The next decade
We’re excited to announce that the entire archive of The Alpine Review is now online, and new things are in the works.
Hi everyone,
In three print issues published from 2012 to 2016, spanning nearly 1000 pages, The Alpine Review published an incredible array of content that spoke to a readership of thoughtful and passionate people like you. As all of that work aged gracefully, we’ve always maintained the goal of bringing it back online in what could serve as a valuable, explorable resource for making sense of what’s ahead.
So as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of our launch this year, we thought you’d like to know that we’ve done that, and you can now access everything Alpine ever published, for free, on our new website.
You can browse the content on a per-issue basis, which is true to the sequencing of the original print issues. You can also browse by topic, revisit our greatest hits, or navigate the content by some of the research questions that guided us in the creation of the issues.
We hope you’ll enjoy the experience and thanks for your ongoing support. We’re proud to share all of this at last, and excited for you to let us know what you think and what’s inspired further thinking for you as you explore this archive.
Louis-Jacques Darveau, Patrick Pittman, Patrick Tanguay
A note from LJ about the future
Following a six-year hiatus, The Alpine Review is now a solo effort, and I’ve worked hard during the last few years to reflect on how it should evolve.
What I know is that the initial hypothesis of the project —that we’re going through a large-scale, historical transition— remains as accurate today as it was in 2012, when we sketched the vision for a magazine about perspective. Therefore, my focus going forward will remain closely aligned with my interest in systems synthesis, and I’m tinkering with a few ideas that I believe have the potential to be different and uniquely Alpine. More updates on that when ready.
I’m not abandoning the idea of a print artifact along the way, but there are no plans for another print magazine at the moment.
Perhaps this evolution means we have to part ways. Many of you were here, after all, because of our shared love of beautifully printed mags. If this is the case, farewell, and thanks for your support over the years. Alpine would not have existed if it wasn’t for the highly engaged and tight-knit print community worldwide. (Psst! For the die-hard, the remaining few copies—about 25—can still be purchased as a bundle.)
For those who were here for the sensemaking, I hope you’ll stick around. Now more than ever, the world has become extremely hard to decipher. My objective, like yours, is to map things out.
Let’s work through it together.
— LJ
To past contributors: if you’d like to update the bio appearing on our website, please feel free to use this form!
Thank you for this amazing journey and for bringing us Alpine. Looking forward for the next chapters.