{"product_id":"real-review-18","title":"Real Review #18","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e115 x 260 mm, 100 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLondon, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor-in-chief and design: \u003c\/strong\u003eJack Self\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeputy editor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Maddy Weavers\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePerennially popular at the magCulture shop, this ingeniously formatted magazine concerns architecture (and life) in its broadest sense: ‘What it means to live today’. This Spring 2026 issue of \u003ci\u003eReal Review\u003c\/i\u003e is dedicated to ‘Pretending the World’, with Nishant Choksi’s signature cover design, depicting a slipping mask, reinforcing the message that power and performance are inextricably bound—both in the exercise of political authority, and the mobilisation of the masses:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘To pretend means to ‘lay claim’—to stretch forward and take hold of what we want, as if it already existed, or were already ours. To pretend is thus to call forth another reality and create truth through the power of conviction alone. It is fashionable to ridicule performative gestures as ineffective posturing. Yet this is literally the only way new societies come into being.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Journal:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFounder Jack Self shares the strategy behind the magazine’s cover designs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003csmall\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/magculture.com\/real-review-8\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eREAD MORE\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003ca href=\"Real%20Review\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003csmallread a=\"\" more=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/smallread\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/real-review.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ereal-review.org\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"magCulture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45379533308013,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7889\/files\/RealReview18_7301b7b0-a964-4b45-865c-e01d757d4792.png?v=1782481534","url":"https:\/\/magculture.com\/products\/real-review-18","provider":"magCulture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}