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01. The 10 th Kitsuné Maison Compilation, dubbed the Fireworks Issue. Stand out tracks: Punks Jump Up’s Blockhead and Justus Kohncke’s Sorry (featuring Alexis Taylor). / 02. A red hot chili
pepper. / 03. Chanel’s Rouge Coco Shine lipstick. / 04. Deep Throat (1972): a young woman who can’t have orgasms is told her pleasure point is nestled in her throat. You guess the rest. / 05.
Atypyk’s Kiss, a makeshift lipstick stamp. / 06. Prince’s infamous 1999 album. Little Red Corvette is track number two. / 07. Our new intern Kathy suggested we add a pinch of Wild Hibiscus
flowers to our end-of-week drinks, instantly colouring them red. / 08. Other red-faced magazines: Berlin’s 032c, an August 1990 copy of Brussels’ The Bulletin (featuring breakdancing crew
Brussels Rap Convention on its cover), Redbull’s The Red Bulletin, the UK’s original The Word and, last but not least, NME. / 09. A red pen. The ultimate office essential come proof reading
time. / 10. An infrared lamp. We can't quite imagine how we faced the biting cold winter days without this one. / 11. A nostalgic look back at the many (red) report cards we got at school. / All
photography Yassin Serghini.
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