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P HO T O BY BEN P OB JOY OLIVIA MEW LOCATION › Montreal, QC CHECK IT › INSTAGRAM.COM/OLIVIAMEW & OLIVIAMEW.COM & STAYHOMECLUB.COM CALL IT ZINE THE HYPE › Olivia Mew is well, just all sorts of inspiring. The awesome 25-year-old Montreal by way of Toronto illustrator has drawn for all sorts of cool clients, but it’s her unreal Stay Home Club line of shirts, accessories, bedding, pennants and paper goods that we’re truly bonkers about. Full of quirky drawings and stellar slogans that are so easy to relate to that it’s ridiculous, Mew’s a brilliant brainiac—not just because her stuff’s so cute and spot-on, but because she started her loveable line from scratch and turned it into a thriving little business. How cool is that? Mew’s an indie inspiration so it’s no surprise that she’s the talk of the town! Stay Home Club? Consider us members! MATT MARTIN LOCATION › Brighton, U.K. CHECK IT › INSTAGRAM.COM/LUCKYGOLDTEETH & THEPHOTOCOPYCLUB.COM & B-RADMAGAZINE.COM THE HYPE › To say Matt Martin eats, sleeps and breathes photography would be a serious understatement! At just 26 years old, the dashing Brightonian has already travelled the globe with camera in tow, and released 14 zines throughout. In 2011, he founded the critically acclaimed Photocopy Club, a roving exhibition series that features photocopied images submitted by prime photographers from every corner of the earth. To date, he’s physically sifted through over 1,000 submissions and 3,000 prints to curate 13 exhibitions that have taken place in cities from London to Hong Kong. If that’s not enough, Martin recently started B RAD—a new magazine complete with gallery space and zine shop. Talk about impressive! Go Matt go! I S S U E T WO