The Cool Hunter Newsletter (15 Jan, 2018)

JOURNAL SHOP NEW IN 2018 Daily Diary Balloon Concerto Gramophone Vinos & Viandas Wine Shop, Spain We love design that makes a clear statement. Not a pretentiously pompous statement, but a statement that is deeply relevant to the project, has an element of freshness and surprise and sends a clear message to the intended audience. It is not easy to do this. Too often retail design in particular becomes either a bland, characterless backdrop or an interfering, irrelevant 'concept'. READ MORE Central Park Duplex, New York Manhattan's Upper East Side with a view of Central Park – these are not the typical location descriptions of a home for a family of five. Unless you are a family that has the means, and a very specific desire, to stay right there. READ MORE Nikunotoriko Restaurant, Toyko, japan Just show us a description of a restaurant, store or hotel that includes the words "authentic experience" and "unique environment" – usually all in one breathless sentence – and we are already rolling our cynical, PR-weary eyes. We envision fake me-toos and done-a-million-times-already concepts with boring and uninspiring gimmicks. Sometimes we wonder how entrepreneurs can afford to even try such unoriginal concepts in today's competitive market. When Caviano, Switzerland- based Wespi de Meuron Romeo Architects created a remodel plan for a single-family home in the area, they took all of these aspects of the environment and history into account. READ MORE Roman and Williams Guild, New York We are all getting tired of clinically sterile, copycat concept stores that seem lifeless and completely void of adventure, story or history. And the sameness seems to be getting worse. In a mall or high street one cannot tell one brand from another. Stores display the same colors, the same styles, the same products, the same materials – probably all made in the same place, too, somewhere in Asia. Nothing inherently wrong with any one aspect of it except that it all adds up to a mind-numbingly boring experience. No wonder, then, that the only thing that seems to excite customers is a sale. READ MORE North Audley Cantine, Mayfair, London This has certainly been the year for 1940's Hollywood vibe in bars and restaurants. Pastel pink hues, plush velvet upholstery, curvy shapes and shiny brass have popped up everywhere. For final proof we are including a small, tightly edited underground bar in London. READ MORE Franchise Freedom - BMW & Studio Drift At Art Basel Many of us have watched the spectacular formations that small migrating birds such as swallows and starlings form in the sky. In a miraculous transformation their seemingly random flying settles into beautiful, fluidly undulating masses where thousands of birds move together as if they were one living organism. Taking a representation of this spectacle into the sky above the ocean at Art Basel Miami Beach this year was the near-impossible art project commissioned by BMW and created by Amsterdam-based Studio Drift. READ MORE Gaga Chef Restaurant, Shenzen, China A large, new restaurant, Gaga Chef, is turning heads in Shenzhen, China. Not only is the interior elegantly understated, the Gaga (Shenzhen GAGA Catering Management Co.Ltd) brand's latest concept also involves a rotating cast of international chefs and visual artists. READ MORE Balloon Concerto READ MORE Balloon Concerto, The Drums READ MORE New Gin Glass READ MORE Great design knows no boundaries, we deliver globally. FLAT-RATE SHIPPING TO ALL COUNTRIES.

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