I was in… citymarketing

8-9-2010

A new souvenir shop in Paris, called “I was in Paris”, tries to promote the city with these trendy souvenirs for young and older people.

The Cave Restaurant

7-9-2010

In Sydney they also have a cave restaurant (The Cave restaurant), but artificial. The design is reminiscent of a cave and is designed by Koichi Takada.

Designer cupcakes

3-9-2010

The next shoe designer getting into the foodbusiness is Patrick Cox. This week Cox Cookies & Cake launched. For the true fashionista!

Update: The shop closed, the book is still available.

Artistic beer glasses by Duvel

3-9-2010

Duvel designed three special glass in collaboration with various artists. These glasses are for sale this month for € 8, =. Each glass is a limited edition of 25,000 glasses.

Pantone Hotel

30-8-2010

Starting out as a paint manufacturer, Pantone now owns a hotel in Brussels. The design of the hotel is clearly based on the color chart of the paint manufacturer.

7th heaven

30-8-2010

At Hotel Seven in Paris the furniture in the room floats.They also made extensive use of perspex. Besides the 28 rooms the hotel has seven themed suites inspired by 007, Alice in Wonderland and Marie Antionette.

Racepresso

29-8-2010

Ilgar Rustamov has teamed up with Nespresso for a very sporty version of the popular espresso machines!

Sleep in a car

28-8-2010

The old airport  Bobingen in Stuttgart, Germany was recently converted into a hotel. The special thing about this hotel is that the beds are made from old classic cars. So you can sleep in a beetle, a Mercedes-Benz car wash or a 70’s Cadillac Drive-in theater. The old control tower is now a 3-storey suite.

Arty bench

27-8-2010

In Littlehampton, artists from Studio Weave created an artistic bench. The bench is 324 meters long and can accommodate up to 300 people. The bench is composed of tropical hardwood, waste material and steel bars. Under a bronze canopy, they made a true a spectacle. There are plans to extend the bench to 621 meters.

Travel light

25-8-2010

With the “Bufalino” camper by designer Cornelius Commans, you are able to travel super efficiently. The small motorhome offers all the basic facilities in a small scooter. 

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