Peter Marino’s Retail Reality Check

With all the advancements in e-commerce over the last few years and the slew of new brands opening as online-only, people have been finding it more and more difficult to find a reason to visit a brick-and-mortar store—especially department stores where levels of seemingly endless racks of product are daunting. The architect and interior designer responsible for many luxury boutiques and department stores, Peter Marino …

Javi Design Letterbox

The Australian designer brings a sophisticated, minimal style to personal correspondence

While many take careful consideration when choosing a mailbox, finer details are more often than not an afterthought, with most mailboxes conforming to a uniform design that serves a basic function. But if the front door acts as the first impression for the home, then why does the letterbox come post-thought? That is exactly the question that Lee Rodezno of Javi Design sought to address …

Doctor Zhou’s Body Memory

From casts of belly buttons, fingers and everything in between, oddball and playful jewelry made by this Beijing-based "doctor"

Doctor Yi Zhou is a rather peculiar doctor: in her pop-up Body Memory clinics, she receives patients in order to cast their fingers, noses, ears, breasts and even belly buttons. Before the procedure, each patient is invited to fill in a clinical record, then Doctor Zhou begins spreading a layer of resin on the body part and wraps it in a plaster bandage. This isn’t …