Journal

A Rooftop Garden Grows A Community in Milan

In the heart of the Brera district of Milan, high above the bustling cafés, high fashion boutiques, and a towering Renaissance castle, architecture and design studio Piuarch has planted a garden. U...

Visualizing A New, New York Times

An instrumental part of New York Times and how this acclaimed media platforms visualises its news, Amanda Cox is one of the most prominent infographers in the business. Delve into her career and le...

Bike Through a Volcanic, Post-Soviet Military Zone

"Kamchatka makes you feel like an explorer," says Tobias Woggon when contemplating the Russian peninsula often labeled one of the least populated and remote corners of Earth. A landscape carved by ...

Designing a New Cannabis Culture

From dark alleyways to Californian boulevards, cannabis culture has flourished into a billion-dollar business in a matter of years since legalization. Anja Charbonneau, editor-in-chief and creative...

Local Architecture in a Globalized World

Globalization brings faster and more streamlined knowledge-sharing and integrative solutions, but also the risk of standardization and homogenization. In the preface of Beyond the West, Tracy Lynn ...

The Zestful Art of Japanese Craft

From woven barkcloth craftsmen in the northern island of Hokkaido to longbows specialists on Kyushu-the southern reach of this slender collection of masses on the Pacific-Japan has a rich heritage ...

Cynthia Rowley's Blissful New York Surf Shack

Surf culture is bound to that of creativity; the personalities that define both the sport and lifestyle are often bursting with charisma. When away from the waves, surfers sprawl into unique shacks...

Visions of a Visionary, The Designs of Eero Saarinen

The exemplary career of Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen demonstrates how talent can indeed run in the family. An individual who looked to the future, and often sky, with his bold visionary...

The Charismatic Seas of Naples

To understand sailing the Gulf of Naples, you must understand the city of Naples itself, with all its illustrious culture, family sentiment, organized chaos, unique, and beautiful magnetism. Ross B...

The Atlantic Forest: People vs. Politics

Once a thriving forest spread across 2,000 miles of Brazilian coastline, The Atlantic Forest is the most abundant biodiverse land in the nation, but also the forest most in peril. Farming and loggi...