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Berlin / Art

What’s not to like about The Sammlung Boros Collection? It’s a brilliant private collection of contemporary art held captive in a monstrous, symmetrical ex-Nazi bunker with two metre thick concrete walls, dominating an area of a thousand metres squared. It also doubled as a hardcore techno and fetish club in the ‘90s, of which traces linger in every corner.

Basel / Museum

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

Los Angeles / Place

If you make it to the top, you can get an incredible 360 degree view of practically all of Los Angeles. Below you to the South is Hollywood, and beyond that, on a clear day, you can see over a hundred miles of mini malls all the way to Mexico. To the West on your right go the hills until they turn into mountains and meet the Pacific Ocean. Behind you to the North stretches the entire San Fernando Valley, above which stand the gorgeous San Gabriel mountains. To the East the mountains eventually disappear above hundreds of miles of urban sprawl, and beyond that is the dessert.

Krakow / Park

Good choice for a long walk along Vistula river.

London / Restaurant

This is a great place to eat. Love the burger....especially the fries they are sooo good!

Puebla City / Museum

This museum was a total surprise. Located at the Historic Center of Puebla. Big, with a big collection of the history of Mexico.

Lyon / Music Venue

Lyon's Auditorium, a brutalist architecture from the 70's signed by Charles Delfante.

Amsterdam / Restaurant

Great Mexican food!

Tilburg / Event

In July the center of Tilburg transforms to a 5 km fun fair. The splendor of lights, the impressive rides and the fun fair visitors form its main attraction. The highlight takes place on 'Roze Maandag'. 'Pink Monday' is not just a party for gay people, most enjoyable are the outdoor dancings where you can get loose no matter who or what you are.

Los Angeles / Bar

By day, it's a barber shop. By night, it's a speakeasy with tasty grilled cheese sandwiches, a nice interior, and great music. Weekends are wild, so you'll find me hanging out every first Monday of the month spinning records.

London / Shop

I spend many hours in the bookshops along this stretch, namely Henry Pordes for second hand books and new discounted titles (pile on left of photo), as well as Koenig Books for new art books with lots of great discounts in the basement. (photo right). In 2001 the rents for much of this strip were increased to align them closer to market value but thanks to public support they were reduced again. Unfortunately some bookshops still closed down; Koenig replaced the beloved Zwemmers - a real institution - but thankfully still provide great books, although others are no longer bookshops at all.

Milan / Botanical Garden

Flowers lovers! Orto Botanico di Brera is an hidden treasure right in the center of Brera and near by Pinacoteca. The garden is a university and museum, there they organize events and activities for the public and schools. It has an amazing collection of flowers and medicinal plants, plus little corners where you can stop by and enjoy the silence for a bit.

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Barcelona / Art Director

Father, freak & founder.

Münster / Art Director

Art Director living and working in Münster and Hamburg, Germany.

New York / Photographer

Paul Barbera is a lifestyle and interiors photographer with an observational reportage style whose work spans from cultural anthropology through to luxury living. Paul was born in Melbourne, Australia and currently resides in New York City. He has a Bachelor of Fine Arts. With an adaptable yet distinct visual approach, his assignments regularly takes him around the globe, working with publications like VOGUE LIVING, BON APPETIT MAGAZINE, FRAME, MARTHA STEWART, LUCKY MAGAZINE and ELLE DÉCOR and clients including MARRIOTT HOTELS & RESORTS, STARBUCKS, BUGABOO and DEDON. He has been featured in T: THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, the PARIS REVIEW and FORBES. Barbera has turned his long term online passion project Love Lost Project in to an ongoing series of publications with the first limited edition book was available from Dashwood Books in New York and through KK outlet in London. His previous book release, Where They Create, is available globally and now Where They Create Japan.

Helsinki / Designer

Ana (*1993), situated between an idealist wanting to change the world by great concepts and a pessimist firmly believing in our imminent death, currently works on the creative advertising industry. Lately, Ana is haunted by anguish which lusts in (an artistic) practice of inertia, fear, and parabolas of listing meandering thoughts and free associations. Finding herself researching on the topics of productivity and emotional labor, she boils down writings for the sake of it, further elevating her scribbles with design mastery. During the day, particularly from 9 to 5, or later, Ana is a productive producer, always eager for the next task mask. Her works have been exhibited in the privacy of her home and thoughts, some museums such as Het Nieuwe Instituut and EKKM and monthly paychecks. Ana has been ⅓ of we need to talk — an experimental editorial approach to talking as a way of curating. Ana still likes to talk on the phone.

Zürich / Illustrator

Illustrator and painter Sayori Wada has established herself working with a diverse array of clients from many different areas including the music, fashion and food industries. Her characteristic style, with its contrasting dynamics and great love for detail, has graced brands such as Nike, Nestlé or agnès b. Over the past several years, Wada has been exhibiting her work in many countries in Asia and Europe, including Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Scandinavia.

Melbourne / Designer

I was born in 1989 in country NSW, Australia. Since graduating in 2010 with a Bachelor of Design, I live in Melbourne where I embark on self initiated projects - the most satisfying kind. Most of my exploration is within the fields of collage, illustration, animation and photography. Whilst in Melbourne I also work as a freelance designer to save dollars for overseas adventures. Coming home to Melbourne post-travel only reinforces my appreciation of this city.

Stockholm / Creative Director

Creative Director with 20+ years of global experience in building identities and brands that achieve business success.

London / Film Director

Jessica Sarah Rinland is a filmmaker based south of London. She also works part-time as a projectionist in the city. Her work has been broadcasted, exhibited and screened at various film festivals including NYFF, BFI London Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2011 and a collaborative screening with Jonas Mekas at Curzon Soho Cinema in London.

London / Artist

Brazilian-born illustrator and graphic designer based in London.

Valencia / Graphic Designer

MKT Yego Mobility 🛵 Co-FounderMosaico Coworking 🔹 Women Techmakers Lead Valencia 👩🏻‍💻

Los Angeles / Art Director

art director/graphic designer based in Los Angeles

The Hague / Graphic Designer

Jaap Smit (1989) is an Independent graphic designer/art director, specialised in book design, identity & logo design, webdesign and more. Next to client projects he works on self-initiated assignments. With his own projects the focus is on structuring facts/data. He utilises freely available information and creates graphic parameters to structure it, resulting in methodically-made and often humorous work. He graduated from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague in 2017, Graphic Design, Bachelor of Arts.

Rio de Janeiro / Art Director

Marius Jopen is an art-director, web-developer.

Paris / Graphic Designer

Gilles Poplin is a graphic designer, typeface designer and creative director for press and media groups. He also teaches graphic design and art direction at ESAG, Atelier Met de Penninghen, Paris.

Copenhagen / Visual Artist

Copenhagen based interior stylist and set designer

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