Outsider Tart Bakery Review
London
29-09-2011
When Americans David Lesniak and David Muniz moved to London, they felt that the indulgent cakes and tarts that they were used to were hard to come by, and promptly decided to rectify the situation themselves.
More...Depot Basel Design Space
Switzerland
28-09-2011
Basel is synonymous with contemporary art, but it has been lagging on the contemporary design front. This is set to change: Laura Pregger and Matylda Krzykowski co-founded Depot Basel to provide space dedicated to contemporary design.
More...Blueware by Glithero Ceramics Collection
London
27-09-2011
Blueware is a collection of ceramics by London-based product design duo Glithero. Age-old processes of preservation and photography are deconstructed and inventively recombined with surprising results.
More...Atelier Mecanic Bar Review
Bucharest
23-09-2011
A former factory in the Old Town of Bucharest, Romania has been given a new lease on life as a bar with strong industrial overtones.
More...Tracey Neuls Shoe Store
London
22-09-2011
Pioneering footwear designer Tracey Neuls scheduled the opening of her East London store to coincide with the London Design Festival, and to mark the occasion equally daring British designers Faudet-Harrison were appointed to create a fresh interior that would be appropriate for the edgy new Redchurch Street location.
More...Zmianatematu Café Review
Łódź
15-09-2011
Polish architects xm3 have designed a cafe with a cave-like interior in Łódź, a city aspiring to become the fashion, design and film capital of Poland.
More...RGB Installation
London
12-09-2011
The RGB project, as previously previously featured on this blog, is now in London at DreamBags-JaguarShoes. RGB is by Frencesco Rugi and Silvia Quintanilla, an artist/designer pair from Milan operating under the moniker Carnovsky.
More...The Draughtman's Arms Pop-Up Review
London
24-08-2011
As part of The Arhictect: What Now? exhibition that ran from 9-13th August, architects Gundry and Ducker designed a ‘pop-up-pub’ in the Crypt of a Marylebone church that served as a bar on the opening night and as a reception area for the rest of the exhibition.
More...Ruschmeyers Hotel Review
Montauk
18-08-2011
The people behind King & Grove recently renovated a lakeside woodland lodge dating from the early 50s. It reopened this summer as Ruschmeyer’s, a hotel that evokes feelings of a grown-up summer camp.
More...Chambers Eat and Drink Bar Review
San Francisco
16-08-2011
Chambers Eat and Drink is a new bar in San Francisco’s Phoenix Hotel, located in the city’s infamously gritty Tenderloin district.
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