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Carrboro / Cafe

About 10 miles away, there's a tiny old mill town on the Haw River called Saxapahaw that's attracted an interesting mix of really wonderful, creative people, including Heather and Tom LaGarde who turned this giant old mill foor into a combination ballroom and coffee house. It's an amazing venue for music at night and during the afternoon, it's a giant and quiet sanctuary that feels a million miles away from anything else.

Salamanca / Place

Walls in some of the buildings surrounding the University are fully covered with this medieval form of graffiti called Vitor. Meaning victory, and dating as far back as the 14th century, they celebrate a student's graduation with a Doctorate. Traditionally painted using bull's blood (now with a less-controversial, less-charming synthetic pigment) it's interesting to see all the different variations on the same theme.

Hamburg / Place

If you want to leave the city and breathe in some fresh air, just buy a "Schleswig Holstein Ticket" and go by train to Travemünde. A borough of Lübeck about 1,5 hours away from Hamburg and located next to the sea. It has been a seaside resort since 1802 and has still some architecture, signs and symbols from the 19th century to show.

London / Shop

Inspired by Dave Eggers’ projects in the USA such as the Pirate Store in San Francisco and Superhero store in Brooklyn, The Monster Supplies Store in Hoxton is home to the Ministry of Stories: A volunteer run organization, founded by Nick Hornby, to help young people with creative writing of all kinds through workshops and free mentoring sessions. The store is the “Purveyor of quality goods for monsters of every kind” with fascinating bottles and tins containing everything from eyeballs to Zadie Smith’s short story Mortal Terror.

Copenhagen / Hotel

Small hotel with a nice lobby bar. I hang here for coffee or drinks with friends. A inner courtyard that reminds me a bit abut Hotel Amour in Paris.

Brussels / Restaurant

Great ramen, best vegetarian ramen in town. The place is ran by a Japanese team and is located in the lively neighbourhood of Saint-Boniface.

New York / Restaurant

I probably frequent here twice a week, because I am obsessed with Mexican food, and I'm fortunate enough to live in close proximity to this place. Taqueria Tepango is definitely a sapphire in the rough since there are a lot of terrible/over-priced Mexican restaurants in NYC.

Tokyo / Bar

Shinjuku-Kabukicho is one of the famous entertainment spots in Tokyo. There are many theatres, bars, hostess bars, and adult entertainment business. People seek pleasure, shout, and walk drunkenly at night, even though they are shy and busy with work during the daytime. Mysterious neon lights make people desire more what they want to do. You feel people’s fundamental energy there at night.

Madrid / Cafe

Best organic ice cream I've ever had!... so far ;p

Oslo / Cafe

The owners of the very popular and charming cafe Liebling are these days opening a second place around the corner. It´s named after a popular children's song, Kanskje kommer kongen ( Maybe the king will come). Lovely as they are, they want to unite the city's young population with the elderly by running a cafe inside a retirement home. What´s not to like, I think the king should come!

London / Music Venue

Think this may be the oldest music venue in London? If it isn't, it certainly feels like it. I love the fact that you can feel the musical history as soon as you walk into 100 Club. Given it's central positioning I'm sure a lot of people of holding their breaths that it continues to stick around

New York / Area

The beauty of the light on the water, with a full view of the changing skyline, always awe inspiring.

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West Nyack / Photographer

Meredith Huelbig is a twenty-seven year old photographer from New York. The escapade of exploring new souls and destinations captivates Meredith. Her inspiration tends to intensify when she finds herself lost in a new location. She is fascinated with escaping her reality and entering a new part of the world as a guest for a short while. Exploring and grasping the way different cultures exist is an aura she can not explain, but loves experiencing.

Brighton / Graphic Designer

Stuart is a graphic designer, art director, lecturer and author. He is also the creative director of Transmission graphic design studio.

Lisbon / Creative Director

Creative Director Owner of Dayclub Studio based in Lisbon. From Amsterdam.

London / Animator

Film director based in Paris and London

Amsterdam / Animator

Hi! my name is Daniela. I'm a director and animator specialised in stop motion animation. Apart from my work at BLND I use to collaborate individually with other production companies in a more technical way. After all, my favourite part of the stop motion process is working with my hands on the making.

London / Animator

Amanda Eliasson is a Swedish animation director based in London. Her work place primary interest in hand generated processes. She recently graduated with an MA in animation from the Royal College of Art, London. Now she’s a freelance animation director in the UK. “Since I started animating I’ve developed an interest in making flat images transport the viewer into a three dimensional space. I would say my style is playful and naive in contrast to the difficult social subjects I often address in my films”.

Berlin / Designer

Hayo Gebauer is an industrial designer whose works reflect on the mundane object. A quirky fascination for order or subtle references to known archetypes are among the shape defining details. He lives in Berlin and works on self-initiated and commissioned projects.

Berlin / Illustrator

Illustrator/Artist based in Berlin

Paris / Visual Artist

a person

São Paulo / Artist

Photographer

Aurillac / Artist

Cendrine is a french artist currently based in Aurillac France. She explores the possibilities of paper, fabric and wood mainly via drawings or mixed medias, and her imagery focuses on metamorphosis, natural and female or non-human realms , she also works with words for creating little tales and poems.

Cape Town / Graphic Designer

Kim Van Vuuren is a South African artist and designer based in Cape Town and Barcelona. She enjoys exploring the natural occurring forms and compositions that surround her. These forms, and shapes are then translated into designs. Apart from being a full time artist and illustrator Kim also specializes in Branding, Identity Design, Web and UI Design.

Berlin / Graphic Designer

Designer and yoga teacher

Barcelona / Creative Director

Love

London / Photographer

Nick Turpin is a London based Street Photographer, his work interogates the different aspects of life in a big city including life on the streets to commuting and advertising. Nick is the Art Director of STREET LONDON an annual Street Photography Festival. Nick teaches Street Photography to visitors to London through Sidestory > https://sidestory.co/experiences/london-street-photography/ Nick has also taught photography at festivals around the world, Tate Modern, on the Discovery Channel and for Apple.

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