Vogue covergirl Angela Lindvall, 22, the star of ads for Dior, Chanel, Prada and many others, as well as Roman Coppola 's new film CQ, is about to launch Collage, a cutting-edge magazine focusing on science, fashion and art as a joint venture with New York painter Dustin Yellin, 25.

They describe it as "Scientific American-meets-Vogue-meets-National Geographic-meets-Interview". The pair is funding the mag through sales of Yellin's paintings combined with Lindvall's modeling fees (she commands £18,000 to £35,000 a day for advertising work). They plan to launch a preview issue in September in time for Fashion Week.

"We're getting a lot of offers from the big boys," Yellin told Fashion Buzz, "We have a lot of people offering us money. But we decided to do it ourselves if we get the right deal."

Articles being penned for the first issue include "Sex, DNA and humans, the juvenile death penalty, promises President Bush has broken on the environment, poetry, literature and profiles of musicians, painters and actors," Yellin says. Celebrity guests will contribute collages of their own design, playing off the mag's name.

In addition, they're launching a graphic design firm that will design the ads going into the magazine. A Web site, www.collagemagazine.com, is already up, and a TV version of the magazine is in development. Lindvall's fellow mannequin Karen Elson is also involved with the mag.

When contacted by MyVillage via email, editors Yellin and Lindvall described Collage with these words: "Could it think, the heart would stop beating. Collage is a catalyst for cultural change. It's an environmental survey, a scientific treatise, a literary compendium, a catalogue of art, all wrapped within compelling visual quilts."

More specific questions rendered the following replies: "The contributors are a surprise." The launch is "a gradual infection of our content through different forms of media." Typical reader? "This one's for the youth." And if you're curious about what the first issue will be like, perhaps this modest answer will satisfy you: "Like an orgasm."