Journal
As we are shuttered in, watching the world through a window, our appetite grows for finding the offline online; searching for a semblance of normality. Public access to arts and culture has always been paramount in the collective and individual...
Journal
We’ve all been weighed down by promotional materials at some point. Personal or professional, there’s times when leaflets, brochures, USB sticks and cringe-inducing gimmicks have come our way like an avalanche. Death by marketing. Look at...
Journal
Less than a year after finishing high school, at just 18, Chuck Anderson launched his own creative studio. Three years later and he’d produced the photography and design for Lupe Fiasco's Grammy-nominated album Food & Liquor; the distinctive...
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Receiving a Renaissance humanist education in Antwerp, beginning an apprenticeship with Flemish painter Tobias Verhaeght aged 14, Peter Paul Rubens was one of those great polymaths; the like of who that term should be reserved for. A true master...
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“During my time there, I met people with a global mindset and a local go-make attitude,” explains Luca Ponticelli, having just returned from D.A.T.E. (Discover Antwerp Through Experience)’s birthday edition, which saw the London-based designer...
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Johan Papin grew up in a small town in Nantes, France, surrounded by rivers, soft hills and vineyards. Forever the calm and patient observer he’s been documenting nature and people engaging with each other since early childhood. “I am...
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Its style has been aped to such an extent since, that the skyscraper located at 375 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan today looks markedly plain. When it was completed in 1958, though, its less-is-more restraint was radical; a standard-setting...
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A curious collection of art adorns the walls of Redchurch Townhouse and its restaurant Cecconi's. Dotted in corners in clusters, hung across simple walls, corridors and throughout the reception ... the artwork is captivating and spans multiple...
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Inspired by classic South Korean picture books of years gone by, visual storyteller, JiYeun Kang, illustrates in an old-style aesthetic to bring her narrative alive. She is known to elongate and exaggerate human features, capturing humble elegance...
Journal
The paragraph is an endangered species. Truth is, some Gen Z kids might never have got to meet these passages of text in their original form. Whilst the odd outlet is putting up a bold fight, certain publications cramming as many as three whole...
Journal
Artist Charlotte Edey has been demanding our attention with her ethereal and dreamy works for some time. Capturing our collective imaginations with work that depicts the natural world through water, deserts, and mountains alongside human-made...
Journal
Marco Oggian is an illustrator, photographer, and all-round creative bod. Born in Italy, he now occupies a small studio in Spain where the food is good. He has a lot to say about what’s up with the world, and his observations, likes and dislikes...
City Notes
Set across three historical buildings in downtown Hudson, New York, The Maker Hotel arrives from the hands of Lev Glazman and Alina Roytberg of lifestyle and beauty brand Fresh, alongside hospitality giant Damien Janowicz. An all-round luxurious...
City Notes
So the saying goes: one man's rubbish is another's devastating design detail. Or something like that. In Antwerp—our favourite European city of style—Dutch designers, Marten van Middelkoop and Joost Dingemans, have applied their inspired...
City Notes
71 days. 71 days of looking out of the balcony at empty streets below. 71 days of snatched, rushed trips to the supermarket, avoiding people as much as possible. 71 days of 8pm applauses and home workouts. 71 days of endless Mondays, the same four...
City Notes
Located behind the the Apple Store at number 10, Rue des Drapiers, Brussels, BUDDY BUDDY is a passion project from Julien Gaucherot and Matt Samra, and is Belgium’s first nut butter café; the idea born from the partners' personal transition from...
Dispatches
As much as we’d all like to get along all of the time, unfortunately many families around the world have conflicts which they struggle to resolve. In such a situation there are many options for the family members, and one of which is family...
Dispatches
With so many different beauty schools available out there, it just makes sense that you would want to ensure you’re getting the best beauty school experience, no matter where you’re planning to go to school in the country and where you’re...
Dispatches
Spanning 150 metres around Paddington Square and a landmark 45ft-tall ‘totem’ on Praed Street, Nature Nurture has been created by Kelly Anna, and is the London-based artist and illustrator's largest work to date; the Sellar- and...
Dispatches
Several people who find themselves addicted to alcohol or drugs end up in their situation because of various factors. Perhaps one of the most common ones is that they see alcohol consumption or substance abuse as a way to escape their troubles or to...