VANDAL MAG / MASTHEAD

THEEDITORS

Two generations. One creative obsession.
A mother and son making the magazine they always wanted to read.

Sian Trombley in a camo cap, sunglasses and leather jacket

Sian in a leopard scarf, cap and headphones, deep in web design — WEB DESIGN MODE

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SIAN TROMBLEY

ROLE: Co-Creative Director
DESK: Editor & Web Designer
ALSO: COUTEUR.COM

Emilio (E5T) Trombley portrait

E5T producing music at a studio mixing desk — IN THE STUDIO

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EMILIO (E5T) TROMBLEY

ROLE: Co-Creative Director
SOUND: Underground Rap Artist

THE VISION

“Curiosity into culture.”

At VANDAL MAGAZINE, a mother-and-son creative partnership transforms curiosity into culture. Through thoughtfully curated editorials, interviews, and visual storytelling, Sian Trombley and Emilio (E5T) Trombley bridge luxury fashion with the energy of the underground.

AFTER DARK

THE
UNDERGROUND

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Destroy Lonely on the main stage at Rolling Loud Los Angeles — 01DESTROY LONELY · ROLLING LOUD LA

Sian and Emilio out at night under city lights — 02THE FAMILY BUSINESS

Production console at the Lil Tecca show at The Novo, Los Angeles — 03LIL TECCA · THE NOVO, LA

Daytime festival crowd in front of the main stage screens — 04ROLLING LOUD LA

Festival crowd facing the set-times board at night — 05SET TIMES · ROLLING LOUD LA

Nighttime Ferris wheel and silhouetted visitor — 06AFTER DARK · ROLLING LOUD LA

A$AP performing at Rolling Loud Los Angeles — 07A$AP · ROLLING LOUD LA

Travis Scott in flames on stage on the Utopia tour in Vancouver — 08TRAVIS SCOTT · UTOPIA, VANCOUVER

Tristan Eaton Marilyn mural on the side of a Los Angeles building — 09TRISTAN EATON · LA

Banksy stencilled no graffiti sign at a Banksy exhibition in Victoria — 10BANKSY · VICTORIA ART MUSEUM

Sticker and tag covered doorway opening onto bookshelves — 11THE LAST BOOKSTORE · LA

Beaded chandelier hanging over sticker-covered windows — 12THE LAST BOOKSTORE · LA

HOME BASE

OUR
LIFE

Mother. Son. One very full closet.

YAYOI KUSAMA · SFMOMA

HOUSE RULE

Laptop open on the VANDAL homepage, sneaker and denim in frame — THE OFFICE

Rack of embroidered caps, bandanas and a patched tote — THE CAP COLLECTION

Collectible skate deck beside a tagged panel — ON THE WALL AT HOME

Marilyn Bearbrick figure on a shelf at home — DECOR · THE MARILYN BEARBRICK

Sian holding broken graffiti spray-can caps — #IMPERMANENCE

Sian holding a print of broken spray-can caps — CAP COLLECTION, PRINTED

WRDSMTH Your life is under construction street piece in Los Angeles — WRDSMTH · OUR LA TRAVELS

Graffiti-covered abandoned car — GRAFF ADVENTURES

Camera framing a wall of graffiti photo prints

We chase paint — abandoned houses, tunnels, rooftops — then print every frame and pin it to the wall. This is the archive.

Nicole Gordon painting based on Sian's graffiti photo, held beside the original print — 01MY PHOTO, HER PAINTING · NICOLE GORDON

Graffiti-covered interior of an abandoned house with exposed beams — 02INSIDE THE ABANDONED MANSION

Abandoned house covered in graffiti under a clear sky — 03ABANDONED FARM MANSION

Graffiti photo prints spread across the floor around sneakers — 04PRINT NIGHT

Sian studying a painted wall in a graffiti tunnel — 05RESEARCH TRIPS

Graffiti-covered tunnel at Leeside Skate Park, Vancouver — 06LEESIDE SKATE PARK, VANCOUVER

GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?

Artists. Ideas. Collaborations. Stories worth telling.