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The Library, Showroom For luxury Car Collection, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Owning any kind of car today is questionable. Owning a whole collection of luxury cars even more so. But there is no denying that the…
BIBU Pet Store, Gaode Mansion, Guangzhou, China
Although BIBU is promoted as a “pet store” it is really much more. It is an entire pet-care and pet-pampering environment, strategically answering the call…
Dorbolò La Gubana Boutique, Cividale del Friuli, Udine, Italy
We support the liberation of bread and all baked goods from all unsightly plastic bags and from humiliatingly poor ingredients. Bread is important, essential and…
Victor Churchill Butcher Shop, Melbourne, Australia
When Vic and Anthony Puharich opened their first retail butcher shop, Victor Churchill, on Queen Street in Sydney’s Woollahra neighbourhood 10 years ago, we knew…
Blue Bottle Café, Osaka, Japan
Blue Bottle Coffee the American chain established by musician James Freeman in California in 2002, has opened its first permanent store in Osaka, Japan. Now…
Pop-Up Skate Park – Access Agency
Here at the industry arm of TCH, our agency Access collaborates with some of the world’s best companies to help them stand out from their…
The Cool Hunter Effect
Cool hunting, we’ve discovered, has an interesting side effect. Each week we receive excited emails from the creatives, designers, architects and entrepreneurs we have featured…
Spain Emotion – Tokyo Designer’s Week
Hector Serrano Studio has curated and designed the exhibition Spain Emotion as well as the communication campaign of the Spanish participation at this years Tokyo…
Light House Cinema, Dublin
Great surroundings will not camouflage poor programming in movie theatres. No matter how swanky the theatre, if it shows poor movies, we just won’t go….
Is That Really A Car Park?
Great, aesthetically pleasing design needn’t be limited to traditional architectural forms such as houses and public buildings. Utilitarian spaces, such as car parks, present architects…
CoLab – Inspired Eyewear
Consider it an antidote to the mass-produced ‘designer’ fashions of Target and Wal-Mart. CoLab, an eyewear accessory collaboration, hand selects talented ‘street artists’ from all…
Toledo Metro Station, Naples – Italy
Should anyone need an excuse to travel to Naples, we can offer the perfect one: Go there to explore Metro Napoli’s Art Stations. (That’s subway…
Blaxland Riverside Park – Sydney, Australia
JMD Design of Redfern, Sydney has created a cool kids’ outdoor space that makes us all want to run free and wild, with our hair…
Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical Garden
Never thought we’d say we love an abandoned quarry. But through a massive six-year restoration, replanting and re-imagining process, the Quarry Garden in Shanghai Botanical…
Outdoor Wallaper by Wall & Deco – Italy
The Italian wallpaper company Wall & Decò is known for creating exquisite, large-scale mural-like wallpapers that define a room. They are widely used in hotels…
Louisa Parris Scarfs
Our latest summer must-have: A Louisa Parris scarf. The London-born and -educated fashion designer’s second scarf collection is airy, large-scale, intensely colourful and deliciously Art…
Bangkok University Branding Itself As A Creative University
We love the way Bangkok University has been branding itself as a Creative University during the past few years. One method they have chosen to…
House of Smarts, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Dutch designer Maurice Mentjens has created the interior for the House of Smarts in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. It is an exhibition space for showcasing the…
Strauss Apartment – Strasbourg, France.
With a floor as beautiful as the chevron-patterned dark hardwood one in this recently renovated classic apartment, the re-imagining designers’ main job is to try…
Apostle Peter and St. Helen the Martyr Chapel, Paphos – Cyprus
We hesitate to use words such as charming or sweet here as they might imply excessive cuteness, but the recently completed tiny chapel on Cyprus…
Boxing Plus – Taipei, Taiwan
We have encountered dramatic, elegant and inviting yoga studios, spas and salons, but this is the first time that we’d like to include a boxing…