Our Artistic Process
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Behind the scenes
Original artwork by Azzurra
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"culture is what I aim to create within this magazine: a space that values stillness, curiosity, experience and creativity, open to all who wonder here"
Hello! I am Anabella Montclair, co-founder of The Collective Edit.
I write about the things that make my mind feel alive: politics, cultural analysis, personal style, travel, social issues and fashion. An eclectic mix, perhaps, yet inseparable; one informs the other. We are, after all, products of culture, and culture is what I aim to create within this magazine: a space that values unashamed curiosity, artistic expression, experience and creativity, open to all who wander here.
I'm vehemently against boring journalism, institutional stuffiness or the belief that you have to stick to the mould and play it conventional to be taken seriously, or even just to be good at what you do. I want this magazine to be a place where we reject all of that and instead with open minds embrace each other in authenticity and as unique individuals.
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Hi,
I'm Azzurra Howard, co-founder of The Collective Edit. I love smokey perfume, dark eyeliner, iced coffee, fortune cookies, Rimmel lip liner, oversized coats, and your dads graphic t-shirts.
If I could be anywhere right now I'd be in the Mediterranean sea with an iced coffee and a cigarette rolled by someone else, delicious!!! Salty!!! Sandy!! Fishy!! Instead I’m sitting at my laptop painfully deliberating over what to write here.
Looking at things and reading things is what keeps my brain from going crazy.
I love graphic novels (mainly just looking at the pictures) and finding cool things to photograph like fountains and tiles and “architecture” like a rusty old door.
I'm a nerd, okay?
Drawing the illustrations for this magazine is one of the things I'm most proud of. I've always loved reading Posey Simmons and The Walking Dead, the text paired with the drawings added so much dimension to the stories they told where suddenly it was no longer 2D and the words came to life. The incorporation of custom illustrations alongside the journalism became the heart of this magazine. The accessibility of images paired with words is also a factor in my work, so that no matter what, the magazine is enjoyable for everyone.
Wow !! I have written so much.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the magazine as much as I do making it and if I had one final takeaway it would be that the magazine inspires you somehow, the way it does for me.
Our Ethos
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Artistic Expression
The Collective Edit exists to champion art and self expression in all its forms. We care about singular voices, strange ideas, personal perspective and work that feels alive.
Experimentation is encouraged. Process is respected. Creativity without limits sits at the centre of what we platform and support.
Accesibilty & Inclusivity
We want ideas, culture and knowledge to feel open rather than gate kept. The Collective Edit aims to educate, inspire and empower in ways that are readable, generous and clear.
The space is designed to feel welcoming and kind, with content that can be understood and enjoyed without prior access.
Authenticity & Integrity
What appears on The Collective Edit is honest, considered and intentional.
We are committed to strong journalistic integrity in everything we publish and platform.
We stand by what we publish and who we platform, and we approach the work with care and accountability.
Human
Creativity
Everything on The Collective Edit is human made. We value creativity, craft and genuine voice in all its forms. The work we share comes from people, and we remain firmly against the use of generative AI.
Human imagination and lived experience sit at the centre of what we do.
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