This issue focuses on talent who’ve developed a cohesive vision throughout their artistic output, regardless of the medium. The creative throughline may be ethereal, even ineffable, but it’s felt and understood by contemporaries, collaborators, and fans. There’s a spiritual alignment that tethers the work to those who interact with it, including creative peers who are on the same wavelength.
A good uniform, especially when it’s one we’ve adopted ourselves, is an unyielding source of confidence. It’s armor. Embracing one should be a process and an evolutionary journey rolled into one. This description transcends clothing, similarly applying to art, self-development, or personal appearance. Uniforms serve as a tool, signature, and a mode of freedom, all at the same time.
In this issue, we explore not just why people create what they create but how they do it—the processes and approaches that have led to success, growth, influence, and community. On top of the work itself, this means spotlighting artists’ networks, collaborators, and lines of communication to audiences, as well as how those factors affect their practices.
The designers, artists and creatives spotlighted in its pages either lean into the feverish pace and unrelenting intensity of our current cultural climate, or disregard it completely—instead opting for an anachronistic ethos that stands in stark contrast to the cultural fever.
The Circle Issue is full of MSCHF. You might remember the notorious New York-based art collective for their provocative creations like the Big Red Boots, the sinister Satan Shoes with Lil Nas X and the infamous ATM Leaderboard. They’re known for causing chaos and stirring the pot, but what really motivates them is a mystery … until now.
