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New York / Beach

Only a 40-minute subway ride from my apartment and a world unto itself, Coney Island is always a new experience and like seaside weather, it’s always different. I stumbled upon this kite festival one grey fall afternoon. Other visits have yielded dance parties on the boardwalk, roller coaster rides, shandies in plastic cups on the beach, a trip to "Little Odessa", and a myriad of interesting characters and experiences.

Zürich / Nature

This is the best place to escape the winter, the city and the stress. I oftern come here to draw, meditate and enjoy the steamy smell of tropical forests.

Antwerp / Shop

Cute second hand bookstore with a big selection of artbooks.

Antwerp / Village

To recover from my Heideggerian confrontation with "das Sein-zum-Tode", I visit this small town. Right across the market square, there's a bakery that sells the best comfort food in the world. My tummy already hurts from looking at all those real Belgian chocolate treats. Legendary!

New York / Bar

The Ear Bar has been in New York longer than any of us. In a city of vacuous fleeting trendy bars the Ear Bar (which is really called the Ear Inn but I've never called it that) is the real deal.

Los Angeles / Hotel

Private and romantic

New York / Bookstore

My favorite place on Bedford Avenue, this bookstore has both new and used titles. If you're patient and look close enough, you can usually find a book that's worth more than they're asking. Not to mention their stellar selection of magazine titles. Good for design, art, photography, sociology, fiction, and everything in between.

Burlington / Shop

Montreal-style bagels are baked here everyday. It's my weekly pitstop!

The Hague / Natural Area

Somewhat outside of the city but worth the lil trip

Liverpool / Pub

A proper Georgian Quarter pub with mad decor that hasn't ever changed.

Paris / Bookstore

Great selection of design / illustration books

Dublin / Music Venue

This is my favourite venue in Dublin, it is the right size, the sound is great, the atmosphere is genuine and the location is perfect… There are concerts every single night and they always have a good selection of both national and international acts. I have seen unknown bands and some of my very favourite bands on the stage and I take great pleasure from seeing larger acts still playing in small venues like Whelans.

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Los Angeles / Photographer

Photographer splitting time between New York and Los Angeles

London / Writer

Half Japanese Editor/Journalist (WSJ, Newsweek, Modern Farmer etc); contributing editor Monocle magazine. Based in London and occasionally, Tokyo. Founding member of UK/Japan design studio Anyhow.

New York / Designer

Graphic designer from the Pacific Northwest, currently based in New York.

Melbourne / Photographer

Jo Duck is a fashion photographer based in Australia.

Paris / Film Director

Having graduated in Architecture & Civil Engineering in 2012, James fuses his appreciation of space and depth with the ability to master light, colour and composition in his film work which is a marriage of technical craft and creative direction.

London / Illustrator

Eve is an Illustrator from London who's work focuses on women, nature and equality.

London / Artist

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London / Photographer

I am a filmmaker and photographer from London. In 2009 I exhibited my reportage America project 88 Days at Bloomsbury's Orange Dot Gallery. Having recently finished a 35mm 15-minute short, I am now writing a feature film. I am also currently organising my next photographic exhibition, Sweet India, which I made last summer.

Paris / Graphic Designer

Toan Vu-Huu was born and raised in Germany where he graduated at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt–Faculty of Design. He entered a five years' work experience at the design studio Intégral Ruedi Baur and associates and was responsible for projects such as the Cologne-Bonn Airport and La Cinémathèque Française. In 2005 he started his own design studio and took on teaching typography, visual identity and editorial design at EnsAD (National School for higher studies of applied arts, Paris). In 2008 he forms the studio baldinger•vu-huu in partnership with André Baldinger which spans a wide range of design: Type design, visual identity, signage systems, web sites, film, animation, exhibitions, editorial and poster design. The studio focuses mainly on cultural and public space. Toan is member of AGI (Alliance Graphique Internationale).

Valencia / Illustrator

Laura Pérez is an illustrator and comic artist working from Valencia, Spain. Some of the clients are The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, Elle, Penguin Ramdon House, Walmart, Wacom, American Airlines and more. Recently published The Graphic Novel Náufragos.

London / Illustrator

Justin Poulter is a commercial illustrator and lettering artist. Growing up in a village by the sea and completing his studies in Cape Town he landed his first job for an award-winning studio in London. After spending 3 years here he moved back to his homeland and headed up a studio in Cape Town. In 2014 he went freelance where his style of illustration and lettering won him a number of international clients. In what might be the final move he recently came back to London where he now works out of his studio in Stoke Newington. Clients include: National Geographic, Google, Vans, Uber, Nike, Coca Cola, Knorr Foods, Bacardi, Wieden and Kenndy, Delta Airlines, Red Bull, Nedbank, Bonnier Publishing, The Webby Awards and Men's Health. Justin is represented by Snyder NY in the USA, Canada and Parts of South America and JSR Agency in the United Kingdom and Europe.

New York / Creative Director

Founder and Creative Director of Savvy Studio and Casa Bosques.

London / Creative Director

Design lecturer at University of Greenwich and Hondo Studio co-founder, a multi-disciplinary design stdudio based in London.

Vankleek Hill / Graphic Designer

Beekeeper / designer from Eastern Ontario, Canada.

London / Photographer

Co-owner and Brand Director at 1934 in London

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