An instagrammer’s dream, hundreds of two-foot-tall decorative eggs are spread around NYC waiting to be found across the Easter week. This artistic scavenger hunt created by Fabergé, features eggs designed by the likes of Jeff Koons, Julian Schnabel and Cynthia Rowley.
To take part, download the Big Egg Hunt app and start your search! *hint: there is one still sitting outside Jane’s Carousel.
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Dutch Designer Piet Boon has transformed the interior of a former military hospital chapel, into a bright, airy and contemporary restaurant.
Antwerp’s newest addition The Jane is a cohesive blend of old and new. The ‘piece de resistance’ of the latter category is an oversized starburst-like chandelier, hung from the preserved original ceiling. The sculptural chandelier weighing in at a considerable 800 kilograms, was created for the space by lighting designers .PSLAB. It is made entirely from steel and hand blown crystal glass.
Piet Boon’s Amsterdam studio also collaborated with Studio Job artists on The Janes impressive interior. Paying tribute to it’s chapel origins, 500 colourful glass window panels were created to replace the former stained-glass. Inspired by “stories of good and evil, rich and poor, life and death” the replacement panels feature imagery of flowers, devils and skulls. Combining bold decor elements with the chapel’s high ceiling and restored patterned tiled floor, the restaurant is described by it’s creators as “fine dining meets rock ‘n roll”. Brilliant.
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Ammo, which won the Bars and Restaurants category at last month’s Inside Festival, is part of a new museum and headquarters for the Asia Society in Hong Kong.
This informed much of the aesthetic as designer Joyce Wang wanted the restaurant “to be dramatic.. many people would use the space to enter the museum as well as eat there. The arrival experience was very important to us,” she says. “Instead of conceiving of it as a museum café it became this lobby of arrival for the museum.” and with a waiting list of over 2 months to dine, lucky museum goers get to enjoy the space, albeit briefly, for the price at admission.
Interior designer Joyce Wang goes on to explain the history of the space, the process of the conversion from conception to completion, and the choices behind the furniture and fittings throughout, the majority of which are entirely custom made. “Practically everything apart from the lightbulbs [was custom designed],” Wang claims. “We didn’t want people to identify any of the furnishings, accessories or bits of furniture.”
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West Chelsea NYC is home to a brand new luxury dining experience. New York hospitality innovators Eric Marx and Lisle Richards of The Metric Group recently unveiled their first restaurant endeavour called The Monarch Room. In collaboration with interior design firm Roman and Williams, a 1930’s industrial era warehouse in West 15th Street has been transformed into a sophisticated Fresh Market American restaurant with Chef Michael Citarella at the helm.
Read more →33 year old Italian expat Filippo Rivetti made Sydney his home after he fell in love with its unparalleled beauty. Ok, unparalleled beauty are my words not his, but I’m sure he’d agree with my creative licensing. It’s also my home town so if anyone knows how magic it is, it’s moi.
Rivetti has dedicated hundreds of hours capturing the essence of the city he fell in love with through the medium of film. The featured video Tiny Sydney, along with his film Time to Sydney are an exploration and exhibition of this picturesque waterfront city. Rivetti’s incredible tilt shift time-lapse shorts prove why Sydney is one of the greatest cities in the world.
If you enjoy the above, head to his website filipporivetti.com for more incredible filmography. At the very least, watch his homepage video. I guarantee it’ll be the best 3 mins of your day.
The world is truly magnificent.
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