208 Duecento Otto, Hong Kong

I dreamed of such an interior for a long time...dark, classy wood panelling and lovely tiles printed with blue and white Chinese illustrations.
The contrast is of very powerful impact, designed by Seyhan Özdemir and Sefer Çağlar of young Istanbul-based design firm Autoban.


208.com.hk
autoban212.com

Turkish restaurant in R'dam

Mahir last nite took me to beautiful Turkish restaurant, 'Dunya' (which stands for 'Worl' :D.I fell in love with the bar counter's mosaics.

Scrap

Rotterdam harbur awsome shop of recycled stuff coming from industrial use
http://www.miniscrap.nl

Picknick

http://www.picknickrotterdam.nl/

UrbanOutfittersAntwerp

Love the way they are setting up all Urban Oufitters stores with beautifully handmade displays made out of scrap wood and leftovers.

Fabbrica

Went to Fabbrica restaurant with a friend the other day here in R'dam, lovely location on the harbor, designed by Tjep.
http://www.fabbrica.nl/home.php

Infernopolis

An old submarine wharf in the port of Rotterdam has been turned into an exhibition space where artist Van Lieshout produced the spectacular exhibition called Infernopolis. In the 5000m2 space he has created a terrifying setting in which skulls, skeletons, giant sperm cells and body organs are the main elements. I was reading one of his interview where he was saying:' I think it's time for a new terrible tragic event, like a war or revolution." The curator of the exhibiotion describes the latest installation of the artist, 'craddle to craddle', as our position as human beings in eternity; 'we are no more than what we consume and emit'. I find his work a mix of bizarre/distrubing and functional.

http://www.ateliervanlieshout.com/ http://www.boijmans.nl/en/ http://www.portofrotterdam.com/en/home/ http://www.submarinewharf.com/EN/

Mendo

MENDO is a creative bookstore in Amsterdam that sells all those glam looking creative books of art, architecture, design, fashion...Loved the seating places covered with red fabric integrated in the book displays.
http://www.mendo.nl/

NAI

NAI, Nederlands Architectuur-instituut with bookshop. Rotterdam.
http://www.nai.nl/

Ottica Veneta

My friend Sergio took me to this adorable glasses shop in the center of Milan, on Via Torino, 57, where to find vintage glasses from 17th century until now!

Tabloid

http://www.tabloid-tcd.com/
Tabloid is a new creative spot in Tokyo where to play, work, gahter. In the video, Lady Gaga concert at Tabloid for Mac cosmetics.

Hacknet Bookshop

Hacknet bookshop is a wonderful place for designers, its located in trendy Daikanyama. With a range of books covering interior design, architecture, graphic design, product and furniture design, photography, art, food, flower-arranging, as well as international magazines and cool, out-of-print editions. There I bought Charles Saatchi book of interviews published by Phaidon.
http://www.hacknet.tv/

antiques tamiser

Lovely antiques store from europe and japan, the owner's taste is so evident and neat.
http://www.tamiser.com/tamiser_top.html

limart

Beautiful shop specialized in vintage used books of contemporary art, typography, and photography. I wanted to have everything in there, very thoughtful and selective choice of items in my opinion, plus, the furniture just goes on so well with the sold books!
http://limart.net/

NOW IDeA by UTRECHT

One room bookshop in Aoyama, Tokyo. This shop shows a selection on books that the owner, Hiroshi Eguchi has selected according to his own taste. Plus he does all sorts of collabotarions with publishers and zines. I felt so confortable and warm in this place I will return for sure. It also has a one room gallery and a lovely terrace cafe called ‘cafe aMoule’.
http://www.nowidea.info/

Noma

Word best restaurant, Noma, in Copenhagen stands for Nordisk Mad, or Nordic Food seats just 42 diners in a converted warehouse by the waterside in the Christianshavn district.
via:boomberg
http://www.noma.dk/
also check the guardian interview with the young chef, René Redzepi
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2010/apr/26/noma-best-restaurant-world-review

McNally Jackson Cafe by Front Studio

There is a little bookstore cafè in Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood called McNally Jackson Bookstore, where I used to spend quite a bit of time reading the magazines provided and drinking hot american coffee...Well, I just found out reading the contemporist blog, that New York based Front Studio have completed the design for its renovation...in a really nice way!
http://www.frontstudio.com/