COOL HUNTING - Stores

The Arrivals’ Extreme Climate-Themed NYC Pop-up Shop

Digital-exclusive outerwear and accessories brand The Arrivals has presented this year’s FW collection at their annual NYC pop-up shop. Titled OutThere Lab, and designed in collaboration with Brooklyn-based experiential strategy and design shop Early Spring, the venue itself highlights the functionality of the pieces through spaces (divided by translucent polycarbonate partitions and) dedicated to extreme microclimates—where the accompanying pieces near each weather-oriented display are organized …

Via surfacemag.com

Posted on 3 October 20194 October 2019

Merci’s “Upcycling” Collection Spotlights Sustainable Luxury

Coinciding with Paris Design Week, the high-end concept store's shoppable installation

Evan Malachosky

12 September 201913 September 2019

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Merci, an eclectic concept store in the Marais, contributes to the lengthy itinerary of Paris Design Week (6-14 September) this year with an exhibition of their own. The shoppable display, titled Upcycling: A New Lease on Life, features dozens of products made by skilled craftsmen and talented designers—each employing sustainable materials or highlighting a reused object. The collection comes complete with call-outs to the source …

A Refined Point of View: Philip Edsel’s Houston

We traverse the biggest city in Texas, unearthing treasures along the way

CH Studio

14 August 20193 October 2019

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Presented in partnership with Land Rover

After a day driving around the largest city in Texas with photographer and director Philip Edsel, we find that in a dynamic driving environment like Houston the sophisticated, all-new 2020 Range Rover Evoque from Land Rover is more than pragmatic. “Refinement, to me, is about a strong message. Something that isn’t ambiguous,” Edsel tells us about a commonality between the compact luxury SUV and Houston …