Doris Hồ-Kane is behind New York’s first Vietnamese American bakery Bạn Bè, currently offering delightful cookie tins for delivery in the US, available to order online — but be prepared for the wait list. Bạn Bè, which means “pal” or “buddies” in Vietnamese, seeks to fill a major gap in NYC’s Southeast Asian culinary offering,…
Rapper, artist, poet and film director, Baloji was born in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and raised in Belgium. After starting his first rap collective, Starflam, as a teenager, in 2008, Baloji released his debut solo project, Hotel Impala, an album conceived as a reply to a letter he received from his mother after…
The collaborative output of Melbourne-based design duo Elisa Keeler and Jordan Conder, burgeoning label Maroske Peech offers a unique and whimsical take on everyday dressing, with pieces that blur the lines between artworks and fashion. Their genderless creations span blouses replete with buttons made of bread, candle holder shoes, ornate ribbon corsets, and tea-stained T-shirts…
Self-styled sci-fi-artist, Esmay Wagemans’ mesmeric creations oscillate between hyperrealist body parts, from torsos and hands to uncannily made-up faces, finished with lipstick, blush and eye shadow, alongside experiments in transparent resin, appearing at times like hardboiled sweets spiked with shots of lurid colour. Having collaborated on special projects with KARA designer Sarah Law, and more…
Over the past year, Nünchi, the brainchild of Los Angeles-based self-taught chef Lexie Park, has gained an impressive following for its sublime and photogenic desserts, from complex 3D jelly cakes, featuring miniature moulded babies and delicately cut fruit, to glistening floral topped cheesecakes, and yakshik, a traditional Korean rice cake made with dried fruits and…
Hailing from Toronto, Canada, chef David Zilber has cooked in numerous venerable kitchens across North America, and most recently served as director of Copenhagen fine dining institution Noma’s fermentation lab. Taking on the role in 2016, following two years of having already worked at the restaurant, Zilber carved a unique and covetable position for himself…
Presently based in Bangkok, fashion designer Venice Wanakornkul’s colourful background has seen her live and work across Europe and the US, graduating from Parsons’ MFA Fashion Design & Society programme in 2018. Her background in fine art is apparent in her conceptual views on clothing, with each of her garments fitting into a complex narrative…
French American chef Alix Lacloche’s varied career includes time spent cooking at a number of acclaimed restaurants, from San Francisco’s Boulettes Larder to stalwart dining institution Alain Ducasse. A champion of Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food movement, Lacloche’s work investigates eco-gastronomy and alternative forms of consumption. In 2012, the chef decided it was time to launch…