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Stafford / Place

Well known as being J.R.R. Tolkien’s inspiration for ‘Middle Earth’ in the Lord of the Rings books, Cannock Chase (colloquially ‘The Chase’) is somewhere that friends and I have frequented for many years. If you go to a part called Broc Hill at just the right time, you can literally just sit there and watch the sun disappear behind the horizon, and witness some stunning gradients in the sky. Also a great place for running and photography—you even get to see the odd few deer just bounding around. Cannock Chase is officially listed as one of England’s ‘Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty’ (AONB).

Berlin / Shop

Besides being the friendliest shoemaker in town, he also offers quality for good value.

Pittsburgh / Museum

Installation art museum in an old mattress factory. They host artists to create works on site as well as have a number of fantastic permanent works by Yayoi Kusama, James Turrell, and others.

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.

London / Museum

Archive collection of surgical instruments - anatomy and pathology - dental instruments - medicine and surgery (basically a lot of dead things in jars, really interesting to draw from).

Lyon / Museum

Recognized institution in the cultural landscape of Lyon, but especially since its national partnership with the Contemporary Art Biennial of Lyon, the Foundation Bullukian is now a showcase for contemporary art, in full center of Lyon. Work art of Buckminster Fuller about spherical triangulation circles found in nature.

Chicago / Architecture

This is Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's first domestic structure in the United States, and it is a beautiful example of Minimalism. The house is located outside Chicago, but is worth the drive and the tour guides are pretty great. Due to flooding, the house and the property will undergo major preservation changes beginning in the next decade, so it's hard to tell how long the house will remain in it's current state.

Rotterdam / Harbour

This harbour area is called "Nieuw Mathenesse" where is a thriving neighborhood that lots of design studios and creative people situate in. In the meanwhile, you can enjoy nice skies no matter in the morning or evening, or have a pleasant drink next to the water.

Barcelona / Bar

Eat embutidos while drinking Champagne. It is a fun place, always very crowded!

New York / Bookstore

The design and photography floor at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Union Square.

London / Restaurant

best family run sushi i can find in London. Not flashy but that not the point. Its a small honest run place. Its great.

The Hague / Bakery

Great pastries, bread, coffee and interior.

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Mexico City / Creative Director

Raul de la Cerda (1988), Mexican industrial designer. Trained as a designer in Mexico, Paris and Madrid, looking to have a proper understanding of design, to produce new proposals in products and spaces, always starting from a concept without forgetting his identity, his context and the essence of each project. In 2012, he became independent and started a design firm with his name, Raul de la Cerda. He has won several awards, like the first place in the category of "utilitarian object" in the National Silver Price "Hugo Salinas Price 2015". He has been in several exhibitions at fairs and museums like Desgin Week Mexico, Abieto Mexicano de Diseño, Salone del Mobile (Milan), Salone Satellite (Milan), Cervantes Academy (Madrid), Zona Maco (Mexico), The London Design Festival (London), The Franz Mayer Museum (Mexico), among others. His inspiration is life, the continuous curiosity about things, travel, art, his family, the people around him, his country; Mexico, his history and the passion and the desire to have to do things different.

Lausanne / Photographer

Los Angeles / Creative Director

Australian in Los Angeles, via New York. Avid traveller, dog lover, and Creative Director at The Fold Creative and Lesse.

São Paulo / Web Developer

I am a product designer based in São Paulo, Brazil. Currently leading and managing design at Nubank.

Sydney / Illustrator

Swedish Illustrator and printmaker based in Sydney. Micke's confident hand and unapologetic choice of chromatically lush material’s, such as Posca pen’s, dense acrylic and riso inks, reward his audience with a visually delightful series of hand-generated arrangements.

Portland / Creative Director

Editor-in-chief & creative director of Broccoli Magazine.

London / Designer

Graphic designer based at Bodney Road Studios, UK

Munich / Designer

Charlotte is a french industrial designer living in Munich. She focuses on creating products that reflect the care invested in them: from idea and design, to the people producing and selling them. She believes the objects that surround us should not only be functional, but things we can emotionally connect with because of their story. Those objects we pack first, gift to friends or pass on from generation to generation. In 2018 she established Atelier Charlotte Talbot in Munich.

London / Art Director

Art Director in London

Tuzla / Visual Artist

I am Emir Šehanović, a visual artist from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Making collages and painting huge murals makes me really happy. I enjoy making art of things I find in my environment - virtual or real. I try to be happy every day.

Paris / Graphic Designer

Violaine et Jérémy is a Paris based illustration and graphic arts studio founded by Jérémy Schneider and Violaine Orsoni.

London / Graphic Designer

Jody Hudson-Powell, together with his brother and life-long creative collaborator Luke Powell, joined Pentagram as a partner in 2015. Originally hailing from Somerset, England, the brothers had great success with their independent design studio Hudson-Powell. Jody has always been interested in the ways technology shapes the way we view and experience the world around us. These interests culminated in an experimental practice developed at Central Saint Martins and a Virtual Environment MSc at UCL’s Bartlett School of Architecture.

Bristol / Designer

Designer based in Bristol, UK.

Paris / Artist

Alexandre Benjamin Navet is a multidisciplinary artist and art director currently living in Paris, FR. Graduated from ENSCI–Les Ateliers, the École nationale supérieure de création industrielle in 2011. Grand prize winner of the Design Parade Toulon - Van Cleef & Arpels.

Austin / Photographer

Photographer in Austin, Texas.

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