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Austin / Shop

There are a few good guitar shops in Austin, but South Austin Music is a pleasantly unpretentious spot where you don't feel too weird picking up an instrument and the staff don't hover too much. The aging building and over-stuffed isles give the store a busy charm and it's easy to get lost playing their wide selection of guitars and basses. Prices aren't amazing, but there are good deals to be had.

Austin / Cafe

This converted shipping container in my neighborhood has the best iced coffee in the world.

New York / Shop

One of my all time favorite shops. They have amazing succulents at reasonable prices. It's always a pleasure to stop in and see what they've got that day. Ched, the owner, is not only extremely knowledgeable but totally hilarious. Every plant has been personalized and anthropomorphized.

Copenhagen / Restaurant

The actual canteen of the Kunsthal Charlottenborg gallery, It has only one dish a day, changing daily. Led by chef Frederik Bille Brahe. Great food and atmosphere.

Helsinki / Park

An isolated, forest area by the sea, about 40 km from the city center. This is where I like to go when I feel like taking a break from civilization…

London / Shop

A special place, a shop which is like a museum, worth popping in to feel the humanness and heritage of London. And if you are looking for rope, compass or any sailing supplies, this is the place. There is no shop like it.

Los Angeles / Pub

The Red Lion Tavern has been a neighborhood tavern in Los Angeles for over fifty years (which is a long time for L.A.), and continues to serve as a landmark for traditional German food, a wide selection of German beer, and cozy Old World atmosphere. Plus the waitresses all wear lederhosen, and it's blocks away from my parents' house.

Vienna / Art

Smartly curated and art savvy, Mauve has been putting together reliably excellent shows with a focus on contemporary painting since 2012. Mauve’s bar features a neon cactus, a choice of favourite drinks and a crowd of artists in their natural habitat.

London / Restaurant

Mini mini mini..delicious steamed milk buns.

London / Park

I go to the Heath every weekend (often via the wonderful Waterlow Park which skirts Highgate Cemetery) and during the week too if I’m working from home; it helps to put things in perspective when I’m thinking about my work. It’s great in the summer for obvious reasons but I love it the most in autumn and on those rare days it snows so much London grinds to a halt (which doesn’t take much). Everyone heads up there to make giant snowballs/cats/creatures and surf down Parliament Hill on anything they can get their hands on. Grown ups turn into kids for the day. My husband and I made this snow yeti last year, it was sad to leave him behind but he soon made friends and even made it into the Camden New Journal.

Ottawa / Bar

With age, I’ve been more reluctant to engage in the cyclical social gymnastics of a high-octane evening. Just give me a pint and a pinball machine and I’ll be a content little monk, cussing at gravity and the wiles of analog engineering. Aside from triggering rebellious teenage memories, the Orange Monkey pool hall is also situated in one of the rare industrial complexes in the city.

Amsterdam / Museum

Fotomomuseum housed in two monumental 17th century canal houses.

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London / Creative Director

Louisa is the founder of Luminous Books in East London, an artist curated bookshop specializing in second hand fiction, philosophy, art and curiosities. Luminous also stocks a range of artists’ books, limited run zines and hosts regular literary events, combining music, films and readings alongside pop up projects throughout the city and two Luminous collections at the ICA Bookshop SW1 and Andor Bureau E8. Louisa studied Fine Art Sculpture at Brighton University before moving to London working in both new and antiquarian bookshops including Foyles and as Book Buyer for the ICA Bookshop. Luminous is a specialized bookshop full of personal preoccupations, a love of the object of the book, printed matter and of visual thinking.

Copenhagen / Photographer

Ture Andersen is a Danish photographer who works within the field of commercial and corporate photography for Danish and international companies. I work with corporate communications, branding, exhibitions and interactive media. I help companies to create an effective and consistent visual communication rooted in the companies’ visual identity and strategy. I am based in Copenhagen, Denmark, but work globally. Recent projects have included assignments in the Arctic, reportage from gemstone mining in Sri Lanka and Madagascar, ship recycling in india, coffee production in Laos, as well as gem production in Thailand. I travel the world . CoFounder of Københavnerkassen and Secret Places Copenhagen

Paris / Creative Director

Creative Director, Experiential Storytelling

New York / Photographer

Naima Green is a Brooklyn-based artist and educator.

Barcelona / Designer

Hi, I'm Laura!

Helsinki / Illustrator

I am a French-born illustrator and graphic designer based in Helsinki, Finland. I create prints, illustrations, patterns, visual identity and layouts for various clients in Finland and abroad.

Paris / Fashion Designer

Eco-fashion designer, founder Gaëlle Constantini sustainable ready to wear made in France. Gaëlle Constantini proposes a global project of sustainable development around the ethical fashion NEOGREEN. The creative studio is dedicated to the creation of sustainable collections of women's clothing and accessories. It is based on three fundamental pillars: ARTISTIC Simple and clean forms, adaptable to all morphologies. ECOLOGICAL We work on the principles of up-cycling. SOLIDARITY We confide to our textile production to professional insertion workshops specialized in sewing.

Los Angeles / Designer

Weekends is a design studio with a passion for interior design, branding, concept, and creative consulting. With studios in Paris and Los Angeles we specialize in introducing emerging brands to international markets

Vienna / Graphic Designer

Maria Prieto Barea is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Vienna, Austria. Alongside her artistic and commercial work, Maria also co-owns three of Vienna’s best bars and recently started an illustrated cake blog (www.newcakesontheblock.com). When she needs a break from work and nightlife, she travels the world with a surf board.

New York / Designer

Director of Product at Fiverr. Co-Founder of AND CO (acquired by Fiverr). German in New York.

Bristol / Illustrator

Owen Gent is an award winning Illustrator based in Bristol in the South West of England. Owen also writes, directs and illustrates as one half of Uncle Ginger animation studio, and is represented in France and Canada by Colagene Creative Clinic

London / Artist

Illustrator in London specializing in fashion.

Buenos Aires / Art Director

I´am a Multidisciplinary Designer — Argentina based working worldwide

Nuremberg / Creative Director

Verena Hennig is an internationally working Creative Director and Designer from Germany. Her studio explores and combines the fields of art, architecture and design. Studio Verena Hennig gained international reputation for creating design projects with exceptionally sensory perceptions for their audiences, by investigating the questions of our daily lives and striving to engage with intelligent, compelling and distinctively created design solutions by altering the familiar. Hennig produces projects for clients ranging from culture to industry, from print scales, products up to architectural installations.

New York / Artist

Patrick Jacobs lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is represented by Pierogi Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His work, including sculpture, photography and video, is often characterized by a kind of pseudo-science or homespun natural phenomena. "When one settles down to a new home, they immediately set out to discover those things which captivate and hold meaning for them. I moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1999 and twelve years later, I'm still writing my own personal travel guide of the city's unlimited attractions and temptations."

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