Lillian Luk, behind London’s Shanghai Supper Club, grew up in the sprawling urban centre of Shanghai, well fed by her grandmother whom she notes was a “fantastic cook and a culinary fountain of wisdom.” During her numerous voyages around the world, Luk honed her talents as a skilled eater and in 2014, encouraged by her…
Italian for “no sex/no gender,” No Sesso is the Los Angeles fashion house founded by Pierre Davis in 2015. She helms the brand with Autumn Randolph and Arin Hayes; together they’ve created a line that challenges the conventions of fashion, art, culture and design. A community powered brand that focuses on empowering people of all…
Food writer, restaurateur and chef, Ravinder Bhogal, behind Marylebone restaurant Jikoni, was born in Kenya to Indian parents. When she immigrated to London as a child, the cooking of her new home collided with a heritage that crossed continents. What materialised was a playful approach to the world’s larder, represented in Bhogal’s lawless concoctions that…
New York-based herbalist Jade Marks is the resourceful mind behind apothecary and design project 69herbs. As Marks puts, 69herbs “aestheticises a dream of collective healing by blending fantasy, faggotry, and folk herbalism.” The colourful apothecary’s blends focus on trans and queer health, accessibility, and harm reduction, and all their herbal creations are handmade in Brooklyn…
Ukrainian designer Masha Popova graduated earlier this year from Central Saint Martins’ esteemed Fashion masters programme. Exploring diverse and seemingly disparate sources of inspiration in her work, underpinned by memories of a childhood spent in post-Soviet Ukraine, Popova’s subversive hybrid couture-sportswear offers new perspectives on garment making, celebrating traditions of fashion history while utilising the…
Designer Peter Mabeo hails from Botswana’s capital Gaborone, where he continues to helm his eponymous furniture studio. Back in 1997, Mabeo began collaborating with local artisans to produce design objects, embracing Botswana’s rich craft heritage. Close to a decade later, Mabeo established his own atelier, Mabeo Furniture, and has since collaborated with a breadth of…
Sameep Padora & Associates (sP+a) is a Mumbai-based architecture studio helmed by founding principal Sameep Padora. The practice’s remit traverses the spheres of architecture, interior design and urban planning, approaching every project as a distinct brief executed by a multidisciplinary team. Padora completed his undergraduate studies in Mumbai followed by a Master’s from the Graduate…
From 11 August 2020, Barbican Art Gallery hosts A Countervailing Theory, the first-ever UK commission by Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola. An epic cycle of new work unfurls across the 90-metre long gallery, The Curve, documenting an imagined civilisation conceived by the artist. Drawing on an eclectic range of sources, from ancient history to popular…