New Shop at the Standard Hotel, NYC

The Standard, New York, has just opened its latest addition…  The Shop!  The shop is home to a number of interesting Standard branded items including their Quicksilver boardshorts, grafitti-artist designed t-shirts, and the new limited edition apple porcelin sculptures by Julia Chiang.

Additionally, the shop is home to the expected magazines and must-haves for hotel guests.

Below are some pictures from Cool Hunting…

Check out The Standard, New York here!

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Design Hotels Advent Calendar Giveaway… Day 2

Today, we are giving away a two night stay in the world capital of…  SCHNITZEL!  Vienna, which also happens to be the capital of Austria, one of the most beautiful cities in the world as well as home to Sacher Torte and Helmut Lang, will play host for one lucky winner who will stay at the beautiful Levante Parliament hotel.

Check out the contest here and also some exclusive recommendations from the Design Hotels Vienna iPhone Application!

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Jingle bells, jingle bells… Santa is on his way!

Pre-registration has begun for the first annual Design Hotels Advent Calendar!

In keeping with the holiday spirit, we are announcing our first annual Design Hotels™ Advent Calendar! Every day from December 1 through December 24, we will recommend a holiday hotel and give away a fantastic prize ranging from hotel vouchers valued up to €2000 each, to Raf Simons bags, to exclusive spa products.

By pre-registering here to enter our first giveaway, which will take place December 1, you will also receive the Design Hotels™ Escape E- newsletter.

Don´t miss the opportunity to also register to receive regular updates from Urban Junkies- London-based specialists in restaurants, entertainment, culture, and lifestyle.

CHECK IT OUT HERE!

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Kaffeeklatsch at Do You Read Me?!

Berlin über magazine shop, Do You Read Me?! will be hosting a “kaffeeklatsch” (coffee and snacks) this Sunday morning with the team from Apartamento magazine who is celebrating the release of their fourth issue.  From 1:00pm through 5:00 pm feel free to bring the kiddies and browse what can easily be considered one of the best collections of glossy international art, design, fashion, culture, and lifestyle titles around.

Augustrstasse 28

Berlin, Mitte 10117

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Nike Harajuku

Nike has just opened its flagship in the dynamic fashion Tokyo fashion capital of Harajuku.  With Wonderwall contributing to the interior design, and special appearances by some high-profile names including Daisuke Matsuzaka (Red Sox pitcher), the November 14 opening was quite the crowd pleaser.  With Nike getting bigger and bigger in the streetwear category,  it should come as no surprise that the would choose Harajuku for their latest flagship.

(love the hanging sneaker collection over the stairs)

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Apple Store in the Louvre

Apple now invading the space below I.M. Pei´s glass pyramid at Paris´s Louvre museum.  On saturday, the first Parisian outpost for Apple opened with great fanfare.

This is Apple’s 277th store, worldwide and is said to be slightly smaller than the one on Oxford Circus in London.  The bilevel store will employ 150 people and you can expect the place to be very crowded as the Louvre concourse is one of the most heavily trafficked places in Paris.  This location links all of the wings of the Louvre, and visitors to the museum have to pass by before entering the museum.

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Wonderwall makes a crazy new website!

Wonderwall, the current hip demigods of retail and food interior, headed by Masamichi Katayama and based in Toyko.  They have been responsible for shops by APC, Bape, Colette, Uniqlo, Fred Perry, and more…  From SlamXHype “Using Flash and bending it to their will they have created a virtual store where you can shop and browse through A Bathing Ape products, A.P.C homme store, Dean & Deluca Cafe, Original Fake, Beams, colette Window Installations, Marc Jacobs, Rat Hole Gallery and the list goeson! Certainly the way in which this digital world is heading, it can take the joy out of the real life experience but this online experience is actually quite amazing! You simply click on the square you want to visit and the it opens into a large, colorful square and then a big arrow points you in the direction to go. ”

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Gagosian Retail Grand Opening

World famous Gagosial Gallery has opened their retail shop with much fanfare.  Check out the pictures from Hypebeast.

Gagosian Gallery Retail Shop
988 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10075
212.744.9200
shop@gagosian.com

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Painted flowers

How do you show that a paint manufacturer (Boyson) cares for the environment? By collaborating with TBWA advertising agency, they went back to the basic ‘nature’ and combined it with the product paint. The flowers are paint splashes magnified and composited to make them resemble flowers.

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shop at the supermarket during London fashion week

The Supermarket wall of Supermarket Sarah is during the fashion week in London especially designed by the London designer Fred Butlar.  The items sold are designed or chosen by Fred Butlar and are used in music videos for The Gossip, Lady Sovereign, Little Boots and most recently La Roux. With all these items she created a beautiful, attractive and colorful wall and boosts the fashion addicts to go vintage shopping after the new collection shows!

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