Journal

The Pride of Ussher

Between the colorful bazaars of Accra, Ghana lies two small neighborhoods that, over the decades, have become breeding grounds for international boxing champions. Having gained a window into their ...

The Last Bang Bang Men of Chongqing

For centuries the Bang Bang men have transported the weight of Chongqing on their shoulders, today they face extinction as numbers dwindle from the city rapidly modernizes around them. Danish photo...

Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek’s DIY Lovestory

Pillars, palms, and plastic animals are in unison with wedding outfits glamorized during the heyday of disco, driving home the message of DIY devotion. Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek talks to us about ...

Architecture is for Listeners

Bauhaus minimalism meets tasteful elegance. The Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld designs houses and hotels in style. On Weinfeld's 67th birthday we look at Brazilian writer and journalist Raul Jus...

Martha Ortiz On Empowerment Through Plating

"Kitchens should be like orchestras where each instrument has its own time and rhythm," explains acclaimed Mexican chef Martha Ortiz. Following a feature in our book, Story on a Plate, Ortiz opens ...

A Space Between Reality and Fantasy

The details captured by Gustav Willeit give his images some verisimilitude, a sense of reality at first glance, but the sharp lines of symmetry also shape an almost fantasy-like version of the land...

Visualizing The Taboo of Stress

The stress and anxiety of working on a grueling production design brief triggered Christian Baumgartner to create 'angst.' Documenting a broken work environment where deadlines, long-drawn processe...

Benedict Redgrove Takes Us Inside NASA

Astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the surface of the moon on 20 July 20, 1969, uttering a profound sentence to the watching world. To mark the Apollo 11 moon landing, photographer Benedict R...

Human Life In The Changing Face of Chongqing

In 1968, China embarked on a journey of reform that saw its once closed-off Communist society open-up to the rapidly globalizing world around it. This transformation of mentality, economics, and cu...

An Exploration Into Digital And Physical Design With Wang & Söderström

Multidisciplinary studio Wang & Söderström were one of the highlights of Milan Design Week 2019, they also took over London Selfridges' famous store windows last year, plus have an arsenal of c...