Miradouro da Graça — Lisbon06:14
Field Guide № 03
Lisbon.
A city that refuses to hurry, and a handful of rooms we worked in inside it. Alfama, Príncipe Real, Marvila, Cais do Sodré, Graça, Belém.
Where to work
Eight cities.
Eight cities.
Notes from borrowed rooms.
Neighbourhood by neighbourhood, written by a few friends who kept ending up working there. All eight cities, written neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
Plaza Río de Janeiro — Mexico City10:22
Field Guide № 04
Mexico City.
Where the morning belongs to writers. Roma Norte, Condesa, Coyoacán, Juárez, San Rafael and more.
Koukaki balcony — Athens16:18
Field Guide № 05
Athens.
Good light, terrible café wifi, and some of the most interesting private rooms we've worked in anywhere. Koukaki, Pangrati, Exarchia and more.
A converted scullery — Glasgow11:00
Field Guide № 06
Glasgow.
A city that does not perform for visitors. The light is northern and serious. The rooms are unnervingly productive. Govanhill, West End, Finnieston.
Sanità — Naples14:00
Field Guide № 07
Naples.
The world's loudest place to concentrate. Every room we worked in here is noisy by every measure. Every one of them works. Sanità, Spaccanapoli, Chiaia.
Ari soi — Bangkok10:22
Field Guide № 08
Bangkok.
A city of extraordinary energy and forty-degree heat. The best rooms are interiors. The interiors are among the most surprising in this guide. Ari, Silom.
Karaköy studio — Istanbul09:30
Field Guide № 09
Istanbul.
Working between two continents. Karaköy, Beyoğlu, Cihangir, Balat, Moda — five neighbourhoods across the Bosphorus, with the ferry schedule and the Istanbulkart explained.
Yaba rooftop — Lagos08:45
Field Guide № 10
Lagos.
Working in the fastest-growing major city on earth. Ikoyi, Yaba, Surulere, Victoria Island, Lekki — five neighbourhoods and the rooms that offer a pause inside the noise.