Championing inspiring women from the world of culture and technology, Riposte magazine is back for its third issue, with features on designer Nathalie Du Pasquier, Frieze director Victoria Siddall and a monograph by photographer Anna Fox.
When it launched in November 2013, Riposte was a breath of fresh air to the overly glossy, largely image-focused sector of magazines targeted at women. Here, finally, was a publication that neither talked about female innovators as though all that mattered was their wardrobe choices, nor smothered you with a narrow, painfully academic view on what did or didn’t constitute feminist thinking. Instead it aimed to lead by example, celebrating women that were at the top of their game, whatever their game may be, and presenting the content with similarly smart and considered design and photography.
Now on its third issue, Riposte has lost none of the impact or importance of its inaugural edition. The new issue, which launches on Thursday, features interviews with designer and Memphis Group member Natalie Du Pasquier, Frieze art fair’s direct Victoria Sidall, stylish Anna Trevelyan and the female writers behind The Simpsons. In addition, the life of office workers in London during the Thatcher years is captured in a sixteen-page monograph by photographer Anna Fox.
Riposte’s history of commissioning excellent image-makers is upheld for this latest edition, with work by photographers Tara Darby, Kate Peters and Francesca Jane Allen (whose Girls! Girls! Girls! series you really much check out if you haven’t seen it before). There’s set design by the Memphis-inspired Anna Lomax and illustrations by Laura Callaghan, James Graham and Holly Wales, all master-minded by the magazine’s ever-astute Shaz Madani and Danielle Pender.
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