The latest issue from avant garde magazine, Visionaire, entitled “Surprise” devotes its paper to the pop-ups. The issue, done in collaboration with the House of KRUG, features intricate pop-up designs by the likes of Sophie Calle, Andreas Gursky, Nicola Formichett/Gareth Pugh, and Mario Testino. The three dimensional aspect of the pop-ups were produced by “renowned paper engineers” and comes housed in purple folio case with an engraved metal plaque. 4000 numbered copies of Visionaire 55 “Surprise” will be produced. Retail on this beautiful set is 250$US.

More images from Visionaire 55 SURPRISE issue after the jump.

Visionaire Magazine is offering up a special packaging for their 50th issue: a Goyard trunk loaded to the gills with those first 50 Visionaire issues OR a Goyard trunk loaded to the gills with 10 sets of those 50 issues! Price? Massive! 50k$US or 150k$US depending if you want read copies or want to hoard copies. WSJ’s Eva Ramirez offers some thoughts on the pricepoints. "The lofty price tag for a collection of "magazines" is the result of multiple factors, including Visionaire’s increasing collectability, as well as trends in the luxury goods market, which continues to hit ever-higher price points… Last December, the entire run, from 1–53, was purchased anonymously for $65,000."

Clearly Visionaire Magazine and Goyard up the ante for all future collaborations to come. This is one hell of a set.

We are big fans of Visionaire magazine. Their latest issue 52, titled “Private”, was for the second time a collaboration with Louis Vuitton. The magazine shows photographs by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, also it is guest edited by non-other than Marc Jacobs.

Private is a portfolio of intimate photographs of stars, including Drew Barrymore, Lindsay Lohan, Scarlett Johansson, Selma Blair, Jennifer Lopez and many others. It is a limited edition of numbered 2′500 pieces, housed in an exclusive gold Louis Vuitton monogram case, designed by Marc Jacobs.

Not only is Private now available for purchase, the Visionaire Gallery on Mercer Street in Soho, also shows photos that appear in the book at the moment. Both definitely worth checking out!