'SAILS'

By Piotr Górecki Illustration by Madelene Nitzsche You’re working…  in the field in Mesopotamia. Dirt, hear, tenth hour of farmwork…  You turn around to call your son to help… Factory… The sound of metal hitting metal, tens of workers like you along the conveyor belt… You look at what you’re assembling… A script… Cold wind…

By Lucia Deon Illustration by Juul  Setting sail into adulthood is as tricky as it is special, with the traditional markers of growth often indicating a departure from the comfort and safety of the shore. Does Generation Z present a unique resistance to this change or have the tides become simply more difficult to navigate?…

By Pieter Vergouw Illustration by Anya Shah Under pressureSharing is caring or so they say but at the end of the month rent is due and the kids needs braces. The fear of being exploited and the creeping sense of losing control over their own work is why people in the creative industries shudder at…

Article and illustration by Maitri it’s me, in my tree. standing in the shade of my life – embraced by the gleam of a thousand leaves, as the wind rages, the weather changes, how long until not a single one dances? It’s largely a tech-world, these days. In this point in time, in the Fourth…

By Larua Cadamuro  Illustration by Madelene Nitzsche When we discussed the theme of this issue and decided to pick water/sailing as our fil rouge, I was extremely excited with it. Given my background in literature, my mind immediately went there, and I started brainstorming about the million directions this article might have taken. The cradle…