Founding and Early Issues The first issue launched in 2006 with a cover story featuring
Rick Owens' house, displaying his furniture designs to the public for the first time. It also included interviews with
Zaha Hadid,
Daniel Arsham, and Romanian dictator
Nicolae Ceaușescu. Burrichter credited his internship at
Butt magazine in
Amsterdam under Jop van Bennekom and Gert Jonkers (of
Fantastic Man) as an inspiration to create a new kind of magazine that loosened up the image of the "architect as genius." Each issue of
Pin–Up has a theme, such as "Post-Normal," "Flamboyant Restraint," and "Bourgeois Shenanigans," as well as city-focused issues on
Los Angeles,
Berlin, and
Milan. Over the years, it has featured interviews with prominent architects and designers, including
Frank Gehry,
Rem Koolhaas,
Maria Pergay,
Paulo Mendes da Rocha,
Martino Gamper, and
Ettore Sottsass. From September 2021 to February 2024,
Emmanuel Olunkwa was named editor of the magazine, succeeding its founder, Felix Burrichter. His first issue under his editorial leadership was titled
Radical Optimism.
Milestones For its 30th issue, celebrating 15 years of publication,
Pin–Up covered topics such as the "new" New York designers, the impact of social media on home decorating, and the Milanese underground signage by
Bob Noorda,
Franca Helg, and
Franco Albini. In fall 2024,
Pin–Up published its 37th edition, guest-edited by Swiss architecture curators Fredi Fischli and Niels Olsen, directors of gta exhibitions at ETH Zürich’s Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture. == Publications ==