Ponytail Journal

While in Sydney last, we went fishing with Matt Rees of marine research group, ’Fish Thinkers’ to understand more about how we should be moving towards a foraged bait system when we go fishing. We fished for luderick that day using floats and some stinky weed bait, and you can learn how to do it yourself here too.

The hokuriku shinkansen between Tokyo and Kanazawa has opened a door for those wary of the long hours and unnecessary stops accompanied with train travel. This week, Ponytail correspondent Anne Berry takes you on a detour through the chilly calm of the Hida Region, and the salty winds of the Kanazawa coast.

I sat down with the Vogue Australia team to talk about what inspires my work, and what I look for when I travel.

Our buddies Kevin and Yuri from The Japan Select Shop are stockpiling the most beautiful things that speak to the everyday. They have sourced handicrafts and very wholesome goodies from around the country to share with the world, in a very thoughtful and organised manner - true to Japanese form. Without overanalysing these simple pleasures to the point of bored-town, we just want to say that these are the right kind of things to fill your living space with good energy and goodness.

Matt is the editor of Trim, a beautiful surf publication from sunny Hawaii, so travelling between Japan and the Pacific paradise, he has latched onto a wonderful way of being. In his magazine, you’ll find great archival imagery of early indigenous surfing all the way to some superb boards shaped by water spirits who have found passion in craft. We asked him a few things about what floats his boat

Feast your eyes on the hard work and dedication set by a family of visually inclined overachievers, who just dropped their first home collection chez CB2. Proud as a peacock, and we definitely need some of that wallpaper.

Adeyaka is a special way of appreciating life; may it be the grace of form, or a simple moment in time. Its the Japanese art of living through experience, and Sylwia Plaza explains how it works.

We’ve been searching the wildest corners of the earth for some really fresh skincare - made by folks who take pride in living on this planet and all the touch-y, feel-y, smell-y, weirdness that comes with existence. Most of all, we think that you need to know why we are so enthusiastic about businesses with refreshingly strong core values who are re-defining our idea of luxury today. Meet some of the great team players who are pushing through with some wonderfully natural skin care that draw us into much peace and love.

New York Filmmaker Bank Tangjaitrong puts together the dreamiest sound waves from his most treasured films for the latest Ponytail Journal audio experience. It has us floating in the saltiest water.

This week we welcome the world’s pearls of wisdom into the Kingdom of Thailand for the 2015 One Young World summit, an organisation that voices young peace makers, environmentalists, sustainable business advocates, and delegates of equality on a global stage. It comes at a time where the world is seeking freedom, comfort, answers, and guidance after recent terror attacks and the overwhelming number of refugees seeking hope, yet the message is simple: live life with the freedom that we are entitled to.

Introducing, ’Scented Intoxication’, by Lyn and Tony at the Australian Design Centre. A splendid evolution of their work shooting balmy skinned nudes in the bizarre Australian landscape, to hand making wearable objects that lead you on a smoke trail around the outback by texture and materials. More recently, their play with rawness like repurposed leather impregnated with smell, has made way for full-immersion-scale-strangeness. Win.

PTJ pal Kiwi travels to Kyoto in search for perfection, and gathers her precious thoughts on everyday thoughtlessness that has made us wasteful 22nd century-ers. She also goes to a sweet knife shop to nerd out on blades.