Swedish darlings Acne continue to expand their empire, opening their second Parisian Store at 3 Rue Froissart. The store combines raw industrial elements with clean Scandinavian influences. The existing rough industrial walls of this former garage form the backdrop to a new, clean and contemporary space.
Melbourne based creative types Andy Irwin and Luke Byrne (SPR/PPL), and head honcho Pete Le Chic (Noir & For The Homies) got together and had a little fun for Clarks Originals.
Terry Durack has picked his two 20 dishes of 2011 for The Sydney Morning Herald: Martin Benn’s Japanese Stones at Sepia tops the list.
Apple has posted a 360-degree panorama of its new Grand Central Terminal retail store on opening day, showing the large crowds and the new store in the context of the massive terminal building. The panorama supports gyroscope input on compatible iOS devices, allowing users to experience the panorama simply by rotating the device.
Details on Guy Maddin’s latest opus Keyhole are slowly permeating through the web. The film stars Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier (Blade) and Kevin McDonald (Kids in the Hall) and re-imagines Homer’s Odyssey as a gangster noir.
The Invisible Bridge by RO & AD of the Netherlands and Belgium is a sunken walkway that sits at water level providing access to Forte de Roovere, a 17th Century Dutch fortress.
On the 16th March 2012, Uniqlo’s new Ginza flagship store in Tokyo will quietly dethrone the just opened 5th Avenue store as the retail chain’s largest store. As part of the revival of the historical Ginza Komatsu Department Store, Uniqlo Ginza will occupy all twelve floors of an entire wing of the complex.
The North Face of Japan asked five notable cultural influencers to materialize a concept, in effect a personal time capsule, of which they would hand down to the next generation.