An article a day
February 07, 2026
Sun’s been setting early and so have I. Right now, I’m craving deep hibernation and hot tea in a bucket. One way to stay creatively stimulated within the comfort of my bed has been implementing small cultural doses into my daily schedule. I’d rather read, watch a documentary or film or series, listen to a podcast or play a vinyl from start to finish than go out under 5ºC. Shifting mediums is exciting, and one particular medium that’s been working for me is articles. Printed or web-based, I’m obsessed with reading articles. It’s just the right amount of food for thought, which I then digest slowly throughout the day. These are my suggestions regarding amusing, informative articles and sources.
(1.) I’ve been a fan of Apartamento for a while. I bought my first issue at Under the Cover. A perfect plan for me includes grabbing a magazine there, crossing the street and diving into it while sitting at Gulbenkian. Above is issue #30, featuring queen Solange Knowles. If you can't tell by the worn-out spine, I’ve gone back to this magazine many times. It brings together creative people, impeccable design and a taste of everyday life.
(2.) Surely you’ve heard of Atmos if you’ve followed previous Journal entries. I’m always recommending their podcast The Nature Of. Atmos exists in both physical and digital formats. It’s like a portal to a range of community-focused topics and inspires collective and inclusive ways of living. This image comes from the article “The Law of Impermanence”, which explores the beauty and inevitability of living in a constant state of metamorphosis. Willow’s perspective as a trans person is candid and refreshing. The idea of impermanence is very much present in every step of turning clay into ceramics, too.
(3.) For Christmas, I got a Stack Magazine subscription. I can’t lie — I was the one who dropped the hint multiple times. I’m a sucker for all things printed: books, posters, stamps, zines. I’m also indecisive by nature. So when I heard about a subscription that does the hunting for you and delivers a new independent magazine to your door every month, I was thrilled. February brought me Piscine’s first issue, which grasps the themes of working in hospitality and trying to work in the arts. I won't spoil it any further. Go read a magazine.
(4.) Umbigo is an icon of the Portuguese artistic and cultural scene. Whether in print or online, I highly recommend reading it — and take notes, because it’s an excellent source for great events and exhibitions. Above is a photo of Notre Feu, an exhibition I discovered because of the short article “Notre Feu, de Isabelle Ferreira”. It’s about Portuguese migrants during the dictatorship. There’s an intimate approach to fragment, journey and material.
(5.) Next on my list: Tools. Obsessed. I bought issue #5 at Under The Cover last year and I reread it every now and then. Their visual research and curation are impeccable and very close to the way I work with imagery in my own design practice. Rather than emphasizing a medium, every issue investigates one technique. Issue #5 is titled To Spin and it maps the ways in which spinning is present, both in craft and in everyday life.
(6.) I’ll close this list with a classic. Every creative mind should know It’s Nice That. It covers everything — from editorial to illustration, fashion, performance and web design, from emerging talents to the big names in the creative industry — with consistently good taste. Here, I highlighted an article called “Inside the Palestinian Sound Archive: preserving the audiovisual legacy of Palestine, one record at a time”. I’m always talking about how I find inspiration in unexpected places, rather than in the work of fellow ceramicists. For this reason, the idea of an archive and of revisiting artifacts from other contexts and non-ceramic mediums interests me a lot.