Acid Magazine

A holistic approach to surfing in a beautifully designed print format

To the outside world, surfers may seem like an obsessive bunch. Piling into a station wagon, driving for hours in search of rideable peaks in the depths of winter, shuffling across snow-covered trails in nothing but a few millimeters of neoprene is not uncommon for a cold-water surfer. More often than not, there’s a lot that goes into riding a wave and Acid Magazine—based between …

Design Indaba 2014: The Conference

South Africa's annual discourse on how creativity and innovation can affect real change throughout the world at large

Many wondrously pioneering things happen daily in South Africa, yet surprisingly much of the world still seems slightly unaware of the nation’s enduring commitment to progressive reform. The country is often still regarded by much of the modern world as underdeveloped—and even worse, unconcerned or unable. But each year founder Ravi Naidoo and his team at Design Indaba demonstrate exactly how wrong these preconceived notions …

Interview: Marisa Kakoulas and Margot Mifflin on Tattooing in the New Millennium

We speak with the two experts on women in the industry on the eve of their Powerhouse Arena panel discussion

All things counter culture reach a point of popularity where they cease to exist exclusively in the peripherysome just take longer than others to reach the tipping point. Tattooing, for example, has existed for thousands of years, yet only in the past few decades has its popularity increased seemingly to a point of no return. However abundant tattoos may have become, many will argue a …