What might be found within the four walls of an Acne Studios home? A new edition of Acne Paper – the Swedish fashion brand’s long-standing print magazine – provides an answer of sorts. Across ten chapters – which represent nine rooms and a garden – the 18th issue ‘builds’ a fantasy home within its pages, complete with a priceless collection of furniture, objects and artworks that traverse place and time (from a contemporary table by Rick Owens to cutlery by Salvador Dalí and wall hangings by El Anatsui).
‘I always found certain auction catalogues to be an interesting read,’ says Thomas Persson, the magazine’s founding editor-in-chief, who was reinstated in the role in 2021 when Acne Paper was relaunched after a seven-year break. ’Especially those that are made about someone’s private collection, maybe someone who had a very cultured life but now their furniture, objects and artworks have been put on auction for sale, due to their demise or because they want to sell things off.’
