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...
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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...
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Bold, bright and always bags of fun, the work of multidisciplinary artist Michela Picchi has a knack for putting a smile on one’s face. Her lively palette, use of block colour, shape and form are intrinsic to the style of the...
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Herr Robert G. Bartholot—or simply Bartholot—is a one-man photographic studio based in Berlin. An artist of many contradictions, his portraiture work is classic in pose and composition, yet utterly modern in colour and experimental artistry....
Stuff Crush
Through the Keyhole for the creative class, East London Homes details the alluring interiors of 29 homes in London's most creative neighbourhoods; providing an enthralling insight into the lives of the creative minds who have chosen to call this...
City Notes
Located within the original ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) headquarters on Brooklyn's 1.8-mile-long Gowanus Canal, Public Records is a cultural spot home to an all-day vegan cafe; respecting the building's history...
City Notes
Originally opened in 1936 on a piece of Route 66 that has since been redirected, El Rey Court is an 86-room motel located on a reimagined roadside motor court in New Mexico's capital Santa Fe; a city known for its creative arts scene and...
Journal
As we reach the climax of our journey through Antwerp’s creative capital, we have dissected its graphic design culture; surveyed the landscape of its independent art scene; and looked into the future through its tech and innovation pioneers....
Dispatches
Among the online industries old enough to have survived the famous dot-com bubble, few would go on to match the success of online casinos. Thriving to a level where the industry is now worth billions, the online casino world has spread its fingers...
Dispatches
The short stretch of winter we're quickly heading into is, as Andy Williams told us, the most wonderful time of year. And, while many may not think it, it can be a fantastic time to take a vacation. Whether you want to escape the cold and head for...
Dispatches
To mark the fifth edition of the annual urban and contemporary art festival, Unexpected, Camille Walala has transformed a vintage gas station in Downtown Fort Smith, Arkansas, into a joyous landmark; her new public mural, entitled Walala Pump & Go,...
Dispatches
The sheer number of CBD-based products on the market today is enough to make anyone's head spin. While having too much choice can sometimes be a good thing, it doesn't make the task of finding the best CBD products out there any...