From THE EDITOR

Editor-in-Chief Piet Smedy welcomes you to the new issue, inspired by colour

When i started writing this letter, things were very different. the process is simple enough: the words are almost always composed by iphone on my daily walk to the office, early in the morning as the city comes to life around me. there’s inspiration there, between the routine and all the possibilities and opportunities presented by the new day played out by a fellow cast of commuters, stony-faced suits and starry-eyed tourists, food vendors, tattooed baristas, buskers – and me. it gives me perspective and helps me write these words, every month, for you.

today, there are no commuters. the suits and the starry eyes are somewhere that isn’t here and the city holds its breath as if going through a tunnel, wishing for footfalls.

like all of you, i’m at home, writing with a new perspective. we wanted to do a colour-themed issue because colour, especially at home, is personal. You’ll often hear people say, “colour makes a happy home.” but colour isn’t always happy. it can be challenging, comforting, transporting, calming. it’s what you need it to be for you – and in this issue, we wanted to explore that.

Personally, the walls of my apartment are a shade of pistachio, not so much by design but by totally missing the mark on a paint swatch. it’s not the achingly cool petrol green i imagined, but it has, purely by accident, become my favourite colour.

when i started writing this letter, we were very different. and, by the time you read it, we could all be back to normal-ish. or not. but there are several things that will not have changed: our tenacity, our humour, and our unfailing hope, just to name a few. You could even say we’re always looking on the bright side. Either way, whether you’re outside again or not, you’re still in very good company.

stay safe.