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Milan / Museum

The Brera Gallery was officially established in 1809, even though a first heterogeneous collection with educational purpose existed already from 1776 – and then increased in the following years – alongside the Accademia di Belle Arti, requested by Mary Therese of Austria to offer the students the opportunity to study lofty masterpieces of art close up. Brera become a museum to host the most important works of art from all of the areas conquered by the French armies. So unlike other important museums in Italy such as the Uffizi, Brera did not start out life as the private collection of a prince or nobleman but as the product of a deliberate policy decision. Paintings confiscated from churches and convents throughout Lombardy with the religious orders’ dissolution began to pour into the museum in the early years of the 19th century, soon to be joined by artworks of similar provenance from other areas of the Kingdom of Italy. This explains why the collection comprises chiefly religious works, many of them large altarpieces, and accounts for Brera’s special aura on which later acquisitions have had only a minor impact.

Chicago / Cafe

A nice little spot for some coffee and custom made bagel sandwiches where neighbourhood people hang out with their laptops. Awesome beet juice not to be missed!

Montevideo / Bar

A historical place to eat in Montevideo near to Ciudad Vieja. If you go there, you must ask for "Pizza al tacho", a pizza without sauce and really great!

Paris / Park

Le Jardin du Luxembourg is the place where I go with my kids every week. I have always did love this square such romantically parisian.

London / Canal

Bordering the west side of Victoria Park, Regent's Canal serves as a pleasant walking or riding track, particularly on weekends when it's at it's quietest.

Huntington Beach / Food Store

Great place for avocado sandwiches, and the best chips and Guacamole.

Berlin / Art

The central ‘Mitte’ area of Berlin is packed tight with galleries and museums, which means you can cram a lot into a short amount of time, if that’s what you want. The best of the lot is the Me Collectors Room, which shows off large chunks of the Thomas Olbricht collection alongside other contemporary private artworks. The permanent ‘Wunderkammer’ display offers over 200 pieces from the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, with a solid focus on the strange and macabre. There’s even a Mark Ryden original that fits in nicely.

London / Gallery

This is the stuff nightmares are made of. Good nightmares. A perverse Aladdin's cave of treasure and artefacts.

Bergen / Bar

Comfortable bar where when the atmosphere is right can turn into a real party place. As all other bars and clubs in Bergen it shuts at 2.30 in the morning - too early I think.

Copenhagen / Cafe

Stop by for breakfast or lunch. Great atmosphere and surroundings. Best coffee in town!

Stockholm / Cafe

Super cute and airy café with nice green lemon tea and nice coffee. They only take cash. Perfect if you are around Slussen.

New York / Gallery

Packed with the most amazing painting and sculpture from the early Renaissance to the 19th Century. One of my favorite details is this effortlessly executed dog in Fragonard's "Progress of Love" panel peering out at us with such sincerity - a resounding acquiescence to the forces of nature.

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Berlin / Creative Director

Hello, I am cultural director for a few hotel projects we have in Tulum (Tulum Treehouse) and Ibiza (La Granja ) we are also building a campus in Berlin around art, design and innovation.

Oslo / Designer

I´m Julia Camoletto ,specialized in Industrial Pattern Making of Corsetery ,Swimwear and Elastic Sportwear. Im the creator of Blumma : a small brand that joins lingerie and swimming that creates and produces comfortable items of clothing, which are designed and handmade in my studio Oslo. The creative process is born from the places where I am living. Nature is my greatest influence: green, flowers and the silence of snow.

Lucerne / Graphic Designer

I’m a graphic designer and music lover with preferences for the grotesque.

Marseille / Illustrator

Born close to the Atlantic ocean, now based in Marseille, France. I like to draw on skin or paper mainly bodies, faces, plants, statues and stones with hard lines and minimal shapes. I work mainly for press, small press and on personal projects. Find my work in progress on instagram.com/amina_bouajila ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Carrboro / Film Director

Jerry Stifelman directs his flmmaking collective, CreatoDestructo Imagery and is a freelance writer and creative director for commercial brands that stand for something. He is an authenticity junkie, describing himself as “drawn to pretty much anything that comes a deep and true place, whether it's funny, ugly, beautiful or ferce.” His commercial work frequently takes him to large cities in other countries, but he loves his little home city of Carrboro, which he describes as “the funkier, gritter, hippier ( and hipper), less posh neighboring town to Chapel Hill, home of the University of North Carolina. It's an easy place to live, easy to bike everywhere, near the airport, and has loads of culture and the sense of optimism that comes from lots of students at the phase in life where all roads are open and anything is possible. It's also a place of great style — lots of people expressing themselves without listening to anyone else. It's also an easy ride to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the beaches.”

Zürich / Photographer

Peter Hauser is freelance photographer, artist and founder of Püré Bildmagazin and currently based in Zurich. He studied photography and fine arts at the Royal Academy of Arts in Den Haag (NL) and graduated in photography and fine arts at the Zurich School of the Arts (ZHdK). He both works on comissions and personal projects, such as fanzines, field recordings burnig good schnaps and boxing.

Tokyo / Photographer

Mariko Sakaguchi is a Tokyo based art photographer who studied at the Hongik University of Art Korea, and at the department of Moving Image and Performing Arts at Tama Art University, Tokyo. Artist Statement: "I am making art works by using photography. I am trying to cross the sense of private and public, and also now and past by taking bath in old style Japanese bathtub and stepping into photography by myself, You can see I take bath anywhere, It means the place you are seeing my works and also the place you are at now are not off-site. The place where you are has possibilities to be the scene of my works. You are not spectator, but party of my work, art. I want to be a part of art with you all."

Barcelona / Graphic Designer

Bendita Gloria is a graphic design studio run by Alba Rosell and Santi Fuster based in Barcelona. After studing graphic design and printing arts, they decided to start their own project in 2007. By now, they have experience in identity, editorial, packaging... but they don’t believe in these kind of tags anymore.

London / Writer

Writer & Editor, Co-Host of The Life Cycle Podcast

Bristol / Graphic Designer

Paul Farrell is a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Newport, Wales, not far from his hometown Bristol. He has 30 years experience as a designer in London and now self employed, he divides his time between brand design (https://www.studiojoy.co.uk) and illustration - creating graphic art for screen printing, product design and commissions. As a sole trader Paul's artwork and product sells at major retailers, galleries and organisations around the UK and Europe. His most recent project is soon to be published work for Pavilion Books following the release of his first book as author and illustrator for Great Britain in Colour published by PanMacmillan.

New York / Artist

Patrick Jacobs lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He studied art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is represented by Pierogi Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. His work, including sculpture, photography and video, is often characterized by a kind of pseudo-science or homespun natural phenomena. "When one settles down to a new home, they immediately set out to discover those things which captivate and hold meaning for them. I moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1999 and twelve years later, I'm still writing my own personal travel guide of the city's unlimited attractions and temptations."

Los Angeles / Graphic Designer

Noelle is a brand-first graphic designer, focusing on true stories that build emotional connections between clients and their customers. When she's not working, she's exploring a neighborhood or mountain in Los Angeles.

Berkeley / Photographer

photographer / director in northern california

New York / Designer

“Today, luxury is not lived in the same way as before. Today, luxury is not perceived as it once was. Today we experience two luxuries that do not speak the same language and do not live within the same values."

Stockholm / Designer

Julia Kalthoff is an axe maker living in Stockholm.

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