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Category: Stores

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Two More from Wonderwall Japan Foundation Film Series Part 6 You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Two Projects from Wonderwall

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    Wonderwall has updated its site with two more projects that were done last year: the B&B Italia furniture boutique (pictured here) and the And A Homme menswear store. Update (16/10/09): The image is no longer available.

  • This Week in Time

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    I have a piece in this week’s issue (June 19, 2006) of TIME (Asian and European editions). “Brain Fodder” covers the Cow Books bookstore, and you can read it online here.

  • Pop-Up Uniqlo

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    Uniqlo has been spreading its wings in the US, and this post at PSFK mentions a pop-up (limited time) store strategy in NYC. Here’s a link to the official site of the planned flagship store in Soho, set to open this fall. By the way, that new font you see used in the image above…

  • Cibone Book Corner

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    The Cibone select shop has just opened a book corner. More than just an interior shop, but dedicated to “life editorial” of a greater scale, Cibone announces the start of a book corner stocking about 2,000 copies of different publications. A look at the lineup suggests a theme along the lines of “What your bookshelf…

  • Peeking Into Prada

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    I know I’ve been posting loads of pics from Lil lately, but here’s another one that I really like.

  • LOFT Book Sale

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    A reader sends me word that the Loft stores in Tokyo are currently holding big English books sales, mostly concentrating on design, photography, and film. Probably worth checking out.

  • Freitag at Ito-ya

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    Uber-stationery store Ito-ya is holding a celebration of all things Freitag! Two brothers from Zurich, Daniel and Markus Freitag, were bike-riding designers in 1993 when they began making durable, waterproof bags from recycled truck tarps. Freitag bags are put together entirely from recycled materials, including airbags, seat belts and bicycle inner tubes—no two are the…