To finish our month with Haider Ackermann’s A#3, we turn to an excerpt from Hilde Bouchez, the editor of the issue and a professor of design history at Sint Lukas School in Brussels, Belgium. She shares her thoughts on Haider Ackermann –  the man and the magazine.

“A warm smile, ever questioning eyes, your fragile hands. Time and time again they combine and seduce with their elegance and intensity.”

“Intense contradictions have become the starting point of this magazine. This issue is not about Haider Ackermann: no interview, no praise, no fashion collection. You seem to be completely absent, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Page after page, this magazine is a mirror of your thoughts, the reflection of your desires, your everyday inspirations. Well-considered and volatile, poetic and hard, melancholic and rational, discreet and candid.”

“You made an effort to grasp this magical moment. To pour ‘la rencontre‘, as you like to call it, into images.”

“Every story, chosen by you or made for you, testifies to an intensity and elegance you search for in images, words and friendships.”

To Haider Ackermann, Hilda Bouchez and all the extraordinary people who have become a part of the journey of A#3, we thankyou.