Today I received a box with the first copies of [The Alpine Review](http://thealpinereview.com), straight from the printer over in Spain, where managing editor [LJ Darveau](http://www.ljdarveau.com/) has been seeing to the stuff being packaged up and shipped off to both selected print outlets like [Do You Read Me](http://www.doyoureadme.de/) and to collaborators (which is how I got my copy).
So what is The Alpine Review?
The Alpine Review is a bi-annual, comprehensive publication that tracks changes in thought, systems and creations around the world in a variety of disciplines ranging from tech to agriculture, design to anthropology. Assembled by an international and multidisciplinary team and designed and printed with extreme care, The Alpine Review is a compendium of ideas for a world in transition.
It is, in other words, a magazine from our tribe, for our tribe. As vague as that sounds (and is), it’s the best way I could describe it.
And so I was very excited when quite some months back LJ and his co-conspirator [Patrick](http://twitter.com/inevernu) invited me to contribute in some way or another. (Which led to the title of _Editor-at-Large, Europe_ eventually, which sounds like fun, because it is.) Those of you following my work and other activities will find quite a number of familiar faces among the contributors. Among others, [Michelle Thorne](http://michellethorne.cc), [Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino](http://designswarm.com), [Georgina Voss](http://www.pyrografica.com/) and [Martin Spindler](http://mjays.net) are all contributors. It was a pleasure to also see Bruce Sterling featured via an interview, as well as many great projects, people and events.
The magazine has a city focus, to which I gladly wrote a short editorial – it’s about Berlin, of course, as all the magazine’s topics are quite well represented by the city.
Not to overly romanticize print (and you know I don’t), but it’s always quite satisfying to hold a nice piece of high-quality print magazine. I’m super happy to be allowed to contribute in some small way.
The Alpine Review officially launches in October, so you might find a copy in your trusted local print store. Until then, I posted a few [photos](http://www.flickr.com/photos/thewavingcat/sets/72157631667232109/with/8043746963/), and you can get updates on what’s happening on Twitter by following [@thealpinereview](http://twitter.com/thealpinereview)
