Journal

Wood Returns To Vogue in Japan

Japan has long been wedded to the natural elements of wood in both design and architecture. Wood as materiality played a salient role in the cultural and ritual identities of the country, and again...

Turning Over a New Leaf

In the past century, smoking weed has become a symbol of the 1960s counterculture movement, been public enemy number one in America, and conjured colorful images of morally-corrupt delinquents. Fro...

Far, Far Away in The Faroes

When asked what he believes is the most beautiful place on Earth, Tobias Woggon always answers: the Faroe Islands. The co-editor of Nordic Cycle takes us through this majestic, mountains archipelag...

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...