Lodown Magazine is a quarterly arts and culture magazine founded in 1995, featuring primarily articles on popular culture and boardsports.

To find a diamond in the rough, you need to dig a little deeper. These hidden gems, which you may have missed at first glance, man, they really deliver in unexpected ways. Emerging from the most unpredictable places, they can hold glimmers of inspiration for years to come. It could be a piece of graffiti, a track from an unknown artist the algorithm feeds you, a movie you never thought you’d cherish. It’s that hidden food joint, this book a friend recommended to you, an unfamiliar artist you’ve discovered at a group show.

Every once in a blue moon, it takes a felt second before the world catches up. At other times, the level of awareness of your new favorite thing will never reach beyond a few insiders. Either way, the impact on today’s pop culture could be a significant one. Either way, it makes you want to look out for new similar things to lighten up your life.

Lodown’s new issue GEMS will put the spotlight on collectors gems, new favorite artists and holy nuggets from the depths of our archive. Hope it’ll find a safe spot in your collection. Out. Now.

Features on Sean Hamilton, Jamie Wdziekonski, Willy Spiller, Mona Sardari, Barbara Helmer, Sebastian Haslauer, Peter Lagast and many others.