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20 Sustainable Travel Destinations for 2020

Sustainable travel is ingrained in our philosophy and design processes, but so is being conscious of the impact we have on the planet. We learn about different cultures and experience phenomenal sights, but oftentimes, it comes at a price. Tourism has a vast number of issues, from environmental to cultural. With disconcerting exploitation of humans […]

10 Packing Tips for An Over-packer

5 years ago, we imagined a business built on the type of travel that we love – story driven, community based, built on direct relationships and a commitment to respecting provenance. Passion aside, there’s a lot about the practicality of travel that adds more stress than necessary: namely the packing process. What do you bring? […]

How to Be A Respectful Traveller

As travel becomes increasingly affordable, convenient, and accessible, more and more people are choosing to travel for a multitude of reasons–whether it be simply to relax and have some time away, or to tick off a bucket list item. Traveling with the right intentions also makes us more cultured and educated about things that aren’t […]

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FIELDTESTED | Krystal Tan

Krystal Tan is the founder of Blue Sky Escapes, a boutique travel company that unlocks experiential journeys around the world. With years of experience as a corporate M&A lawyer, she came to see her travels as journeys as a means to discover a truer life. The core of Blue Sky Escapes is to build a business that stands for […]

#THEMATTERWAY | The Graphic Designer’s Guide To Sado Island

Off the coast of Niigata Prefecture lies an isolated S-shaped island, Sado. As one of the largest islands in Japan and home to the endangered Japanese crested ibises, it speaks to centuries of Japanese history and is said to be occupied as early as the Jomon Period (about 1000BCE). Up until the 1700s, Sado island […]

FIELDTESTED | Linda Mai Phung

Linda Mai Phung is a French designer based in Ho Chi Minh City, and the co-founder of SUPER VISION: a sustainable fashion label intended to challenge the status quo of the traditional fashion business model by experimenting innovative solutions for a more sustainable industry. The intent behind this is in her commitment to raise awareness on […]

FIELDTESTED | Jaslyn Koh

Jaslyn Koh is the Founder of BrocnBells.com and The Busy Woman Project – both platforms built with a mission for individuals to live authentically, sustainably and be healthy mentally, physically, emotionally, socially. Short for Broccoli & Dumbbells, BrocnBells.com is a social platform to meet new people over health & fitness. Discover like-minded individuals who share […]

What’s Your Ideal Travel Carry-All?

Happy New Year, #MATTERtribe! 2019’s only just begun and our calendars are already sliding in with travel plans for the year ahead. Beyond our annual visits to our artisan partners in India, we’re also making time for Thailand to explore working with more generational crafts, joining Green Is The New Black in Hong Kong, Malaysia […]

FIELDTESTED | Daria Andronescu

After working as an international personal shopper, Daria developed her own special method on building the perfect wardrobe – the Wonder Wardrobe that contains an ideal number of outfits, is fully interchangeable, reduces clothing waste and supports sustainable fashion. Now she is teaching this successfully tested method to people from all around the world through […]

FIELDTESTED | Sara Haile

Sara Haile is the Creator and Photographer behind People Who Do. As a digital media professional living in NYC, she believes in the power of storytelling and People Who Do is a platform celebrating those who take action to do what fulfills them. What were you doing before People Who Do? What did the journey look […]

FIELDTESTED | Emily Lush

As a former magazine journalist, Emily Lush loves storytelling in all its forms—words, photography, design, material culture. Storyteller and writer, Emily Lush has her hand in a number of projects. From a partner in The Textile Atlas, writer and communications consultant, to freelance work in craft and maker-oriented platforms. Tell us a little more about […]

FIELDTESTED | Luis Cárdenas

Luis Cárdenas is a photographer from Mexico City, who spends his time traveling the world and documenting his journey. As a photographer traveling around the world – did you always intend to work in a creative field? How do the dots connect to now? I come from a family of lawyers and followed suit on that career […]

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