Julia Cooke http://www.julia-cooke.com freelance journalist, specializing in culture, architecture, design and art, based in Mexico City. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:07:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Car Culture in Havana http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/03/travel-writing/car-culture-in-havana/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/03/travel-writing/car-culture-in-havana/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:06:23 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=475 A ride-along in the most unpredictable and colorful of Havana’s mass transport options, the maquina.

Car Culture (link, English)

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Interview with Derek Dellekamp (PDF: English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2010/01/art-architecture-and-design/qa-with-mexican-architect-derek-dellekamp/feed/ 0 Latin American Collectors http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/latin-american-collectors/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/latin-american-collectors/#comments Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:38:48 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=460 A short story on the upsurge of prominent collectors of contemporary art in Latin America.

Collector Focus: Latin America (PDF: English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/latin-american-collectors/feed/ 0 Monocle 25/25 Guides http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/08/travel-writing/monocle-2525-guides/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/08/travel-writing/monocle-2525-guides/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:25:47 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=443 English magazine Monocle’s 25/25 guides are quick, tip-oriented glances at 25 resort and 25 business cities around the world. I contributed the guides on both Mexico City (business) and Acapulco (definitely resort).

Mexico City (link, English)

Acapulco (link, English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/08/travel-writing/monocle-2525-guides/feed/ 0 The Monocle Mexico Survey 2009 http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/art-architecture-and-design/the-monocle-mexico-survey-2009/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/art-architecture-and-design/the-monocle-mexico-survey-2009/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 17:02:46 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=359 A national survey of Mexico’s key economic, cultural and design forces. In addition to the odd statistic (know that one of every five Mexicans has regular access to the internet? Or that ten Mexicans have fortunes of over $1bn and one has a fortune of $60bn?), I contributed the supplement’s section on architecture & design.

Monocle Mexico National Survey (PDF, English) Page 1 Page 2

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/art-architecture-and-design/the-monocle-mexico-survey-2009/feed/ 0 Lost in Hanoi http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/travel-writing/lost-in-hanoi/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/travel-writing/lost-in-hanoi/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 19:12:17 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=353 A travel feature born of my wanderings around Hanoi’s Old Quarter. As the city garners a reputation as the new, hip Southeast Asian destination for art and food lovers, I got lost amid Hanoi’s oldest streets and found beauty of a decidedly subtler sort.

Travel + Leisure Mexico, May 2009 (PDF, published story in Spanish) (PDF, author’s draft in English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/05/travel-writing/lost-in-hanoi/feed/ 0 Pig Flu Paranoia http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/04/profiles-and-personal-essays/pig-flu-paranoia/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/04/profiles-and-personal-essays/pig-flu-paranoia/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:58:34 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=347 An essay I wrote on the quotidian effects of the swine flu scare in Mexico City.

Aporkalypse Now? Pig Flu Paranoia (link, English)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2009/04/profiles-and-personal-essays/pig-flu-paranoia/feed/ 0 Small Island, Big Art http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/small-island-big-art/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/small-island-big-art/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:21:39 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=311 Collectors are opening their eyes– and wallets– to Cuba’s new wave of talent. 

Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, December 2008 (English, PDF)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/art/small-island-big-art/feed/ 0 Designer Identikit: Nel Collective http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/designer-identikit-nel-collective/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/designer-identikit-nel-collective/#comments Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:19:17 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=307 A lively interview with Nel Collective, one of Mexico City’s first experimental design groups.

Azure, November/December 2008 (PDF Page 1) (PDF Page 2)

]]> http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/art-architecture-and-design/designer-identikit-nel-collective/feed/ 0 Artists with an Agenda http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/profiles-and-personal-essays/artists-with-an-agenda/ http://www.julia-cooke.com/2008/12/profiles-and-personal-essays/artists-with-an-agenda/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 00:27:38 +0000 admin http://www.julia-cooke.com/?p=316 Four short profiles of hot contemporary artists; I interviewed Taryn Simon and Robert Chambers for the series.

Art Basel Miami Beach Magazine, December 2008 (English, PDF)

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