Cabinet

Founded in 2000 as the publishing arm of Immaterial Incorporated, Cabinet is an award-winning magazine of art and culture. Over more than twenty-five years, it has sought to confound narrow definitions of "art" and "culture" by approaching them in the broadest, most inclusive way possible.

Cabinet was originally created as a quarterly print publication and, in 2026, transitioned to being fully online. The magazine is designed for an eclectic international audience, including artists, designers, scientists, philosophers, historians, and other intellectually curious readers.

Editorial approach and mission

• Cabinet aims to encourage radical curiosity about the world we have made and inhabit.
• The magazine treats curiosity as both an ethical and political force, encouraging readers to interrogate inherited historical, social, and cultural formations.
• The goal is to foster better custodianship of the world as it is, while also imagining how it might be otherwise.

Cabinet's hybrid sensibility combines:

• the broad appeal of an arts periodical
• the visually engaging style of a design magazine
• the in-depth exploration of a scholarly journal

Magazine structure and content areas

Historically, each print issue of Cabinet included three elements—Columns, Main, and a themed Theme section—and the online magazine continues these core components (though they are now disaggregated across issues):

• Columns – recurring series that explore specific formats or topics (e.g., inventories, leftovers, ingestion, and other regular or single-author columns).
• Main – unthemed essays, interviews, and artist projects on a wide range of topics in art, culture, history, science, and philosophy.
• Theme – a section or issue devoted to a single topic (for example, "Gray Literature," "The End," "Dreams," "Knowledge," "Milk," "Calendars," "The North," or "Catastrophe").

Artist projects, often specially commissioned, appear throughout these sections and may take the form of visual works, postcards, posters, DIY paper sculptures, audio pieces, and more.

Programs and activities beyond the magazine

Although Cabinet's core activity is the production of its magazine, it also:

• publishes books
• organizes exhibitions, conferences, lectures, and screenings
• hosts public programs in its own event and exhibition space in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn
• organizes events in Berlin, Germany, where it has an additional office

These activities are intended to complement the magazine and to promote public dialogue that both draws on and informs the ideas presented in Cabinet.

Postal addresses and offices

New York office and event space

Cabinet

300 Nevins Street Brooklyn, NY 11217-3028 USA

• This address is associated with Cabinet's office and its event and exhibition space in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn.
• Directions to the space for events in New York are provided via a link on the Cabinet website.

Mail sent to Cabinet's former address at 181 Wyckoff Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 is no longer retrieved.

Berlin mailing address

Gleditschstrasse 80 10823 Berlin Germany

• Cabinet notes that this is a mailing address only, not a visiting address.

Phone

New York office phone

+1 718 222 8434

Email contacts

• Subscriptions and shop orders: shop@cabinetmagazine.org
• General inquiries: info@cabinetmagazine.org
• Advertising: advertising@cabinetmagazine.org
• Rentals and event space inquiries: rentals@cabinetmagazine.org
• Editors (not for submissions): editors@cabinetmagazine.org
• Submissions: via the email address listed at the bottom of the submissions page on Cabinet's website

Events, rentals, and desk space

Based on the navigation and information on Cabinet's site:

• Cabinet opened its own event and exhibition space in late 2008 in the Gowanus area of Brooklyn to host exhibitions, conferences, lectures, screenings, and other public programs.
• The space can be rented for events; there is also an option to rent desk space at the office.
• For all rentals and event space questions—including availability, rates, and specific usage policies—Cabinet asks that you contact rentals@cabinetmagazine.org.

Details such as current rental rates, capacity limits, and technical specifications for the space are not listed in the knowledge here and should be obtained directly from Cabinet.

Lists Dayton, Spring, Brooklyn Park, Wyckoff, Brooklyn, New York City, and North Canton as a location. Names New York as a service area. Areas beyond these are not published.

Magazine frequency and issues

• Cabinet is a quarterly magazine.
• Print-era issues were released roughly at the end of:
• April (Spring issue)
• July (Summer issue)
• October (Fall issue)
• January (Winter issue)
• With Cabinet's transition in 2026 to a fully online format, the magazine continues to publish on a roughly quarterly rhythm, though release dates and formats are managed directly through the website.

Why subscribe

According to Cabinet's FAQ, subscribers:

• receive a better per-issue price than buying on newsstands
• help support a small non-profit arts organization
• receive discounts on Cabinet books
• are less likely to miss issues that may sell out

Cabinet notes that it typically receives only a small portion of the cover price from newsstand sales, so direct subscriptions are the most supportive way to read the magazine.

Address changes

• If you move, you should email shop@cabinetmagazine.org with your new mailing address.
• Cabinet uses Periodicals Mail for subscriber copies, which does not include forwarding. If you rely on postal forwarding instead of updating your address, issues may be discarded by the postal service rather than forwarded.

Lost or missing issues (print subscriptions)

• If an issue seems to be lost in the mail, Cabinet asks subscribers to email shop@cabinetmagazine.org so staff can investigate.
• If a subscriber moved and did not update their address before distribution, Cabinet cannot resend the issue.
• International delivery can take longer; Cabinet may ask subscribers to allow extra time before concluding an issue is lost.

Geographic categories for subscriptions

For subscription and shipping purposes, Cabinet uses four broad geographic categories:

• US
• Canada
• Europe (as defined by Cabinet's courier's list)
• Elsewhere (all other locations)

Exact subscription prices and shipping charges are managed on the Cabinet website and in the online shop.

Shipping methods (print-era guidance)

Shipping practices for physical copies of the magazine and books have included:

• US subscriptions – Periodicals Mail for regular issues; Media Mail or Priority Mail for initial or single-issue shipments.
• Non-US subscriptions – economy air courier services, typically with delivery times measured in weeks rather than days.
• Back issues and books – sent via USPS or courier services, depending on destination and order type.

Current options, delivery times, and any tracking availability should always be confirmed directly through Cabinet's online shop or by emailing shop@cabinetmagazine.org.

Merchandise, returns, and cancellations

Cabinet's FAQ emphasizes that it is a small non-profit and sets policies accordingly:

• Returns – Cabinet generally cannot accept returns for magazines, books, or merchandise except when items are damaged in transit or lost through postal errors. T-shirts may be exchanged for a different size.
• Subscription cancellations – refunds are typically not offered once a subscription order has been fully processed and issues have been shipped. Remaining issues may often be transferred to another recipient or the subscription suspended; Cabinet asks subscribers to email shop@cabinetmagazine.org to discuss options.
• Student discounts – Cabinet states that it does not currently offer student discounts, though readers may find the magazine in libraries.
• "Bill me later" – Cabinet does not offer a "bill me later" option, preferring payment at the time of order to conserve administrative resources.

For the most accurate and up-to-date information on subscriptions, shipping, and policies, readers should consult the FAQ and shop sections of Cabinet's website or email shop@cabinetmagazine.org.

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