Sirene #19
238 x 320 mm, 108 pages
UK & Italy (English-language edition)
Printed on paper made from recycled algae
Biannual
Editor-in-chief: Alberto Coretti
Creative director: Floriana Cavallo
Art director: Macro Boldrino
‘The ocean outside, the ocean inside’ says the tagline, in part, it's safe to assume, because the paper used in this magazine about the sea is made from algae (from algal blooms found in at risk lagoons). There's a lot of blue, a bit like a holiday.
Inside this edition of Sirene you'll find features on sailing traditions in the Santa Cruz Islands, cycling in the Canary Islands, deciphering whale speech, sailors on Italian naval vessel Palinuro, and a ten step guide to the island of Ustica.
On the Journal:
‘The weather in London turned sticky this week and with the muggy heat comes my desire to escape to the sea. Serendipitously, the new issue of Sirene arrived, and I allowed it to gently draw me in over a cup of coffee – for as the brief editorial note states, "This is the sea, and it is summer: nothing else matters"…’ READ MORE