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Category: Issue 6

A Conversation with the Curaçaoan Urbanist

It is our suffering that brings us together. It is not love.” – Ursula K. Le Guin,The Dispossessed
That sheds light on how passion, kin of love, “willingness to suffer for what you love”, is such an undeniable force that gifts us with the ability to transcend the boundaries beyond our own imagination. Architects and designers, generally speaking, can’t help but bleed passion in their operation system which turns into a lifelong profession; and therefore prefer to speak of it as a calling.

April 15, 2021

Undertaking for a Generation

Livja B. was 8 years old. Blind bullets were penetrating normal homes and two thousand lives were claimed. This was 1997. Two billion U.S. dollars and hopes of many Albanian families evaporated in a pyramid scheme that was peculiarly endorsed by the government. The cost for a free market was hefty. Nearly seven months of violence and anarchy ended with an election – the leftist Socialist Party took power but “it could have been any snake”, said Livja. Years have gone by and she has grown to become a lawyer who also runs her family hotel in Voskopoja. On the surface…

April 15, 2021

A Guide into the Competitive World of Fashion Styling

In April’s issue, we hear about Fashion Stylist & Image Consultant Alarna Hope from Sydney, Australia. Navigating the uncertainty of lockdown and an ever changing social climate, interest in consumerist fashion might appear to be at an all time low. But in this article- we learn about how important it is to hustle and to maintain one’s drive to succeed despite the obstacles. Starting a business as a personal stylist in such a competitive environment, Alarna shows what it means to be a 21st Century entrepreneur.

April 15, 2021