Desired Landscapes is a publishing house exploring the sense of place through visual culture. Print expands to walking tours, workshops, and gatherings, fostering new ways to experience urban life.
statement
Desired Landscapes reads to walk and walks to write.
Is pocket-sized coming from a minimal mindset.
Studies the sense of place through visual culture.
Observes patterns yet seeks to preserve heterogeneity.
Travels to form a network of like-minded people.
Cares about timely responses to ideas about tourism.
Is written by the people shaping today’s cities.
Supports and is supported by small brands with big ideas.
Loves print when it is conscious and here to stay.
Is a new tool for city exploration.
features & stockists
Featured in Monocle, The Guardian, MagCulture, AIGA Eye on Design, It’s Nice That.
Surprise of the month by Stack Magazines 2024, Issues Toronto 2023, Do You Read Me?! 2022.
Selected Stockists MagCulture London, AA Bookshop London, Under the Cover Lisbon, Atheneaum Amsterdam, Hyper Hypo Athens, Frab’s Milano, Do You Read Me?! Berlin, Head Hi New York City, Issues Toronto, Skylight Books Los Angeles, CCA Books Montreal. Prolog Coffee Copenhagen, CIVA Brussels, Librarie Yvon Lambert Paris, Soft Cover Vienna, Hochparterre Zurich, Edicola 518 Perugia, Spruce Gallery Manila.
editorial team
Founder & Editor-in-Chief Natassa Pappa
Copy Editor Kostas Konstantinou
Graphic Designers Angeliki Tsiati, Joana Mollaj
Contributing Editors Evi Sougkara, George Kontos, Nikos Magouliotis, Deema Alghunaim, Elena Demetria Chantzis
Contributing Photographers Peter Nikoltsos, Asimina Stefanidou, Steven A.j. Beijer, Myrto Tzima, Alexander Fthenakis
Products Photographer Giorgos Vitsaropoulos
Architectural Photographer Alina Lefa
contributors
Adrià Cañameras, Alejandra Espinosa, Alex King, Alex Triantafyllou, Alexandre Kurek, Alexis Efstathopoulos, Amine Houari, Ana Filipovic, Andrea Pavoni, Andrew Purcell, Anna Kaminari, Anne-Laure Franchette, Antonakis, Ben Cullen Williams, Brian Kwok, Caterina Stamou, Christos Kotsinis, Daphne Iliaki, Daphne Kokkini, Darren Ankenman, Dimitris Zampopoulos, Dmytro Soloviov, Dustin Lynn, Edgar Lópeznavarrete, Ellena Ehrl, Elliott Papazahariakis, Enrico Lixia, Eric Tabuchi, Eva Vaslamatzi, Fabiana Ruggiero, Farida El Gazzar, Foivos Oikonomidis, Francesca Renzi, Franek Wardyński, George Hughes, George Kafka, Guillem S. Arquer, Irena Visa, Jaak Kaevats, Jana Traboulsi, Joshua Olsthoorn, Katerina Papadopoulou, Katia Naouri, Lia Forslund, Liliana Capari, Lisa Rohrer, Lori Waxman, Lucy Murray Willis, Lydia Xynogala, Maria Aucejo Mollà, Marie Kreibich, Marina Tsintzeli, Matthew Kennedy, Meg Miller, Melita Čavlović, Mike Tully, Minna Colakis, Myrto Kakara, Myrto Katsimicha, Nadja Von Buseck, Nelly Monnier, Oz Russell, Philippos Theodorides, Pino Heye, Ralph Steinegger, Renske Diks, Ricardo Camacho, Rolf Olsen, Sander Van Wettum, Sandra Abuelghanam, Sarah Gretsch, Saskia Fischer, Shirin Sabahi, Soco Vision, Tania Cimatti, Tatiany, Alexia & Nefeli Stamatelatou, Tibor Bielicky, Tomás Pinheiro, Toni Meyer, Vasilis Papageorgiou, Vincenzo Angileri, Ximena Ocampo Aguilar, Yağmur Ruzgar, Yannis Georgaklis, Yasmin Masri, Yorgos Kapsalakis.