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With tasting notes of a visual technique library for camera lovers, the beautiful Cornwall home belonging to a surfer/artist couple, watches loved by the likes of Steve Jobs and Barack Obama, indie movies imbued with summer vibes, an online store for photography collectors and some of the world’s most intriguing bus stops.

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Creative Powerhouse: Solange

Solange Knowles is definitively a name in her own right. Despite growing up as Beyoncé’s younger sister, Solange has gone on to create a timeless and evocative body of work, not just in music but also in the visual arts as well as spotlighting Black history and creativity through her multidisciplinary studio, Saint Heron.

This week, we explore some of Solange’s most impactful work and creative highlights as well as digging into her impeccable taste demonstrated in her Hollywood loft apartment and the work of Saint Heron.

Highlights

• Her definition of joy: “Joy was having nothing on my calendar, and choosing what to do with my time. Joy was having a friend who didn’t care how ugly I cried, always inviting and encouraging me to just be, however that looked that day. Joy was discovery. Joy was having someone show me beautiful worlds of their own and trusting in the journey. Joy was letting go of control. Joy was just sitting. Joy was seeing how far I had come and waving at my shadows. Joy was accepting that the work is never done, but that every day is a choice.”
• Solange’s stunning visual work, “When I Get Home” and some BTS on the creative process as well as a breakdown from her stylist
• Solange’s iconic feature of her Hollywood loft in Apartamento Magazine: “I was a single mother and was looking for a building with a sense of safety when I found this loft space in Hollywood. I felt really connected to its 20s art deco architecture, its exterior, and all of its original mouldings and details. And the space inside got really good light. Also Hollywood was a very different place then. There was an underground punk scene happening there, but other than that, not a lot going on. I loved its proximity to all of the recording studios that I was going to in the Valley and North Hollywood.”
• Solange’s unique personal style transcends trends. Here’s how her style has evolved over the years
• On expressing optimism and hope: “I think that while making the album, I actually gave a great deal of thought to how much responsibility I had to express optimism and hope. And ultimately, I decided that me expressing optimism and me expressing hope came from telling the truth — that gave me optimism that I was able to be explicitly honest about my feelings.”
• On the origins of her multidisciplinary studio Saint Heron: “Saint Heron started as a music and cultural hub, with the urgency to create a time capsule of this growing community. There were a lot of fascinating experimental musical artists transforming the genre of R&B at the time, and so I created our inaugural eponymous Saint Heron compilation, featuring 12 artists, which celebrated the innovation of contemporary Black music. That album featured Kelela, Sampha, and Jhené Aiko, artists who were emerging then and have made such important impacts and contributions to R&B. I wanted to not only tell these artists’ stories, but honor those before us who really created the blueprints.”
• Check out Saint Heron as well as their latest ceramics residency

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