PRESENT is a print magazine, support system, and global community of Modern Makers.
PRESENT is a print magazine, support system, and global community of Modern Makers.
The goal is to inspire starting by producing stories around the world on making, discipline and self-care, through the lens of the most courageous creators of today and tomorrow.
The goal is to inspire starting by producing stories around the world on making, discipline and self-care, through the lens of the most courageous creators of today and tomorrow.

Essays and Interviews

Essay

Tiempo de Zafra: The holistic beauty of the beaches, like the environment of Santo Domingo, is a patchwork crafted with intention

Sophia Valera Heinecke

Essay

Explore the spatial and social aspects of legendary Brazilian modernist Lina Bo Bardi’s most striking works

Pia Brückner

Essay

Our thoughts are constantly wandering. But why? Samma Samādhi: An essay on Creativity, Concentration and Meditation

Frank Berzbach

Interview

Dare to be Eternal: An evening with Olivier Urman in his Paris Dojo exploring the tension between permanence and impermanence

Hugo Hoppmann, Sarah Discours

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Essay

Food and Purpose

Food and Purpose

Food and Purpose

TRANG TA

In 2022, Thu Thuy Pham and Phuong Thao Westphal, two friends of Vietnamese-German backgrounds, opened the doors to their Berlin diner DASHI. Within a short time, the diner has established itself as a popular destination for Berlin foodies and has now grown a reputation that goes far beyond the German capital.

In 2022, Thu Thuy Pham and Phuong Thao Westphal, two friends of Vietnamese-German backgrounds, opened the doors to their Berlin diner DASHI. Within a short time, the diner has established itself as a popular destination for Berlin foodies and has now grown a reputation that goes far beyond the German capital.

Essay

Tiempo de Zafra

Tiempo de Zafra

Tiempo de Zafra

Sophia Valera Heinecke

The holistic beauty of the beaches, like the life of most artists, like the environment of Santo Domingo, is a patchwork crafted with intention – the intention to survive and the intention to realize what was once just a dream. 

The holistic beauty of the beaches, like the life of most artists, like the environment of Santo Domingo, is a patchwork crafted with intention – the intention to survive and the intention to realize what was once just a dream. 

Essay

Seize The Day Like A Stoic

Seize The Day Like A Stoic

Seize The Day Like A Stoic

Ryan Holiday

You’re alive right now. In front of you sits just a handful of hours before the day is through. What tomorrow has in store, you cannot know. Piles of problems could be dumped on you. A surprise call from the doctor could change everything. You could wake up with the flu and spend the next week in bed. You could not wake up at all.

You’re alive right now. In front of you sits just a handful of hours before the day is through. What tomorrow has in store, you cannot know. Piles of problems could be dumped on you. A surprise call from the doctor could change everything. You could wake up with the flu and spend the next week in bed. You could not wake up at all.

Essay

The Analogue Comeback

The Analogue Comeback

The Analogue Comeback

Frank Berzbach

Ever since the introduction of the personal computer into our homes during the 80s, digitization has become more and more integrated into our daily lives: telephone booths, alarm clocks, wristwatches and calendars have been replaced by smartphones; vcrs, tape recorders and turntables have made way for streaming services; typewriters...

Ever since the introduction of the personal computer into our homes during the 80s, digitization has become more and more integrated into our daily lives: telephone booths, alarm clocks, wristwatches and calendars have been replaced by smartphones; vcrs, tape recorders and turntables have made way for streaming services; typewriters...

Essay

Making Friends with our Fears

Making Friends with our Fears

Making Friends with our Fears

Anne-Laure Le Cunff

When we grow up, we are told to be strong: to fight our fears, our nightmares, our doubts: to be confident and ambitious. The admonition we receive is not without consequences. As adults, fear becomes a personal burden not to be shared with others, lest it starts spreading.

When we grow up, we are told to be strong: to fight our fears, our nightmares, our doubts: to be confident and ambitious. The admonition we receive is not without consequences. As adults, fear becomes a personal burden not to be shared with others, lest it starts spreading.

Essay

Learning from Lina

Learning from Lina

Learning from Lina

Pia Brückner

After four years of studying architecture I had the great opportunity to spend a year in Berlin, I had the great opportunity to spend a year in São Paulo in 2018—time that became very intense and had a lasting effect on my attitude towards architecture.

After four years of studying architecture I had the great opportunity to spend a year in Berlin, I had the great opportunity to spend a year in São Paulo in 2018—time that became very intense and had a lasting effect on my attitude towards architecture.

Essay

Know Thyself

Know Thyself

Know Thyself

Dennis Freischlad

We speak in abstractions and symbols, and we speak in vain. Each word marks the very loss of what is meant to be said, each wanting-to-speak is altering the ever-name-less into a world of language and form.

We speak in abstractions and symbols, and we speak in vain. Each word marks the very loss of what is meant to be said, each wanting-to-speak is altering the ever-name-less into a world of language and form.

It’s about the bliss and the struggles of creating in today’s world and how to build better, together.

It’s about trying and failing and beginning again.
It’s all about having the courage to just get started.
It’s about the bliss and the struggles of creating in today’s world and how to build better, together.

It’s about trying and failing and beginning again.
It’s all about having the courage to just get started.

Magazine

Magazine

Present Issue 3: Reboot

Cover 1: Hung La of Luu Dan

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Magazine

Present Issue 3: Reboot

Cover 2: Tareet in Paris

30€

Magazine

Present Issue 2: Vulnerability

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

20€

Magazine

Present Issue 1: People On Process

People on Process

15€

Magazine

Present Issue 3: Reboot

Cover 1: Hung La of Luu Dan

30€

Magazine

Present Issue 3: Reboot

Cover 2: Tareet in Paris

30€

Magazine

Present Issue 2: Vulnerability

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

20€

Magazine

Present Issue 1: People On Process

People on Process

15€

Present Issue 3: Reboot

Cover 1: Hung La of Luu Dan

30€

Present Issue 3: Reboot

Cover 2: Tareet in Paris

30€

Present Issue 2: Vulnerability

Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn

20€

Present Issue 1: People On Process

People on Process

15€

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PRESENT is a project about creating and self-reflection where we speak with makers about their path and philosophies. It’s a space for honest conversations about discipline, fear, process and confidence.
PRESENT is a project about creating and self-reflection where we speak with makers about their path and philosophies. It’s a space for honest conversations about discipline, fear, process and confidence.

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PRESENT is a Community, where you can learn, connect and exchange with 200+ makers from around the world pursuing their Thing. We fail, and we try again the next day. But we hold ourselves accountable. And we have partners who are with us on the journey. Everybody is welcome to join our supportive network of PRESENT PEOPLE working in Design, Strategy, Sports, Fashion, Finance, Carpentry and Technology, in a safe space where we share our struggles and wins, our strategies and motivations. JOIN →

Podcast

PRESENT is a project about creating and self-reflection where we speak with makers about their path and philosophies. It’s a space for honest conversations about discipline, fear, process and confidence.

Conversation with Sari Azout

BECOME UN-LLM-ABLE: PRESENT PODCAST 004

Conversation with Kareem Ali

Afrofuturism in Arizona: PRESENT Podcast 003

Conversation with Adam Barnard

Botswana to Berlin: Present Podcast 002

Conversation with Jasmin Truong

THE DESIGNER ON FINDING YOUR CREATIVE PATH

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the Present.”

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