Hypebeast Magazine Issue 01
The Synthesis Issue · Summer 2012 · Kris Van Assche cover · inaugural issue
Inaugural print issue of Hypebeast Magazine, published for Summer 2012 under the title “The Synthesis Issue.” The issue translates Hypebeast’s digital-native fashion and street-culture editorial model into a substantial quarterly print object, bringing designer fashion, streetwear, art, skate culture and music into one editorial framework.
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- Hypebeast
- Condition
- Very Good+ appearance from supplied views.
- Completeness
- Main issue appears structurally intact from the supplied front, rear and sampled interior views. No separate standard supplement or free gift has been established from the sources checked. Completeness has not been page-by-page verified.
- Date
- Summer 2012
Catalogue note
Inaugural print issue of Hypebeast Magazine, published for Summer 2012 under the title “The Synthesis Issue.” The issue translates Hypebeast’s digital-native fashion and street-culture editorial model into a substantial quarterly print object, bringing designer fashion, streetwear, art, skate culture and music into one editorial framework. Kris Van Assche is the cover subject, with major features or interviews including Phillip Lim, Boris Bidjan Saberi, Shawn Stussy, Kazuki Kuraishi, Hiromichi Ochiai, Cai Guo-Qiang, Jason Dill and BadBadNotGood. Hypebeast’s own later archive identifies this as Issue 01, while its 20th-anniversary retrospective explicitly describes the 2012 Synthesis Issue as the magazine’s inaugural issue.
Why this object matters
The inaugural Hypebeast print issue is a substantive digital-to-print publishing transition with a broad streetwear/design creative network. Retain Gold at 9.1, slightly below the earlier score while preserving its documented launch identity.
Evidence limits: Main issue appears structurally intact from the supplied front, rear and sampled interior views. No separate standard supplement or free gift has been established from the sources checked. Completeness has not been page-by-page verified.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.1 / 10 · Gold Star.
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