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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
With breathtaking views of the Cantabrian Sea and beyond, the new infinity pool and roof deck at Hotel Chiqui Santander marks the second phase of a splendid redesign by Barcelona-based interior design studio, Sandra Tarruella...
City Notes
Morocco meets the Mediterranean at Tigmi's Byron Bay flagship, a staggering new large-scale design studio that also serves as a permanent home to the luxe brand's entire collection of breathtaking handmade products that the global curators...
City Notes
The most ingenious ideas are always the simplest; the solutions to a problem that others simply don’t see. For Pablo Pardo, an Argentinian living in Barcelona for the last two decades, seeing one of the city’s traditional old ‘quioscos’ for...
City Notes
Located in a neo-Gothic building on Stefanyka street, the western Ukraine city of Lviv has opened its first Municipal Art Centre; the space simple and functional with a small multimedia library (complete with turntable, vinyl and rare publications),...
Dispatches
Have you ever been in an accident where you got seriously injured? What was the healing experience for you? A recovery process can be rather difficult. It renders you incapable of carrying out basic activities, and oftentimes, can plunge you into...
Dispatches
Sadly, there comes a time when either our parents or grandparents need special care that we can’t always provide them with since our own lives can be demanding. This is when we have to make the tough decision of taking them to a care home. There...
Dispatches
It can be a daunting task, setting out on a hunt of the perfect diamond engagement ring. With the availability of so many kinds of engagement rings in the market, the problem of making up your mind to find the right one can be a tad overwhelming;...
Dispatches
There are many reasons people make the decision to visit a psychic and many times they don’t know what to expect from the visit. They may think the psychic will tell them all about their life by just looking at them. Some people go to entertain...