SLEEK #89

208 x 275 mm, 132 pages Berlin, Germany (English and German-language) Publisher/CEO: Christian Bracht Art direction and design: Hannes Aechter A glossy, Berlin-born quarterly of art, fashion and culture. This Summer 2026 ‘Play’ issue asks when we stopped looking at the world through a playful lens, and ceased—as Christian Bracht writes in his editorial—letting our days unfold ‘without a predetermined outcome, without a metric at the end, without knowing where it leads?’ As always, this issue features interviews with an assortment of artists, creatives and personalities, including a conversation with cover star Cao Fei delving into the emotional topography of the urban landscapes featured in their book ‘Invisible Cities’. Elsewhere, American footballer Kenny Moore II discusses starting out late, and his experience playing NFL Berlin 2025, and music producer Andreas Carlsson and co-author of Backstreet Boys hit track ‘I Want it That Way’ discusses his music creation platform Hyph. sleek-mag.com