Mina Holland | The Edible Atlas | London (UK) | By Lee Fleming

The Edible Atlas: Around the World in Thirty-nine cuisines, the first book by Mina Holland (Editor of Guardian Cook) is a full whistle-stop tour for intrepid cooks that perfectly blends together Holland’s passion for food and travel. Published by independent publishers Canongate Books and edited by Jenny Lord, the striking cartography and infographics were designed by London-based illustrator/graphic designer Liane Payne. The impressive art direction and design is thanks to Canongate’s own Rafaela Romaya and the symbols that pepper the book are from Peter Adlington.

The Edible Atlas tracks Holland’s exploration into various cuisines from across the globe alongside their culinary heritage. Demystifying the flavours, ingredients and techniques of 39 different cuisines, the book travels worldwide via South Indian coconut fish curry, zingy ceviche, yoghurty Jordanian mansaf, Danish dream cake, Spanish tortilla de patatas and Caribbean jerk chicken. Alongside snippets of anecdote, history and literature associated with the recipes, words of wisdom from some of the world’s most seasoned food experts also pop up across the pages- expect to hear from Yotam Ottolenghi, Jacob Kenedy, Jose Pizarro and Giorgio Locatelli.

'Looking at my father' by Jiro Konami | Tokyo (JAP) | By Lee Fleming

'Looking at my father' is a moving photobook by photographer Jiro Konami who documents his father’s life on a remote island off Toyko. The book was published by Tycoon Books, a Tokyo based independent publisher established by Taro Serikawa and Yosuke Watanabe in 2009 with an aim to discover emerging talent both locally and internationally.

'Looking at my father' captures the daily life of Konami’s father over an eight year time period and through the delicate compilation of photographs, time elapses and the subject ages gracefully. The photobook showcases many tender, humorous and sad moments- Konami’s father posing in front of the camera with bewildered expressions and gestures, stolen glimpses and gradual illness.

View more of Konami's photography by visiting his website. You can find his 'Looking at his father' photobook at Albam Clothing (London, UK).

Paper artist: Tahiti Pehrson | Nevada City (US) | By Lee Fleming

Tahiti Pehrson is a visual artist based in Nevada City who creates mesmerising two and three-dimensional tapestries. Growing up in an artistic family in Northern California, Pehrson first found himself painting on the street and experimenting by cutting out stencils on sticker paper. This experimentation lead to further development and fifteen years later, Pehrson creates large-scale artworks inspired by architectural forms and motifs inspired by nature.

The patterns in Pehrson’s work are intricate and draw upon history and the natural world; when cutting patterns out of money Tahiti discovered Guilloche, a system of ancient architectural patterns that date back to the Greek and Roman eras. Pehrson found this discovery to be ‘a motif of universality in currency’ and those patterns weave in and out of his work.

With only 11 blades and a white cotton rag paper, Pehrson creates beautiful geometric paper masterpieces that have been exhibited all over the world, from San Francisco to Portland, New York and Paris. His most recent solo exhibition ‘New Works’ can be found at Mouki Mou in Marylebone, West London alongside an upcoming exhibition at the K.Imperial Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco in October.

To read more about Pehrson and his paper art visit his website.

Smiljan Radić's Serpentine Pavilion | London (UK) | By Emma Harrison

The Serpentine Pavilion Commission, now in it’s 14^th year, has hosted many experimental and impressive structures from some of the world’s greatest architects. From last year’s intricate and airy construction from Sou Fujimoto to Frank Gehry’s Da Vinci-inspired 2008 multi-dimensional space, each year the unveiling of the pavilion is eagerly anticipated and 2014 has not disappointed.

Designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić, the otherworldly, pebble-like structure rests upon large quarry stones and houses a flexible social space and café. At home in a seemingly natural setting, the cylindrical structure has a semi-translucent skin and as the sun goes down, the pavilion’s amber glare illuminates the foreground of the gallery- an image that would not seem out of place in science fiction.

The ethereal nature of the pavilion is further drawn out by the spatial arrangements inside and Radić explains, ‘this shell - white, translucent and made of fibreglass - will house an interior organised around an empty patio, from where the natural setting will appear lower, giving the sensation that the entire volume is floating’.

The pavilion will remain in place for four months and on Friday nights between July and September, the venue will play host to the Serpentine’s Park Nights series. Consisting of eight events, each evening explores art, poetry, music, film, literature and theory alongside a preview of three new commissions by emerging artists Lina Lapelyte, Hannah Perry and Heather Phillipson.

Danielle Foster | London (UK) | By Emma Harrison

London College of Fashion graduate and full-time model Danielle Foster presents a collection of sturdy and structured accessories for her forthcoming Autumn/Winter 2014 collection. First launched in January 2012, this is Foster's sixth collection that blends together her signature reworked boxy silhouettes with brand new styles and textures.

With a minimal palette inspired by Indonesian sunsets, the pieces in Foster's A/W 14 collection are at once functional and versatile and all bags feature brass and nickel plated fastenings that enable the straps to be removed in order to transform shoulder bags into neat clutches. Foster designs the products in her Hackney studio before they are handmade in North London using the highest quality vegetable tanned leather, dyed and embossed in Northampton. The A/W 14 collection includes totes, clutches and over the shoulder bags in monochrome and buttery hues and upon purchase, each bag is delivered in a fabric dust bag made in Billesdon, Leicestershire, a small village local to Foster's childhood home.

Danielle Foster's Autumn Winter 2014 collection launches in August and will be available on her website in September.