PIN-UP, Issue 31: Radical Optimism!?

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A Fall/Winter issue, number 31, of PIN-UP magazine titled “Radical Optimism!?" and the first Issue edited by Emmanuel Olunkwa. Architect Mabel O. Wilson is featured on the cover. The cover has [Pin-Up / Radical Optimism] written in yellow and blue over an image of Wilson standing on a basketball court. She is dressed in a multi-colored dress and black boots and looks towards the camera. The blue lettering is raised and textured. White text, caddy-cornered in each of the lower corners reads [Magazine For Architectural Entertainment / Issue 31/ F/W/ 2021/22 USD 30] on the left and [Mabel O Wilson / Photographed By / Jeremy Liebman] on the right. The interior of the magazines contains 192 pages of articles and images. One of the articles includes an interview with Wilson. The back of the magazine has a Hermes advertisement.

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