TRENDS - CONTAMINATION & FUSION - MIX

FOOD 

if you don’t like the fusion food but you want to choose between different types of cuisine – De Bijenkorf Kitchen, Dam 1, Amsterdam - http://www.debijenkorf.nl/amsterdam

photographer: Ewout Huibers

CONCEPT STORE 

concept store = Idea of tailoring a shop towards a lifestyle theme, specialized in cross-selling (clothing, books, perfumery, accessories, gadgets, music, furniture, restaurant or bar...) without using separate departments

RA - Kloosterstraat 13, Antwerpen - http://www.ra13.be/



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Concept café

A few tables, a marble counter, old construction timbers used as shelves, the staircase leading to the loft, which has been reimagined into an office, is a masons’ ladder. The furniture is second-hand, recycled or reinvented.
Coffee, wine, Spritz, Campari, cupcakes served by the very nice owners: Katia and Paola.
A corner for clothes recuperated around the world on sale reminds you of Katia’s “previous life” as Marni’s Retail Vice President in New York.
A background of Jazz music.
A lovely little place with a relaxed atmosphere more similar to a living room than a bar. PAUSE CAFÉ Via Federico Ozanam 7, Milano - http://www.pausemilano.com/

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tea room/ bric-à-brac–A SCOLA -Calvi’s Citadel offers a number of good places to eat but this Salons de Thé/Brocante is the nicest place to take time-out during a day of sightseeing with a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake. The pretty interior is full of interesting bric-a-brac and a few antiques. Either sit inside by a picture window overlooking the sea or on a table on the cobbled street overlooking the Place d’Armes.

Unfortunately will closed by the end of 2012

27 Haute Ville, 20260 Calvi (Corsica Island)

 

FOOD&FLOWER

Formerly a flower shop, today FIORAIO BIANCHI is a small restaurant and cafes where the strong scents of the flowers blends with the flavors of Italian cuisine.

http://www.fioraiobianchicaffe.it/



ALL DAY LONG

The Serbian creative studio reMiks has designed Supermarket Concept Store which is located in a former discount supermarket (1.400 m2) in Belgrade.

The interior is intentionally raw and seemingly unfinished, and plays an important part in introducing contemporary art and design into commercial, retail spaces so various delicate or luxurious objects or hedonistic activities the take place in an extremely ascetic environment

Since the general idea behind it was to blend design, fashion, art, publishing, music and gastronomy, the interior is divided into functional areas:

* Bar area is 25 meters long, along the length of the retail area
* Fashion Lounge covers more than 150 m2`
* Spa and hair salon covers 350m2
* Restaurant 200m2

* art gallery

Visnjiceva 10, 38111 Belgrade- http://www.supermarket.rs/

 word: Serendipity

means a "happy accident" or "pleasant surprise"; specifically, the accident of finding something good or useful without looking for it.

ORIGIN 1754, COINED BY THE WRITER HORACE WALPOLE, SUGGESTED BY “The Three Princes of Serendip” THE TITLE OF A FAIRY TALE IN WHICH THE HEROES. three Persian princes. sailed off to make their fortunes in the "land of silk", an island called SERENDIP. (Today, known as Sri Lanka.) Along the way, they made all types of wondrous and delightful discoveries, learning new things they never expected - such the discovery that a mule blind in its right eye had recently traveled the same road when they noticed that the grass had been eaten only on the left side of the road.

SEX

The project GENDER STUDIES by Bettina Rheims starts primarily with a facebook channel, where she wanted to come in contact to people who feel very special in the context of their gender. After some interviews, Bettina Rheims decided to choose 30 of them to create her new series gender studies 

http://www.bettinarheims.com/

WORD ENANTIODROMIA

THE SUPERABUNDANCE OF ANY FORCE INEVITABLY PRODUCES ITS OPPOSITE