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Berlin / Cafe

Situated in the patio of the Kunst-Werke, a well established exhibition house for contemporary art, this cafe features mirror-walls and a selection of nice cakes and lunch menu.

Barcelona / Cafe

Espai Joliu is a plant concept store, coffee shop and art gallery. Don't miss out their delicious ecological homemade cakes while browsing one of their magazines or buying a plant.

Florence / Bar

Monkey Bar is the first place I discovered in Florence. In this small pub I found myself comforted with its dive bar feel. Lorenzo and Freddy, the bar tenders, greet their patrons with a kiss on each cheek, a sarcastic comment and cheap drinks. I have grown to love this small place; its welcoming atmosphere brings me instantly home in a city constantly bustling with mainstream tourism.

Manchester / Shop

If you're ever in Manchester and stuck for art materials or a birthday card or fancy doing some laser cutter or risograph printing then Fred Aldous is the place for you. The shop has been open since 1886 with a man called Fred — a man with a bright idea and a cracking beard — decided to open a shop selling cane for baskets to carry cotton. Craft and community are at the very heart of the business. Look out for their amazing window displays designed by their amazing in-house team or local designers and makers.

Kivik / Art Centre

There's a Sol LeWitt pavilion in the middle of a wheat field in Skåne, and it is part of the Kivik Art Centre. This centre sounds like a crafty old ladies thing, but it is not. It a lovely surprise of modern art with a sea view. Go there, look at art, pet the sheep and then go swim in the coldest sea of Europe - the Baltic.

Hong Kong / Cafe

A 'cha chan teng' is Hong Kong's answer to the UK greasy spoon cafe, there are regional equivalents across China but what makes a cha chan teng unique is it's product. Toasted white bread rolls with condensed milk, deep fried chicken wings, pork chop sandwich…the list goes on. There aren't many of these types of establishments left in Hong Kong, but there seems to be a revival in this old-skool way of chilling out over a cup of 'silk stocking tea' (my favourite). I stumbled across the newly opened Lan Fong Yuen in Tsim Sha Tsui's Woodhouse mall, though it also has some small locations dating back to the 1950s.

Ottawa / Gallery

Artengine is a local arts group that produces technologically based presentations. As part of their Electric Fields program, I recently attended Swim Sound – a sound performance at a municipal pool. A percussionist played on a floating platform, while a knob twiddler tweaked and tweezed the inputs coming from drum mics and a couple underwater mics. Too fun with an encore performance possibly happening in the spring!

London / Canal

Bordering the west side of Victoria Park, Regent's Canal serves as a pleasant walking or riding track, particularly on weekends when it's at it's quietest.

London / Shop

Quinto sells second-hand books. I spend a lot of time here and have found some inspiring books over the years, both at Quinto and the other shops on this road. Koenig Books on the corner is good for art books, too.

Tokyo / Other

My most favorite place in Japan. There are lot of very intelligent politicians who are controlling us and creating such a good country. I want to be like them.

London / Shop

If you want to eat a good cake this is the place! They have so many cakes to choose from but the best one is the white chocolate cheesecake.

Leeds / Creative Space

Full circle is a hidden gem which is just 5 minutes from the Leeds City Centre. This eccentric space is an open plan two floor studio, where you can go enjoy a good food, look at art, purchase clothes, watch films and also where you can go for a cracking night out. Make sure you look out for Mono_Cult events which are hosted there, as they are certainly some of the best nights out I have had in Leeds.

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London / Photographer

Paul Phung is a photographer based in London and a recent graduate from Leeds College of Art, his work has been published in several U.K and international titles. He enjoys collaborating with different artists/designers and is currently working towards bringing out his second zine.

Los Angeles / Film Director

Marco Prestini is an award winning director working in fashion, advertising and music. Born and raised in Italy, living between Milan and LA, operating worldwide.

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.

Singapore / Artist

artist of some sort

Los Angeles / Photographer

Photographer splitting time between New York and Los Angeles

Madrid / Architect

Baby architect

Paris / Art Director

A French and American dual-citizen, Margaux is definitely Parisian, but shares a bit of her heart with the Big Apple as well. She’s a songwriter, a singer, a musician, a photographer and a muse. Much more than your average clothes-horse, she’s the kind of girl all photographers and designers want to work with. Her simple yet elegant taste does not betray fanciful creativity of her aristocratic heritage. After the 2013 release of her French album with Capitol Records, she’s coming back refreshed with the ability to collaborate with the people she loves without any restriction to express herself freely. www.margauxavrilphotography.com

Antwerp / Creative Director

Louise Mertens runs an art studio based in Antwerp, Belgium. Her work as an art director became a trademark of herself. The studio became a place where her personal artwork and carefully selected client work come together. Her visual world combines the admiration for human forms & futurism with purity, sophistication and the incomprehensible. Her eye for aesthetics leads to international client projects ranging from concepts, campaign visuals & creative direction.

Los Angeles / Artist

Animals > Humans

London / Photographer

Large scale natural world images hand printed in his darkroom in East Sussex

Horsens / Artist

Phuc was born in Vietnam and raised in Denmark. He has a background as a graphic designer and works in the intersection of design, art and culture. His multicultural background truly comes to life in his works, which is a beautiful fusion of two worlds. Phuc is passioned about Street Art – he creates modern fables with his fabulous figurative tales, which the viewer can reflect upon. Phuc Van Dang’s works are all based on original concepts, with Phucs unique touch of personal style and storytelling. There is a lot of consideration behind every details and in the choice of materials. Phuc has exhibited in New York, Saigon, Barcelona, Tokyo and several places in Denmark. Phuc has received Statens Kunstråds Huskunstordning and from the State Art Foundation for the exchange of culture between Denmark and Vietnam.

Toronto / Designer

Founder and Creative Director of Blok Design in Toronto.

Lisbon / Artist

LISBON BASED ARTIST. DECODING THE CONCEPTUAL AND THE PHYSICAL BODY. "My work is about how the physical body interprets the conceptual body. The invisible world creates the visible world. I want to change people’s thoughts about social issues as thoughts and universal energy are the same thing. They change the world."

San Francisco / Photographer

CA/NY based

New York / Entrepreneur

Sarah Moussa is a photographer, creative producer and content creator based out of Brooklyn, New York. She is also the founder of offsight (offsightstudio.com), a luxury hospitality & wellness consulting service specializing in visual storytelling, branding, and curated experiences.

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