Racquet #27
190 x 240 mm, 120 pages
New York, US
Quarterly
Founder: Caitlin Thompson
Design and art direction: Mike Taylor
A magazine about tennis that places the sport at the heart of culture, fashion and experiences, whether you’re a tennis head or not.
The latest issue of Racquet is themed ‘Optimism’ and presents the tennis court as a positive third space, providing an escape from ‘a world in chaos’. Inside, cancer survivor Shima Oliaee finds courage in Jelena Ostapenko’s expressive courtside manner; Caira Conner profiles Joe Lynskey, as he returns to tennis following a traumatic subway incident; Racquet founder Caitlin Thompson takes a tennis tour of Cuba; American artist Honor Titus talks with the curator Antwaun Sargent about painting players; plus, the team taps into the tennis fever gripping the globe through their first collaboration with New York collective MSCHF.
On Vimeo:
Then editor David Shaftel and publisher Caitlin Thompson joined Jeremy Leslie to discuss launching their magazine as part of our MagMagMag series in New York, May 2022.
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On the Journal:
‘Though tennis is absolutely at its core, Racquet really is wide open. Art, culture and fashion are all very much at home here. I mean, despite the fact I haven’t picked up a racquet in years (though my partner was a minor child wunderkind at the sport) here I am, a little bit in love with a tennis magazine...'
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