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USTA Magazine – The Classic

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The autumn issue of the USTA Magazine is already out. Let’s take a look what awaits you inside. Here is some sneak peak. The autumn season puts us in a nostalgic mood. Another summer has passed, the leaves are turning red, conkers and acorns are torpedoing the streets, and we are trying to keep poker faces up against the incoming chills and the looming winter in our beautiful country. At this time of the year, it is good to turn to proven methods of lifting oneself up. The classic forms and flavours. The quality, the elegance, the simplicity. The durability and the chance to rely on the tradition seem especially encouraging in the autumn/winter season. This is why we devoted a lot of attention to Vienna. We paid a visit to the Jarosinski & Vaugoin manufacture, which survived two centuries in the same place in the very heart of the city. We visited cafés and retro bars but we also ventured to discover the new, modern face of the Austrian capital. We also travelled to Miśnia to see ourselves how they create the most renowned porcelain in Europe.
EVENTS

Beware of Jolly Dogs

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One of the most popular contemporary Polish cartoonists, author of funny pictures, the favourite of celebrities, famous for his dark humour – Bolesław Chromry has so far been recognised for his graphic novels and other related forms. We love his “Pokrzywy” (ENG. “Nettles”) or “Elementarz Polski dla Polaka i Polki z Polski”, (ENG. “ABC for a Polish Man and a Polish Woman from Poland”). We are happy to announce that Damian Siemień, who is also co-operating now with USTA, has debuted as a writer.   His prose “Pozwólcie pieskom przyjść do mnie” (ENG.“Let the Little Dogs Come to Me”) tells the story of a meeting of three little dogs. Gizmo, Punio and Nikotynka unfortunately have no idea that their owners come from three different worlds. Unaware of the consequences of their carefree actions, the three jolly dogs lead to meetings that should never have happened.  The cute story turns into a bloodcurdling criminal intrigue. It is also a portrait of the generation of the big-city thirty-year-olds – both rich and poor, eccentric and common, but still, strikingly similar. Yet again, Bolesław Chromry proves that the truth is the funniest. Below we bring back the interview with the artist. A Human-link Brilliant and melancholic commentator of the lacklustre life in Poland, that is nowhere. Bolesław Chromry tells us what it’s like to love Emma Bunton, what he likes about autumn and how to seclude oneself in a massive old block of flats.
PLACES

Slowlife in the Izery Mountains

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If you dream about going to the mountains, it is worth considering a less-visited part of the Sudety Mountains. Stay away from the crowded Zakopane or popular Bieszczady. Instead, discover the far less touristic Izery Mountains. It is there that Łukasz Witkowski and Piotr Lichniak created KWIECI – a boutique guesthouse. They decided to change their lives by transforming an over 100-year old school into a low-key guesthouse. They preserved some of the original elements of the building, added a little bit of modern design and a lot of their love and enthusiasm.  
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Eye on Wrocław vol. 4

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A few moments in bed with Yoko and John, an hour of Japanese delight for body and palate,a relaxation in the garden with an installation full of sounds and smells, a one-day art gallery and a site specific installation - this is the programme we are coming back with to Wrocław. One year after the last edition, on September 7, we invite you to Eye on Wrocław to show you, in a whole new way, the finest phenomena, brands and people of Wrocław.
PEOPLE, PLACES

Hope, Passion, and Bauhaus

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Do you remember Je Sus restaurant in Poznań, in Toczaka street, which used to serve wonderful, original, plant-based cuisine? We have good news. Je Sus comes back in a new and feminine version as Nadzieja (Eng. Hope). Ewelina Gracz is in charge of the kitchen and Agnieszka Owsiany designed the beautiful, minimalistic interior. We paid a visit to Nadzieja and we met both ladies to learn how this inspiring place was brought to life.

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Coffee and Vintage Shopping

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  Lekarska is a charming narrow street hidden in the very centre of Warsaw. It is here that the famous villa Rechowicz is located – ancient house of a family of set designers, authors of exhibition pavilions, decorative fabrics and paintings. It is also here that the online platform selling vintage items opened their café. The office of the company occupies the upper floors of this pre-war villa. On the ground floor and in the garden there is a café serving excellent specialty coffee. You can take a sit and have your coffee in this stylish interior, and then buy all of the surrounding furniture, lamps, and bric-a-brac, even the mugs you will drink your chemex or flat white from.