Category Archives: travel

Week Three: Big Changes in Store ….

I’ve been teasing a “big announcement” for what seems like forever. At last, I can share the news. Hint #1/ Good coffee in my future: Hint #2/ these will no longer be a special treat: Hint #3/ I can finally take a class! Hint #4/ Good shopping (and the chance to meet Ben Pentreath, Bridie Hall + […]

Week Two: Wayfare Magazine in Print!

Lovers of travel + design, take note: Wayfare Magazine is now available in print! Founder/Editor-in-Chief Erica Dublin and Partner/Creative Director Peggy Wong have put together a stunner of a launch issue: full of stories and photographs that inspire and allow you to daydream about future adventures. Offset-printed on uncoated paper with a stitched binding, the […]

Week Fifty: Cereal Magazine

All self-interest aside (more on that in a minute)*, if you like the new wave of indie magazines, I think you’ll love the new travel/food magazine Cereal. Based in the UK, the premiere issue (and website) launched December 3. Editor/founder Rosa Park should be quite proud of her accomplished début: it is not only gorgeously designed, […]

Week Forty-five: Studio Frith/Ett Hem

Frith Kerr’s graphic identity designs for Stockholm hotel Ett Hem perfectly reflect owner Jeanette Mix’s desire for a space that feels like home to those who visit. With an emphasis on a quiet, unobtrusive elegance (which also aptly describes the Ett Hem guest experience), Studio Frith created a bespoke typeface based on some old found Swedish […]

Week Thirty-six: Parterre

As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found myself drawn to a “less is more” concept when it comes to clothing: buying fewer items, but aiming for quality. (It doesn’t hurt that I love the idea of a personal uniform.) Copenhagen boutique Parterre meshes perfectly with my strategy as well as my aesthetic. Owner Kirstine Meier Carlsen […]