Journal

Saving The Japanese Craft of Umbrella Making

The artisans of the Japanese city of Gifu were close to extinction as their generational approach to umbrella crafting fell from fashion. Today they represent a token of aspiration challenging the ...

Peace Stamps and 75 Years of the United Nations

75 years ago the United Nations symbolized an experiment for cooperation and the prevention of war, today it outlines a utopian vision for human rights and international peace. Explore a vision of ...

A Year Interrupted by Oliver Jeffers

The art of traveling as a family has never been so assorted. From city breaks to coastal camping underneath the moonlight, the ways and shapes of journeying have no fixed formula for guaranteed suc...

From Hut To Hut Through Limestone Peaks

The Brenta range features many via ferrata routes—thrilling and exposed lines across, up, and down cliff faces, protected by steel cables, ladders, and other ironwork. Alex Roddie walks us through ...

Bookstores vs. 2020

The start of the year signaled a resurgence in print media, but the events of the year may have moved the needle. To understand how this year's developments affected the resurgence, we spoke to Ulr...

Economies of Art and Life

Using concrete as a modern material influenced Robert Mallet-Stevens and Jan and Joël Martel to collaborate on Hotel Martel. Shortly after meeting, they opted to a two-family townhouse with a colla...

An Ode To Those Keeping The Pages Turning

All over Germany, bookstores and literature fanatics sought new and innovative solutions to the problems that the pandemic presented them. From book parcels summoned for window collections to the b...

Paradisal Poseidon and Sailing The Saronic Islands

Setting sail from Athens, an exploration of the Saronic Islands takes you south along the east coast of the Peloponnese peninsula that includes Hydra, Dokos, and Spetses, which sit just past the Sa...

Le Corbusier and Mastering Concrete Minimalism

Often more notorious than celebrated, Le Corbusier represented an exception to the rule—a visionary who truly practiced what he preached. The Swiss-French architect became a pioneer of mid-century ...

Francesca Gavin on the History of Collage Vol2

For the second part of the history of collage, curator and writer Francesca Gavin delves into over seven decades of the art form's evolution from the postwar era until this present decade. From pop...