About Curves

Curves

Curves – soulful driving is the road-trip magazine — the high-quality-produced Liebhabermagazin (enthusiast magazine) for the passionate drivers, published since 2011 by Delius Klasing in Bielefeld. The photographer Stefan Bogner conceived the title as the travel magazine for the mountain passes: the unique shots of the passes and curves paired with a five-day road-movie story — the readers experiencing the journey through the two protagonists' eyes before driving it themselves. One to two issues a year, bilingual (German/English), awarded with ten international design prizes: the curves' coffee-table journal.

Overview

The magazine serves the road-trip dreamers: the passionate car, motorcycle, and bicycle drivers — the Schwärmer und Schwelger (dreamers and revelers) who celebrate the journey's planning, who live the drive in their minds before the real adventure. The road-movie concept — the five-day story — deserves its telling. The "fünftägige Roadmovie-Geschichte" — the five-day road-movie story — pairs the unique pass photography with the narrative: the two Hauptfiguren (main characters) whose eyes the readers borrow. The reader's journey — "aus der Sicht der zwei Hauptfiguren die Reise zu erleben, bevor er sich selbst auf die Reise begibt" (experiencing the journey through the two protagonists' eyes before embarking) — previews the adventure: the mental drive. The day sections — the Reisebericht's (travel report's) Tagesabschnitte — structure the route: the daily passes. The Schwärmer's psychology — "die Fahrt im Geiste durchleben" (living the drive in the mind) — defines the audience: the planners who celebrate. The story's function — the wanderlust's ignition — serves the magazine: the readers' own road-trips — the road-movie's invitation — the curves' narrative, soulful. The format — the travel report in day sections, the maps, the pass profiles, the tourist information — serves the planning: the readers' own trips.

The photographic signature — the empty roads — deserves its telling. The hallmark — "Kennzeichen aller Fotos ist das Fehlen von Kraftfahrzeugen und Menschen" (all photos' hallmark is the absence of motor vehicles and people) — purifies the passes: the curves' geometry, the landscape's grandeur — no traffic, no tourists. The helicopter — Bogner's working tool (the 2026 Flüela Pass meeting: the rotor's drone before the sight) — gives the aerial: the passes' overview. The 4 a.m. starts — the Munich departures (the empty autobahn to Lucerne, the Susten Pass before the crowds) — capture the solitude: the light, the emptiness. The air-cooled 911 — Bogner's own (the decade's companion) — drives the scouting: the passes' feel. The weather's honesty — "wenn es einmal regnet, dann regnet es eben" (when it rains, it rains) — keeps the authentic: the adventure's truth — the photography's philosophy — the road's soul, unpeopled. The bilingual edition — German and English — internationalizes: the 20 countries' readers. The production — the high-quality print — makes the collector's item: the shelf's trophy. The 16th volume — Iceland (306 pages) — exemplifies the scale: the island's road-trips.

History

Curves — 2011 — began as the Mercedes-AMG GmbH's corporate magazine: the first issue's Route des Grandes Alpes (Lausanne to Nice) — the AMG's road. The second issue — 2012 (the Goodyear Dunlop GmbH's edition, "Borders >> Entlang der Schweizer-Italienischen Grenze" — Schluderns to the Great St. Bernard; the revised edition's Porsche 906 and Lamborghini Miura) — established the independent: the tire maker's roads. The third — 2013 ("Norditalien >> Lombardei, Venetien, Südtirol" — Bormio, Lake Garda, Cortina) — continued the Alps: the passes.

The volume history — the 16 editions — deserves its telling. The 1st (2011, Mercedes-AMG's corporate magazine — Route des Grandes Alpes, Lausanne–Nizza) — the AMG's road. The 2nd (2012, Goodyear Dunlop — "Borders", the Swiss-Italian border, Schluderns to Great St. Bernard; the revised edition's Porsche 906, Lamborghini Miura) — the tires' roads. The 3rd (2013, "Norditalien" — Lombardy, Veneto, South Tyrol; Bormio, Garda, Cortina) — the Dolomites. The 4th (2014, "Pyrenäen" — Banyuls to Biarritz) — the French-Spanish. The 5th/6th (2015, "Österreich"/"Kalifornien" — the 1st re-photographed) — the Alps and the Pacific. The 7th/8th (2016, "Sizilien"/"Schottland") — the island and the highlands. The 9th ("Deutschlands Küsten/Dänemark" — Emden, Hamburg, Sylt, Klitmøller, Copenhagen, Lübeck, Rügen) — the coasts. The 16th ("Island" — 306 pages, September) — the island's total. The 20 countries — the France to Patagonia — map the wanderlust: the curves' world atlas. The design awards — the ten international prizes — honored the photography: the curves' art. The Porsche collaboration — the 2026 "Curve by Curve" (Bogner's favorite routes, the Flüela Pass) — proves the authority: the pass connoisseur.

Coverage and Content

The editorial program follows the road-trip's dream. The pass coverage — the Alpine passes (the French Seealpen, the Swiss passes, the Austrian Hochalpenstraßen, the Dolomites) — photographs the curves: the soulful driving. The road-movie coverage — the five-day story (the two protagonists) — narrates the journey: the adventure. The map coverage — the landkarten, the pass profiles — plans the route: the navigation.

The country coverage — the 20 countries (France, Switzerland, Italy, Pyrenees, Austria, California, Scotland, Denmark, Iceland, Patagonia, Corsica, Mallorca, Norway) — expands the world: the wanderlust. The coast coverage — the 9th volume's Nordseeküste/Ostseeküste (the Krabbenbrötchen, the Lakritz) — varies the terrain: the sea. The practical coverage — the route recommendations, the sights, the restaurants, the hotels — serves the planning: the road-trip's bible.

Organization and Ownership

Curves is published by Delius Klasing Verlag, Bielefeld — the "soulful driving" magazine, two issues a year. The Stefan Bogner persona — the Mister Roadtrip — deserves its telling. The Munich photographer — the fpm design agency's co-founder — "fotografiert Straßen" (photographs roads): the special roads, the touching landscapes — "die süchtig machen. Sehnsüchtig." (addictive. Longing.). The decade's devotion — the world's most beautiful roads' photographic staging — made the reputation: the pass connoisseur. The global scouting — the French Seealpen to the Dolomites, the Andes to Tierra del Fuego, the Rockies, China's unknown mountains, Thailand to Munich in the 911 — qualifies the judgment: "wenn also jemand beurteilen kann, welches die wirklich schönsten Bergstraßen der Welt sind, dann ist er es" (if anyone can judge the world's most beautiful mountain roads, it's him). The favorite tour — the five greatest Swiss passes (the Susten's tourist-road breadth, the military passes' narrowness) — the annual ritual: the atemberaubend (breathtaking). The Porsche collaboration — the 2026 "Curve by Curve" (the Taycan meeting, the Flüela) — crowns the authority: the curves' ambassador. The 2026 Porsche feature — the newsroom.porsche.com's "Curve by Curve" — documents the reputation: the pass roads' authority (the Andes to Tierra del Fuego, the Rockies, China's mountains, Thailand to Munich in the 911).

The business model follows the premium-magazine pattern: the copy sales (the collector's price), the corporate editions (Mercedes-AMG, Goodyear Dunlop), the licensing. The Delius Klasing house — the Bielefeld publisher — deserves its telling. The special-interest house — the automotive, the outdoor, the sports — publishes the premium: the Curves' high-quality production. The book-trade distribution — the Ex Libris listings (the 9th volume's 9783667110909) — sells the collectors: the volumes' ISBNs. The corporate-magazine heritage — the Mercedes-AMG's 1st, the Goodyear Dunlop's 2nd — shows the model: the brands' roads. The bilingual strategy — the German/English — reaches the international: the 20 countries' enthusiasts. The Liebhabermagazin positioning — the enthusiast magazine (not the mass) — justifies the premium: the quality's price — the Bielefeld publisher's jewel — the road-trip's coffee-table, from the Teutoburg Forest's city. Detailed circulation and revenue figures are not publicly confirmed.

Digital Presence

The magazine's digital home is curves-magazin.de (curves-magazin.com): the volumes' presentation — the 20 countries. The photographer's site — stefanbogner.com (the Korsika, Mallorca, Patagonia works) — showcases the art: the passes. The Porsche newsroom — the 2026 feature — amplifies the brand: the curves' fame. The book trade — the Ex Libris listings — sells the volumes: the collectors.

The digital strategy follows the premium logic: the print volumes for the collectors — the photography, the stories — the web for the presentation — the countries, the awards. As the road-trip magazine — the 2011-founded bilingual title, published by Delius Klasing — Curves remains the curves' journal: the passes, the stories, and the soulful driving — one to two volumes a year, the 20 countries and counting.