Commune Community Shop

by Julie Wolfson Opening their workspace in West Hollywood two afternoons a week, Commune Community Shop is multidisciplinary design collective Commune's first retail venture. What's for sale reflects the group's neo-boho aesthetic—natural textiles, Native America craft, unique ceramics and metal sculpture—seen in their own collaborations with the likes of the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs and the Heath Ceramics' L.A. store to Opening Ceremony in …

Culture Label One-Stop Museum Shop

by Fiona Killackey Why tackle crowded subways, road rage and the world’s most ferocious shoppers when Culture Label aggregates art and design objects from 75 of the U.K.'s top galleries, museums and libraries into one site? The brand-new enterprise edits the most unusual and beautiful pieces available from spaces such as V&A, the Tate, Saatchi Gallery and the British Museum so that shoppers can browse …

Cool Hunting x Phaidon Holiday Shopping Party

To celebrate the season, we teamed up with our friends at Phaidon books to throw an event next Tuesday, 8 December 2009, at their pop-up store in NYC's Soho from 5-8pm. (Click invite image for larger view.) With drinks, a menu of snacks culled from Phaidon's stellar cookbooks and 30% off their range of fabulous books spanning art, architecture, fashion, design and more, the evening …