Design of a chronicle of visionaries, textures, and sound.
ELASTE, founded in 1980 in Hannover, was the first glossy indie magazine in West Germany, capturing the spirit of the New Wave generation with a mix of pop avant-garde, subversive content, and distinctive style.

Voices and visuals by Jon Savage, Ellen von Unwerth, Diedrich Diederichsen. Cameos by Warhol, the Rolling Stones, Kraftwerk.

Editors: Thomas Elsner & Michael Reinboth
Design: WVH