ZAIM
ZAIM, a base for many Yokohama artists, closed its doors on March 31st, 2010. Originally established as a volunteer hub for the International Triennale of Contemporary Art YOKOHAMA 2005, ZAIM was christened by the art...
ZAIM, a base for many Yokohama artists, closed its doors on March 31st, 2010. Originally established as a volunteer hub for the International Triennale of Contemporary Art YOKOHAMA 2005, ZAIM was christened by the art...
“Everything for the freedom.” COW BOOKS Nakameguro Standing outside COW BOOKS in Nakameguro, one could almost imagine a black and white speckled cow lumbering out of the store, beckoning you to step in. Fou...
Life Vividly Lived. © Inishturkbeg What does luxury mean to you? Ordering the most expensive wine on the menu? Five-star hotels in tropical countries? Fabulous they may be, but as our time becomes increasingly...
When interviewing Pablo Gamba, he introduced me to a little nice store he owns with his girlfriend Ana: La Dominga. Dominga, the feminine for Domingo, means Sunday in Spanish. It’s like Sunday’s girlfriend. Or a place...
A new space using 4,000 pieces of pyramid objects launched in Aoyama. A Sendai-based internationally active designer as well as an owner of the interior showroom 'international', Koichiro Kimura opened his second s...
"We let the nature create". In barely 2 years, Björn Frantzén has established himself as a worldwide referent in Scandinavian cuisine. Winner of Michelin star among other important awards during 2009, generates...
Opened in October 2009, gm ten is an office, gallery and shop space for gm projects that consist of 7 members who work on various projects in various environments of different professions. Photo: Takehiro Goto (Y...
A new creation for Japanese culture. Confectioneries in ancient times must have been prepared from nature using fruits and nuts. Reflecting the roots of such sweets and exploring new possibilities for Japanese styl...
From ice age to the space age. ICEOHOTEL Entrance. Photo: Ben Nilsson/Big Ben productions. © ICEHOTEL A 20-year journey from a 60 cubic meter igloo to the world’s largest hotel of ice and snow. 62 rooms and co...
Living in a big city like Barcelona that has being banalized by the design boom, its difficult to find someone who stands up and takes the risk of giving the opportunity to show or promote the most interesting proposa...
Usually, when ordering food in a restaurant, you get the choice of which food you eat, but never how much ends up on the plate. Now, a new chic restaurant SML is opened on August 2009 in Times Square at Causeway Bay a...
Housed in a Victorian/Georgian styled building in Cape Town, South Africa, Salon91 looks to make contemporary fine art more accessible to the public. Besides being an art gallery in developing and showcasing young...
For locals or visitors in Hong Kong, you will never find it hard to fulfill your shopping desires in this city. There are thousands of places for shopping and numbers of brands that you can choose from. However, t...
Make the world to a better place by shopping green. Shops and designs that dedicated to green can be rarely found in Hong Kong. Fortunately, a new eco concept lifestyle shop ECOLS have been opened at Gough Stre...
Located in the south of the city center Hong Kong, Fotanian used to be one of the major industrial areas in Hong Kong, and is now becoming a live/work place for artists who look for a huge space to make their works in...
I still remember the day in 2002, while taking the subway with my friend Brendan Fitzgerald, he showed me one of the photographs he took on the High Line. It was a mesmerizing image of industrialist melancholy: a ...
Shoreditch, in East London, has boomed to be the one of the trendiest areas in London in the last decade. Cafes, bars and boutiques are busy with stylish youth on the street. In 2003, 'No-One', a creative store with f...