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São Paulo / Shop

A must-go for architecture lovers. Cozy place with a gallery and furniture store. Visit Instagram to make sure which exhibition they have before going.

Beijing / Cafe

One of our favorite meet-up places in old town Beijing close to Ditan Park. Renovated on a garage by a design veteran, the place has its unique and soulful character. A thoughtful blend of old town style and contemporary design that produces a solid and edgy vibes, true to Beijing. Their seasonal coffee menu and house desserts never fails to amaze us.

Amsterdam / Gallery

Lost & Found is a monthly artist salon held in one of the medieval towers of the Waag on the Nieuwmarkt. In the room where Rembrandt's 'The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp' once took place have since 1997 over 80 sessions of stray images and sound been organized. Artists show material which doesn't fit comfortably into regular gallery contexts; work which demands more concentration than the usual walk-by. Check the Lost & Found website for dates & times.

London / Pub

Not the most exciting place inside, but a lovely rooftop area which not all that many people seem to know about, 2 mins walk from Old St station. If it's packed then The Red Lion is just up the road.

Richmond / Art

These iconic recording studios are the beating heart of the Melbourne Music Scene. Musicians from all over the world come here to rehearse and record albums. Every recording room has an installation by a different Melbourne artist and the front is adorned in a two giant billboards with changing artists work (this one is mine from 2017). Everyone from famous locals such as Courtney Barnett, Archie Roach, The Drones and Paul Kelly to visitors like Tool, Beck and Elvis Costello. Founders Quincy McLean and Helen Marcou are total legends too.

London / Cinema

If you fancy a relaxing cosy evening with blankets, hotdogs, cakes and doughnuts and comfy sofas....look no further ;)

New York / Cafe

Nothing is more quintessentially New York than a diner. This eatery not only serves excellent, traditional diner fare, but does so in an eclectic environment that mixes Baroque decadence with Midtown grit.

Antwerp / Art

This is my favorite place to go to – to escape the city quick – in nature. I love the Braem Pavillion a lot – built by Antwerp architect Renaat Braem in 1969.

Paris / Cafe

Your typical brunch vibe, love the shakshuka.

Barcelona / Museum

Permanent collection of some 3,800 pieces has now been spread across five adjoining palaces, two of which are devoted to temporary exhibitions.

Amsterdam / Restaurant

De Plantage is a bright, elegant brasserie beside Artis where great design.

London / Bar

I only made my first visit to Troy Bar fairly recently but it's already become a Friday night regular, and I feel like I've wasted a lot of nights not being here. Caribbean food, 4 Red Stripe for a tenner, an incredible house jazz band and as good an atmosphere as you'll find in the city.

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Oslo / Photographer

Photographer based in Oslo

New York / Photographer

Agnes Thor (b.1986) is a photographer and artist of Swedish heritage, now living and working in New York City. Her work has been exhibited worldwide and Mörel Books in UK published her debut book Aurora Borealis in 2010.

London / Artist

Hattie Newman makes sets and images that live in advertisements, magazines, galleries, websites, books and many other places around the world. Hattie’s studio is a place where sketches and ideas quickly outgrow their pages and leap to life.

Amsterdam / Graphic Designer

Graphic designer/maker of things Specializing in Books and Printed Matter. Originaly from North Wales. Currently living in Amsterdam.

New York / Designer

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London / Creative Director

Tokyo / Writer

Xiao Yue Shan is a poet, writer, editor, and translator. The collection, then telling be the antidote, won the Tupelo Press Berkshire Prize and is forthcoming in 2023. The chapbook, How Often I Have Chosen Love, won the Frontier Poetry Chapbook Prize and was published in 2019. She has received the New Millennium Award for Poetry and the Juxtaprose Poetry Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Award, the Artlyst Art to Poetry Award, and the Ambit Poetry Competition. Poems have appeared in The Poetry Review, Kenyon Review, Poetry Magazine, Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Poetry Northwest, and more. Prose works have appeared in Granta, 3:AM Magazine, Electric Literature, Cleveland Review of Books, The Shanghai Literary Review, and more. Poem-films have shown in festivals in London, Vienna, New York City, and Athens. Her work has been supported by the Canadian Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and Arts Council Tokyo. She runs the Beijing-based, bilingual literary journal Spittoon Literary Magazine, and edits Tokyo Poetry Journal and the Asymptote Journal blog. Her website is shellyshan.com

Lisbon / Art Director

Magazine Art Director and Barista.

London / Illustrator

I am an illustrator, living in Essex with my partner and our one year old son. I studied Drawing at Camberwell College of Art, graduating in 2006. After college I continued to live and work in London for several years. I still regularly visit to shop, see friends and exhibitions. London will forever be an important part of who I am.

Berlin / Artist

Performer, dancer, visual artist, curator and event manager. Based in Berlin.

Manchester / Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer living in Manchester

London / Writer

I'm a writer and Associate Editor of Oh Comely Magazine

Stafford / Designer

Ben Anslow is a designer and illustrator working mainly with print, specifically in book design. Since graduating from Staffordshire University last year he has gained recognition from a variety of design publications, including Wallpaper*, Digital Arts and the London Design Festival. In 2011 Ben was awarded a D&AD Best New Blood and an ISTD membership for his typography. He is currently doing illustration work for Penguin Books.

Berlin / Graphic Designer

Born in 1986, graphic designer Dokho Shin has been working as a freelance designer since he graduated from Dankook University with a major in Visual Communication Design. He enjoys working with various artists and designers in the cultural field. He has been working based in Berlin since 2017.

Ljubljana / Photographer

I'm Sanja Subic, from Ljubljana (Slovenia). I'm 29 year old who worked in advertising industry but pivoted to establish design and photography studio with my partner Matic. We've found our passion in hospitality and food photography last year when we travelled around the globe.

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