Surfare a Rio

Osklen Surfing

Praia do Arpoador

Rio de Janeiro

Dopo un pomeriggio a Paraia do Arpoador, passeggaindo per le vie di Copacapana mi sono persa tra negozietti di surf ed uno di questi in particolare mi ha rapito lo sguardo..Osklen Surfing.

Tavole e costumi da sogno e tutto rigorosamente rivestito in legno. Piccole scatole a parte e listelli di legno modulano l'intero spazio.

Se siete amanti de las olas e cercate il look giusto passate a dare una sbirciatina e non rimanete delusi.

photos by Federica Ciarcià

Un pezzo d'arte

Leopardessa

 Via Panisperna n° 226

Quartiere Monti - Roma

Orario: lun./ven. 16.00-20.00

     sab. 12.00-20.00

http://jessicaharris.net

Jessica Harris è una stilista americana con base a Roma.
Nel suo piccolo locale a Monti a tratti romantico con dei tocchi psichedelici anni 80’, è riuscita a creare un vero gioiello attuando una continua ricerca sui tessuti, devo dire stupendi.
Nella sua ultima collezione ha utilizzato stoffa Liberty, da Londra, creando capi ispirati agli anni 50’, influenzata in particolar modo da un film di Alberto Sordi ‘Breve amore a Palma di Maiorca’
I suoi vestiti trasmettono femminilità, ironia, arte, cultura pop, sogno, gioco. Sembrano pensati per delle bambole, ma di quelle antiche, eleganti.

Una delle cose splendide del suo negozietto..è un’altalena, appesa al soffitto, sulla quale lei spesso sosta.

Jessica Harris is an American stylist established in Rome. In her small local in Monti district, a bit romantic and with old-fashioned psychedelic touches, she has created an authentic jewel working on a constant research of fabrics, that I consider wonderful. In her last collection she has used Liberty fabric, from London, creating clothes after being inspired by the 50’s, and by the Alberto Sordi’s movie “Breve amore a Palma di Maiorca”. Her dresses exude vintage, femininity, ironic, art, culture, pop, dream, fun. They seem to be designed for dolls, but the ancient ones, elegant.

One of the marvelous things of her shop…it’s a swing, hanging by the ceiling, which she always sits on. 

Un gioco da bimbi

photo Federica Ciarcià

Place Maurice Van Meenen,7

1060 Bruxelles

Tram:81,83,97(stop Lombardie)

Metro stop Horta

L’ultima volta in cui sono stata in terra belga, perdendomi per le strade di Brussels ero rimasta affascinata da una vetrina..con casette di cartone e vestitini per bimbi. Alla fine sono cascata nel negozietto..l’età media dei  clienti variava dai 3 ai 5 anni e le negozianti credevano fossi una mamma, interessata in acquisti per il suo bimbo. In realtà ero talmente affascinata da quei piccoli oggetti, vestiti, spilline, borsine, scarpette, casette e forme costruibili in cartone..che sono uscita con una borsa piena di piccoli acquisti. Oltre ad essere un negozio per bambini, è anche un laboratorio creativo e un centro per feste. Se avete un bimbo di quell’età e passate per quelle lande oppure se siete amanti degli acquisti online, o se siete semplicemente appassionati come me di negozi per bimbi, di giovani designer, di cose belle e piccole..questo è il posto per voi.

The last time I was in Belgium, wondering through Brussels’ street, I was charmed by a shop-window…with small paperboard houses and children’s dresses. In the end, I bumped into the shop…the average age of the customers was between 3 to 5 years-old and the shop-girls believed I was a mum, interested in shopping for his son. Actually, I was so fascinated by that small objects, dresses, brooches, bags, shoes, little houses and paperboard shapes…that, when I went out, my bag was full of small purchase. Apart from being a shop for children, it’s also a creative laboratory and a party centre. If you have a small son and you want to spend a journey in that lands, or if you love to do shopping online, or if you are, as me,  simply fond of children’s shops, young designers, beautiful and small things…that’s the right place for you.  

For more infomation: http://www.uglyjojo.com/

Jamesplumb

Boutique Hostem, London

James Brown, the shop's owner, looked to the work of interior design duo JAMESPLUMB, founded by Hannah Plumb and James Russell and so..asked them to project him shop.

Upon meeting the designers and seeing their home and studio (a cottage in Stockwell Green that houses a veritable treasure trove of delightful curiosities, amongst them a lamp that began life as an antique roller skate and 19th century bird cages) Brown knew that Hostem’s interior concept lay in their hands. The two met at Wimbledon School of Art, where they studied fine-art sculpture. Their aesthetic is based on a deference to history through the re-working of antique and reclaimed pieces, which sees lamps, bulbs and screens re-interpreted and re-born as individual articles.

As the first commercial project for JAMESPLUMB, the designers were aware that Brown had bestowed huge trust upon them. ‘We’d just started the job and arrived carrying a church pew covered in rotten leaves,’ says Hannah. ‘It raised a few eyebrows, I can tell you’. The pew now stands centrepiece as a beautifully bespoke front desk. Gleaning gems from life’s detritus; pieces can be salvaged from the side of the road, a skip, or found at car-boot sales and furniture reclaim yards.

Little view

Windows shopping in Zurich