PRESENT is for all makers and dreamers. For all dreamers who make. For anyone creating something and challenging themselves on purpose. We share ways of overcoming procrastination and self-doubts that might hold us back from being truly present and tackle our favorite unrealized project.
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PRESENT a magazine about creating and self-reflection where we speak with makers about their path and philosophies in order to demystify the creative process. It’s a space for honest conversations about discipline, fear, career paths and confidence. PRESENT is here to inspire and push, reflect and trigger, motivate and initiate: to get closer to what we want and what we know we need.
DALAD KAMBHU runs her own restaurant in Berlin for which she was awared a Michelin-star in 2018.
For the MY DOJO section we visited her at work in Kin Dee's kitchen where JOSEPH KADOW took the portraits.
TOM KRÓL is a artist in Cologne. I know Tom since my childhood and always admired his art and his tenacity.
For the MY DOJO section we visited him in his atelier, where he talked about his process and LUISE RISCH took the photos.
REGINA SCHILLING is a documentary film director and author.
In an extended conversation with JANNIK SCHÄFER, Regina talks about her upcoming, her creative process, and how she is doing it all!
BOBBY KOLADE is a fashion designer and the director of the Uganda Fashion Council in Kampala, Uganda.
In the PRESENT PEOPLE section he talks about what being present means to him and his favorite unrealized project.
TRICIA & TERRY JONES are the founders i–D magazine in London, and personal heros of mine.
For Issue 1 I talked to them about brand and family building and how to stay focused and optimistic despite all obstacles in life.
MARINA HOPPMANN is a photographer in Frankfurt and runs Better Together, a platform for creativity and charity.
In the PRESENT PEOPLE section she talks about her morning rituals and how she deals with stress.
HUYEN NGUYEN and DANIEL MEDINA met in New York through the running community. Once they found each other in Berlin again, they founded the WAYV RUN KOLLEKTIV.
For Issue 1 they recorded a conversation on finding presence in running.
NAM NGUYEN is a fashion designer in Paris and founder of STANDARD CLOTHING, a young collective of creatives building the ultimate fashion house for the present.
Accompanying the lavish dossier we ask the whole gang about their process.
OLGA PRADER is a graphic designer and art director in Paris.
For Issue 1 she let her signature illustrations do the talking, answering what stresses she currently faces and how she deals with them.
ARI SAWERS is a product designer and musician based in London and San Francisco.
In the PRESENT PEOPLE section he talks about how he is concentrating and how he is recharging.
JOSEPH KADOW is a photographer in Berlin. He is always trying to capture a deep and honest view of the different cultures in which he immerses himself.
For Issue 1 he shot portraits of workers and Dalad Kambhu for the MY DOJO section.
DR. FRANK BERZBACH is an author and avid zazen practitioner, whose first book "Kreativität Aushalten" became a classic.
In Issue 1 he wrote about the history and mystery and of work-life-balance.
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The mission is to give our readers an intensely inspiring magazine that helps them fight procrastination so they can close the gap between who they are and who they want to be.
We aim to inspire our community to actualize their favorite unrealized projects with encouragement through essays, reportages and interviews with global makers today and a pinch of wisdom from the old masters.
We publish daily routines, empowering habits and insights into the creative process, together with tools to stay focused, present, and ultimately happy.
“When we achieve a commitment to being present, to giving the one task, or person in front of us our undivided attention — it changes everything.”
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