Karl Altraja

Creative Director/Editor-in-Chief
Trickster’s original spark. Karl sets the vision in motion and continues to shape its creative direction — ambitious, interdisciplinary, and never predictable.

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Culture 16 Oct 2025
Darja Popolitova maps out a personal and poetic journey through her hometown, Sillamäe. Treat it like a juicy history lesson that goes well with a hot cuppa!
Humaning 14 May 2025
There aren’t many chefs in Estonia who can talk about spinach dust on pheasant thighs with the same passion and expertise they bring to discussing chebureks at the local market. But Orm Oja can – raw, honest, witty, and fed up with pretense.
Humaning 10 May 2025
Singer, songwriter, rapper – and now, thanks to the Trickster team, a model – EiK does it all. Catch him fooling around Paavli Culture Factory in an editorial shot by Jane Treima and styled by Diandra Rebase.
Art 02 Oct 2024
Interview by Paula-Stina Tasane
A performer, an artist, a pop trickster, and–drumroll–a human. In this conversation, we dive into the mind of a boundary-breaking figure who's redefining what it means to create in the modern age.

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