best interior shops in your area

[benjamin]

hit me back with the names of the best interior shops in your area, would you? i'm especially looking for shops in chicago, la, miami, toronto, vancouver; barcelona, madrid, st. tropez, nice, venice, prague, stockholm, oslo, helsinki, copenhagen, berlin, dublin, manchester; hong kong, taipei, shanghai; dubai, tel aviv and other middle east locales

do you know any good, up-scale, international interior shops in these places? shops that carry high quality, pricey, stuff from all over the world?

if so let me know! thanks!

[chase]

Singapore:

Space at Millenia Walk carries the main italian brand B&B, Kartell, Zanotta... I guess image wise its the strongest in Singapore now. Its got a great mix of edgy and also accessible designs.

Mod Living carries Cappellini, Moroso, Moooi. but the Cappellini isnt the edgier stuff. This is more like a Designer store for singaporean tastes. Still nice.

Cream at purvis street used to carry cappelini and really push the brand for the edgier designs, but not anymore now. The vibe is like those shops at SOHO NY where u walk in and hear Thievery Corporation on instant replay. Smaller and cosy and but still very nice. There are also other smaller shops at Purvis street.

Xtraliving at Park Mall carries Herman Miller, Magis, Alessi. It is also strving for a mix of edgy and the accessible stuff. Just brought a Konstantin Grcic Chair_one (Magis) from them. So this is kinda more off-kilter design. Its got nice Verner Panton lamps.

post. http://www.post.fm

DESIGN. ART. MUSIC. LIFE.

[MyMindSpray]

Toronto:

Uncle Otis - They're renovating right now...but i'm sure it'll look great once they're done...they've got a nice spot in the city, and with the new space they now have, things will look real nice.

Goodfoot - minimal and very nice...nothing too fancy...strong window displays, great interior art themes, the new shop Nomad should be crazy...jesar has most def done a great job directing the appearance of the store

Lileo - great looking space...have yet to visit, but pictures and word of mouth tells me it's a fantastic spot...IJF will be able to give a more proper and detailed description

Vancouver:

Richard Kidd - an incredible spot...they've done an excellent job with the space...hands down, one of the nicer spots in Canada

[flex1]

Hands down Richard Kidd (vancouver gas town), best in the world imo

[benjamin]

cool. these all sound amazing. do you know if these shops have websites. i'd love to see more and a get sense of what they're doing.

great ideas, thanks!

[missLA]

hey benjamin...

so are you dissing my brunch offer.... or are you just swamped with work.....

thought to suggest this trendy little lifestyle good shop in vancouver called caban.... apparently owned by club monaco - you can check out their website at www.caban.com

xxmissLA

[Ricardo]

you gotta be kidding, caban is a yuppie joke.

[I J F]

Yah I dunno where you got Caban from, its nothing crazy.

I would have to say that in Tokyo the Louis Vuitton boutique is by far the most impressive interior I have witnessed in terms. There is also a shoe store in Amsterdam which isnt sneakers it is womens formal shoes, I will try to locate their website for you, nevertheless this store will blow anyone away. An a glass interior which changes colors every so often and everything is a reflection, however words wont do this justice, you really have to witness it.

Getting to Toronto, you may just want to check www.3rduncle.com form there you can basically view all their products. In fact it is the Canadian Interior Show this weekend and I was with 3rd Uncle for their film shoot for their booth, it was unbelievable to the extent they are going for this show and I beleive they are going head to head with another interior group called Concrete ( not too sure of the name though ) . 3rd Uncle are responsible for also designing I-CII in Yorkville, eventhough its closing down, some of their interior features are unique. If you view the 3rd Uncle website, make sure you check out the Drake Hotel, pretty dope. In conjuction with 3rd Uncle is Gorbet Design , check out www.gorbetdesign.com for their collaborative projects.

M. U. F. C.

[I J F]

Sorry about my grammatical errors above, havent bothered attempting to re-edit on superfuture yet.

M. U. F. C.

[viahelsinki]

helsinki

artek has great, modern scandinavian furniture, mostly alvar aalto.

http://www.artek.fi

finnish design shop, carries, as you can probably gather, typical finnish minimalistic design, eero arnio for example. has also textiles,clothes,books...

http://www.finnishdesignshop.com

my personal favourite, aero, is very similar with artek, but has a bit more extensive range of designers, and also has great vintage pieces. this i recommend.

http://www.aerodesignfurniture.fi

casuarina is a very elegant store, and has a great mixture of stylish nordic design and antique chinese and korean art and furniture.

http://www.casuarina.net

[mike lowrey]

IMO aero is the type of store of which you can drool outside the window but going in just makes you frustrated, everybody should be able to afford a 8000€ armchair

I'd also recommend:

pino - http://www.pino.fi

formwerk - http://www.formverk.fi

zaza - http://www.zaza.fi

wanda - http://www.wanda.fi

design forum - http://www.designforum.fi

[6MT]

deisgn within reach. pasadena

[viahelsinki]

IMO aero is the type of store of which you can drool outside the window but going in just makes you frustrated, everybody should be able to afford a 8000€ armchair

I'd also recommend:

pino - http://www.pino.fi

formwerk - http://www.formverk.fi

zaza - http://www.zaza.fi

wanda - http://www.wanda.fi

design forum - http://www.designforum.fi

i know what you mean if i only could have a shopping spree at aero..

oh btw, are you from helsinki or just design-savvy ?

[mike lowrey]

savvy, of course, but right now I live in the old capital

(well actually I've lived partly in the US, but currently here.)

[witts]

london has to be DPMHI

[viahelsinki]

savvy, of course, but right now I live in the old capital

(well actually I've lived partly in the US, but currently here.)

in turku? how do you like it there ? so i'm assuming you're familiar with what the other finnish population thinks about turku :D ?

[viahelsinki]

^^ yeah.. i think it's a beautiful city, but a bit "sisäänlämpiävä" as they say in finland.

are you studying there..?

[Cue]

London - Aram

http://www.aram.co.uk/

or Heals for solid, last a million years stuff

http://www.heals.co.uk/

[mike lowrey]

yes, and working. this is my home town, but I've lived in a few places in between.

in my opinion (and I've lived outside the city and country) that whole image thing is very weird and completely made up. sometimes its pretty funny to listen to the bitter complaining of others which usually makes no sense..

[viahelsinki]

mostly it's prejudice, i think, because i know people who seriously think that everyone who lives in turku are complete assholes and won't believe that the image thing is bogus