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Hugh Boutique
(03 November 2009) - Bravely introducing retail projects to economically-challenged downtown Detroit, Joe Posch does it with style, most recently adding Hugh to his roster of successful ventures. The eastern Michigan native started with his design store Mezzanine and Hugh, conceptualized as a "retail happening" rather than a pop-up, marks his latest. Offering masculine home, decorative and personal accessories with a swinging twist, Posch carefully curates the mixture...
(03 November 2009) - Bravely introducing retail projects to economically-challenged downtown Detroit, Joe Posch does it with style, most recently adding Hugh to his roster of successful ventures. The eastern Michigan native started with his design store Mezzanine and Hugh, conceptualized as a "retail happening" rather than a pop-up, marks his latest. Offering masculine home, decorative and personal accessories with a swinging twist, Posch carefully curates the mixture...
The Two Bandits Boot Riders
(02 November 2009) - by Stephanie Miles Searching for ways to make their wardrobes more versatile, New York City jewelry designers Erica Chan and Tamar Wider created a collection of footwear accessories and soon began peddling the goods under the label The Two Bandits. The newest addition to the collection, Riders, a line of adjustable leather and chain boot harnesses worn at the base of any boot, createa a...
(02 November 2009) - by Stephanie Miles Searching for ways to make their wardrobes more versatile, New York City jewelry designers Erica Chan and Tamar Wider created a collection of footwear accessories and soon began peddling the goods under the label The Two Bandits. The newest addition to the collection, Riders, a line of adjustable leather and chain boot harnesses worn at the base of any boot, createa a...
Cool Hunting Guest Curates Etsy
(28 October 2009) - On Etsy today, check out my not-just-for-Halloween picks to see a Hitchcock-inspired headband, jewelry made from snake bones, an ornate heart-shaped eye patch and more! We're excited to take part and thank Etsy for the opportunity....
(28 October 2009) - On Etsy today, check out my not-just-for-Halloween picks to see a Hitchcock-inspired headband, jewelry made from snake bones, an ornate heart-shaped eye patch and more! We're excited to take part and thank Etsy for the opportunity....
Grifted Boutique
(27 October 2009) - by Ashley Eldridge Stuffed Mao Zedong dolls and candy wrapper curtains beckon from the windows of the Grifted shop on Beijing's famed Nanluoguxiang. Inside, irreverence reigns. Barack Obama, decked out in a Superman suit (all the more fitting post-Nobel), nestles up against Fidel Castro and miniscule Napoleon dolls. (The little dictator doesn't come full-size.) Bedazzled Buddhas and reindeer pandas dot pre-cut squares of wrapping paper....
(27 October 2009) - by Ashley Eldridge Stuffed Mao Zedong dolls and candy wrapper curtains beckon from the windows of the Grifted shop on Beijing's famed Nanluoguxiang. Inside, irreverence reigns. Barack Obama, decked out in a Superman suit (all the more fitting post-Nobel), nestles up against Fidel Castro and miniscule Napoleon dolls. (The little dictator doesn't come full-size.) Bedazzled Buddhas and reindeer pandas dot pre-cut squares of wrapping paper....
Phaidon's NYC Pop-Up Store
(23 October 2009) - Opening next month, Phaidon's first stand-alone store will debut in NYC's Soho neighborhood and stay open through January 2010. With their full range of titles on art and culture, as well as their Wallpaper* City Guides and cookbooks, award-winning children's books and stationery, the 2,500 square-foot boutique makes getting their goods easy with same-day delivery in Manhattan and concierge service. Other goodies include collector's...
(23 October 2009) - Opening next month, Phaidon's first stand-alone store will debut in NYC's Soho neighborhood and stay open through January 2010. With their full range of titles on art and culture, as well as their Wallpaper* City Guides and cookbooks, award-winning children's books and stationery, the 2,500 square-foot boutique makes getting their goods easy with same-day delivery in Manhattan and concierge service. Other goodies include collector's...
The Frozen Fountain Boutique
(22 October 2009) - Opened by Cok de Rooy and Dick Dankers in 1992, Amsterdam boutique The Frozen Fountain showcases both Dutch and international talents. Interspersed among classic design pieces from well-known design companies such as Vitra and Foscarini, the store features pieces produced specifically for the store by locals and up-and-coming designers alike. (Click on images for enlarged view.) The space hosts exhibitions of new talents twice...
(22 October 2009) - Opened by Cok de Rooy and Dick Dankers in 1992, Amsterdam boutique The Frozen Fountain showcases both Dutch and international talents. Interspersed among classic design pieces from well-known design companies such as Vitra and Foscarini, the store features pieces produced specifically for the store by locals and up-and-coming designers alike. (Click on images for enlarged view.) The space hosts exhibitions of new talents twice...
Top Fall Shoes For Men
(09 October 2009) - With as many choices for male fashion as there are for the ladies these days, filtering through the bounty of options can be difficult. But not to worry: from dapper leather boots to classic canvas sneakers, our friends at Refinery29 have put together an outstanding list of the top fall 2009 shoes for men. The traditional leather boots from Opening Ceremony and Urban Outfitters...
(09 October 2009) - With as many choices for male fashion as there are for the ladies these days, filtering through the bounty of options can be difficult. But not to worry: from dapper leather boots to classic canvas sneakers, our friends at Refinery29 have put together an outstanding list of the top fall 2009 shoes for men. The traditional leather boots from Opening Ceremony and Urban Outfitters...
Outlier Workwear Pants
(08 October 2009) - Informally dubbed as the anti-jean, I've worn my Outlier Workwear Pants for four days straight, and tomorrow makes five. A simple, stripped-down pair that prioritizes functionality, it's durable, versatile and always maintains a clean look. Tailored in NYC, the pant is constructed using a double weave method featuring a Cordura canvas face and soft brushed back interior to ensure comfort. The fabric is a...
(08 October 2009) - Informally dubbed as the anti-jean, I've worn my Outlier Workwear Pants for four days straight, and tomorrow makes five. A simple, stripped-down pair that prioritizes functionality, it's durable, versatile and always maintains a clean look. Tailored in NYC, the pant is constructed using a double weave method featuring a Cordura canvas face and soft brushed back interior to ensure comfort. The fabric is a...
Thirteen "Where the Wild Things Are" Tie-Ins
(30 September 2009) - Popping up around the globe, the many fashion, art and retail projects linked to the upcoming release of "Where the Wild Things Are," has us wondering where the wild things are not. Only two weeks remain until the debut of Spike Jonze's insanely-anticipated film and the unconventional spin-off music, apparel, exhibits and home furnishings only rival the reportedly unconventional film itself. We've gathered as...
(30 September 2009) - Popping up around the globe, the many fashion, art and retail projects linked to the upcoming release of "Where the Wild Things Are," has us wondering where the wild things are not. Only two weeks remain until the debut of Spike Jonze's insanely-anticipated film and the unconventional spin-off music, apparel, exhibits and home furnishings only rival the reportedly unconventional film itself. We've gathered as...
Libreria Valdeska
(29 September 2009) - Specializing in art, thought and literature, Valencia's Libreria Valdeska is a bibliophile's dream find. Tucked away on the narrow Calle del Mar, just west of the Jardín del Turia, Valdeska embraces the bookstore as boutique approach, offering a tightly-curated collection of small presses, vintage titles and classic publications (all in Spanish). Tables devoted to music, poetry and journals supplant a small design section, while...
(29 September 2009) - Specializing in art, thought and literature, Valencia's Libreria Valdeska is a bibliophile's dream find. Tucked away on the narrow Calle del Mar, just west of the Jardín del Turia, Valdeska embraces the bookstore as boutique approach, offering a tightly-curated collection of small presses, vintage titles and classic publications (all in Spanish). Tables devoted to music, poetry and journals supplant a small design section, while...
Brimfield Antiques Market Fall 2009: The Finds
(24 September 2009) - Visiting Massachusets' tri-annual antiques fair earlier this month brings out the inner collector in everyone, including myself and my trip mates photographer James "the eye" Ryang (who took all of these awesome photos for us) and illustrator Keren Richter, whose art director ways help out big time in an overwhelming market like the miles of booths at Brimfield. While browsing, Keren and I realized...
(24 September 2009) - Visiting Massachusets' tri-annual antiques fair earlier this month brings out the inner collector in everyone, including myself and my trip mates photographer James "the eye" Ryang (who took all of these awesome photos for us) and illustrator Keren Richter, whose art director ways help out big time in an overwhelming market like the miles of booths at Brimfield. While browsing, Keren and I realized...
Gagosian Boutique
(14 September 2009) - We got a sneak peek at the new Gagosian retail space which is set to open in the next week in New York City. Designed by Dan Rowen Architect/MNDesign in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery, the spare, bright space successfully feels more retail than gallery. The space focuses primarily on the publications, posters and accessible artist editions that the powerhouse gallery creates from its many...
(14 September 2009) - We got a sneak peek at the new Gagosian retail space which is set to open in the next week in New York City. Designed by Dan Rowen Architect/MNDesign in collaboration with Gagosian Gallery, the spare, bright space successfully feels more retail than gallery. The space focuses primarily on the publications, posters and accessible artist editions that the powerhouse gallery creates from its many...
Social Suicide Pop-Up Shop
(19 August 2009) - Purveyor of provocative suiting Social Suicide brings their refined tailoring to NYC's Lower East Side, opening tomorrow alongside fellow innovative designers for the "Wish You Were Here" boutique swap. Taking up residence for just under a month (see details below), Social Suicide represents Carnaby's Newburgh Quarter in the transatlantic exchange of independent boutiques taking place between the two Bohemian neighborhoods. While most labels are...
(19 August 2009) - Purveyor of provocative suiting Social Suicide brings their refined tailoring to NYC's Lower East Side, opening tomorrow alongside fellow innovative designers for the "Wish You Were Here" boutique swap. Taking up residence for just under a month (see details below), Social Suicide represents Carnaby's Newburgh Quarter in the transatlantic exchange of independent boutiques taking place between the two Bohemian neighborhoods. While most labels are...
Areaware Design To Go Pop Up Shop
(18 August 2009) - Aggregating the finest of modern design's best tchotchkes, Areaware's new outlet at New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal offers up an assortment of unique goods for residents and passerby alike. Occupying Blank SL8, a new retail space that recently housed Refinery29's temporary haven entitled Save Fashion, the acutely edited collection is part travel supply store—with items like leather luggage tags in the shape...
(18 August 2009) - Aggregating the finest of modern design's best tchotchkes, Areaware's new outlet at New York City's Port Authority Bus Terminal offers up an assortment of unique goods for residents and passerby alike. Occupying Blank SL8, a new retail space that recently housed Refinery29's temporary haven entitled Save Fashion, the acutely edited collection is part travel supply store—with items like leather luggage tags in the shape...
Happy Socks Chapter Two
(12 August 2009) - Swedish outlet Happy Socks outdoes themselves with their sophomore collection, full of even brighter hues, bonkers colorways and varying heights. Knitted on high-precision Italian machines, the combed cotton unisex socks keep feet content both for their softness and long-lasting, superior quality. The second edition kicks it up a notch with knee-high and ankle-length styles, while the standard cut blazes new patterns such as Bengal...
(12 August 2009) - Swedish outlet Happy Socks outdoes themselves with their sophomore collection, full of even brighter hues, bonkers colorways and varying heights. Knitted on high-precision Italian machines, the combed cotton unisex socks keep feet content both for their softness and long-lasting, superior quality. The second edition kicks it up a notch with knee-high and ankle-length styles, while the standard cut blazes new patterns such as Bengal...
Culture Label Online Store
(05 August 2009) - A depot for hundreds of quirky items available from galleries and museums (mostly in the U.K.), Culture Label is a boon for those who've never been to Britain—or who didn't have the time, energy, money or foresight to plunder its gift shops at the time. Visit the Tower of London and forget to buy your Anne Boleyn knickers ? No problem. Snooze on London's...
(05 August 2009) - A depot for hundreds of quirky items available from galleries and museums (mostly in the U.K.), Culture Label is a boon for those who've never been to Britain—or who didn't have the time, energy, money or foresight to plunder its gift shops at the time. Visit the Tower of London and forget to buy your Anne Boleyn knickers ? No problem. Snooze on London's...
Square iPhone Payment System
(31 July 2009) - A project codenamed "Square" is the brand new iPhone-based payment processing system that's currently being alpha tested at the also brand new Self Edge NYC. In addition to keeping the process paperless, Square makes check-out clean and easy. The innovation is in a small, plastic card reader that fits in to the headphone jack of an iPhone (or iPod Touch) and transfers the credit...
(31 July 2009) - A project codenamed "Square" is the brand new iPhone-based payment processing system that's currently being alpha tested at the also brand new Self Edge NYC. In addition to keeping the process paperless, Square makes check-out clean and easy. The innovation is in a small, plastic card reader that fits in to the headphone jack of an iPhone (or iPod Touch) and transfers the credit...
La Rinascente Design Supermarket
(30 July 2009) - by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab The Design Supermarket, a new floor entirely devoted to design in its multiple expressions, debuted recently as part of Milanese shopping icon La Rinascente's ongoing renovation. Over the past four years, international architects and designers such as Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Cibic & Partners, Dordoni Architetti, Vincent Van Duysen and Future Systems, have been transforming the seven-floor department store...
(30 July 2009) - by Paolo Ferrarini of Future Concept Lab The Design Supermarket, a new floor entirely devoted to design in its multiple expressions, debuted recently as part of Milanese shopping icon La Rinascente's ongoing renovation. Over the past four years, international architects and designers such as Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands, Cibic & Partners, Dordoni Architetti, Vincent Van Duysen and Future Systems, have been transforming the seven-floor department store...
Project No. 8b
(29 July 2009) - Brian Janusiak and Elizabeth Beer, the duo behind Various Projects, recently opened their second retail establishment, Project No. 8b, in lower Manhattan. A sibling to the couple's acclaimed women's wear boutique just blocks away, Project No. 8b's equally minimal interior houses a tightly edited selection of men's apparel and accessories, many of which hail from Europe. Foregoing expensive or elaborate interior details, Brian and...
(29 July 2009) - Brian Janusiak and Elizabeth Beer, the duo behind Various Projects, recently opened their second retail establishment, Project No. 8b, in lower Manhattan. A sibling to the couple's acclaimed women's wear boutique just blocks away, Project No. 8b's equally minimal interior houses a tightly edited selection of men's apparel and accessories, many of which hail from Europe. Foregoing expensive or elaborate interior details, Brian and...
Le Gramole Olioteca
(27 July 2009) - The salubrious products found within olioteca Le Gramole are sure to please even the choosiest gastronome. Personally selected by owners Francesca and Norma—a duo who met while picking olives next to each other at a mill in Italy—the gourmet shop offers a plethora of refined goods on a street famously occupied by butchers during medieval times. The standout shop includes an array of primarily...
(27 July 2009) - The salubrious products found within olioteca Le Gramole are sure to please even the choosiest gastronome. Personally selected by owners Francesca and Norma—a duo who met while picking olives next to each other at a mill in Italy—the gourmet shop offers a plethora of refined goods on a street famously occupied by butchers during medieval times. The standout shop includes an array of primarily...
The 225 Forest Store
(22 July 2009) - Newly opened in Laguna Beach, CA earlier this month, 225 Forest brings all of Nike's action sports brands—Nike 6.0, Hurley, Converse and Nike SB—under one roof for the first time. The two-level space offers more than just a shopping experience, with the upper level dedicated to workshops (pictured below) where customers to customize products by appointment. "Converse Ink," one of the custom services, allows...
(22 July 2009) - Newly opened in Laguna Beach, CA earlier this month, 225 Forest brings all of Nike's action sports brands—Nike 6.0, Hurley, Converse and Nike SB—under one roof for the first time. The two-level space offers more than just a shopping experience, with the upper level dedicated to workshops (pictured below) where customers to customize products by appointment. "Converse Ink," one of the custom services, allows...
Wurst Clothing
(10 July 2009) - Switching his tune from record label entrepreneur to fashion designer, My Cousin Roy, aka Roy Dank's new clothing line Wurst perfectly channels the downtown-meets-uptown feel. Inspired by Vivienne Westwood's brazen Anglomania line, the quality of craftsmanship found in vintage YSL and Dior and the downtown demeanor of Glenn O'Brien's TV Party, as well as brief respites in upstate New York, Dank's menswear line mixes...
(10 July 2009) - Switching his tune from record label entrepreneur to fashion designer, My Cousin Roy, aka Roy Dank's new clothing line Wurst perfectly channels the downtown-meets-uptown feel. Inspired by Vivienne Westwood's brazen Anglomania line, the quality of craftsmanship found in vintage YSL and Dior and the downtown demeanor of Glenn O'Brien's TV Party, as well as brief respites in upstate New York, Dank's menswear line mixes...
Kiwi & Pom: Marks & Spencer Kitchen
(08 July 2009) - Designed by London-based firm Kiwi & Pom, Marks & Spencer Kitchen is a bespoke, stand alone cafè, located at the entrance to Marks & Spencer's new flagship store in Westfield London. The distinctive 3D form created from over 350 unique triangles of Corian serves as a meeting place and functional cafè, resulting in a sculptural design people can utilize both within and outside of...
(08 July 2009) - Designed by London-based firm Kiwi & Pom, Marks & Spencer Kitchen is a bespoke, stand alone cafè, located at the entrance to Marks & Spencer's new flagship store in Westfield London. The distinctive 3D form created from over 350 unique triangles of Corian serves as a meeting place and functional cafè, resulting in a sculptural design people can utilize both within and outside of...
Self Edge New York
(06 July 2009) - San Francisco denim mecca Self Edge will be peddling their pure quality goods at a new location in the heart of NYC's Lower East Side beginning 24 July 2009. Known by denim heads around the world, Self Edge offers authentic Japanese selvedge jeans—at times joining forces with denim connoisseurs, like for their recent Self Edge x Dry Bones x Superfuture Community Denim collaboration. Owner...
(06 July 2009) - San Francisco denim mecca Self Edge will be peddling their pure quality goods at a new location in the heart of NYC's Lower East Side beginning 24 July 2009. Known by denim heads around the world, Self Edge offers authentic Japanese selvedge jeans—at times joining forces with denim connoisseurs, like for their recent Self Edge x Dry Bones x Superfuture Community Denim collaboration. Owner...
Poketo Pop-Up Shop
(02 July 2009) - Substantially-sized, fully-stocked and visually-engaging, Poketo's first Pop-Up Shop debuted this past weekend for a three-week stint at Royal/T in Los Angeles, the Japanese-style cafe and gallery known for its waitresses in French maid costumes. In addition to offering Poketo's trademark artist-designed wallets and tees, the launch kicks off a new line by Apak, with tees and a mug, plus a new shirt by James...
(02 July 2009) - Substantially-sized, fully-stocked and visually-engaging, Poketo's first Pop-Up Shop debuted this past weekend for a three-week stint at Royal/T in Los Angeles, the Japanese-style cafe and gallery known for its waitresses in French maid costumes. In addition to offering Poketo's trademark artist-designed wallets and tees, the launch kicks off a new line by Apak, with tees and a mug, plus a new shirt by James...
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