
Last week, we picked up the newest issue of COS Magazine. The 13th issue is edited by Gert Jonkers and Jop van Bennekom – the founders of cult publications Fantastic Man and BUTT – and celebrates the power of performance and the art of preparation. Presenting a new format, this issue is divided into 15…

Edinburgh is not a city with a great variety of concept stores. When it comes to independent places hosting a nicely curated selection of high-class products from designers and creatives from across the globe, only few come to mind. This is the case of Life Story, a concept store owned and run by designers and partners in…
In the 1950s, popular culture went through a revolution. Not only did the decade witness the rise of television and give birth to rock n roll, it was also the decade that fine art went commercial. This art movement is known as Pop Art – you’ve probably heard of names like Andy Warhol and Roy…

Sometimes Always is a multidisciplinary and independent project run by London-based Gabriel Finotti. On its website, Sometimes Always is described as a “partial report of a generation made from the perspective of individuals who somehow belong to it and share the same doubts and anxieties.” The online platform publishes bilingual content (English and Portuguese) divided…

Christopher Smail is a freelance arts journalist and editor living in Edinburgh. Christopher’s sister, Katy, is an illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. When we met Christopher a couple of weeks ago and he told us about his sister, we thought it would be interesting to witness a conversation between these two siblings and find…
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