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London / Shop

Great comic shop that stocks small press, and everything else you'd expect to find. The kids section starts at early ages and has something all the way up.

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.

Barcelona / Bookstore

Beautiful bookstore in the heart of Barcelona, designed by Quintana Partners.

New York / Bar

Bowling, beer, and pool - what more could a girl ask for? I'd like to start a bowling league here in the fall. Some possible league names include The Crystal Bowls, Disembowled, and Ebowlo Virus. I'm open to suggestions.

Prague / Art

Amazing spot, gallery in the huge yard you can get a draught beer plus portion of inspiration or just chill.

London / Cinema

Just down the road from where I live is this Art Deco cinema where mainly locals go. Watching films and sitting in this old theatre really adds another level to the experience.

Los Angeles / Architecture

Admiring Pasadena's Glenarm Power Plant. Photographed with a Pentax Honeywell and Takumar lens.

St. Gallen / Gallery

Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen is a platform for contemporary art and one of the most important institutions for young art in Switzerland. Its beautiful gallery space is situated in a former warehouse.

Youngstown / Bar

On the corner of a dark, barren corner of the old rust belt city of Youngstown, you will find the best ribs in Ohio (big claim!). The last time I visited I had just eaten dinner and only wanted a drink, but the bartender insisted we (me, my mom and dad) enjoyed some ribs—he gave us a few complimentary bones and even on a completely full stomach, they were gone in minutes. Cheap—C H E A P—drinks, incredible ribs and wings, and a history lesson of an old mob-driven city.

Amsterdam / Place

A few years ago I had a conversation with a staff member from Uytenhaak Architects about concealed texts in Amsterdam, relating to my own work ‘stoned forever’, which is integrated in brickwork in the Olympic Quarter. He said that there is a text in Morse code incorporated into the Droogbak (1989), a residential building by Uytenhaak: ‘Deze muur staat er niet’ (‘This wall isn’t here’). It is located close to the railway line. Rudy Uytenhaak later told me that this was his last opportunity to protest against the acoustic fence that had to be constructed for bureaucratic reasons.

New York / Park

This botanical garden is massive. If you like to be surrounded by foliage, bring a picnic on a nice day.

Berlin / Museum

This place is like being in the Canary Islands, where my hometown is. The wonderful botanical garden has around 22.000 different plant species. I can find here all the tropical species from the island where i grew up: birds of Paradise, palms or dragon trees.

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Los Angeles / Writer

Editor, fledgling entrepreneur

Vienna / Illustrator

Francesco Ciccolella is an illustrator based in Vienna, Austria.

Bologna / Illustrator

Dutch illustrator currently based in Bologna.

London / Illustrator

London based illustrator

London / Designer

Designer and innovator based in London, specialising in materials research and costume.

Los Angeles / Creative Director

Los Angeles based, Mauro Gatti is an italian all-around creative guy in love with creating all sorts of other fun stuff. He lives a double life, during the day he’s in charge of content creation at the amazing JibJab Studio; at night he splashes around in illustration, animation, game design, GIFs and children’s books illustration. His work is full of humour and his style is iconic and simple, inspired by the illustration of the 60s and 70s. He is always in company of his inseparable bullmastiff Cyrus and his favorite quote is “A day without laughter is a day wasted” - Charlie Chaplin

Munich / Graphic Designer

Swiss graphic designer graduated from ECAL/University of Art and Design of Lausanne working mainly in editorial design, visual identity & type design.

Paris / Graphic Designer

French-italian graphic designer based in Paris.

Berlin / Photographer

Photographer based in Berlin.

New York / Illustrator

I am Helen Eunhwa Oh, Korea-born illustrator based in New York. I love to draw something that I have seen in my everyday life and make the images little funky with vivid, rich and diverse colors.

Mexico City / Photographer

Erin, nomadic being inspired by the unknown. Based as a freelance photographer for 5 years in Mexico and after a recent project in North Africa, Erin has recently returned to a base in Australia. Erin’s work applies environmental portraiture with landscapes and habitats to break the stereotypes which surround her subjects.

Berlin / Designer

Designer and Developer

Berlin / Art Director

Matthias Last is a Berlin based designer & art director. Founder of Studio Last and co-founder of the gallery Blake & Vargas.

New York / Art Director

Creative Director, bouncing between Brooklyn and Melbourne

New York / Art Director

Lily is a multi-disciplinary designer, illustrator, and art director specializing in fashion sustainability.

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