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London / Place

Ever since discovering this area around 6 years ago I still find it a nice area to go for a walk. Beginning at Paddington Basin with a mix of modern architecture which is fantastic to wonder around. Following the canal you go past a few restaurants and underneath a section of the A40 Westway before arriving at Little Venice and beyond.

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.

Vienna / Restaurant

This tiny family-run Japanese restaurant right at the Naschmarket serves great authentic Japanese food. No matter which dish I tried, I loved every single one of them. Plan a little waiting time, they have only 6-9 seats, but it’s worth the wait. By the way, take a look at the building, it’s the famous Majolica House by the famous Jugendstil architect Otto Wagner.

Los Angeles / Park

Frank Lloyd Wright building with a beautiful view of Hollywood.

San Francisco / Restaurant

If you can get past the bourgie factor and/or you work down the street like I do, you will come to love this place. It has some of the best food in the city, a Blue Bottle coffee, and an observation deck from which you can watch the ferries come and go, emitting their weird beeps and disgorging tourists. The people who work here are great too (whether or not I dated a baker from the Acme Bread kiosk because of a Craigslist missed connection will be left to history).

London / Park

Warm summer nights should be spent in the high grass in Hampstead Heath above the ponds. For midsummer bring herring, snaps and songs and stay until sunrise!

São Paulo / Cafe

The best cookie in the city

Berlin / Library

Wim Wenders shot Wings of Desire here. It's a quiet place to work and definitely a gorgeous place to visit. Combine it with a visit to the Philharmonic, just across the street. Affiliation is 30 euros per year and you have lots of desks all over the library to choose from.

Malmö / Club

Our urban music & drinks oasis

San Francisco / Cafe

This one’s easy to miss because it’s dwarfed by one of the many loud discount stores on Mission selling Day-Glo flowers and phone chargers. When you find it, the inside is tiny; there’s just enough room for you, an espresso machine, and a guy or two playing great music every time. And they have egg creams!

New York / Art

Always amazing installations - great bookstore

London / Gallery

The gallery was extended into a neighbouring Victorian House space about a year and a half ago, with a real skill in judging the meeting point between the contemporary and the conserved. The architects — 6a — were also responsible for Raven Row near Spitalfields (another favourite place). I'm lucky enough to work part of the week next door, at Camberwell College of Arts. This is about great food and good books. The café — a real haven at breakfast time before work — is run by the nicest team of people, with intertwined relationships to Camberwell. This book, designed by James Langdon, represents the kind of find possible in the bookshop and also the quality of conversation content had, over the best coffee.

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London / Film Director

Swedish Director based in London since 10 years

London / Artist

Artist!

Berlin / Photographer

Claudia Klein, born in Freiburg, Germany, is a photographer who lives and works in Zurich and Berlin. She is known for her deeply personal and playful view of the human body. She has portrayed contemporary artists and actors, such as John Baldessari, David Hockney, Tomi Ungerer, Roe Ethridge, Martin Eder, Ronald Zehrfeld, Ursina Lardi and Hannelore Hoger. Her images appear in various magazines, including Zeit Magazine, SZ-Magazin, L’officiel hommes, Sleek and Monopol. She works for international clients among them Vitra, Volkswagen, ETH Zurich La Biosthéthique Paris and Stilwerk.

Paris / Architect

Sophie Dries Architect is a Paris & Milan based design studio run by the architect Sophie Dries since fall 2014, when she was 28 . She has been collaborating for several years with multiple luxury interior design & architecture offices in Paris such as Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Pierre Yovanovitch or Christian Liaigre. Sophie Dries Architect has designed stores and offices in Istanbul, also been renovating some luxury apartments in Paris and currently works on several projects in France and Italy. Sophie Dries has realised a numbered edition furniture line, launched in Milan for the 2016 Salone del Mobile and shown since at PAD London, 2017 Collective design fair in New York with gallery l’Éclaireur (Paris/Los Angeles), but also in collective shows in Brussels, Beirut and Rome.

New York / Artist

Petros Chrisostomou is an artist born in London, 1981 to Greek Cypriot parents. He decided to move to New York City having spent his life in London previously. He was a resident on the International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York. Recent selected exhibitions include Vertigo at Galerie Xippas, Geneva as well as Paris photo LA, at Paramount Pictures Studios in Los Angeles. 2013. He has also exhibited in Plastic Lemons, Spring Projects, London (2011), Revolver, Galerie Xippas, Montevideo (2010), Artists for Athens, The Breeder/Athens Playroom, Athens (2010), Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed, The Photographers Gallery, London (2009), In Present Tense-Young Greek Artists, EMST National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2008).

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.

Amsterdam / Photographer

photographer in Amsterdam the Netherlands

San Francisco / Art Director

Art Director / Designer based in San Francisco

Paris / Film Director

Axel Courtière is a film director and a screenwriter, based in Paris. He likes to mix film and animation. His short film "Delectable you" with Catherine Deneuve has been selected all around the world and won more than 30 prices worldwide. He has collaborated with "Passion Pictures" and now works now with "the Mill" for his commercial projects. He lives in the 11th part of Paris where is currently writing his feature films.

Taipei / Photographer

Ting-Ting Cheng was born in Taipei, 1985, and graduated from MA Photographic Studies at University of Westminster, London in 2009. She had lived in London for three years. She is interested in applying photography, text and sound to scrutinize various facets of everyday-life objects and encounters. She has participated in exhibitions internationally, including solo show at Taipei Fine Art Museum in summer, 2011. After the exhibition, she has ‘half’ moved back to Taipei. Now she is based between London and Taipei.

Seoul / Graphic Designer

Jaehoon Choi is Seoul based graphic designer. He mainly creates identity system for brands and institutions, promotional and printed material design for cultural events and art exhibitions.

Marseille / Art Director

I'm a senior Art director currently working between France and Uk

London / Designer

Designer and Director and Co-founder at OMSE

London / Graphic Designer

Graphic designer / Book seller. From Scotland. Living & working in London.

Los Angeles / Photographer

Dana Boulos is a Fashion Photographer and Visual Director living in Los Angeles. She has worked with Vice, Elle Girl, Rookie, Vinyl Riot, NYC'S The Cut as well as few other fashion magazine. She is also a member of the all girl collective "The Ardorous" which is a series of individual and collaborative projects between a collective of female creative professionals. You can follow her personal diary on instagram @DANABOULOS

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