THE MINI INTERNATIONAL combines the innovative instincts of a newspaper and the visual appeal of a magazine. THE MINI INTERNATIONAL explores below the surface of today's mobile society to find the most intriguing stories from MINI life, MINI culture and MINI design, and provides a platform for cosmopolitan lifestyles, high culture and street culture, and all the goings-on in the MINI world.

Takashi Murakami is a global star in the art scene. His gaudily rendered pictures are a window into the world of Japanese teenagers, capturing the superficiality of modern-day society with poignant accuracy. Collectors pay millions for them.

The world as a canvas – the portraits by photographer, filmmaker, activist and street artist JR render the invisible visible.

Another day, another adventure: just follow the sun. Driving around Jamaica in the MINI Roadster by day and chilling out beside a beach campfire in the evening. Welcome to paradise.

For those keen to scale new heights, here’s a new challenge that will take your breath away.

The MINI John Cooper Works Countryman is one tough customer, all lowered sports suspension, 218 horsepower and uncompromising design.