Newly opened Gourmet Library in Shanghai offers a revolutionary take on communal dining and food education. Consultant and chef, and well-travelled expatriate, Brian Tan is the man behind the unique concept, which seeks to change the way people in China — and beyond — approach their kitchens.
Read MoreJessica Nabongo is the founder of Jet Black, an ambitious boutique travel firm which supports and encourages travel to countries in the African diaspora. She recently spoke to Aerostorie about the moment which prompted her to shave her head and move to Japan, being a third culture kid, and creating a truly global life.
Read MoreFormer Sydneysider turned Brooklyn local, Hetty McKinnon is a self-described home cook who revived the humble salad, and gave it new life in the form of deliveries to her community, and two acclaimed books packed with recipes. Now she’s back with a magazine about food cultures from around the world, created in her new neighbourhood. Aerostorie speaks to her about leaving Sydney, moving to London, and eventually, migrating her family of five — and her many projects — to New York.
Read MorePeddler is the newest creation from Hetty McKinnon. The salad-maker and food author, who made a splash with her cookbooks Community and Neighbourhood, is back to change the way we consume food magazines. As McKinnon steps into the world of periodical publishing, she speaks to Aerostorie about cooking up the first issue.
Read MoreWith President Trump working tirelessly to close United States borders, and the future of the European Union in flux, it is now, perhaps more than ever, important to examine the conditions immigrants, migrants and expats face when seeking to build a new life overseas. Sergi Pardos-Prado, associate professor at the University of Oxford, explores the best ways to welcome immigrants into their new home countries.
Read MoreNansen is a new Berlin-based publication exploring the lives and stories of migrants. Through each edition, the publication introduces readers to an individual who has made a new country home, while simultaneously exploring their wider community and city. Editor Vanessa Ellingham spoke to Aerostorie about her Ikea revelation that kickstarted the project.
Read MoreBrooklyn-based Hetty McKinnon is the author of two books packed with community-minded, homemade salads. McKinnon also recently launched Peddler, a bi-annual magazine exploring ‘the multi-cultures of food’. Here, she shares a pho-inspired salad imbibed with flavours of her Sydney upbringing.
Read MoreEiji Ohashi is a photographer from Hokkaido who has spent the past few years creating images of lonely roadside vending machines across Japan. His completed series Roadside Lights, is a meditation on Japanese culture itself. He tells Aerostorie that the series is a way of showing Japan and its unique relationship with vending machines to the wider world.
Read MoreOriginally based in Melbourne, Jess Barnes is a straight-talking Antipodean who lives in the Bangkok ’burbs. After starting out as a butcher, Barnes has steadily worked his way up the food chain (and across Asia). He sat down with Aerostorie in Thailand’s bustling heart to talk about his life so far.
Read MoreSuzy Annetta made the move from Melbourne to Hong Kong 11 years ago, originally brought over by work opportunities and her heartstrings. Now the publisher of burgeoning bible to the local design sector, Design Anthology, Annetta has truly found her rhythm. She recently sat down with Aerostorie near her Wong Chuk Hang office.
Read MoreMigrant Journal is a six-issue printed publication which seeks to challenge the way we talk and think about migration and confront the prejudice often imbibed within the term. With the entire editorial and design team considering themselves migrants, the project is close to their hearts, as editor Justinien Tribillon tells Aerostorie.
Read MoreEvery year, on September 27, the global tourism community celebrates World Tourism Day. This year’s theme is about community development and how tourism can contribute to empowering people and improve socio-economic conditions in local communities, writes Susanne Becken.
Read MoreJames Broadbent is a wedding photographer from New Zealand. Along with photographers Cameron Thorp and Chris Copeland, he works under the name Chasewild, shooting couples’ special day around the globe (the trio have clocked up 18 countries to date). When not on duty, Broadbent enjoys documenting his travels — from Norway to Cambodia. A recent trip to Morocco was no different.
Read MoreBorn in Hawaii and having grown up in various cities across the United States, Amanda Kasper is the intrepid founder of Alpha Kilo Creative. She talks to Aerostorie about celebrating Thanksgiving in London, managing a global business and forming routines while on the road.
Read MoreEnglish is rapidly becoming a lingua franca in international communication for commerce and trade, education, science, international relations and tourism. It is the fastest growing language in the world, with more people speaking English than ever before. Does the language need a new name?
Read MoreBased in New York City, photographer Thomas Holton has spent 13 years documenting the life of the Lam family. Upon meeting Steven and Shirley Lam and their New York-born children, Michael, Franklin and Cindy, in their 350-square-foot tenement on Ludlow Street in Chinatown, Holton was instantly intrigued by their life. He asked to photograph the family, and they agreed.
Read MoreOriginally from Philadelphia, Lindsey Tramuta is a freelance food and travel journalist and an award-winning blogger living in Paris. She speaks to Aerostorie about retaining her American optimism, the benefits of adopting a European work-life balance, and the city she has fallen in love with.
Read MoreBorn in France, Thomas Menard is a gallery owner and entrepreneur based in Bangkok. Living in London and Paris and travelling through Asia, Menard speaks to Aerostorie about quitting his job in favour of more excitement and the benefits of injecting more art into his life.
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