The Moleskine Café is a brand new format by Moleskine that mixes elements of the café, art gallery, store and library. A contemporary reinterpretation of the idea of the café littéraire, it is a new space that supplies energy to…
Ikea has opened its new design lab and exhibition space called ‘Space 10’ in Copenhagen to explore the future of urban living. Copenhagen-based architecture studio Spacon & X divided the 1,000-square-meter interior into three open floors sans dividing walls. Using…
In Istanbul, coffee lovers are satisfying their caffeine addiction at a Breaking Bad-themed café called Walter’s Coffee Roastery. Inspired by the hit TV show, entrepreneur Deniz Kosan set out to make his very own meth lab – albeit without the…
“I’ll have an 18-1660 Tomato Red Mozza White, an 11-0414 Vanilla Ice, and a 032 Coca Cola Red, please.” The order may sound a bit peculiar for a typical bistro, but at a new café in Monaco, it makes complete…
Located in Barcelona, Ham on Wheels is a particular fast-food mixing the world of Coca catalane, a typical dishes and bicycle. In this original place, the ham is carefully selected and guests can sit on bicycle seats. “The logo has…
Cărtureşti Carusel, also called “The Carousel of Light”, is a monumental XIX century edifice that was transformed into a wonderful architectural jewel. It is located at the very heart of Bucharest, on a long vibrant street, in an area with…
Five years since Konzepp helped transform the sleepy Sheung Wan district into a hipster zone, owner Geoff Tsui is crossing the harbour to the buzzing quarter of Tsim Sha Tsui with his fourth niche boutique, located in Hong Kong’s K11…
Cortiço & Netos is a brand of the Association for the Interpretation of the Industrial Tile, whose primary goal is the preservation of the portuguese industrial tile. Its estate was originally part of the family business founded by Joaquim José…
Five years ago, we heard about a bicycle that doubles as a beer bar. Clever though that may be, sometimes people need a jolt more than a buzz. Well, that's where Wheelys 2 comes in. It's an electric cargo trike…
An ingenious, new mobile food market in Toronto is bringing fresh produce to neighborhoods where affordable and nutritious food is difficult to obtain. Called the Mobile Good Food Market, the bus-turned-market was designed by LGA Architectural Partners (LGA) and commissioned…
The People's Supermarket is a food cooperative whose stated aim is to provide the local community with good cheap food that's fair to consumers and producers. It was set up by Arthur Potts Dawson, Kate Wickes-Bull, David Barrie and a…
Vienna-based design and architecture studio Chmara.Rosinke has developed “Mobile Hospitality”. The project manifests itself as a portable wheelbarrow kitchen, dining table and 10 folding stools, including functional aspects such as a pump for running water, pots for growing spices and…
Chök, the chocolate kitchen – a new space to enjoy and experiment with chocolate. The shop, located in a modernist historical space in the center of Barcelona, close to Las Ramblas, has an open kitchen, which offers the posibility to…
There’s a fun new spot for kiddos in the Lincoln Park area of The Windy City. Heritage Littles, the little sister store to the much-loved Heritage Bicycles General Store and Coffee Shop is just a short walk (or bike ride)…
“What is this project all about? Original Unverpackt will be the first supermarket in Germany without disposable packaging. We’re not just another option to the big supermarket chains, we are a real alternative. We think it’s time to redesign the…
Boutique coffee shops have been popping up all over cosmopolitan cities like militia groups, waging a commercial war against the big evil franchised outlets. They each come with their own unique quirks, but none are quite as quirky as “La…
Andreas Murkudis opened his new store in Potsdamer Strasse 81 E in Berlin Tiergarten, located in the former premises of the Tagesspiegel newspaper. After 8 years hidden in the historic courtyard in Münzstr. 21 in Berlin Mitte, moving west was…
In truth, the Blind Barber, located on 10th Street between Avenues A and B, in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is a spot for dudes, maybe even bros, but chic ones. The employees of this hybrid speakeasy bar–cum-barbershop…
Located in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea, sits a quaint, Nordic-inspired cafe designed by Nordic Bros. Design Community. kafé Nordic is located within a residential neighborhood right near the newest hot spot, Comme Des Garcons. The tiny spot is built into…
Founded by fashion editor and stylist David Bradshaw, formerly creative director for Prada, Calvin Klein, Versace and launch editor of GQ Style, Huntergather first appeared in its current form in December 2012. Described as “a collective; a repository of ideas; …