window shopping is the answer

I realized that I have not posted almost nothing regarding window designing, so I went through my book of shop windows called “escaparates del mundo” and took some of my favorite photos to show here. They are from shops around the world, they have great concepts and they validate my belief that shop windows can also be art installations.

weekendology s1ep11

It was a weekend of seminars as I mostly spent it at the 11^th greek architectural seminar, which was less interesting than expected, but I had the pleasure of accommodating one of my best friends who had come to be there and give a lecture (she rocked it!). It took place at the Zappeion Exhibition Hall, a historic building of Athens.

party tent

ROTGANZEN is a Rotterdam/Schiedam based artist collective formed by Robin Stam (1981), Joeri Horstink (1982) en Mark van Wijk (1984). This tent from their PARTY series is so cool.

weekendology s1ep10

This weekend I was in Salonica, the city that I think is the most European one of Greece. It is so beautiful and of course the fact that some of my best friends live there only makes it better. Here are some photos from the  amazing daytime and the crazy nightime in the city that has it all.

fantasy came true

I am thrilled with this artist, with this concept, with everything about it. The artist is South Korean, named Yeondoo Jung with studies both in London and Seoul and quite well known as it turns out, named Artist of the Year, from the National Museum of Contemporary Art of Seoul in 2007. Some years ago he did an amazing series of illustrations named Wonderland that recreates scenes found in children’s drawings. Some are funny, some are fantastical, but almost all of them are beautifully surreal. 

playful lamp

I just came across some brilliant design filled with humor, so I looked it up and it appears as if the designer and illustrator Meirav Peled Barzilay has more where it came from. She is a 30year old, Tel Aviv based, product designer. She graduated the Holon Institute of Technology and founded her design studio in 2009. She is now launching products for worldwide distribution. 

What I first discovered was her very cool paper lamp that you can squash into a ball and reshape-I am loving it!

botanical crush

I don’t usually post clothes of super famous designers, with super expensive prices but I have a huge crash on this trench coat from the botanical collection made by Stella McCartney.

I w-a-n-t  it! (moaning in a child’s voice), but at $2,045 the dream stays a dream.