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Bluestockings Cooperative is a community-supported bookstore and activist space.

Milan / Cafe

Loste Café is a Danish bakery opened by Stefano Ferraro and Lorenzo Cioli, two Italians who met at the star restaurant Noma, in Copenhagen. It's a simple (but with a good taste!) coffee shop, with amazing cinnamon rolls - Lorenzo is the former head of pastry in Noma - and a good option for a healthy quick lunch.

Brussels / Restaurant

Small menu, dishes to share, great natural wine selection, always surprising!

Taipei / Place

It is such a great place for party. We're here for cooking party, birthday party, welcoming the new year. We all love this place. However the lovely host have left for London, we cannot have fun here for a long time.

Tokyo / Shop

I want to buy everything in store. Super cute place that stocks great things.

New Delhi / Monument

If you only visit one monument in Delhi, it should be this one in my books, especially in the evenings. Humayun's tomb is more than a singular tomb. There are lovely lawns, neighbouring structures, and a massive terrace with a view of the sprawling greenery and a sunset if you plan your trip well. It also happens to be right across Sunder Nursery, which means your evening is sorted.

San Francisco / Area

One day when I was walking around in the hills behind my house, I happened upon this bizarre street. It was as though someone had taken postmodernism and tried to make it into a block of houses. Each one has its own internally complete theme, involving strange colors and sculptural elements attached to the outside walls (gold eggs, wisps of wrought iron). This led me on subsequent walks to name them: the Corbusier House, the Barn, the Preschool Blocks house, the House of Wicca… and so on.

Helsinki / Cinema

Orion is one of the nicest cinemas in Helsinki. It is run by National Audiovisual Archive so they are showing a great variety of films from art house to modern classics and everything in between. Last time I went to see Hitchcock’s Vertigo.

London / Museum

Archive collection of surgical instruments - anatomy and pathology - dental instruments - medicine and surgery (basically a lot of dead things in jars, really interesting to draw from).

London / Shop

I spend many hours in the bookshops along this stretch, namely Henry Pordes for second hand books and new discounted titles (pile on left of photo), as well as Koenig Books for new art books with lots of great discounts in the basement. (photo right). In 2001 the rents for much of this strip were increased to align them closer to market value but thanks to public support they were reduced again. Unfortunately some bookshops still closed down; Koenig replaced the beloved Zwemmers - a real institution - but thankfully still provide great books, although others are no longer bookshops at all.

Tokyo / Cafe

this art gallery cafe is my second home in tokyo, best breakfast and lovely exhibitions including the neighbourhood. just lovely!

Ho Chi Minh City / Cafe

A charming little spot in Saigon's District 1. The vintage interior and the cool kids that come here, sets the atmosphere. Get inside to get a Vietnamese coffee, or have a seat outside by the evening pop up shop to try a Chinese chà (a bit weird but sweet and very delicious dessert). I really don't know what you're waiting for...

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Barcelona / Web Developer

Web developer

Amsterdam / Graphic Designer

I am a graphic designer and DJ from Buenos Aires, now living in Amsterdam. I run an independent design studio called Format Wars.

Dublin / Photographer

Maria de la Iglesia is a London based photographer. She was born in Madrid and spent 7 years living in Dublin where she studied a BA in Photography in DIT. She moved to London 3 years ago where she completed her studies with an MA in Documentary photography at LCC. Now she is freelancing and producing her own personal photography projects in London.

Barcelona / Art Director

PeBe is the artistic alias for Pablo Benito. Born in Barcelona in 1987, he studied graphic design at Elisava, school of design and engineering of his city. His personal design vision is very focused on colour, geometrics, typography and illustration. In 2014 he founded his own design studio, and since then he have been working with several national and international companies such as RedBull, LaCaixa, Repsol, ICUB and the Barcelona city council. In 2015 he launched his online shop, a place to share his big passion for illustration. In the last couple of years he realized several exhibitions around different cities in Spain. During two consecutive years, he also participated to the Barcelona Designers Collective as one of the new incoming artists. Some very important media as The Guardian, Die welt, Fact Magazine or El País also echoed his work in the last years.

Berlin / Graphic Designer

Lisa Pepita Weiss is a Swiss graphic designer based in Berlin and Zurich. After graduating at the University of the Arts Zurich in 2009 she moved to Berlin where she is working independently and collaboratively for clients in the fields of culture and businesses – always with a strong focus on conception and much love for typography. In close cooperation with her clients she creates all media experiences and offers solutions in print, web and space.

Chicago / Designer

Tanner Woodford is founder and executive director of the Design Museum of Chicago. He teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and makes Iterative Work. As a designer, educator, and entrepreneur, he has taught, lectured, and led workshops on design issues, social change, and design history in classrooms and at conferences. He is happy to be scrappy, irrepressibly optimistic, and believes design has the capacity to fundamentally improve the human condition. He lives and works in Chicago, Ill.

New York / Art Director

Hong Kong born, Australian designer

Birmingham / Art Director

Art Director

Montreal / Designer

Designer working in Montréal & New York

Seoul / Graphic Designer

Goo-Ryong Kang is Seoul based graphic designer, and founded design studio Chung Choon in 2014. He took part in several exhibitions such as London Design Biennale 2016, Graphic Design Festival Scotland, and AGI Open Seoul as young designer. His works selected in several design competition such as Type Directors Club, Golden Bee global biennale of graphic design, and The STA 100 Competition. He also teaches graphic design at University.

New York / Designer

Based in Brooklyn, Monique was born and raised in Australia. She has a background in fashion design with a focus on creative development, from product concepts to brand identity.

New York / Creative Director

Graphic Designer. Founder & Creative Director, FAY

Vancouver / Musician

musician, lighting & visuals designer

Amsterdam / Illustrator

Amsterdam based illustrator Sue Doeksen (1982) creates worlds that are overpopulated with bright colors, friendly shapes, layered or light concepts and hidden jokes. Mediums ranging from physical, digital, pencil-drawn, paper-cut, and animated. Juggling commercial and personal project balls she is often overwhelmed because there are so many visual adventures to be made at the same time and therefore wishes there were just many more hours in a day.

Ottawa / Artist

I am a Franco Ontarian sound and media artist, arts administrator, facilitator and cultural worker. 1980 to 2000: MM composition McGill U, interdisciplinary work, environmental art and acoustic ecology. 2000 to 2020: manager of Inter-Arts Office and senior strategic advisor (arts granting) Canada Council for the Arts. Currently producer of the conscient: art & environment blog and podcast. I run and practice zen.

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