Their brand is completely defined. Tiny labeled cosmetic bottles meticulously lined in rows mixed with an unpolished material – usually a light wood, twine netting, or cardboard. Yep, we’re talking about Aesop, who just opened their third Manhattan store in the West Village. The sculptural wooden shop is the brain child of the Melbourne based architects …

I don’t know if I absolutely love these human organ jewelries or if they scare me a bit. The accessories are made by London-based artist Percy Lau. You can order them for 15 pounds each on etsy.com.   

On notcot.org a fun article about the latest rooftop concept at Selfridges in Londen. Last summer, people rowed across the roof of Selfridges, this year, ahead of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and Olympics, you can play a round of golf on the roof! The festivities are all a part of Big British Bang on the roof of Selfridges. Boasting …

Parisian fashion house louis vuitton’s latest artistic collaborator is 82-year-old japanese multimedia artist  Yayoi Kusama, considered one of the most significant and influential artists working today, known most notably for her obsession with polka dots, which she has applied to a variety of mediums, Kusama will present a limited edition collection of Louis Vuitton products …

How would you like to wear a visualization of all the places you have traveled? Or maybe just a necklace designed from destinations that hold a sentimental value to you? Meshu, a new jewelry start up, gives offers the ability to do just that. The initiative, started by data visualizer Sha Hwang and interaction designer Rachel …

Giving a new meaning to the phrase ‘window shopping,’ Bloomingdale’s has replaced its traditional window displays with interactive sunglasses shops. Now, instead of merely looking at sunglasses in a window, passerbys can virtually try them on. The Lexington Avenue, NYC Bloomingdale’s features six interactive windows; each window is dedicated to a different designer (Marc Jacobs, FENDI, Roberto Cavalli, Miu …

We all love Ikea furniture, but I definitely find myself wishing there was a way to give my couch an upgrade.Jana Cagin and Mikael Söderblom, the founders of PrettyPegs, seemed to have had a similar problem and came up with an incredibly unique answer. PrettyPegs are replaceable furniture legs that elegantly give your Ikea couch or bed some much needed …

American artist Steve Moore or pxl8r creates inconceivably detailed depictions of famous faces entirely from perler beads. The brightly-colored plastic pieces are arranged in 11 x 11in squares then melted with the heat of a clothing-iron into photo-realistic mosaics of contemporary celebrities. Pxl8r is able to produce highly-detailed visions of easily recognizable faces by studying an …

Lots of people will argue that trips to the good old mall will never go out of fashion. Think again. Malls should step their game up to deal with the upcoming competition of online stores. Last month the Westfield mall in London launched the first-ever digital shopping event that celebrated the future of fashion and …