#9 March 2007 Hours
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The passing of the hours in a day and night of someone who lives in a city. The routine, the day to day. This is how we have approached a topic like time, while trying to avoid its strong reflective undertow. Time broken down into inevitable segments, regulated physical barriers for established activities that life in society requires of us. Daily life, with its routine and its pleasure, with its surprise and its convention. And just when we try to avoid falling into easy introspective philosophical analyses, for the simple act of breaking down a single day and seeing the time we give to certain activities in our life, we end up pondering the subject all the same. We discover that beyond the concept of time, our daily routine acts as the setting in which we develop our immediate relationship with things and people. And how, although it is impossible to escape from it, we can be happier if we try to change the way we take it on.

The covers were designed by Browns, a design studio located in London. Of the twelve pieces used for the print edition, which can be viewed in the Flash movie at the top of this editorial, we have selected two for the web version: "13H / Lunch Break," a series by English photographer John Spinks, and "00H / Magic," contributed by American artist Hope Gangloff. We are also including the eight illustrations of the "Restaurant" feature, in the section entitled "Authors."