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New York / Art

In 1963, the Italian-born sculptor Costantino Nivola filled a playground that covers an entire city block with avant-garde abstractions. In the middle of an Upper Manhattan housing project, there are cuboid cutouts sculpted in cement, a fountain made with two diamond-shaped boulders, concrete play horses, and a sand-casted relief carved high into a wall. In the northeast corner, a matriarchal figure known as “The Nanny” rises from the ground. The artist’s sculptures were built in an era when urban development incorporated art in its effort to uplift communities and express democratic ideals. “A work designed for a public space is less a work of art than a civic act,” Nivola once said. “It concerns the ways in which we live together, and in which we influence each other.”

Vienna / Botanical Garden

The Palmenhaus is located in the gardens of Schloss Schönbrunn. One hundred and thirteen meters long and 28 meters high, it features a central and two lateral pavilions. Each of the three pavilions has another climate and is filled with botanical treasures from all over the world.

Amsterdam / Bakery

Lovely place, lovely service and delicious food!

New York / Beauty Salon

Great barber shop. Been there for years. Used to be upstairs, moved downstairs. A New York City staple. Need a haircut? Go here... Oh yeah, and they have karaoke. Enough said.

Kyoto / Art

Located inside the Gion Kobu Kaburenjo Theater, a well-known hub of traditional Japanese culture, the Forever Museum of Contemporary Art, Gion-Kyoto (FMOCA) is a place that moves all your senses. Walking barefoot on tatami (smelling really good) you are in the middle of a world where time both stops and rushes into the future. Old Japanese theatre (with the beautiful stage) and modern art - isn't it a dreamy combination? I was lucky enough to see Yayoi Kusama's amazing exhibition there that lasts till the end of February 2019 (be quick!). What is more, the museum has a lovely garden that you can contemplate either from the inside or from the outside, with a red umbrella. Ah, what a place!

Paris / Beauty Salon

If you like Kobido massages : try Faucheur Paris. Othilie, Margaux and their mom, Aline, have a gift !

New York / Place

I live above TriBeCa and take walks into and around this area often. It's quiet, usually on the emptier side, and hosts a few gems of restaurants including Tiny's, Takahachi, and Odeon - all on the same block of West Broadway.

Los Angeles / Shop

Beautiful shop with vintage and new gifts + clothing.

Krakow / Cinema

A cinema I mostly go to.

London / Library

The St Bride Foundation is the home of the St Bride Library, an incredible resource of printing history, in the form of books, printed ephemera, and tools from the trade. It also hosts many fantastic talks each year – check their website for details.

Newcastle / Cafe

Olive & Bean a cafe and deli simply do the best food ever. Great homemade soup and amply filled baguettes with their so good they can’t be good for you salads - my favourite Roast Chicken & Avocado & Mango Chutney Salad I have at least once a week. Great place for detox and instant retox with the best carrot cake and brownie chunky slices ever.

San Francisco / Street Food

“You can taste the love” sounds like a cliché until you actually taste it and realize you are poor cynical human being who has never been to Alicia’s tamale stand! Especially on foggy days, these lovingly wrapped warm packages of deliciousness are indispensable.

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New York / Architect

Born Lima Peru Raised in Chicago

New York / Art Director

Graphic designer and art director, living in Brooklyn, NY. Currently the Deputy Art Director at the New York Times Magazine.

Sydney / Artist

Andrea Sullivan is a Sydney based artist. She has lived in Fontainebleau, London, Toronto and New York. Her vibrant works are assembled testaments to her travels and their time laboured intensity and beauty are a myriad of these experiences. Her work is held in private collections the world over and has shown in NYC and Sydney.

Los Angeles / Art Director

Modern Desert Magic. Surreal Minimalism.

New York / Graphic Designer

Graphic designer.

London / Curator

Tatale is a contemporary Pan-African concept, telling stories through food, art and culture.

London / Photographer

Sirli Raitma is a London based photographer. Sirli’s images span portraiture, landscapes and interiors, but portraiture – especially involving ambiguity via costume or displacement – is her heartland.

New York / Art Director

Art director and designer.

Ottawa / Visual Artist

Vancouver-based artist Howie Tsui's culturally divergent practice owes much to the shifting backdrop of his formative years spent in Hong Kong, Lagos and Thunder Bay.

Seville / Animator

Animator and Illustrator

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.

Bristol / Photographer

Matthew Broadhead is a British photographer based in Southwest England. In July 2016, he graduated from the BA (Hons) Photography program at the University of Brighton and has since gained sustained recognition for his ongoing body of work A Space for Humans: The Moon on Earth (formerly titled Heimr). A Space for Humans was featured in the July 2016 edition of The British Journal of Photography, December 2017 issue of Wallpaper*, The Exposed Issue 2 and Fisheye Vol. 1. He has also been selected as a winner for awards from Magnum, Photoworks, and Organ Vida. Broadhead’s practice entails an engagement with photography as a critical medium and explores the conjunctions between different subjects; notably geology, anthropology, history, and mythology. His research in these areas is meant to change how he interacts with subjects in different contexts in addition to his recording methodology. Operating at the intersection between documentary and conceptual art, he creates fictional bodies of work based on factual source material.

Bangkok / Illustrator

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Raleigh / Designer

I'm a designer and filmmaker from the coast of North Carolina, currently residing in Raleigh, NC. I have a background visual design and I love bringing abstract concepts to life through video.

Sacramento / Artist

Liz is the Founder and Director of Print Club Ltd, an online source for limited edition, fine art silkscreen prints.

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