Osahenrumwen Atheka: “Pure beauty means someone spiritual and unique”
Author: Ninette Murk
Dork Dancing for a Better World
Last year I found out about Dork Dancing in Da Nang (Vietnam) and I loved the concept so much that I asked organiser Ethan Levy […]
Valéry Grancher
Valéry Grancher: “With my cat Solaris I am so connected, she’s so smart and subtle and her love is unconditional and great. I find in […]
Rosie Dowbekin
“The beauty of nature presents itself again and again, like endearments softly punching at my heart; gentle reminders to let each moment arise and to […]
After the T-shirts, there will be … hoodies!
As many people among you may already know, I’m working together with iconic designer and social activist Katharine Hamnett on capsule collections to benefit UNDP […]
Jumbo Supermarket Adds Chat Registers For Lonely Customers
Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo will open 200 new so-called ‘chat cash registers’ next year. These are cash registers for people who are not in a […]
Remember by Kaspy Ndia & Melopée
Today we received this beautiful video by musician Kaspy Ndia, his group Melopée (featuring Bob van de Leij) and two gorgeous dancers: Elias Lazaridis and […]
Intelligent Rascals of the Skies
Enjoy this brilliant documentary about ravens, crows and jackdaws. It’s filmed so beautifully and shows how smart these birds are.
Reasons To Be Cheerful By David Byrne
We often have the feeling that the media prefer to present bad news (clicks!) instead of the good. Is there even good news nowadays? Of […]
Dance Your Troubles Away With Kaspy Ndia
We love this brand new clip of Kaspy Ndia and his band Melopée, that features a video shot in the Belgian seaside town of Mariakerke. […]
Better World, Better Me
And who am I to disagree? Thank you Mark Titchner, for creating this art work that has inspired me ever since!
Proudly presenting: Models for a Better World!
Why Models (against AIDS) has become Models for a Better World To continue our prevention efforts towards young people, Designers against AIDS (DAA) decided to […]
Time Traveler by Lyla June
In this music video, spoken-word artist Lyla June offers a poetic reflection on time and the wisdom needed to care for future generations. We are […]
We Gasp For More Than Just Air
We love it when contributors to Beauty for a Better World show us other projects they are currently working on, so when Sirkhane Darkroom sent […]
Come Get Your Honey by Samet Durgun
We were very happy when we heard that Samet Durgun, one of the first participants to Beauty for a Better World, was going to have […]
Museum In Antwerp Proudly Flies Rainbow Flags
As a reaction to the new anti- LGBTQ+ laws in Hungary and the decision to forbid the football stadium in Munich to use rainbow coloured […]
Antwerp Fashion & Antwerp Landmarks
This is the best and most beautiful promotion for Antwerp and its fashion students that I’ve seen so far- and I saw a lot during […]
This Is How it All Started
Tonight is the (digital) show of the Fashion Department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, including the 2021 graduates and that makes me […]
Define Beauty: Virtual Embalming by Frederik Heyman
NOWNESS is one of our favourite sources for inspiration and that was no different when we discovered this short by Frederik Heyman earlier today. It […]
Proudly presenting our new Ambassador: Hannelore Knuts
We’re very happy to announce the new Ambassador for beauty without irony: top model, health consultant and all around nice human Hannelore Knuts! Without further […]
Arts Thread x BFBW is live now- please join!
Are you an art school student or recent graduate and up for an exciting challenge? Then here’s your chance! Beauty for a Better World is […]
IG Talk on Vogue Italia with Sara Sozzani Maino
On May 11th, our founder and creative director Ninette had a conversation with Sara Sozzani Maino, deputy editor in chief of Vogue Italia. They talked […]
Pandemic Highlights Urgency Of Mental Health
“It is now crystal clear that mental health needs must be treated as a core element of our response to and recovery from the COVID-19 […]
‘Destino’ by Salvador Dali and Walt Disney
In 1945, Salvador Dali and Walt Disney worked together on a short film called ‘Destino’, but due to World War 2 they didn’t get to […]
Reach For The Sun
Waking up every morning, many of us will rush into the day, constantly checking notifications or crossing things off our to-do lists. At Little Sun, […]
Smiley Knows!
Let’s face it: the pandemic has been a real pain in the rear-end for a lot of us. It has stripped us from the usual […]
Life Is Only A Reflection Of What We Allow Ourselves To See
Nature reflects in people and people reflect in nature. Installation artist Rob Mullholland beautifully captured this symbiosis through his mirrored figures in the forest of […]
Gorgeous Painting Alert
No, this isn’t a painting, it is the most detailed image of a human cell to date, obtained by radiography, nuclear magnetic resonance and cryo-electron […]
Jarno Kettunen
United States
Hana Zebzabi photographs the beauty and power of Muslim women
United Kingdom/ Morocco
You Are My Angel
This must be about the most beautiful alternative to a fashion show I have seen so far, with models and dancers including Anne Teresa De […]
Charles de Vilmorin
Recently young designer Charles de Vilmorin got appointed as creative director at French fashion house Rochas and we love his poetic energy, his prints, his […]
l’Amore Vince Tutto
We love this beautiful and strong Valentine Day cover by Vanity Fair Italy. It shows a kiss as the symbol of hope during this pandemic, […]
Love is The Drug
Neurologist Rebecca Saxe presented the most beautiful photo of the year. The magnetic resonance image captures what happens when a mother kisses her two month […]
Young poet Amanda Gorman speaks out at the inauguration
If you’ve been watching the inauguration proceedings, you were probably awestruck by 22-year-old poet Amanda Gorman. Reading a brand-new work titled “The Hill We Climb,” which […]
Hank Trout On Beauty
Some kind of beauty dwarfs you and makes you feel like an ant next to it. – Andy Warhol Many people find that kind […]
Ensuring LGBTQ+ Feel Less Alone With The ‘It Gets Better’ Project
We are all about positive words to steer the spirit up, which is why the ‘It Gets Better’ project caught our attention. The mission of this […]
Hamza (9)
We are very proud to present the photography work of children for the Sirkhane Darkroom project. DARKROOM is a small mobile photography workshop for vulnerable and […]
‘This Now’ by Emily McDonald and Kai-Isaiah Jamal
This is undoubtedly one of the most gorgeous videos we’ve seen so far about the lockdowns, as seen through the eyes of spoken word artist […]
‘The Quarantaine Days’, crowdsourced by Mert Alas
A photographer/artist who we admire a lot is Mert Alas, one half of the iconic duo Mert & Marcus. This March he already felt the […]
This is what 2020 looked like for i-D Magazine readers
Normally at this time of year, i-D Magazine reaches out to a handful of photographers and regular contributors and asks them to submit a selection […]
A Brave New World at Tate Britain
Chila Kumari Singh Burman transforms the front of Tate Britain into a celebration of bright lights and swirling colour This magnificent installation, remembering a brave new […]
Widowed penguins comfort each other
Photographer Tobias Baumgärtner captured this image of two widowed fairy penguins looking over the Melbourne skyline. It has won an award in Oceanographic magazine’s Ocean […]
Cool art giving for a cause
Cause-driven cash-gifting platform Double Dutch, founded by photography duo Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin is a new initiative responding to a big problem: gifts cause […]
Annie Lennox and London City Voices sing ‘Dido’s Lament’ for Greenpeace
In this gorgeous video, Annie Lennox and London City Voices perform a choral version of Henry Purcell’s ‘Dido’s Lament’ taken from the 10th Anniversary Edition […]
Obudu Mountain Pool in Nigeria
In Obudu Mountain there is so much to come across and there are several waterfalls to see. They have the Grontto fall, where the pool […]
Every email is a present
We pre-started our project ‘Beauty for a Better World′ back in July and meanwhile new photos and videos are arriving every day. As the concept […]
Optimism and beauty will save the world
There are people that can turn every heartbreaking event of their life into an act of positivity -and Ninette Murk is definitely one of them. […]
‘A Forest’ live by The Cure
To show that pure beauty doesn’t always mean sugar and spice and all things nice, we present you one of the best bands in the […]
‘I’m On Your Side’ by Michael Franti
Michael Franti is one of our favourite artists because of the human touch in everything he does. Due to traveling restrictions he, his wife and […]
Create Your Own Opera!
Thanks to Google Arts & Culture you can now create your own song with Blob Opera, a new experiment designed by David Li with professional […]
SCHÖN Magazine and Domen/Vandevelde support BFBW
SCHÖN Magazine has published a wonderful photoshoot by Belgian photographers Domen/Vandevelde and an interview with trans model Mierijn to help promote ‘Beauty for a Better […]
‘Hooker’s Green Lake’ by Faye Wei Wei
The title of a new book from artist Faye Wei Wei takes its name from the shade of green used to create the drawing on its front […]
Hello there!
We love this image by the World Health Organisation, that shows alternatives to handshakes, hugs and high-fives. Which one is YOUR favourite?
‘Window Wanderland’ in Portobello, Edinburgh (UK)
A fantastic community driven event took place in Portobello (Edinburgh) from December 6-12th, when people decorated their windows with mostly repurposed materials such as plastic […]
Takashi Murakami: Cherry Blossoms and Pandas (2020)
Gagosian just kicked off its second season of Artist Spotlight — an ongoing digital series that highlights a single artist from its roster of leading blue-chip […]
Ravvel + Poltrock: Leave
Each song tells an honest story of clinging and letting go. The diptych is like a torn page from a diary, intimately set in tone […]
Kaspy Ndia & Melopée: Reste à la Maison
“The song was recorded during the first wave of the corona virus to raise awareness of respect for confinement so that the pandemic disappears as […]
Yayoi Kusama has written a poem to the coronavirus
There are many things these days that we’d like to say to Miss Rona: from “Why now” to “When will you be gone” to “Please can […]
Should culture go digital?
The current pandemic has made people more aware of the walls that surround them at home: people can’t wait to go outside again for social […]
Brandon Stringfellow La Voie
United States