Cenerino a kid’s designer boutique
It’s thoughtful that someone was kind enough to take into consideration the needs of our little friends especially when the store is addressed to their needs. Rarely, architects and shop owners take the time to think of the little ones who drive us crazy, yet with just one smile they’ve got us in their innocent little world. Andrea Tognon and his design team along with Vittorio Cenere (the client) analyzed the needs of addressing to Cenerino’s target market, the young ones and their parent!
Via & more: Yatzer
Godiva flagship store in Tokyo by Wonderwall
It’s enough to make you hungry… Take a look at Wonderwall’s new concept flagship store for Belgian chocolatiers Godiva in Harajuku, Tokyo. Godiva’s idea was “treat thyself” and Wonderwall stepped up to the challenge by mixing a playful edge with the more traditional image Godiva are known for. The shop features humorous design details such as a “melting chocolate” ceiling combined with a primarily classical interior design. The boutique’s popular and fashionable location of Harajuku has also been considered in the overall design and passers-by can view both the entrance as well as the customers enjoying their chocolate on the second floor cafe.
Via & more: M.E.
Alternative for 53 West 53rd Street by Axis Mundi
With the countless number of ridiculously tall skyscrapers planned for around the world, it is remarkable the controversy an 82-story skyscraper for Midtown Manhattan can create. Three years ago, MoMA completed an $858 million expansion, yet the museum is still in need of additional room to house its growing collections. The Modern sold their Midtown lot to Hines, an international real estate developer, for$125 million. Hines, in turn, asked Pritzker Prize Laureate French architect Jean Nouvel to design two possible solutions for the site. “A decade ago anyone who was about to invest hundreds of millions on a building would inevitably have chosen the more conservative of the two. But times have changed. Architecture is a form of marketing now, and Hines made the bolder choice,” reported Nicolai Ouroussoff for The New York Times.
Via & more: ArchDaily
The Angular Collection by Kurt Dexel
Vancouver, Canada based furniture designer/woodworker Kurt Dexel has created the Angular collection of seating, cabinets and tables. Kurt’s inspiration to create the midcentury modern influenced collection took place when he noticed a particularly compelling triangular piece of wood among the leftover scraps in his studio. The shape of that one piece of scrap wood, together with his background in engineering, and an affinity for modern aesthetics, led Kurt to create the whole Angular collection.
Via & more: Contemporist
The Design Hotel Book 2009
When creating this year’s edition for the annual Design Hotel™ book, we went a step further than in years past. We did not only include mind-boggling spectacular images of 170 hotels around the world, but we also expose the subtle elements of hospitality that truly separate Design Hotels™ members from other hotels around the world.
Not only can you spend hours perusing the images and descriptive texts for our hotels, but we introduce you to the Original personalities behind the hotels who inspired our international Made by Originals campaign. They range from Marcel Wanders and Peter Lute who have created a special world outside of Amsterdam dominated by fantasy and fantastic cuisine, to Carlos Couturier and Moises Micha from Grupo Hábita Hotels whose unique version of hospitality have put Mexican hospitality on a world stage! Each Original story is equally inspiration and informational.
Found in the world´s most stylish homes and offices, The Design Hotels™ Book is not only an inspiring reference for architects and designers, but is also an indispensable directory of impressive hotels and destinations for those who like to travel in style.
Via & more: designhotels.com
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