LOS ANGELES, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of
its ongoing 60th anniversary celebration, Playboy
magazine today announced that its May
2014 issue (available on newsstands and iPlayboy.com
now) features a special edition "Playboy A-Z" lexicon,
edited and produced by Creative Director Neville Wakefield. The 86-page supplement
offers a unique take on the ideological, sexual, political and
aesthetic philosophies that Hugh
Hefner and Playboy's editorial team have stood behind
since the magazine's inception. A selection of content is
also available on Kinja at
http://playboysfw.kinja.com/tag/playboy-a-z
"We handpicked Neville Wakefield
for this one-of-a-kind collaboration and offered him the
opportunity to let his artistic vision run wild," said
Playboy Editorial Director Jimmy
Jellinek. "The final product is a truly unique
supplement to our May issue which takes risks and pushes the
envelope."
The special series of alphabetized content features a mix of
essays, images, artwork, and pictorials by a diverse group of
contributors, including British essayist A.A. Gill and cultural critic Camille Paglia; artists Richard Phillips and Richard Prince; authors Kelly Oxford and Christopher Ryan; and photographers Juergen Teller, Jim
Krantz, Henrik Purienne, Jeff
Burton and Hans Feurer.
"Playboy A-Z was created by people both fresh and
familiar to the magazine, and we hope our lexicon entries add a
surprising voice to the Playboy ethos," commented Neville Wakefield. "You'll find serious
ideas butting up against frivolity, hedonism against intellect, and
men against women. What our alphabet speaks to is a classic
Playboy curiosity—the urge to look at the world in unaccustomed
ways."
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