Nest A Quarterly of Interiors Magazine Summer 2001 Number 13

Nest, 2001. Softcover. Very Good. 11x9x0. Scarce, highly collectible Summer 2001 Number 13 of "NEST a quarterly of interiors," also named on the cover as "JOINT ISSUE." Much more than an interior design magazine, this is a beautiful, unique, quirky and fascinating magazine which was published from 1998-2004. In 2004, the Nest creative director, publisher and editor Joseph Holtzman shuttered the magazine to focus full-time on his painting. This publication has an irregular fore edge - indented one inch curve throughout the issue. It is tied with a black ribbon inserted through a die cut hole, and a repeated pattern "nest 13" is imprinted on the ribbon. This is the only place where the number 13 is found in the issue, due to Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of number 13, as stated by Nest. The Rei Kawakubo photo of the White House in public mourning is featured on the cover, and this issue is occasionally referred to as the Mourning issue. Photos of the home of Abraham Lincoln draped in mourning following his assassination, and the City of Canton, Ohio, following the assassination of William McKinley. Included are photos of Sarah Bernhardt in coffin post-mortem pretending to be dead; death of a child shown in Sleeping Beauty pose. Jacqueline Kennedy and Coretta Scott King are pictured in their mourning dress. The funerals of Andy Warhol and Jimi Hendrix are shown with headshots of the Nest staff superimposed on the attendees of the funerals. The New York Yankees paying tribute to radio announcer Mel Alen, the tribute to the death of a firefighter, and the tribute to International AIDS Awareness Day are included. A 24-page photographic tribute to New York decorator Mario Buatta, known as the Prince of Chintz, including text by Buatta. Cannabis leaf chintz (Dope Design) by Kazumi Yoshida and Philippe Dave and indoor herb gardens are featured. Twenty-three pages are dedicated to a chaotic commune in the second floor of an old industrial building known as Fort Thunder, so-named because the residents can make as much noise as they want. Originally founded by Mat Brinkman and Brian Chippendale, the home is comprised of men and women who are musicians, visual artists, and may simply need a place to stay. Feature on Miss Plaster Caster, Cynthia Dorothy Albritton, known for her plaster castings of penises of rock stars and celebrities, including members of The Animals, Young Rascals, Lovin' Spoonful, Savoy Brown, MC5, Kinks, Journey, Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix and more. The home of award winning fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld is highlighted, and much more. From Nest: Marketed as an interior design magazine, and edited by Joseph Holtzman, Nest generally eschewed the conventionally beautiful luxury interiors showcased in other magazines, and instead featured photographs of nontraditional, exceptional, and unusual environments. Fred A. Bernstein, writing in the New York Times, wrote that Joseph Holtzman "believed that an igloo, a prison cell or a child's attic room (adorned with Farrah Fawcett posters) could be as compelling as a room by a famous designer." During its run, Nest showed the room of a 40-year-old diaper lover, the lair of an Indonesian bird that decorates with colored stones and vomit, the final resting place of Napoleon's penis, the quarters of Navy seamen, a barbed-wire-trimmed bed that doubled as a tank, and a Gothic Christmas card from filmmaker John Waters. Noted architect Rem Koolhaas called it "an anti-materialistic, idealistic magazine about the hyperspecific in a world that is undergoing radical leveling, an 'interior design' magazine hostile to the cosmetic." Artist Richard Tuttle was quoted as saying that Mr. Holtzman "channeled the collective unconscious, to give us the pleasure of ornament before we even knew we wanted it." Many glossy period ads of high-end and enduring retail items. Tight, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Two tiny tears to fore edge of the front panel apparently caused by the tightening of the ribbon by a previous owner. No address label. 11" x 9". 209 pp. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.