(PRE-ORDER) MAPS - Vol.196 COMME des GARÇONS BLACK C Type
MAPS - Vol.196 COMME des GARÇONS BLACK C Type
Release Date: December 3, 2025
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Description (Translated):
This cover features Ryosuke Yamada, an actor and singer active across the Japanese entertainment industry, in version A of "MAPS KOREA Vol. 196 – Winter." His multi-layered charm, straddling the lines between classic and modern, is showcased in a pictorial that blends urban sensibility with romanticism. Next, version B features Kota Miura, a rising icon in the Japanese martial arts scene and a model who has established his own unique visual style, in a fashion pictorial with global brand Calvin Klein. His multi-layered presence, transcending martial arts and fashion, reality and idealism, is captured in a modern silhouette. Finally, version C features a pictorial by COMME des GARÇONS BLACK, a brand that has consistently expressed its brand philosophy through experimental structures and sensuous patterns. This series, which captures the essence of the avant-garde, reinterprets the brand's core spirit of "recreation through destruction" with a contemporary visual. In addition, 「MAPS KOREA Vol. 196 – Winter Issue」 contains a variety of content that expands the boundaries of culture and style. It captures various forms of art and youth, including interviews with world-renowned tattoo journalist Travelin' Mick and Japanese artist NAGON, who reinterprets modern calligraphy as a language of art, and even a story about the next-generation rock band THE MOLOTOVS from London, England. The multi-layered visual story continues with sensational scenes captured by contributor HANK, a pictorial featuring the CP Company community (Lorenzo Osti, Enrico Grigoletti, Valentina Lattuada, Mery Bongiovanni), an exclusive pictorial showing a new side of actor Yoo Seon-ho, a pictorial of a nerdy show themed 'R★CK STAR,' and a pictorial with music producer and DJ El Capitan. In Japan, the sensual pictorial series "Shin Inryu" captured the perspectives of new-generation muse GLIIICO and editor-in-chief RYUDOYEON, and the pictorial featuring actress Rina Ogawa, each expressed through their own perspectives. In this way, "MAPS KOREA Vol. 196 – Winter Issue" transcends the boundaries of genre and nation, reality and fiction, and documents the diverse aesthetics created by youth of the present.
Description (Original):
이번 커버는 배우이자 가수로서 일본 엔터테인먼트계 전방위에서 활약 중인 야마다 료스케(Ryosuke Yamada)가 「MAPS KOREA Vol.196 – 겨울 호」의 A버전을 장식했습니다. 클래식과 모던을 오가는 그의 다층적 매력을 통해 도시적 감성과 로맨틱한 기류가 공존하는 화보를 선보입니다. 이어 B버전은 일본 격투계의 라이징 아이콘이자, 모델로서도 독자적인 비주얼을 구축해 온 코타 미우라(Kota Miura)가 글로벌 브랜드 캘빈클라인(Calvin Klein)과 함께한 패션 화보로 격투와 패션, 현실과 이상을 넘나드는 그의 다층적인 존재감이 모던한 실루엣 속에 담겼습니다. 마지막으로 C버전은 실험적 구조와 감각적인 패턴으로 브랜드 철학을 드러내 온 꼼데가르송 블랙(COMME des GARÇONS BLACK)의 화보가 장식했습니다. 아방가르드의 정수를 담은 이번 시리즈는 ‘파괴를 통한 재창조’라는 브랜드의 핵심 정신을 현대적 비주얼로 재해석합니다. 그 밖에도 「MAPS KOREA Vol.196 – 겨울 호」에는 문화와 스타일의 경계를 확장하는 다양한 콘텐츠가 수록되었습니다. 세계적인 타투 저널리스트 Travelin’ Mick, 그리고 현대 서예를 예술의 언어로 재해석하는 일본 아티스트 NAGON의 인터뷰를 비롯해, 영국 런던의 차세대 록밴드 THE MOLOTOVS의 이야기까지, 예술과 청춘의 다양한 형태를 담아냈습니다. 또한 컨트리뷰터 HANK가 포착한 감각적인 장면들, C.P. Company 커뮤니티(Lorenzo Osti, Enrico Grigoletti, Valentina Lattuada, Mery Bongiovanni)를 담은 화보, 배우 유선호의 새로운 얼굴을 보여주는 단독 화보, ‘R★CK STAR’를 주제로 한 머저리 쇼 화보, 음악 프로듀서이자 디제이 엘 카피탄의 화보 촬영까지, 다층적인 비주얼 스토리가 이어집니다. 일본에서는 신세대 뮤즈 GLIIICO, 유도연(RYUDOYEON) 편집장의 시선에서 담아낸 센슈얼한 감각의 화보 시리즈 '신인류', 그리고 섬세한 감정선을 지닌 배우 리나 오가와(Rina Ogawa)의 화보가 각각의 시선을 통해 표현되었습니다. 이처럼 「MAPS KOREA Vol.196 – 겨울 호」는 장르와 국가, 현실과 가상의 경계를 넘나들며, ‘지금’의 청춘이 만들어내는 다채로운 미학을 기록합니다.
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