Community as a Form of Research–
An ongoing exploration of the subcultures that make up the global Stone Island community. Architect and Creative Director AMO at OMA, Samir Bantal, appears in the Fall_Winter '026-'027 campaign wearing 4100062 David-TC_Stone Island Ghost.
02 CAMPAIGN
Samir Bantal wears 4100062 David-TC_Stone Island Ghost, a short down parka that is sewn and then simultaneously garment dyed and treated with an anti-drop agent.
During the dye process, under pressure at 130°C, the fabric undergoes heat-induced compression, radically transforming its hand and body.
03 INTERVIEW
Contributors are asked a series of 100 interview questions, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, in an effort to define what makes the community distinct.
Question 08 of 100
Do you have rituals?
Breakfast and dinner with the family, coffee and flying.
Question 14 of 100
The future is...?
Terrifyingly beautiful.
Question 20 of 100
Who are your inspirations?
My mother & father.
Question 25 of 100
What do you belong to?
The Amazigh people, Morocco, the Netherlands, Europe and Earth.
Question 35 of 100
What sports do you play?
Just picked up boxing again.
Question 39 of 100
What advice would you give your younger self?
Don't stop dreaming.
Question 40 of 100
What's the best advice you ever received?
Focus on one thing you like. Totally ignored it.
Question 41 of 100
What’s the most impressive landscape you’ve ever seen?
Salar de Uyuni.
Question 48 of 100
What's the most recent thing you made?
A museum gallery.
Question 52 of 100
Have you ever experimented with making clothes?
Soon!
Question 58 of 100
Do you find it easy to embrace change?
Our search for stability drives constant change.
Question 73 of 100
Where do you do your best work?
On the bike.
Question 74 of 100
What time do you wake up?
When my kids wake up.
Question 92 of 100
What is self-care to you?
Pause.
Question 96 of 100
Are you a good listener?
What?
04 BEHIND THE SCENES
–Samir Bantal captured behind the scenes of the Fall_Winter '026-'027 campaign, photographed by Heikki Kaski.
