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Books are Magic is a great local spot for bookworms. The staff is warm and friendly with regular events happening monthly.

New York / Restaurant

While the current trend in noodles may well be ramen, this bafflingly-named Japanese restaurant just ten minutes from my apartment specialises in udon. Unless you are my friend Diego Zambrano it will probably take you several visits to get through all the things you need to try on the menu - the gyoza are otherworldly, the sushi 'tacos' clever enough without being silly. New York has thousands of awful Japanese places; this is not one of them. It's super nice to come in on a Sunday night and eat at the bar next to curmudgeonly old guys barking at each other in Japanese.

Antwerp / Bookstore

Simply the best and most beautiful bookstore in our city.

Basel / Museum

Contemporary Art Museum in Basel, wide rooms, sometime with red carpeting during Dora Budor exhibition.

Lucerne / Lake

Swimming

New York / Cinema

I LOVE going to the movies, so the concept of a dinner-movie theater is pretty darn dreamy. Nitehawk screens the best in independent film, both past and present. This includes a brunch film series; a “Lil Hawks” series (for smaller cinephiles); a “Midnite Movies” series, and more... What a thrill it is to see film classics up on the big screen that you may have missed on their first run. We’ve watched Woody Allen’s 1973 “Sleeper” while eating waffles and seen Buster Keaton’s silent film “The General” with a live band! In addition to their main menu and freshly popped-popcorn (but, of course!), Nitehawk’s staff always offers up a cocktail, main dish, and desert inspired by the flicks currently showing. Sadly their fish tacos, have disappeared from their main offerings, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they may read this and (please!!) bring them back.

New Delhi / Art Centre

Black Box Okhla is performance art space and residency that offers a blank canvas to theatre productions that build worlds within it and how. Plays here to are no ordinary performer/audience set ups. Instead, the seating on three sides of the stage makes for an intimate viewing experience. (Photograph of ‘For the Record’ directed by Nikhil Mehta, who also happens to be the founder of BBO, taken from his website.)

London / Bar

Untitled Bar is modelled on Andy Warhol’s Factory. It is sterile and minimal setting but as more bodies join, things soon warm up.

Rome / Art

One of my favorite places in Rome, i've had many amazing experiences in random activities here, with a very good atmosphere. It's not always open, so you have to check the events calendar.

Amsterdam / Shop

Replacing a broken kitsch plate with a new kitsch plate in the ever so pretentious Negen Straatjes (Nine Streets).

London / Shop

My favourite record shop in London. Old-school record store stocks eclectic blues, dance, soul, reggae and global music on vinyl and CD.

Los Angeles / Architecture

Soak up some Dwell homes and Abbot Kinney lifestyle

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Brussels / Curator

Senior Curator at KANAL-Centre Pompidou

London / Visual Artist

I am half Spanish, half English, and I lived in Iceland for five months. I don't like soggy bread and I really love roast dinners and tea. By day I try to be a creative copywriter, visual poet and voice over artist but most of the time it's just me juggling my life around. When I was little, I was told not to talk to strangers but now It has become my favorite hobby.

Manchester / Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer & Illustrator. Creator and Curator of Women in Print. Milk no sugar.

London / Artist

Illustrator

Utrecht / Illustrator

illustrator, visual artist and occasional art director✌️

London / Graphic Designer

Graphic Designer based in London

New York / Artist

Artist & Jeweler

Antwerp / Artist

Woche is a collection of jewelry that can be worn on a daily basis until it almost becomes second skin. Its name translates to ‘week’ in German. Wearing these pieces makes them adjust to the body, with small changes in patina, colour and shape. The Belgian label, established in 2016 by Clarisse Bruynbroeck, does not work according to a seasonal approach but rather evolves through time as an unfettered collection. Coincidence and imperfection are aspects that return within the handmade pieces, in shape, material and technique. The apparent fragility only contributes to the aesthetics and does not affect the wearability of the jewelry.

Los Angeles / Photographer

Lorena Endara is a photographer from Panama City, Panama currently living in Los Angeles, CA.

Plymouth / Artist

Artist / Illustrator / Design

Paris / Graphic Designer

Violaine et Jérémy is a Paris based illustration and graphic arts studio founded by Jérémy Schneider and Violaine Orsoni.

San Francisco / Graphic Designer

Sohee is currently a Designer working at Google Brand Studio. Previously, Designer at COLLINS. Sohee is originally from Seoul, Korea. She is an experienced graphic designer with a demonstrated history of working in the packaging and marketing industry. She has special passion for experimental branding and typography. She has applied this approach to a range of global and local clients, from Facebook, Mailchimp, Exploratorium and Airtime, among others. Her work has been recognized by numerous awards including TDC(The Type Directors Club), Graphis, The IDA. Previously, she worked as a brand designer at AmorePacific working for Hera, Mise en scene, Lirikos, Primera and Vital beautie. Prior to her MFA in Graphic Design at California Institute of the Arts, she received her Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Design in Seoul.

Barcelona / Illustrator

Compulsive drawer and professional tea drinker based in Barcelona. Represented world wide by Handsome Frank.

London / Writer

I'm a creative producer and agent working in London, and co-founder of artist agency Grand Matter and editorial platform &wherefore.

Barcelona / Art Director

PeBe is the artistic alias for Pablo Benito. Born in Barcelona in 1987, he studied graphic design at Elisava, school of design and engineering of his city. His personal design vision is very focused on colour, geometrics, typography and illustration. In 2014 he founded his own design studio, and since then he have been working with several national and international companies such as RedBull, LaCaixa, Repsol, ICUB and the Barcelona city council. In 2015 he launched his online shop, a place to share his big passion for illustration. In the last couple of years he realized several exhibitions around different cities in Spain. During two consecutive years, he also participated to the Barcelona Designers Collective as one of the new incoming artists. Some very important media as The Guardian, Die welt, Fact Magazine or El País also echoed his work in the last years.

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