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London / Art

I love the architecture of the Barbican - it is so important to its historical context, at a time when London was being shaped for modernity after the war - they also aspired to make it a bold art centre. We need bold, always.

Dubai / Beach

I rate the kite surfing beach by far the best public beach in Dubai, as it has lots of facilities around including volleyball nets, football AstroTurf, bathrooms, kite surfing equipment, etc. It has a really large span of beach and not much construction around, which is rare for the city.

San Francisco / Bakery

Worker-owned, hole in the wall bakery worth waiting in line for.

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.

London / Restaurant

Morito is a few doors down from it's well know sister restaurant Moro. This not long open tapas restaurant feels like it could be in a little back street in Barcelona. The food is great, and it has a buzzy but relaxed atmosphere. You might need to wait a little while for the table, but I promise it's worth it.

Zürich / Restaurant

Spend a leisurely morning brunching at Restaurant Viadukt... aaaaah. We sampled some pretty awesome pancakes here while chain-drinking delicious espressos.

Hong Kong / Shop

Basheer Design Books is a unique design book store specializes in selling design books and magazines on Architecture, Interior, Graphic, Advertising, Fashion, Illustration, Photography, Multimedia, Movie, Art and much more.

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.

San Francisco / Gallery

A veteran San Francisco arts institution that recently moved from its home in the Mission to the bottom of the San Francisco Chronicle Building. Their gallery regularly puts on exhibitions that are relevant, accessible, and often straight up delightful. As opposed to some of the more buttoned-up galleries, Intersection’s penchant for participatory pieces is met with a regular crowd that tends to be game for participating, which always makes for a good time.

Vilnius / Museum

The house-museum of the artist and collector Kazys Varnelis (1917–2010) is reminiscent of a residential house. Its small rooms rich in details of early Gothic architecture contain the exhibits of historical prints, maps and Western European sculptures, supplemented by sets of Renaissance and Baroque furniture and abstract paintings by Varnelis. Harmony based on contrast makes the entire exhibition extraordinary. Accumulated for fifty years and given to Lithuania, Kazys Varnelis’s collection is a significant contribution to the collections of cultural treasures of Lithuania.

São Paulo / Bar

Favorite cocktail bar in São Paulo. Cozy atmosphere, superb drinks, and friendly staff. If possible, go there early and sit at the counter for the best drinking experience and chat with the friendly bartenders.

Helsinki / Cafe

They have huge cinnamon buns here, a nice thing to split with your friends. A really finnish treat. Owed by café esplanad (where you get the same sort of bakeries), but I prefer Success for it's smaller space.

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London / Illustrator

Aysha Tengiz is an illustrator based in London.

Belfast / Photographer

I am a photographer from Belfast and recently graduated from the Documentary Photography course at the University of South Wales in Cardiff.

Paris / Photographer

Neil Atherton is a Paris-based photographer and curator from the UK. He has called Paris home for over a decade and still speaks French with an English accent. His personal photography is based almost uniquely on the use of out-of-date film and explores the physical effects of time on memory. He has a large camera collection of ‘70s rangefinders and compacts from the ‘80s and organizes the biannual photography festival Mois de a Photo-OFF.

Dublin / Creative Director

Hong Kong / Writer

Erica is a freelance writer, editor, illustrator and content strategist with a focus on luxury, travel, wellness and sustainability. When she's not globetrotting the world, you can find her sipping a hot cuppa milk tea in Hong Kong, nibbling on giant cookies and cinnamon buns in Vancouver, or scarfing down slices of appeltaart in Amsterdam.

Los Angeles / Designer

Senior Product Designer, based in Los Angeles, CA

Stuttgart / Art Director

Art director, designer and sometimes-trying-hard-to-be-conceptual-artist who enjoys exploring all kinds of puzzling ideas, vibrant concepts and non-linear thoughts.

New York / Writer

Mirabella, a long time writer, visual artist and filmmaker, is currently completing her thesis years in the graduate department at The Tisch School of the Arts, where she is a Dean's Fellow. Mirabella has made various short films, and has screened at: The Catskills Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Picture Farm Film Festival', Festival International Signes De Nuit, Palm Beach International Film Festival, The New Orleans Film Festival, The Montana Film Festival, and the First Run Film Festival. She was singularly nominated out of her class by the TISCH Graduate faculty for a Princess Grace Award, and recently won the Wasserman Fox Writing Award for Best Screenplay. She was recently accepted as a 2017 Marcie Bloom Fellow. Mirabella is currently in development on a television show, feature film, and new shorts.

New York / Artist

New Yorker Cartoonist, graphic novelist

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.

Oslo / Designer

Linda Falang, born and raised in a small town right outside of Oslo. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Product design, and is currently situated in Sundsvall, Sweden, where she is studying for her Master’s degree in Design for all. In the future she wants to design products that are both attractive and available for everyone, with or without disabilities.

St. Gallen / Graphic Designer

Larissa Kasper (b. 1986) is a swiss typographer and graphic designer. After graduating in ‘Visual Communication’ at Zurich University of the Arts she’s currently living and working in St.Gallen, Switzerland. Together with Rosario Florio they form the collaborative studio Kasper-Florio, where they work on various commissions in the cultural field, art, fashion and music.

Barcelona / DJ

Multimedia adventurer and radio girl. I curate content at Sónar+D, organize a thing called Dorkbot Barcelona, and manage communications for a couple of music technology companies. I also do radio stuff at www.xrcb.cat. From time to time, I dj.

Amsterdam / Graphic Designer

I'm a Dutch graphic designer and art director based in Amsterdam and founder of graphic design studio Mainstudio.

London / Graphic Designer

I'm a digital product designer based London working for a small charity.

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