23/04/2020 architecture & interior
With a lucid painting style that plays on climatic atmospheres and contrasting shadows, Marc Martin makes the ordinary, extraordinary. By combining hand-drawn and digital techniques, his style is reminiscent of masters from the 1960s. After illustrating the cover of Do You Read Me?, we speak to Martin about independent bookstore culture.
Read more 21/04/2020 Little Gestalten
Earth has had a long and miraculous life so far. Our home is beautiful, diverse, and plentiful if we preserve it in the right way. To coincide with Earth Day, we delve into Precious Planet and its incredibly insightful sustainable practices and education for children. Now more than ever, we need to come together to protect our planet for the next generations. Through infographics and expertise, we look at the dawn of Earth and what the future can hold for humanity.
Read more 19/04/2020 Escape
A new holistic and meaningful type of tourism that seeks to heal is addressing the demand by world travelers for sustainable action—be it fighting pollution, preserving biodiversity, or respecting indigenous populations. From Patagonia park in Chile to a Cambodian retreat that created a marine reserve, explore those putting the planet before profit.
Read more 17/04/2020 design & fashion visual culture
When the Financial Crash of 2008 began to take its grip on the United States, a former financial consultant adopted a nun costume and took the streets to join the Occupy movement. This was the moment Christine Meeusen started her journey of becoming Sister Kate, and later the revolutionary weed healing empire known as the Sisters of the Valley. Explore emerging new cannabis culture for 420.
Read more 15/04/2020 architecture & interior
The 1950s were all about optimism, a postwar carpe diem. Design icon George Nakashima was a progressive master of architecture and interior. Known for crossing over modern societal visions with Japanese craftsmanship, he championed a futuristic concept of living treasured by his peers. Step into his New Hope studio as featured in Inside Utopia.
Read more 14/04/2020 architecture & interior
The mid-century modernism movement took hold of Los Angeles like no other place in the United States. Houses were made translucent, the focus shifted from the street to the backyard. Abbye Churchill takes us into a Californian garden that creates seamless transitions between environments. A tranquil, yet wild nature in the heart of a thumping city.
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