What Tattoo Symbols Mean Ask anyone with a tattoo what it means and you will never get a shrug. More than two-thirds are about honouring or remembering someone. A guide to why we mark...
The Most Tattooed People on Earth An adult body holds only about two square metres of skin, and a small, strange fellowship has filled nearly all of it. From the Great Omi to the Leopard Man...
Skin in the Game: The NBA and Tattoos Roughly 56% of NBA players are inked, well ahead of the public. The story of how tattoos took over elite sport, what a title or a tribute really marks, and...
The World's Most Famous Tattoos Fifteen tattoos burned into popular culture. From Mike Tyson's left temple to Lisbeth Salander's spine, the pieces that shaped how we read skin.
Why Tattoos are the New Professional Uniform Discover why tattoos are now the unofficial uniform of the professional class. Explore the demographic shift making body art a staple among CEOs, managers, and the college-educated elite.
The Gavel and The Needle In the golden age of the hero tattoo, we wear our idols like armour. But as intellectual property law catches up, a new question emerges. Do you own your body?
Ink as a Living Eulogy for Loved Ones We explore how the tattoo studio has transformed into a modern sanctuary for the bereaved. Here, ink becomes a living eulogy, stitching the memory of the dead into the very...
Artists, Culture, and the Skin Beneath the Ink Our January 2026 issue, The Marked Era, documents tattoos’ cultural ascendancy - from fashion and regulation to studio evolution and high-end collectors, signalling tattooing’s shift from subculture into global mainstream significance.
The New Language of Tattooed Skin Our December 2025 issue reframes tattooed skin as cultural language, exploring its role in luxury, science, studio design, and personal collections, documenting how skin art moves from subculture into global...
