Cereal
Cereal
began as a beautiful travel and style magazine, covering six topics
including cities, interviews, art and architecture. It also contains a
pretty neat literary supplement. It's at no surprise then that Cereal
went on to create city guides carrying on their signature minimalist
style, their photos adopting a spacious and bright theme. Each page introduces you to a cafe, museum, library, store, bar, park or any other place of interest. It touches upon them ever so slightly with the name, location and a snapshot of text luring you onto the next plane. Currently they
have guides for London, New York, Paris and Copenhagen, with many more
available online. Cereal tends to transcend the typical city guide, it's
clean presentation giving it the freedom to explore topics deep in art,
style and architecture.
Monocle
Yet
another set of travel guides born first from a successful magazine.
Monocle magazine is the go to for any entrepreneurial bearded man. It is
the quintessential lifestyle and current affairs magazine for that guy
you buy coffee from who does graphic design on the side and rides a
bicycle. Monocle itself is a huge brand with a 24 hour radio show and
website, founded by Tyler Brûlé
who also
created Wallpaper magazine. The city guides are insanely comprehensive
and recognisable by their playful, brand conforming cartoons on their
front covers. They cover most continents whether you're wanting to check
out London from new eyes or try somewhere a little more exotic such as
Honolulu. Each page is jam packed with information and inspiring imagery
with hotel ideas, food suggestions, where to shop, need to knows,
vocabulary and a hell of a lot more. Each business is presented in a
personal manner, introducing you to the creator while notable buildings
include mini history lessons or interesting facts. In keeping with
Monocle's magazine topics the city guides include essays detailing
current affairs and issues.
LOST iN
You may have seen these guides dotted about, with their bright, simple
front covers brandishing the names of every possibly 'cool' city on the
planet from Copenhagen to Berlin. These guides are unique in that
they're made like a magazine, in terms of their broad content. Expect to
find the usual shopping, culture and food sections as well as thought
pieces, specifically what to buy, two-page editorial shots and travel
writing.
10 €, www.lostin.com/shop/
10 €, www.lostin.com/shop/
The City Reporter
Unlike
most city guides on this list Luis Mendo gives the briefest of
introductions to the worlds most popular cities. In a handy A6 booklet,
which folds out to the size of two A4 sheets, the guides touch upon
cultural quirks, basic language points, useful tips and areas to
explore. In a guide small enough to slip into our notebook you're given a
crash course in handling an alien world from warning you off tipping in
Tokyo to teaching you 'I don't understand,' in French. The guides serve
as a starting point rather than a crutch written and illustrated by a
man passionate about his travel in a simple and wholly accessible way.
Luis' enthusiasm about the cities he has visited shows through his
imaginative writing as if a good friend is giving you tips for your
upcoming trip.
£4, www.thecityreporter.com
£4, www.thecityreporter.com
Citix60
Written
by 60 local creatives who show you the best ins and outs of the worlds
cities Citix60 guides give you the most personalised and out-of-the-box
view of places such as Lisbon, Hong Kong and Melbourne. The guide
introduces you to each creative that contributed with each place a
well-loved market, art-space, shop, restaurant or coffee shop. The cover
folds out into a funky cartoon map of the city center while a more detailed map is available inside. Each business has a QR code allowing you to scan and
instantly find further information on the company.
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