Journal

The Second Life of Trees

One of the world's most sustainable materials is being used in ever more innovative ways to provide alternative to architecture and construction. Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Rosie Flanagan explore woo...

The Paramount Guide To Europe’s Peaks

The Yorkshire Dales were magical grounds for exploration and grasping the possibilities of hiking and freedom. Alex Roddie, co-author of Wanderlust Europe, takes some time to talk to us about the j...

Rhea Cortado is Writing a New Surf History

Too many surfing is a modern revelation created by a group of white men during the the 20th-century, a story forged by generations of mass media narratives. However, this isn't an honest portrayal ...

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...