Makeshift Magazine Issue 15 is available now at LOREM (not Ipsum)! This issue features tax-savvy shoppers, houses from recycled boats, bureaucracy-beating apps, and tales of migrant ingenuity — creative workarounds for a world crisscrossed by boundaries.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 3 is out now. An electrician in Johannesburg sneaks illegal wires through a crowded slum while, halfway around the world, a journalist launches a toy drone with a camera over Zuccotti Park. These are hackers not just of technology but also of authority.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 5 is available now. Tijuana gang member hands a child a toy. A Cairo butcher slaughters a goat. Seemingly arbitrary rituals bring people together and, when practiced enough times by enough people, form the basis of culture.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 2 is out now. Makeshift’s second quarterly issue, themed Mobility, is officially en route to a doorstep or newsstand near you! From fuel smuggling in Cambodia to Jeep Parades in Colombia, the Mobility Issue takes you on a tour of how people move themselves and their possessions at the street level.
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Makeshift Magazine Issue 12 (Laws and Orders) is available now on loremnotipsum.com. The Laws and Orders Issue of Makeshift is featuring India’s private eyes, homemade firearms in Egypt, and everyday superheroes working in the United States.
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Makeshift Magazine Issue 11 is available now: The Ritual Issue of Makeshift. Featuring sorceresses in Hong Kong, living statues in Spain, and do-it-yourself morticians in the United States.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 9 is available now: The Navigation Issue of Makeshift.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 8 is available now. In an apartment studio in Belen, a producer mixes technobrega tracks from pop songs. On esoteric websites, gongkai manufacturers swap files for low-cost devices. These makers know copying advances their work, and they do it openly.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 6 is available now. Corredores swap land in Havana. Boda-bodas run piles of cloth around the Nakivale settlement. From socialist Cuba to Uganda’s refugee camps, creative exchange thrives everywhere.
Say ’hello’ to Makeshift Magazine Issue 4. A slender balloon floats over North Korea’s Bridge of No Return before releasing its cargo—messages from the outside world. Meanwhile, Chinese netizens break through digital walls to access censored media. For many, open communication remains a luxury.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 13 is available now! This time around, our vast contributor network brings you stories of hidden creativity from across the globe, including Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Canada, Thailand and more.
Makeshift Magazine Issue 10 is out now. Powering Up will feature fuel smugglers, powerline pirates and amulet worshippers, all looking for some kind of energy to help propel them forward.