BRICKS’ fifteenth issue, ‘I Support You’, is now available to pre-order from the BRICKS online store.
The issue brings together emerging creatives and established voices who are using their work not just to express themselves, but to care for others, build solidarity, and advocate for change. Across its pages, support is treated as something deliberate and often radical: amplifying voices that are routinely silenced, standing alongside communities beyond your own, and pushing against the systems that keep them marginalised. What emerges is not a single definition but a shared approach, one that understands support as ongoing, practical and collective, shaping how we create, collaborate and show up for one another in real terms.
On the cover, Leigh-Anne Pinnock discusses going independent, investing in yourself, and using her platform to support the next generation of Black British artists in pop, Jordan Stephens talks about the manosphere, modern masculinity, and why empathy is the only way forward with Cheer Up Luv founder Eliza Hatch, and Lucy Dacus grounds the idea of support in practice, from grassroots organising to officiating 154 weddings while on tour, arguing for a version of care that is consistent, collective, and not contingent on recognition or reward.
Also on the cover, BRICKS meets Zack Polanski to explore his ethos of radical compassion, and what it demands in the face of rising authoritarianism, political apathy, and a system that continues to exclude the very people it claims to represent. Shenell Wellington, the winner of BRICKS’ photography competition, shoots Maximilian Raynor‘s AW26 collection, Post Me Your Last Kiss. Finally, we released a cover honouring the Palestinian journalists who have been murdered during the genocide in Gaza, designed by Yasseen Faik. A portion of sales from all covers will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists, supporting their work to protect Palestinian journalists and defend press freedom globally.
Elsewhere across the issue, we’ve shared stories of what support looks like when it is redistributed, reimagined and reclaimed. Designers question who visibility is for and how it can be shared, filmmakers explore memory, authorship and the political potential of storytelling, and music features trace how collective action continues to shape culture both now and across generations. Personal essays sit alongside these perspectives, reflecting on the tension between supporting others and sustaining yourself, while new visual series and art features consider documentation, archiving and self-expression as acts of care. Across community platforms, grassroots initiatives and artist-led projects, the issue maps how support can be built from the ground up, creating spaces, systems and networks that prioritise collective visibility and long-term change.
Pre-orders from the BRICKS online store are currently available for customers in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia. If you are based in the EU or elsewhere internationally, copies will be available to order through our international stockist Antenne Books from late April, once the issue arrives back from the printers. Pre-orders will be shipped from 27th April.
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