We started Lohi Journal because we wanted to add focus to people, places, and events that are pat of the slow lifestyle. Small-scale, authentic, and organic. Our journey has been explorative and driven by our personal interests and preferences. We’ve travelled to places that we’ve been curious about, highlighted hotels that we appreciate, and shared stories about artists and designers whose work we enjoy. In the same way, we’ve experimented with the format, expanding from Instagram to this newsletter on Substack.
Now, we’re happy to announce our next step, a print magazine, distributed and sold internationally. The magazine is actually not one but two. The first part covers a wide variety of topics – including (among other things) an interview with Dimitris Karampatakis from Athens-based K Studio, the architects behind Dexamenes Seaside Hotel, a visit to Portuguese hotel Dá Licença, and a city guide to Copenhagen.
The second part is themed around a particular geographical location.
For our first issue, we travelled to the Bay of Naples, where we visited the Amalfi Coast, the islands Capri, Ischia, and Procida, and of course the city of Naples. We stayed at some of our favourite hotels, visited biodynamic vineyards, met with an organic soap-producer, and experienced some of the area’s most beautiful gardens.
The Bay of Naples offers a very rich and mixed atmosphere, from the noisy and chaotic old town of Naples to the solitude and tranquillity of Procida, often overlooked by visitors drawn to Capri, known for its jet set lifestyle and glamorous restaurants. But even Capri has a slower side – Anacapri, home to Villa San Michele, created by author and doctor Axel Munthe – has a much more relaxed vibe, even though it’s only a short taxi ride from la piazzetta in Capri town, known as the living room of Europe (as everyone sooner or later ends up here). On Ischia, we focused on the island’s well-known thermal springs.
We’ve also included a list of some of the best books written on or depicting life in and around the Bay of Naples.
Lohi Journal will be published quarterly, and the next issue is due out in October. We’re currently in the process of gathering material, and have just completed our trip to Cap Corse, the northern tip of Corsica, which will be the geographical focus for part of this issue.
We’re also including a conversation with designer Luke Edward Hall, a fashion story with Our Legacy, (including an interview with their head designer and co-founder Cristopher Nying), and a city guide to Valencia.
There are many reasons for our shift to print, but one is that this is a format that we really know and appreciate, having worked for many different magazines and journals throughout the years. Print has a longer life than digital posts, and a different kind of personality. It’s tactile and three-dimensional, more tangible than something that you only see briefly on a screen.
We hope that you feel this way too, and that you will bring the print magazine with you when you travel – to Capri, Corsica, or wherever you wish to go.
