Kaktus København, Copenhagen

A new concept store brings quirky cacti of all shapes and sizes to Jægersborggade

Blink and you’ll miss it: in the hustle and bustle of Jægersborggade street, taking up a single block in the riotous-turned-hip Nørrebro district in Copenhagen, is a tiny new space filled with cacti and succulents. Kaktus København (website currently in Danish only), open since May 2015, is run by three women: sisters Maja and Gro along with their closest childhood friend, Cille. Though they took …

Sampa the Great: The Great Mixtape

For “The Great Mixtape,” poet and vocalist Sampa the Great sings and rhymes with a political conscience, dragging words out slowly or stuttering them out rapid fire over producer Godriguez’s jazzy beats. Exploring hip-hop, R&B and spoken word with experimental flourishes, the mixtape shows off music as a “soul language,” as Sampa puts it. Mos Def and Lauryn Hill’s influences are clear, as is her …

Campaign’s Portable Furniture

Made-in-USA couches that are easy to assemble and reassemble, and meant to last a lifetime

City residents know that the greatest mental toll of moving isn’t always packing up your life into cardboard boxes; it’s leaving perfectly good furniture behind—either because it’s a hassle or too costly to transport, or it won’t survive another disassembly and reassembly. When shopping for new furniture, a growing number of people living transitional lifestyles aren’t finding the available options so attractive in quality, price …