December 31st, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The opening of the Brooklyn specialty store Beautiful Dreamers by the stylists April Hughes and Marina Burini answered that question on the tip of everyone’s tongue this time of year: Where to go for extraordinary holiday hostess gifts?“We wanted to create a destination for all [...]
December 30th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The windowless cinder block warehouses of Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood have long served as blank canvases for local graffiti writers. But in recent years, a group of street artists has turned the formerly industrial area into a grass-roots answer to the annual Art Basel Miami Beach [...]
September 5th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
THINK HUMAN… Any design week will open a city’s best offerings up to the local and international public, and in Copenhagen- there is no exception.
May 12th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
Lost in the Discovery of What Shapes the Mind, Solo Exhibition at the MCAD Gallery in Minneapolis, MN. llustrator Mike Perry is having a bright show full of awesomness. Check out his wondeful work and take a peek into his process, as well as to [...]
April 18th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The Zwarte Panther (Black Panter) is a famous art gallery in Antwerp located at the Hoogstraat, a small street where no cars are allowed, you wouldn’t expect this interesting complex building with nice spaces, a cute inner court, a chapel, a cellar and a little house behind [...]
April 1st, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
Brain Fit, by Nutthawut Piriyaprakob of Thailand based NPDA Studio, is a learning studio specifically designed to enhance brain function, imagination and co-ordination for small children. Comprised of 4 zones, (the Reception, the Gym, the Testing Room, and the Computer Testing Room), each zone is [...]
March 28th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The garden climbs the stairs, running in undulating lines of different textures and colors. Envisioned as a dynamic urban space; it moves in time and with the seasons. Its lush planting cascades down as though the garden was flowing or melting, bleeding the colors into [...]
March 2nd, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
Edwards Moore designed a temporary cave-like space, providing an intimate setting and backdrop for Arnsdorfs ‘Opticks’ collection. Inspired by crystalline forms and imagery of rocky landscapes, Edwards Moore reinterpreted an everyday wearable item- stretching and wrapping it to envelop the space in soft hues and [...]
February 2nd, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
Imagine a shop famous for its free organic OJ or with its silk-screen printed tees. Nina Garduno recently moved her westside mainstay Freecity shop from Malibu to Hollywood. While the new home is 3,000 square feet, the “supermät” will keep a neighborhood feeling with its locally-sourced goods [...]
January 17th, 2011 | by Fifi | published in Design
The biggest surprise about Milan’s galleries is how few Italian artists show there. Scattered about town or gathered in a few clusters, they wield enough international clout to make up for the time it takes to travel between them.
