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New York / Cinema

After his guitar class, I would ride the 1 train down and meet him for a movie. That was years ago. Now I continue to come, sometimes alone. It’s one thing I enjoy doing by myself: going to the movies to see independent films that are oftentimes bizarre and somewhat depressing, but I like it all the same.

London / Club

It is an independent arts organisation in Elephant and Castle. It is one of the best venue for electronic music in London. On Tuesdays Boiler Room, best DJs for free with guest list.

Shanghai / Park

The one of a kind pocket park in the middle of old town Shanghai built for and loved by the local community. An inspiring Utopian urban living in reality, I used to commute a lot both for pleasure and field research of my service design assignment. It's currently used by the local government as a PCR test spot. Wish it could reopen soon to public!

London / Transport

Being down on the underground can be quite stressful and draining, but if you have the chance to look up and into the details that has gone into the tiling of the platforms and stations you might start to see some beauty down there. A lot of stations has bespoke tiles and decorations, almost a century old. Bethnal Green station is one of a handful in London to have been given a very specific additional decoration to the classic cream tiles and name strip. Easy to miss, but dotted around the station are a series of tiles with raised motifs on them, representing aspects of London and places that the Underground visited. Or for typographers: check the type on Hampstead station or Holloway Road for some inspiration.

Paris / Canal

Very popular in the warm days, deserted at night, frozen in winter. I grew up with canals and long walks along them, so it's nice to do the same here.

London / Cafe

Sans Pere is my new favourite place to have breakfast, café or lunch. In the heart of Shoreditch it really feels like a modern home. Their quiches are delicious and they have an in-house patisserie kitchen and let me tell you their cute bite-size choux and bronuts (brioche-donuts) are worth the detour.

Barcelona / Restaurant

Traditional seafood tapas

Montreal / Library

Right in from Mont-Royal subway we have this amazing bookstore named L'exchange with great books and great environnement.

Miami / Museum

What distinguishes the Wolfsonian from any other museum is it's unusual collection of design objects and ephemera dating from the late 19th century to mid 20th century. It's mission is to use objects to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design, to explore what it means to be modern, and to tell the story of social, political, and technological changes that have transformed our world. It encourages people to see the world in new ways, and to learn from the past as they shape the present and influence the future.

New York / Area

One of the last untapped areas of downtown Manhattan. Hand pulled noodles, cheap eats, and a concentrated area of families make this an often interesting place to explore.

New York / Shop

The operators of the Peter Pan bakery make the best donuts I've ever tasted. This place is charming to its core. Decor and presentation: circa 1971 & virtually unchanged since.

Jogjakarta / Other

The motorbike is thé means of transportation in Jogja. With a car it takes you a lot more time to reach your destination. It is an Indonesian habit to NOT take off the helmet when going into a store or get food at a "warung makan". Yet there is a cycling culture as well in Jogja, there are several groups of (wealthy) youngsters who use a bicycle for leisure. In fashion is the "fixie". Sit on a bench at Jalan Malioboro at night and you will see them paddle past.

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New York / Designer

I am a designer and a maker. I live in Brooklyn with my husband and two daughters. I paint and write when I find small pockets of time.

Milan / Art Director

I am an art director and set designer. I believe that there is a strong correlation between the worlds of design, art and fashion. That in order for you to create innovative and lasting ideas you must approach projects with a fluid and artistic mindset, as opposed to a more strategic or business-minded thought process.

New York / Fashion Photographer

Photographer / Film Director / Visual Artist

Aspen / Art Director

David Wise is founder of Forthcoming Studio, a creative studio specializing in design and creative direction, focusing on collaborations with architects, artists, writers, publishers, and cultural institutions—producing projects ranging from printed matter, such as books and ephemera, to identities, digital design, and more with an interest in the intersection of art, culture, fashion and commerce.

Seoul / Artist

Visual artist, illustrator. Like to draw, dance and love.

London / Photographer

Craig is a Scottish portrait and documentary photographer based in London, UK.

Paris / Architect

Sophie Dries Architect is a Paris & Milan based design studio run by the architect Sophie Dries since fall 2014, when she was 28 . She has been collaborating for several years with multiple luxury interior design & architecture offices in Paris such as Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Pierre Yovanovitch or Christian Liaigre. Sophie Dries Architect has designed stores and offices in Istanbul, also been renovating some luxury apartments in Paris and currently works on several projects in France and Italy. Sophie Dries has realised a numbered edition furniture line, launched in Milan for the 2016 Salone del Mobile and shown since at PAD London, 2017 Collective design fair in New York with gallery l’Éclaireur (Paris/Los Angeles), but also in collective shows in Brussels, Beirut and Rome.

Barcelona / Artist

Carla Cascales Alimbau is an independent artist and designer from Barcelona. She works on her personal artwork and exhibitions. And also commissioned art for architecture and interior design projects and for selected brands.

London / Illustrator

Animator & Illustrator based in London, U.K.

Seoul / Animator

Gyuri Cloe Lee is an independent animator/video artist who is based in Seoul, Korea. Many of her films examine the awkwardness created among seemingly unrelated, or simply misplaced things. Fascinated by heavily saturated color spectrum and unconventional storytelling, she often creates a surreal universe with no real sense of time and space, but somehow believable, and oddly charming. Her films have been shown at numerous festivals around the world. She has received her BFA in Film/Animation/Video at Rhode Island School of Design in 2017.

Tokyo / Photographer

Mariko Sakaguchi is a Tokyo based art photographer who studied at the Hongik University of Art Korea, and at the department of Moving Image and Performing Arts at Tama Art University, Tokyo. Artist Statement: "I am making art works by using photography. I am trying to cross the sense of private and public, and also now and past by taking bath in old style Japanese bathtub and stepping into photography by myself, You can see I take bath anywhere, It means the place you are seeing my works and also the place you are at now are not off-site. The place where you are has possibilities to be the scene of my works. You are not spectator, but party of my work, art. I want to be a part of art with you all."

London / Web Developer

iOS Developer at Revolut

Chicago / Designer

Graphic Designer and Art Director running around the city looking for good coffee.

Antwerp / Graphic Designer

Antwerp-based designer and art director.

Antwerp / Architect

Designer

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