michaeljbullock and MICHAEL CUKR
Concept and curatorial direction by 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗕 and Michael Bullock for PIN–UP®
Cinematography and post-production by Michael Cukr
Original music by KUKII
Art direction by Office Ben Ganz
Commissioned by Michelle Joan Wilkinson Christina De León for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

14/09/2026

𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨
A film by PIN–UP featuring

PIN–UP is proud to see 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 selected for Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, the second-longest-running q***r film festival in the world.

For this first post, we celebrate House of GG, founded by the late Miss Major, the legendary Stonewall veteran and influential trans activist. Miss Major (1946–2025) was raised on Chicago’s South Side, which makes the film’s screening a homecoming of sorts.

Originally commissioned for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦—𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘭, 𝘋𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 chronicles three contemporary LGBTQ+ communities across the country (House of GG, Lupinewood, and Ten of Cups Farm) and the different ways they have cultivated a profound sense of home while defying mainstream norms.

𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 (2024), 32 min.
Chicago Screening
Monday, September 21, 2026 6:45 PM CDT
Landmark’s Century Centre Cinema, Chicago

Directed by michaeljbullock and MICHAEL CUKR
Concept and curatorial direction by 𝗙𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗫 𝗕 and Michael Bullock for PIN–UP®
Cinematography and post-production by Michael Cukr
Original music by KUKII
Art direction by Office Ben Ganz
Commissioned by Michelle Joan Wilkinson Christina De León for Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

10/09/2026

“An object needs to be 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰.” — 𝗧𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗮

Throughout their long careers, Tobia Scarpa and his wife and design collaborator, Afra Bianchin, designed iconic objects and lights that both continued and diverged from the legacy inherited from Tobia’s father, Carlo Scarpa.

In a rare interview the 91-year old Tobia Scarpa reflects on scale, form, materiality, and the relaunch of the Seki-Han lamp, originally created in 1963.

Read the full conversation with one of the last living giants of Italian design at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

Video

09/09/2026

“There are a lot of people who come to New York alone, without family. You build your world through friendship. Dominik and I have always shared that idea.”— 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗲 𝗞𝗶𝗺

minjae kim and Dominik Tarabanski sit down with PIN–UP for a classic KEYWORD interview, discussing FRIENDSHIP, FLOWERS, CRAFT, NEW YORK, CHILDHOOD, TIME, AUDIENCE, CONTROL, and RITUALS.

Read the full conversation at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

Photography Dominik Tarabanski

04/09/2026

“I am the master of tears.” — 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗼 𝗩𝗲𝘇𝘇𝗼𝗹𝗶

With the passing of icon Gloria Steinem, we reflect on her enduring impact across popular culture.

For the past few years, artist Francesco Vezzoli has been building a world around his art and his second obsession: design collecting. In his Milan apartment, artworks featuring iconic images of Barbara Bush, Jane Fonda, Sophia Loren, and, of course, the late Gloria Steinem are displayed alongside an impressive collection of furniture by Achille Castiglioni, Ettore Sottsass, G*e Aulenti, Giovanni Gariboldi, Angelo Mangiarotti, Carlo Scarpa, Nanda Vigo, and many others.

In true Archivio Vezzoli fashion, the works embellished with sequins, jewels, and touches of embroidery explore, above all, the virtue of weeping.

Read the full conversation at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

Photography Philippe Jarrigeon for  Styling

03/09/2026

“Buildings that are given to us all at once do not give us the happiness of mystery.” — 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗼 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮

Built for the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Ricardo Legorreta’s Hotel Camino Real was conceived for the international jet set: a vast, theatrical composition of color, courtyards, art, and modern design.

Works by Anni Albers, Alexander Calder, Pedro Friedeberg, and Rufino Tamayo, alongside Knoll classics, once defined the hotel’s extraordinary collection of integrated art and design. Many have since been lost to renovations and the art market.

Tracing its history, Ryan Miller examines the contradictions of a building so sublime, its curious absence from the architectural canon, and the uncertain future of one of Mexico’s greatest modern landmarks.

Photography jamesfloriophotography. Spreads from 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡 (2018) courtesy Cooperativa La Joplin, Carla Zarebska, and Humberto Tachiquín.

Read the full essay at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

02/09/2026

“I thought architects should also do something for humanity, not just for their own egos.” — 𝗬𝗮𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗶

Once the queen of steel and concrete, Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari now swears by mud, lime, and bamboo. Drawing on her knowledge of traditional construction techniques, acquired through her conservation work, Lari has developed a hugely ambitious program Yasmeen Lari to lift millions out of precarity through what she calls “barefoot social architecture and entrepreneurship.” By charging a small fee to train their neighbors in trades such as limecrete, mud-brick manufacture, and thatching, the villages she works with disseminate sustainable, monetizable skill sets that benefit the entire community.

met with Lari to discuss her atonement from “starchitect” to social architect.

Read the full conversation at 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗽𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗼𝗿𝗴

Portraits Arif Mahmood
All work images courtesy Heritage Foundation of Pakistan

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