Journal

Bookstores Rewrite Communities

More than just what you see on the shelves, bookstores have the power to be the pulse of neighborhoods and dictate the discourse of cities. They bring communities together. A place for the young an...

A Surfing Idol Formed By Water's Magnetism

Raised between Michigan and Texas, Nique Miller never considered surfing until she moved to Hawai‘i on an athletics scholarship. Already at university age, she found her calling in the water and is...

An Ancient Mud Mosque Annually Restored

Djenné, a town of about 35,000 in the central region of Mali, is famous for its traditional mud-brick architecture and its UNESCO-protected mosque. Once a year the town comes together to restore t...

Requiem For a Bygone Dream

Five years ago Hodas embarked on a solo, self-assigned challenge to create one new 3D renders every day. His viral ‘Pop Culture Dystopia’ shows run­down concrete structures larger than life, defunc...

Aaron Lowell Denton's Surrealist Solar System

When music and art become intertwined, a formula that helps enhance human senses through powerful chemistry. A chasmic collision of emotions creates a deeper connection between music and art. Aaron...

The Bold and The Boulder: El Capitan's History Maker

At 31 pitches and almost 3,000 feet (900 meters), Magic Mushroom was long considered the hardest route on El Cap until the Dawn Wall was climbed in 2015. It took Austrian Barbara 'Babsi' Zangerl th...

A Legacy in Letters with Erik Spiekermann

Take Berlin as an example: without the typographer and communication designer, Erik Spiekermann one would find it harder to get around provided one does not know the city well to start with. A mast...

The Scent Mystique

What do the hallowed halls of Hollywood smell like? Could you tell the difference between the odors of Matthew McConaughey or Willem Dafoe? Perhaps you want to recapture the smells of Berghain? Unc...

The Simmering Flavors of Israel and Palestine

No meal—breakfast, lunch, or dinner—comes without a selection of colorful vegetables, chopped raw into a salad or served alongside, seared on the grill, or lightly steamed. From a cauliflower salad...

The Most Instagramable Bookstore In The World

A former bank left derelict for decades after the communist revolution, Cărturești Carusel is the bookstore every eight-year-old dreams of growing up, and now a reality for the city of Bucharest....