Interior Design Find: Ró Buffalo

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You don’t need to know the Danish language when stepping inside Ró to discover its name is rooted in its aesthetic: peaceful, calm and tranquil. The home shop is a wonder of expertly curated items in minimalist styles, functional lines and neutral colorways inspired by timeless Scandinavian design. Situated in Buffalo’s trendy Elmwood Village on […]

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Concept Store Find: Playtype Copenhagen

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Typeface, to the untrained eye, can be mistaken as entirely functional ”“ just a vessel for words on a page, which tell a story. But any designer will argue that a simple change in typeface can change the face and meaning of an artwork ”“ it can modernize, romanticize and most of all it will […]

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Shopping Find: Matter NYC

Walking into Matter’s sleek Soho space can feel like an elevating experience – the soaring, minimal space is filled with the sort of achingly beautiful pieces that make you fall in love with the world just a little bit more (or, at the very least, with the designers who created them). Since opening in 2003, […]

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NYC Fashion Find: Creatures of Comfort

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1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) CREATURES OF COMFORT, NOLITA I like to think of Creatures of Comfort as a more tightly curated, unobtrusively fashionable version of Opening Ceremony. The NYC store (an offshoot of the original LA location) offers New Yorkers looking for thoughtful casualwear by cult fashion labels like Rachel Comey, Isabel […]

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Fashion Boutique Find: Assembly New York

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Located on the same block where all the LES cool kids hang out is Assembly New York, where I assume they all shop as well. Here you will find a mix of men’s & women’s high-end vintage clothing as well as contemporary, slightly obscure international luxury labels (including their own). Their stylishly eclectic tastes will […]

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Cool Shop Find: McNally Jackson Goods For The Study NYC

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Indie bookseller and downtown darling McNally Jackson Books recently opened a precious little boutique right around the corner that does a good job of proving they don’t just have great taste in books, but anything book-ish or even surrounding the book. The store is stocked with everything you need to construct your dream study or […]

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Design Hotel Find: Hotel Droog Amsterdam

Droog Design, the iconic Dutch design force best known for its unique brand of dry, ironic design has created an almost unimaginable design and hospitality emporium. Hotel Droog as they call it is in fact a hotel offering one hotel room, but what makes its so interesting is its reverse design hotel concept where everything […]

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NYC Fashion Find: Amarcord Vintage Fashion

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AMARCORD VINTAGE FASHION, SOHO A shopping destination for designer vintage lovers who are in search of more than just the ubiquitous Chanel quilted handbag. Amarcord digs deep during their buying trips in Europe and in particular Italy (the owner’s motherland) and the result is a store with racks full of unique, wearable art from legendary […]

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Interior Design Find: Frozen Fountain Amsterdam

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Frozen Fountain is the place where design-lovers unite in Amsterdam. This must-see interiors store has made a name for itself in the city for offering design purists an inspiring and eclectic collection of furniture, fabrics, home wares and art from Dutch design heroes like Piet Hein Eek, Marcel Wanders and Studio Job while still keeping […]

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NYC Food Find: Mast Brothers Chocolate

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1 / 1 ( 1 vote ) MAST BROTHERS CHOCOLATE, WILLIAMSBURG A must visit spot as you wander the streets of Williamsburg is Mast Brothers Chocolate, an artisanal chocolate factory and store best known for its chocolates that surely inspired Brooklyn’s now ubiquitous craft movement. We can thank founders Michael and Rick Mast for their […]

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