Excess Baggage: Notes On The Art Of Packing Lists

Whether you’re a ‘chuck-it-all-in-and-hope-for-the-best’ kind of packer or a more concise, detail-oriented traveller, we've always been compelled to know what creatives and jetsetters choose to take with them from A to B

Someone Only You Know: Why Travelling Makes Romantics Of Us All

Holiday flings make for the most ample romcom bait. But what is it about a change of scenery that seems to stir up matters of the heart? Catching feelings abroad can be as easy as catching flights, but there’s more behind the intoxicating love we fall for with sun-soaked abandon than fate. So, what are we really tripping on?

Growing Nowhere: How Self-Improvement Became A Modern Affliction

Wherever you look, someone or something is promising the key to a better version of you—and it often comes with a 10 percent discount code. But in chasing our idealised selves, are we missing the bigger picture?

The Price Paradox: Why Luxury Fashion Is Booming During A Cost-Of-Living Crisis

If luxury is not an ideal, a thing to be earned and yearned for, then what is it? With a groundswell of indignation over the costs of luxury and soaring levels of consumption and debt across unexpected demographics, what is spurring us to live beyond our means?

Saving Face: Why We’re So At Odds With What We Look Like

Have you ever been caught off guard by your own eyes? Suddenly realised your hairline was off and your ears didn’t match? As humans come face-to-face with themselves more than ever before, why doesn’t our reflection always fit with the image we have in our heads?

Going Once, Going Twice: Why Estate Sales & Auctions Are Booming

There is a psychological phenomenon that suggests a person’s essence can be bound to their things. As we see an influx of estate sales and memorabilia auctions, with valuations expanding astronomically, perhaps ‘owning’ a piece of someone has become the ultimate luxury—but what are we really buying into?