Local Optimist #4
200 x 260 mm, 192 pages
Los Angeles, US
Publisher: Noah Raf
Editor-in-chief: Meaghan McGovern
Creative director: Ed Davis (Hot Cottage)
Published by LA-based fashion label Madhappy, Local Optimist is an uplifting and smartly designed biannual focussing on ‘radical discovery and connection’. Each issue spotlights an interesting mix of creatives, entrepreneurs and writers in a series of profiles and interviews, accompanied by a generous dose of glossy photography.
Themed ‘Pathways’, their fourth issue brings together another varied group: young composter and ‘Worm Girl’ Kaile Teramoto, Sabrina Fuentes of indie rock band Pretty Sick, installation artist Devon Turnbull, tattoo artist Coco Star Sims, Yuka Takahashi of Hi Bridge Books in Tokyo, acupuncturist Rachel Day and more.
£20.00