i remember this issue! remember?... that's the day my life changed. and i'm neither being facetious nor exaggerating. when in october 1996, i picked the first wallpaper magazine, founded by the always accented tyler brulé, i felt so many parts of what i believed to be my vision of existence come together. superficial? perhaps, but certainly useful to a kid in film school whose love of, and extreme interest in, global culture, could not met by any person, place or media at the time. enter this bound-to-fail publication that seemingly looked at design, fashion and travel but actually was a declaration of principles for a demographic yet to be determined. since then, we have identified ourselves as world-hungry sophisticates for whom one magazine certainly is not enough anymore but there it was, first in a long and rich history which has taught us about beauty but, and perhaps more importantly, about its meaning in our lives. relish all the covers from day 1 on the web or come visit, i still have every single issue...