Journal

Epic Expeditions and The Explorers That Made Them

When documenting historical expeditions, certain stories are portrayed as the achievement of one lone wolf. German illustrator Anton Hallmann explains that particular tales were "glazed" over, his ...

Can The Ideal City Become A Reality?

Visions of the perfect city and civilizations have been laid out for millenniums but all have failed. We currently don't have the urban spaces that humanity needs, but our cities are adapting to mo...

A Supper Club Serving a Slice of Virtual Reality

Not many chefs also consider themselves activists and writers, but Jenny Dorsey isn't like many others in her field. By using food as a medium to start meaningful conversations around sensitive top...

The Role of Art in Post-Pandemic Cities

For a few months of 2020, it felt like the world hit the pause and stopped to appreciate its surroundings. Artist Camille Walala used this time of reflection to ask a question about how we should s...

Mind and Body Balance

January often begins with a fresh perspective, where wellness and the body are in focus after the festive break, slogans such as "health is wealth" dominant the tone that hopes to influence the new...

A Harmonious Hokkaido Home for A Snowsurfing Icon

Japanese snow surfing legend and snowboard designer Taro Tamai shows Matt Titone around his Hokkaido home in the snowy mountains. Balancing nature with the outdoors, his home is a timeless piece of...

The Ascent To Greatness

Julie Ellison explains the history of mountaineering and alpinism from its humored beginnings with Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard to what compelled individuals to journey up Mount Everest.

The Politics of Oscar Niemeyer’s Architecture

With a career that spanned over 78 years, 600 projects, and several continents, Oscar Niemeyer is the postmodernist voice of Brazil and worked until the age of 104. Look back at his legacy and how ...

The Witty Cut-Out Collages of Anthony Zinonos

Ripped, transformed, and then injected with a healthy dose of nostalgia, Anthony Zinonos' collages are playful commentaries on the way we choose to go about our lives. Through fantastical settings ...

How Memphis Milano Shook The Design World

Functionalism just wasn't enough for a young troop of Milano designers and architects who were gathered in the apartment of Ettore Sottsass in 1980. These revolutionary mavens wanted to command att...