Local Optimist is a biannual magazine for curious humans. Issue 02 engages a dynamic selection of creatives who lean into the art of total transformation and all it brings. Odunsi (The Engine), M, Lea Colombo, PlayLab, Ramdane Touhami with Geoff McFetridge, New Tendency, HOTEL DRUGS, Ema Gaspar, and more.

Local Optimist’s inaugural issue gathers a harmonic group of creatives: Peter Shire, Shirely Kurata, Sofie Royer, Toms Juice, Josh Itiola, Forest Bathing specialist Dr. Qing Li, Colin Sussingham, Kentaro Okawara, and more.