About

Life Nine is a black-owned independent magazine that celebrates the importance of creativity in all its forms.

Through earnest conversations, Life Nine brings together a diverse range of creators from around the globe to discuss their process and what creating means to them; without the lens of exoticism or the narrow scope of trends.

Issue one features Japanese streetwear designer Verdy who's previously worked with Dover Street Market and Nigo. As well as painter and photographer Ed Templeton, movie director and producer Scott Mosier, designer Aries Moross and Nabil, music video director for artists such as Kanye West, Billie Eilish and Frank Ocean. Also featuring photographer Liam Wong, Nigerian painter Ken Nwadiogbu, poet and musician Roger Robinson, and British painter Jake Wood-Evans.