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Shopping area in Japantown connected by an outdoor plaza with a Japanese Pagoda. The malls feature some good food spots and as well as Kinokuniya Bookstore.

Florence / Museum

La Specola is one of my favourite museums I have ever visited. The museum is a branch of the Natural History Museum of the University of Florence and is one of the oldest science museums in Europe, built in 1775 with the aim of gathering the natural treasures collected by different generations of the Medici family, such as fossils, animals, minerals and exotic plants. You really have to go. The displays are stunning and odd, also the Zoological Collection is full of specimens and old taxidermy pieces. On top of that there is also a quite "scary" collection of about 1,400 pieces of anatomical waxworks (made between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century).

London / Museum

I walk a lot; the best way to experience a city. So it's sometimes to do with the way places join up. This cast concrete letterform is a part of the Lycée's gateway. Each of the form's facets arrives at a different character, so six possible letters come from each cast object. I've never been inside the Lycée but always walked through this way up to the V&A, in order to examine again and again how each form works. The surfaces set the tone for the V&A and its incredible Ceramics floor, a perennial inspiration.

Prague / Art

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

Shanghai / Restaurant

A recent favorite place for the authentic Tokyo-style ramen and side dishes featuring house-made noodles from Japan and original recipes. Taste superb!

Berlin / Cafe

ABC is Berlin´s Eggs Benedict Mecca. This laid-back, fun little shop will provide you with one of the city´s best Aussie brunches - provided you reserve or are willing to wait for some time. But the eggs, the coffee and the Bloody Mary really make it worth.

Paris / Museum

I love Picasso and if 'Im having a blue day he always make me feel better.

Puebla City / Cafe

Casa Mimi is a cozy, warm and welcoming place. Great food and great internet connection. Mimi and Kiki will treat you like family. They speak several languages, you'll feel like home.

Amsterdam / Transport

    Almost every underground station in Amsterdam has a fascinating story behind it. My favourite one is metro station ‘Weesperplein,’ because it has a hidden station underneath the actual station that was meant for the 'Singellijn.' However, that line was never build and the second station remained useless. Besides that the hidden station was also equipped to serve as a shelter during the cold war. The large doors that were meant to hermetically close the building are still visible at both ends of the platform. Other small details, like the panels in the ceiling than can be used as tables when turned around, are also silent references to the building’s former use.  

Brooklyn / Restaurant

My favorite burger & mezcal margarita in NYC!

Los Angeles / Restaurant

One of my favorite special occasion dinner places. Always low dim lighting and a calm vibe. Piano in the background and lighting make you travel back in time. An LA classic.

Melbourne / Place

A small shout-out to the suburb where I grew up. Glen Waverley is home to Victoria’s Police Academy, where cadets undoubtedly partake in the same 80s-style hijinks as seen in the movies.

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Stockholm / Art Director

I moved to Stockholm about one year ago when I started studying Visual Communication at Beckmans College of Design. After living in super friendly Malmö for three years I feared it would be hard to settle in. It wasn't. Starting in a new school is probably the best way of getting to know people. Especially when it is a small and intense one like Beckmans. Profile picture by Hilda Grahnat.

Berlin / Art Director

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

Antwerp / Art Director

To avoid any confusion: MAFF is not the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, even though we’re huge fans of dogs and food. MAFF is a committed Antwerp-based design studio founded by Claudio Pascariello and Elke Treunen. We are great and easy to work with. No fussing, we do what we say and say what we do. Small projects, big projects, events, you name it. We love to surprise our clients with smart and creative solutions. Have a look!

Copenhagen / Visual Artist

Copenhagen based interior stylist and set designer

Toronto / Illustrator

An artist/illustrator living in Toronto with an appreciation for the simple things in life, like a good cup of coffee and a place or two to contemplate. Excited to share some favorite places that this young, emerging city has to offer

London / Visual Artist

I'm an artist/ photographer based in London and Mumbai. I'm Interested in history, current affairs and cultural identity. I'm inspired by my immediate surroundings. I travel a lot and always make work in the places I visit. I often turn my attention towards architecture in order to examine the identity of the places I visit. I work intuitively in a documentary manner as it allows me more in depth involvement with my subject. I only use film/analogue processes, mainly mediaum and large formats. These are preferred as they are more precise and slower and aenable me to take time over the composition, to produce a more thoughtful and deliberate image, as compared with the snapshot/hit and run type of photography.

Ljubljana / Photographer

I'm Sanja Subic, from Ljubljana (Slovenia). I'm 29 year old who worked in advertising industry but pivoted to establish design and photography studio with my partner Matic. We've found our passion in hospitality and food photography last year when we travelled around the globe.

Amsterdam / Photographer

Corriette Schoenaerts is an artist who works primarily with photography. She works in the fields of autonomous, fashion and commercial photography refusing to draw any finite distinctions between these fields.

Reykjavik / Designer

Fiona Cribben is an Irish fashion designer living in Iceland since 2007. Currently she is specialising in designing hand crafted jewelry made from whale teeth and reindeer horns using gold and silver. She also designs one off pieces of clothing and shoes made out of reindeer skin, horse skin and bull horns. Iceland is a really inspiring place but she doesn't loose her irish roots. She freelances and lectures in fashion design and also enjoys designing outfits and characters for fashion apps and other large gaming companies.

San Francisco / Illustrator

Allie is a freelance illustrator, artist, and designer based in San Francisco.

São Paulo / Illustrator

Alagoano based in São Paulo.

Stockholm / Artist

Artist based in Stockholm

Vancouver / Visual Artist

Janice Wu is a visual artist raised and based in Vancouver, Canada. Currently finishing up her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, she primarily works in pencil and gouache on paper. Her current body of work consists of a collection of watercolor renderings, which deal with material culture, artifacts, and the everyday.

London / Illustrator

Norwegian illustrator based in London.

London / Designer

Interior design + product design studio with a focus on sustainability and projects with a sense of community.

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