INDUSTRIE CLOTHING STORE, COVENT GARDEN

 

Australian clothing institution Industrie, founded in 1999, and with over 70 stores throughout Australia brought their brand to the UK market in 2013.

Pop Store undertook the design and build, and, being their first store outside of Australia, located in Covent Garden, our goal was to wholeheartedly encompass the ethos of the brand – their focus is on producing modern, practical and instinctively masculine clothing for every man. 

Reflecting the brand’s identity, an Industrial core runs throughout the design of the store.

 

Reclaimed timber flooring sits against whitewashed tongue and groove walling that reaches up to an exposed ceiling. Industrial lighting pendants hang down over the specially designed display units.

Fixtures made from hot rolled steel sit with both raw and black stained timber, while the vintage white acts to further enhance the industrial aesthetic, topped with clean lines and precision throughout the store.

 

Canvas crates and woven grass matting give the store additional textures that soften the lines of the wooden floor and give warmth to the industrial styled unit.Australian clothing institution Industrie, founded in 1999, and with over 70 stores throughout Australia brought their brand to the UK market in 2013.

 

 

 

 

Bremont Flagship Boutique in Hong Kong

Pop Store are proud to be the creative and management team behind Bremont’s new flagship boutique store in Hong Kong.

The opening of the boutique, which is located on Lyndhurst Terrace in Central Hong Kong, is over 2,000 sq ft & follows on from the success of its award-winning stand-alone flagship in London.

Giles English, Co-Founder of Bremont, said: “It is a big step for us to launch our own boutique in Hong Kong but we wanted to build on our considerable success with London and the exciting growth that Bremont has seen.

“When you have your own store you can really communicate your own brand message and DNA to your consumer. It also has a very positive effect on your wholesale markets as the brand becomes more visible.”

The store will be based on a similar design to the London space but will make more use of innovative technologies which portray the wonderful stories behind each watch that Bremont creates. The London boutique won UK Retail Store of the Year at the prestigious Retail Jeweller awards in July 2013.

Nick English, Co-Founder of Bremont, said: “As with our London boutique, Hong Kong will be more than just a traditional watch store.

“It will be a place for watch collectors to come and meet to talk about watches over a coffee or a Chivas whiskey.

We will also be expanding our explorers club from the UK to Hong Kong where we will have monthly events. We felt that we did not need to be in one of the prime shopping malls but instead create a unique space that could be used for events and be a destination shopping experience.”

Bremont is a British luxury watch brand manufacturing its mechanical watches in Henley-on-Thames, the UK. It was co-founded by brothers Nick and Giles English in 2002 and has made a substantial impact in the watch industry in a short time.

http://www.bremont.com

The Clash Pop Up Store

In celebration of one of the most iconic bands to have ever come out of the UK, the first ever BLACK MARKET CLASH pop-up store opened on September 7th for 2 weeks in the heart of Soho, London. Pop Store are proud to be the management team behind the store.

The store opening coincides with the release of The Clash’s 2-disc ‘HITS BACK’ and collected recorded works ‘SOUND SYSTEM’ box, alongside re-releases of all of the band’s seminal studio albums, lovingly remastered from the original master tapes under the supervision of The Clash. The store, which is fully art directed and curated by the band will be open for a limited time only, from Saturday 7 September to Sunday 22 September 2013 at 75 Berwick Street, Soho. So get yourselves down there!

Chosen from the archives of members of the Clash, Black Market Clash will document one of the most important bands in rock and roll history.  It examines the music and life of the band through a display of the group’s instruments, stage clothing, rare memorabilia and never-before-seen original manuscripts and artifacts from the band.

In addition to these items, Black Market Clash will showcase film, video and the band’s seminal music.  This celebration is a reminder of the breath of The Clash’s influence, providing visitors with a unique one-off experience.

75 Berwick Street

 

Here is a first look at the new Mulberry campaign for SS12. Can’t wait to see how this will be traslated into their windows and stores across the country. The image was taken by one of our all-time favourite photographers Tim Walker!

Design – A Room For London – London

What is A Room for London?

High up on the roof of Queen Elizabeth Hall, a riverboat appears to have come to rest…

A Room for London is a one-bedroom installation, available to rent by the public for night-long stays throughout 2012. During the year it will also transmit a programme of writing, performance and music.

Campaign – M&C Saatchi – Porn is moving to xxx

As you might already know by now porn sites are getting a new home. No longer will they be confined to www. websites they’ll have their own special place on the internet with sites beginning xxx. … you get the point.

Advertising gurus M&C Saatchi were put in charge of coming up with an advertising campaign that alerted the world to the change and the above pictures is what they come up with and we have to say it’s absolutely brilliant.

Art – Chewing Gum Artist – Ben Wilson – London

Ben Wilson made his name by applying artistic designs to that most unlikely of canvases, squashed pavement gum. An exhibition and trail of his work opens at Trinity Buoy Wharf on 2 February. The masticatory maestro is the first visiting artist in a new arts programme funded by Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust.

Each artist will leave a permanent work of art at the site, which is famous for its lighthouse and container city, and as home of the Longplayer 1000-year piece of music. As part of the show, Wilson has created a trail of illustrated chewing gum from East India DLR down to the Wharf, where you’ll find a photographic exhibition of his previous work. Ben Wilson’s exhibition is at The Boiler House, Trinity Buoy Wharf, E14 0JW on 3-5 February 2012, 12-5pm, with an opening night on 2 February (5-9pm). Entrance is free. The gum trail is visible at any time.

Music/Fashion – Mugler Catwalk Ft Azealia Banks – Paris

Experimental designer label have released a short film from their A/W 2012 collection that was captured at Mugler’s studio in the run up to the collections debut on the catwalk.

Creative Director, Nicola Formichetti put the film together and it features music from the amazing Azealia Banks who released her brand new track ‘Bambi’ especially for the catwalk show. Check out the video above to an insight into the hecticness that ensues at a fashion house in the lead up to the release of a collection.

Art – The London Art Fair 2012 – Islington

Location: Business Design Centre, Islington

Date: 18th – 22nd January 2012

If you are keen for some culture this weekend, the events taking place at The London Art Fair 2012 taking place in the Business Design Centre, Islington from 18^th-22^nd January 2012 are worth a trip.

Now in its 24^th year it is the largest modern and contemporary art fair in the UK.

With 12O galleries exhibiting artworks from around the world and a programme of talks, discussions and tours it is a haven for collectors, or those looking for a one-off art purchase. So much to do, so little time! Let us know what you thought…

 

Interior – Selfridges Womens Designer Galleries – London

We love how these guys are so mindful of the customer when designing the Galleries. Take a look at how the new Women’s Designer Gallery is coming together…

Design – First Ever Time Out Issue

Vintage is cool. Vintage clothes, fairs, homewares. You name it, old stuff is hot and we want a piece of the action. What about a vintage version of your favorite London magazine? Yes, that is right. Time Out’s first ever issue was just a double sided A2 sheet folded into A5 when it hit the streets in the summer of 1968 and it has never looked back, until now.

Download it to see what was hot in the late 60s….http://www.timeout.com/media/Time_Out_first_issue.pdf

Interior – AMELIE AND FRIENDS – Chichester

Amelie and Friends, a relaxed restaurant in Chichester, has been designed and branded by I Love Dust and 44th Hill. The interior has a natural, calm feel, thanks to the extensive use of whites and timbers.

The lighting is a massively considered feature in this project, real statement has been achieved by the choices.

The interior has a natural, calm feel, thanks to the extensive use of whites and timbers. Exposed conduits and exterior light fixtures (used in the interior) are used to create a visually interesting ceiling. Timber floors and wallpanels create warmth in the light and airy space.

The dining hall is simple, but still manages to surprise with interesting touches like the old farm-style tables that have been partially painted white.duits and exterior light fixtures (used in the interior) are used to create a visually interesting ceiling.

Timber floors and wallpanels create warmth in the light and airy space. The dining hall is simple, but still manages to surprise with interesting touches like the old farm-style tables that have been partially painted white.

Window Display – Macey’s Christmas Window 2011 – NEW YORK CITY

The Christmas season in New York City is marked by elaborate window displays created at many of New York City’s most famous and popular stores. This video is just one example of the amazing designs in NYC for the Yuletide season. Enjoy…

Event – Amnesty International Launch at Boxpark 2011 – Shoreditch

We are pleased to post this video of the Amnesty International Shop at launch of  Boxpark. We really enjoyed designing the interior and can’t wait to take our friends down there Christmas shopping this weekend…

Event – Amnesty Shop Launch at Boxpark

Last Thursday evening,  Shoreditch played host to the launch of the first ever Amnesty International shopping emporium at the Boxpark shipping-container-department-store on Bethnal Green Road – located next to Shoreditch High Street station.

Amnesty’s new concept story stock’s ethically sourced gifts, clothing and designer homewares. All profits from the store will go directly to Amnesty Internationals Human Rights work, and best of all the shop is full of fantastic looking selection of unqiue products and the store was designed by us… as you may already know. See blog posts below for more info on the shop build.

The Amnesty Boxpark shop will be working in collaboration with local designers, artists and London College of Fashion who will be providing limited edition ranges – It’s great to see organisations getting involved with local talent, that is the future! The store will also be hosting a range of events and workshops which you can keep up to date with at  Amnesty Boxpark | Facebook

During the launch evening the talented British contemporary painter Stuart Semple was hosting a live-letter-art writing event in aid of the Amnesty ‘Write for Rights’ campaign. This campaign will have thousands of people all over Britain writing hand written letters on behalf of 10 Amnesty cases. One such case is for Woman’s Rights in Zimbabwe which you can find out more about at Women of Zimbabwe Arise – Zimbabwe.

The Boxpark Amnesty International shop can be found on the upper level and is worth checking out and remember not only do they stock a unique range of products, but the profits raised goes towards helping a lot of worthy causes. We are very proud to be a part of this store.

Pop Up Shop – London – Ebay

Location: Dean Street, Soho, London UK

Dates: 1st December 2011 – 5th December 2011

Ebay’s Christmas boutique will be open for just five days and will close on Monday the 5th of December. The first week in December has traditionally been the busiest shopping week in the lead up to Christmas and the opening is designed to coincide with this.

The store has the website’s top 200 items available in the shop. Customers can use the Ebay App on their mobile phones to scan a barcode on an item’s price tag and have them delivered to their homes within three days.

Staff in the store said that this way of shopping ‘no queues, no bags, no stress’. We thought this was a rather cleaver concept. Take a look at this video to see behind the scenes how this store concept works…

Pop Up Shipping Crate – Box Park/Amnesty International by Pop Store

Our work here is done…

The day after this photo was taken, we had the floor cover removed, it looks pretty sharp now.

The Amnesty Pop Up Shop at Boxpark is set to open tomorrow, the 30th of November 2011! Amnesty will be one of the first to open their doors to the Shoreditch shopping public.

The Boxpark mall is composed of retail units made from recycled shipping containers, and we have created a dynamic and colourful space for Amnesty. The process was a challenge that we embraced and enjoyed working on. Obstacles were overcome and we have achieved a store we are proud of.

The brief provided certain restrictions where by each tenant was given an empty container with a power source, and nothing was to penetrate or be fixed to the container itself. The first step was therefore to create a floating framework within the space and then apply designs to that.

The Walls and ceilings are plain white, acting as a canvas to the vivid colours of the campaign posters we pasted up to showcase a history of Amnesty’s Campaigns. These posters educate without lecturing, honing in on Amnesty’s core ‘raison d’etre’.

The process of the wall covering was a mindful covering using Amnesty Iconic Imagery

We wanted to give the store an urban feel, due to its location and we’ve used steelpipe fixtures and pendant lights, reclaimed from the original Dunlop factory in Birmingham. These became a popular talking point amongst builders and shop fitters alike throughout the rollout process.

Dunlop Lights from the famous old Birmingham Factory

The range, developed in collaboration with CultureLabel, features jewellery by Corrie Williamson, ceramics by Jimbob Art, scarves by Lucy Jay, a teacup and saucer by New English and a print by Stuart Semple.

This project was a fantastic learning experience and we look forward to working with Amnesty International on future projects.

Half way through wall covering… still smiling. 

Get down to Boxpark now and check out how Amnesty is looking and how other containers are evolving.

New Amnesty product lines will also roll out throughout 2012.

Pop Up Shop – Silent Ventures – East London

Location: 54 Rivington Street, London, EC2A

Dates: Closes November 17th (JUST TWO DAYS LEFT)!

Drawing inspiration from classic American work-wear, the indie menswear label, Silent Ventures have opened a pop up store showcasing old-school designs have been re-developed to fit the modern working man. All of their goods will only be available via select retailers as well as their online store. In lieu of the launch, the label has conducted a one-off pop up installation event that is currently ongoing in London between now and November 17.

Hurry, the interior is pretty cool.

 

 

Guide – Behind the scenes at Meat Liquor – London

Meat Liquor, the first proper restaurant by the folk behind Meateasy and the Meatwagon, officially opens Friday 11 November – though some sneaky burger chasers may have noticed that it quietly opened its doors earlier this week. Time Out spoke to co-owners Scott Collins (the guy behind the ‘liquor’ in Meat Liquor) and burger king Yianni Papoutsis to find out what’s different about this central London location, and the sinful delights that await all those who dare to enter. As the pair say, ‘What you’ll see on the inside here is the insides of our heads, unfortunately.’ All will be revealed in our video preview above.

Pop Up Shop – RVCA X The Shop Next Door – Australia

The RVCA Pop Up launch party was held on Thursday the 27th of October, the following video shows the opening night in action. The store is to Open on the 22nd of November and will wave bye bye on the 30th of November 2011. Based in Narrabeen, Sydney, the store will sell one- off’s, samples, discontinued stock and other assorted RVCA branded delights. ‘The Shop Next Door’ party was a great success, with Little Creatures and Pipsqueak quenching visitor’s thirsts, art was admired, and delicious food and fun was had by all.

RVCA X The Shop Next Door POP UP STORE: opening night wrap up from RVCA Australia on Vimeo.

Project – Boxpark – Amnesty International – Shoreditch

Location: Boxpark, Shoreditch, London

We wanted to update you on the goings on at Boxpark. Here are some pics of the works at the up coming Shoreditch retail park. As mentioned earlier in our blog, we are working on a store for Amnesty International and our  container is coming along nicely. Take a look at the progress so far. More to come shortly…

View from above

The weather is always a welcome element…

Inside our container for Amnesty International

We are looking forward to seeing things take shape very soon.

 

Pop Up Shop – Black White Denim – Manchester

Location: Spinningfields Square, Hardman St, Manchester

Date: Open until end of the year (that’s 31 December for the pedants).

This Womenswear indie pop-up opened its doors on Tuesday and Hardman Street in the city’s luxury Spinningfields development and will trade for 9 weeks only. This is an early Christmas present for Manchester’s consumers. Lucky them!

Black White denim Pop Up also sells other well know labels such as Acne and One Vintage, Preen and Paige Premium Denim, which are all stocked in White Denim’s original Wilmslow store in Cheshire. Check out how the Pop Up was built…

 

Event – Shoes For Show Exhibition – London

Location: The Old Truman Brewery, The Loading Bay, Brick Lane, LONDON

Date: 4th-8th November 2011 (ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT)

Prepare for high (heeled) art at Shoes for Show. To those for whom shoes are just an intermediary between your foot and the ground, this free exhibition at the Old Truman Brewery will offer little in the way of cultural insight. But for anyone with even a glancing pedal interest, ‘Javari Presents The Sculptural Art of High Heels’ is well worth dipping a toe into. Curated by Shonagh Marshall, who has archived the collections of Christian Louboutin and Isabella Blow, it features stunning photography and many iconic shoes – including the Vivienne Westwood numbers that famously floored Naomi on the catwalk in 1993.

Christian Louboutin for the English National Ballet

Certain to create a buzz, the exhibition of couture shoes features a plethora of big name designers and owners. From the Gareth Pugh designed cuboid shoes for Beyonce’s Run the World music vid to the Swarovski embellished Christian Louboutin heeled ballet shoes, designed for the English National Ballet, there are some absolutely stunning examples of art meeting footwear featured in the exhibition.

 

Pop Up Cinema – Secret Cinema – Location TBA 2011 – London

The Secret Cinema is back, and the people behind the venture claim that this December’s event will be the biggest and most ambitious yet. The concept is simple: sell tickets blind, keep the film under wraps, send punters off to a secret location and fill the place with actors in costume, themed food, music, and surprises (some of them nasty), all designed to evoke the world of the film.

A handpicked film will play from December 6-31, which film, is still anybody’s guess?  Given the festive timing and the relative bleakness of last April’s film ‘The Battle of Algiers’ (seen below), it’ll be a return to the crowd-pleasing spectaculars of old. Tickets are on sale now but act fast, these things have a tendency to sell out. So those Secret Cinema fans should keep their ears and eyes open for updates… http://www.secretcinema.org/

 

 

Window Display – Selfridges 2011 – London

With only 54 days until Christmas, we decided to share and critique inspiring Christmas window display designs. Selfridges is always a good place to start…

This White Winter Wonderland theme in cased behind whispering windows, these windows are not dissimilar to the windows we fitted for the Red Bull music studio. These panels are fitted with specialist speakers that will bring music to your ears. Each pane is transformed into an enchanting, oversized music box, some playing re-engineered carols whilst others provide eerie, magical sounds to evoke the feeling of a ‘crystal clear Christmas’. Admirers are encouraged to play around with the windows to their heart’s content as each pane is equipped with a state-of-the-art touch-screen wind-up system to control the track.

Russ Jones and Scott King from Condiment Junkie, the London-based are the creative outfit behind the technology used on these particular windows. We love the theme, we will pay a visit shortly to see and hear the Selfridges windows for real. We will keep you posted.

Photography – Ellis Parrinder – NME’s 50 Best Pictures of the Decade

Congratulations to our friend Ellis Parrinder on winning 4 pictures in the TOP 50 Most Beautiful Photographs of the Decade voted by NME. This is a huge accolade  to have achieved with some of the industry’s toughest critics.

Here Ellis captures Kate Moss and Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream at the NME awards in 2007. This is just one of four fab pics taken by Ellis.

We worked with Ellis a while back when Pop Store were approached by Fenchurch to style and direct their European Autum/Winter 2009 campaign. Pop Store approached their friend Ellis to shoot the campaign. The shoot location was on a boat on the Thames between Battersea to Canary Wharf. This was an outdoor shoot with ever changing light conditions, however, Ellis managed to get shot after shot nailed without any photoshop retouching needed.

Fenchurch set us a brief affirm their position in the market as a London based streetwear brand. This campaign became Fenchurch’s most successful and hit the European market by storm. Ellis was a huge part of the process and we are happy to see his achievements.  

He also shot our Fourholes campaign underwater, and check out the results…

So a thank you and a congrats to the gifted Photographer, Ellis Parrinder.

Music – Blog – AOR Disco

We stumbled upon this blog a few months back when BBC Radio 6 Music mentioned it. It posts about classic adult orientated rock, revived , remixed and re-edited material. There is something for everyone on this muso blog and has some incredible (never-seen before) photography. The archives are endless and it has hours of material to keep you entertained. Especially useful on a dreary Sunday. See what you think….

http://aordisco.blogspot.com/

Interior – Helicosm Cosmetics Shop – Paris

Location: Paris 1st Arrondissement

Designed by: FREAKS Freearchitects

The 100-sq-m store has an usual shape for a Parisian shop, as it stretches 20m long. A wood tunnel doubles as a shelving display and connects the main shop in front and a waiting room in the back.

‘The tunnel works as a theatre decorum into which doors and holes organize all the technical storage, access, restroom and extra display,’ explains Yves Pasquet of FREAKS freearchitects. At the end of the tunnel is a large image of mountains and a lake that brings the space into a parallel reality.

The cool mint hue covers the floor, walls and ceiling in the front room, wrapping guests with a refreshing – yet slightly uncomfortable – aesthetic. All furnishings were found in second-hand shops and markets, which Pasquet says was done to not ‘overly design’ the space.

With a budget of a mere €100,000 budget, we love this interior and it’s LAB feel. What do you interior lovers think?

 

CENTURIES OF STYLE: BROOKS BROTHERS X HARRIS TWEED

Store: Brooks Brothers

Location: Regent Street, London

Last Thursday¹ Brooks Brothers opened the doors of their Regent Street store to showcase the best in Scottish textiles and raise money for male cancer Charity Orchid. Marking Harris Tweed’s centenary year, Brooks Brothers showed off a Harris Tweed-upholstered 1919 Model T Ford, especially created by Ramsay Coachtrimming for the ‘champagne of fabrics‘.

Founder Henry Sands Brooks had a very clear guiding principle for Brooks Brothers, which was “to make and deal only in merchandise of the finest body, to sell it at a fair profit, and to deal with people who seek and appreciate such merchandise.” – a standard echoed by the Scottish textiles industry.

Famed for a number of firsts, Brooks Brothers has introduced many pieces such as ready-to-wear clothing and the iconic Polo Button-Down Shirt to America, which are now a staple in the fashion market.  In addition to the ‘ready-to-wear’ suit, Brooks Brothers is credited with the introduction of the wash-and-wear Shirts (first made in the 1950s using a blend of Dacron, polyester, and cotton called “Brooksweave“), and the much loved non-iron Cotton Dress Shirts, made from 100% cotton, thanks to its innovative development of technology. The button-down dress shirt collar was developed by founder Henry Sands Brooks’ grandson John E. after he saw the non-flapping collars on English polo players at a polo match in England. We think these boys look rather dapper, don’t you?

Interior by Pop Store – Amnesty International at Boxpark – London

STORE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

LOCATION:  NEXT TO SHOREDITCH HIGH STREET TUBE ST, EAST LONDON

Sixty shipping containers are  being transformed into the world’s first pop-up shopping mall as we speak.  Set to open its doors in East London very soon. Pop Store is creating a brand new space for Amnesty International’s new gallery/shop. We wanted to share our with you our progress…

Built next to the new Shoreditch High Street train station,  60 customised containers are now on site at Boxpark. Forty make up the ground floor of the newly created High Street, and upstairs will be a further 20 units housing cafes and art galleries.

SHOREDITCH HOUSE

An assortment of highly sought after retailers will be claiming residency at the new shopping destination.  We are working with Amnesty International to create an amazing retail space that will raise brand awareness and educate visitors of their current and future projects. Selling a wide range of exclusive Amnesty related products. We are really excited about the new store.

The Amnesty unit will be place next-door to the main Boxpark reception as seen below. Not long until the space will be open for your leisure.
Amnesty International Unit 56

BOX PARK 08/2011 from Roger Wade on Vimeo.

 

Interior – Topman General Store – Shoreditch

East London is now playing host to Topman’s new store Topman General Store on Commercial Street in Shoreditch. They have shed their half female inhabited clothes and gone ALL MAN. The brand’s design director, Gordon Richardson, curated the new shop alongside the creative director of the ever cool b store, Matthew Murphy.

The store’s interior is a job well done and the design feels considered. You can find Topman General ‘Design’ and ‘LTD’ collections as well as seasonal collaborations and a small selection of hand picked other brands. You will also be able to mooch around limited edition art prints, books from Paris’ 0fr and temporary installations in the store’s custom built displays.

 

Event – Freeze Festival 2011 – Battersea Power Station

For those of you who fancy yourselves as ski/board pros, or whoever wants a reason to party, then head down to 2011’s Freeze at Battersea Power Station next weekend.

Relentless Freeze 2010 Highlights from Freeze Festival TV on Vimeo.

 

You will see the best in snowboarding, skiing, music and more over 2 days as opposed to three. From 28-29th October the new format will offer complete days for all Freeze fans and nothing will be missing from previous years! There will not be one moment where you will be wondering what to do. In fact the opposite, you’ll be spoilt for choice! From slope to mainstage to retail village we’ll be amazed if you can squeeze it all in. But that is what its about – Full days of the ultimate entertainment! We’re excited! Get your best apres ski kit ready and enjoy this year’s ultimate winter party.

 

Interior – Art & Design Show – San Francisco

A whopping 200 wheat straw bales were used in this display for HEDGE at a California art and design fair last month.

‘Straw is an incredibly effective acoustic buffer,’ said architect Virginia San Fratello of Rael San Fratello Architects. ‘The experience within Straw Gallery was one of quiet, calm and focused observation in contrast to a busy exterior.’

The enveloping, aromatic room was filled with steel niche shelving units that displayed HEDGE’s visions of 20th and 21st century design, art and crafts. These products were displayed at various levels relative to the eyes and hands of viewers.

Straw Gallery was created for the fourth annual San Francisco Art & Design Showlast month. The raw straw juxtaposed its industrial modern surroundings in the Fort Mason Centre.

 

What do you guys think of this design? We were thinking this could act as a great Pop Up space, allergies to straw aside.

 

Art – Boetti – Bonham’s – New Bond St – London

Go and see the Boetti on sale at Bonhams, New Bond Street. It’s amazing and beautifully lit and displayed. It’ll be in a private collection this week…

Bonham’s Contemporary Art Department is delighted to announce the sale of a highly important work by one of the most influential Italian artists of the 20^th century, Alighiero E Boetti (1940-1994), in the Department’s inaugural sale on 13 October 2011. Attracting a pre-sale estimate of £1,200,000 – 1,800,000 and entitled 1984, this monumental piece comprises 192 intricate pencil drawings of magazine covers which were published in 1984. Composed of 12 panels, one documenting each month of the year, it is the first time that this work has appeared at auction.

All yours for just £1.5 million.

 

 

Pop Up Shop – Manila -Tom Dixon’s Flash Photography

This video is admittedly more flash than substance, but perhaps that’s fitting; it highlights Tom Dixon’s Flash Factory, launched last week at Manila’s MOS Design Building the last stop in a series of events in Asia including a spotting during Beijing Design Week. Dixon’s concept moves the pop-up shop one step further back on the production chain…

Display: Tom Dixon Flash Factory, Manila from Sarie Cruz on Vimeo.

Pop Up Restaurant – London – The Minotaur & PRET A DINER

Location: The Old vic Tunnels, London… Beneath Waterloo Station

Date: from 10 October until 25 October 2011

Lazarides Gallery are delighted to announce a groundbreaking collaboration with Kofler & Kompanie, who will be redefiningthe dining experience in the form of a Michelin Star pop-up restaurant, during their two-week residence in The Old Vic Tunnels.

During Frieze and London Restaurant Festival, the underground venue will transform into an alternative cultural space featuring a labyrinth gallery of cutting-edge artwork and film, offering a world-class restaurant and lounge-bar. There are also live DJ sets/performances from the likes of Booka Shade, James Lavelle and many more. 

Within the maze of artwork, KP Kofler, Founder and CEO of Germany’s most well known caterers, will bring together some of the best chefs in the world to demonstrate their technical expertise and unique form of creative cuisine. By refashioning one of the tunnels, KP Kofler will introduce PRET A DINER to the London stage for the very first time, with top Michelin-starred chefs Nuno Mendes (Viajante, London), Matthias Schmidt (Villa Merton, Frankfurt) and Juan Amador, (Amador, Mannheim).

A three course meal at PRET A DINER including entrance to the exhibition will be priced at £75. Bookings will be available at 7pm and 9pm.  To register visit www.theminotaur.co.uk

Trend – Viva LA Food Truck – Los Angeles USA

Los Angeles, a city where many of the world’s food trends begin.

With the US economy in crisis LA’s “food truck” scene is growing. People who have lost jobs are finding new careers by serving street food from trucks with relatively small start up costs.

These new businesses work well in LA because generations of immigration have created a diverse food culture and it’s so close to one of the biggest farming regions in the United States.

Let’s take a look at some of the trucks that are taking LA by storm.

Trend – Speakeasy Bars – London

Your expanding knowledge of the ever growing number of London’s underground, speakeasy-style cocktail bars is making you more popular than ever.  Which is saying something, because everyone loves you anyway.

Being one of the few who knows exactly which of London’s distressed, unmarked doors can provide access to one of several secret, candlelit cocktail dens makes you….desirable.  But even you can take it up another notch: it’s time to visit the newest and for now, the most secret of London’s secret speakeasies.

Head to The Breakfast Club on Artillery Lane, just off Bishopsgate, where you’ll see a fairly normal looking SMEG fridge. Take your date by the hand, open the fridge door and walk through.

Inside you’ll find a moodily-lit cocktail bar that has exposed brickwork, an air of exclusivity, some great music and a wide selection of cocktails (from the Rosie and Gin to the Linchberg-Leith Lemonade).

Tip: The Mayor of Scaredy Cat Town is open from 4pm-12:30am, and is currently dishing out £5 cocktails from 5pm – 8pm each day.

All you need is a secret ‘saying’, a password if you will. Today the Mayor is a hidden gem, but word is already getting out.  Ensure your spot at the bar by emailing you name, contact details and when you’d like to go to henri@themayorofscaredycattown.com

Event – Cheese & Wine Festival – London 2011

Friday 14 October – Sunday 16 October 2011

11am – 8pm daily (6pm Sunday)

FREE EVENT

The Cheese & Wine Festival is a celebration of Britain’s best ethical and artisan produce. As well as a wide range of stalls showcasing the highest quality cheeses and wines, there will be some exciting activities for you to take part in. Please note all the tutored tastings with Tim Atkin MW require a ticket and limited spaces are available.

Location: Southbank Centre Square, (Behind Royal Festival Hall), Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

To buy tickets for a tutorial click here>  http://www.cheesewinefestival.com/whats-on/

 

 

Interior – OH WOW Pop Up – United States

Founded by Rafael de Cárdenas, ARCHITECTURE AT LARGE, is a seasoned resource for design vision and execution focused on residential and commercial interiors, architecture, furniture, and integrated objects. They favor concept over strategy, the cosmopolitan over the genre- or era-specific, and the atmospheric over the static. Ever-focused on the contemporary, they take diligent note of the past while day-dreaming the future.

After much deliberating and debating, the 2011 Great Indoors Award jurors have scrutinized 260 applications from 37 countries. OH WOW Pop Up has just been announced as a finalist! Take a look at their OHWOW at Cappellini PopUp to see why these guys have been nominated.

Event – The Queen’s Gallery – Buckingham Palace

The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton & Antarctic Photography

21 October 2011 – 15 April 2012

This exhibition of remarkable Antarctic photography by George Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley marks the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott’s ill-fated journey to the South Pole.

Ponting’s dramatic images record Scott’s Terra Nova expedition of 1910–12, which led to the tragic death of five of the team on their return from the South Pole.  Both collections of photographs were presented to King George V and are today part of the Royal Photograph Collection.

We love inspirational photography here at Pop Store as it often aids us in our journey to all things creative.

POP STORE WIN INTERNATIONAL AWARD – RETAIL WEEK INTERIOR AWARDS 2011

We are delighted to announce our triumph at this years New Store Europe – Retail Week Interior Awards 2011. The 14th Annual Awards ceremony was held at the Hilton in Park Lane last Thursday 29^th September, and we picked up THE SFD BEST POP-UP STORE prize. The award was for our design of Pop Store at the Bullring shopping centre in Birmingham. We are pretty chuffed with this result as we were up against some heavyweight competition including design teams from; Debenhams, NIKE & Selfridges!

We were also nominated as finalists for THE NJ RICHARDS UK SPECIALIST STORE DESIGN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2011. The awards showcased tremendous efforts and achievements of other inspired retail designers whom we admire greatly.

Pop Store has many more exciting projects in the pipeline, locally and overseas and are currently working with Wildfox Couture on their retail rollout across America, as well as up coming projects for the Olympics next year… exciting times ahead.

Pop Up Cinema – London – Portobello

This Autumn, a section of the Westway Underpass on Portobello Road has been reclaimed to create a pop up cinema.  A non-profit venture, with admission being on a pay-what-you-can-afford basis. Upcoming highlights include:

Sunday 10th October, 6.30pm
End of the Line
Plus Q&A with director Rupert Murray
Science London and Portobello Pop Up Cinema present a special screening of this award-winning documentary film, The End of the Line, followed by a rare chance to discuss the movie with director Rupert Murray.
We suggest you grab some fish and chips from Jamie Oliver’s favourite, George’s Portobello Fish Bar, beforehand for a perfect October evening.

Interior – Essex – 500 Year Old Barn/Gallery/Home

We don’t usually talk ‘TV’, however last night’s Grand Designs featured a project we couldn’t ignore. Take a look around Freddie and Ben’s 500 year old barn, now transformed into a cavernous home with idiosyncratic interiors…

The building has maintained much of its charm, with agricultural roofing and blackened timber cladding.

Ben and Freddie’s huge collection of artifacts has provided a useful way of zoning the huge, open living space.

Features such as this shelving, created from old wooden pallets, reflect the building’s past, and are perfectly in keeping with its sympathetic rebirth.

These silos, now reinstated and rebuilt, house bathrooms and a spiral staircase.

With this concrete worktop and recycled wooden units, the kitchen appears to have risen from the floors of the barn.

The library is flooded with light thanks to a glazed wall and those remarkable skylights, which remain completely invisible from the outside while simultaneously bouncing natural light around the interior of the barn.

Artists Freddie Robins and Ben Coode-Adams converted this Grade II-listed timber-framed barn in Essex into a live/work space for themselves and their daughter.

The whole design is based around creating a massive free-form contemporary space with very few walls, to display their ever expanding collection of toys and ephemera.

But at seven times the size of an average three-bedroom house, turning this 500-year-old building into any kind of home is a challenge.

We loved this episode.

 

 

Design – Moscow Airport – SleepBox

We came across this really cool design in Moscow’s airport.  Aptly named the sleep box it allows you to hire the room hourly to allow you to get some rest on those delayed or transfer flights.  Designed by Arch Group they have added details to make the stay as relaxing as possible.  LED reading lamps and sockets for laptops and mobiles, a bed and enough space to safely store your flight bags. We thought it deserved a pic or two…

Campaign – Wildfox – It’s Only Rock’n’Roll… But I Like It

WILDFOX FALL 2011: IT’S ONLY ROCK N ROLL (BUT I LIKE IT) from WILDFOX PR on Vimeo.

Event – London – The Museum of Everything #4

Location: Selfridges, London

Date: Open until 25th October 2011

For its latest exhibition The Museum of Everything has taken over Selfridges. We get some art and retail therapy.

While mid-morning Selfridges shoppers browse the Vivienne Westwood collection on the women’s fashion floor, away from public view in a room a few metres away, a lively artists’s workshop is in full swing.

The sprawling show is currently colonising Selfridges storefront windows and Ultralounge space with a vibrant display of more than 200 drawings, paintings and sculptures by artists from progressive studios around the world.

 

To generate funds for future projects – all exhibitions to date have been free – its own in-store outlet ‘The Shop of Everything’ is stocking branded goods including books, badges and tea towels, limted-edition artists’s prints and a fashion collection designed by Clements Ribeiro. It has made a big splash with its signage too. To find the exhibition just follow the arrows and the cardboard signs stuck on sink plungers placed on counters all round the store.

 

‘The Museum of Everything Exhibition #4’ and the accompanying workshops continue at Selfridges until Oct 25. Information on Action Space workshops and events can be found at actionspace.org … The best part… It’s FREE!!

Lucky Us… Let’s take a look in Daisy Lowe’s Bedroom

Campaign – Behind the Scenes – The World’s First 3D Fashion Film

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Trend – Denim by Comune – Pop Store

One of our brands causing a stir this Autumn is COMUNE. The line is has some very Autumnal influences, neutral and earthy tones with a soft and muted color palette.

Started by Southern California native Frank Delgadillo, Comune is a fresh, young label that aims to push boundaries with their clothing range, drawing inspiration from skateboarding, fashion, art and music. Teamed with footwear from high-tops to Cowboy boots, these denim styles look so current. Comune is a label that feels a little military, a bit workwear and even slightly preppy – all things we love.

 

With an array of styles from; slim fit to chinos and finishes from raw to waxed denim styles… there is a pair for you in there somewhere.

We are running a 40% Sale for a limited period only on our Comune denim line. So hurry to get your Autumn wardrobe updated.

Take a look at what we have available at our online store: http://popstore.shop.venda.com/engine/shop/brand/Comune%2C+Mens?psf=1&ppn=2&prpp=10&ppc=6&psfo=A&pffv=0

Music – SBTRKT – Self Titled Album (2011)

It’s pronounced “subtract”, which is the name this south London producer goes by. First emerging as a breakbeat and nu-jazz artist, the man behind the mask Aaron Jerome has finally brought us his long-awaited self-titled debut LP.

Like the record from James Blake earlier this year, we would argue that SBTRKT has moved to the right in musical production with varying results. At times, the vocals are too poppy and wearying, and the restless genre-bending can get tiring. ‘Wildfire’ irritates like Oliver Daysoul on Butter, and ‘Never Never’ pitches up at daytime Radio 1. The production is also bright, polished, and the elevation of emotion can suffer.

So the mask called SBTRKT… is this just Aaron trying to hide his musical past and start afresh, ala Redshape, or is he attempting to cultivate a distinct image that supplements his musical direction like Burial?

What ever name Aaron wants to play under, when the ambition comes together, it’s quite brilliant. ‘Hold On’ has an irrepressible beat with chimes; ‘Trials of the Past’ is intelligent, astute, and soulful; and ‘Go Bang’…’Go Bang’… well! It’s just absolutely brilliant, a looped, arpeggiated epic journey of a track which moves from slick nu-dubstep to dotty house. Powell’s concerns about sonic specifics still exist, and comparisons to Timbaland are still complete hyperbole.

But should SBTRKT keep emphasizing the poppier elements, and forging the sounds of 2011, big, big things await.

SBTRKT | Sampha | Jessie Ware

 

 

 

Fashion – House of Dereon A/W 2011 – Selfridges

London’s star power was seriously ramped up a few notches last week, when Beyonce and her mum Tina Knowles visited town to launch their House of Dereon Autumn/Winter 2011 collection at Selfridges.

We have a friend who is an insider at Selfridges HQ, she has kindly lent us a backstage photo from the show and we are oh so grateful for this snap!

House of Dereon is named after Beyonce’s grandmother (Tina’s mum) Agnes Dereon, who was a seamstress in Louisianna. Of course, Tina Knowles used to design the tour costumes for Destiny’s Child (which might go some way to explaining how Beyonce always got the fiercest looks), and the House of Dereon collections are no less showstopping than these outfits: think feathers, sequins and, for S/S ’12 some intesnse exotic prints.

To get your paws on some of Beyonce’s clobber, just click here > http://www.selfridges.com/en/Womenswear/?brandname=HOUSE+OF+DEREON&ppp=min&cm_re=module_ctas-_-module1-_-house_of_dereon

Pop Up Restaurant – London – Ridley’s

Location: Ridley Road Market, Dalston, London

Date: Closing –  September 24th 2011 (hurry on down)

We stumbled upon this extraordinary London pop-up restaurant that is doubling up as a ‘temporary art intervention’ where dining is an experience comparable to theatre-going.

At Ridley’s, food is served on a mechanical pulley table that delivers meals from the ground floor kitchen to guests on the first level. They sit at a communal table with a gap in the middle and can peer down into the kitchen as the meal is prepared.

The two-storey outdoor eatery has been constructed where there was a void in the road. Designers, artists and architects from The Decorators and Atelier Chan Chancollaborated on the project.

A different guest chef is creating daily menus from market produce only. At lunchtime, guests are invited to bring their own produce in exchange for a meal. Dinner is £15 and guests leave with a £10 food shopping voucher for use at the market.

For reservations, e-mail: Ridleys@the-decorators.net

Project – Popstore – London to LA

So we thought we’d update you on the goings on at POP STORE HQ. We are still working on our little project with the wonderful Wildfox… As we mentioned a while back, we are currently designing and installing the Wildfox Atelier interior in Downtown LA.

Here’s Pop Store’s Sam on a mission with the lux material we hand picked for the bespoke furniture we sourced in LA LA land…

Hey Presto… The results so far are just lovely. Do you like? …

We will keep you updated on our progress. Our boys are out in LA as we speak sprinkling a bit of Pop Store love over all things Wildfox. 

 

 

Pop Up Shop – London – The Ravenous Belle & Don

Location: 98 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LZ (Opposite Spitalfields Market entrance, next to St John Bread & Wine)
Date: 8th-15th September 2011

Opening times: Thurs-Sat 10am-10pm, Sun-Weds 10am-8pm

Quick!! Go and explore the beautiful curiosities and fall in love with the stories and characters in the world of The Ravenous. We love the rich tapestry and the mood provoked. This design duo are so hot right now, fans include Gaga & Stefani!

 

 

Fashion – Francophile Fingers – Matias Chaize ring set

With the New York couture shows more than a month behind us, we’re missing la vie parisienne and everything French. Cue these tiny little reminders: Mathias Chaize‘s set of silver and gold rings inscribed with “Avec Moi” and “Avec Toi.” We’ll let our hands do the speaking, mon cher.

 

Fashion – Matilda & Quinn Boutique – Online Shop

Our lovely friends at Matilda & Quinn have launched a oh so stylish boutique shop. We wanted to give you the good news, perfect timing as we’re all back to work following our not so sunny summer. Their classic styles can be worn during the day in the office without having to change for the evening from one season to the next.

Another reason why we love Matilda & Quinn so much is because they actively support the UK garment manufacturing industry and have made a concerted effort to work with the few high end manufacturers remaining in the UK.

Take a look at their new collection… Matilda & Quinn Online 

 

Trend – Woggles – By Tender & Hill Side

These are the coolest accessories for men folk we have spotted this week.

If you can pull off a neck tie and you fancy a natty little accessory to liven it up a bit, grab one of these simple cast metal woggles from a collaboration between Tender and The Hill Side. These little beauties are exclusive to Hickorees  at the mo but will be available online very soon and for more information on Tender go to their website here: Tender Co.

Campaign – Stussy – Fall 2011

Stussy have enlisted the photographic talents of Peter Sutherland for their men’s fall 2011 lookbook. For the shoot, Sutherland took a bunch of the models out into the desert, presenting the streetwear label’s new collection with a classic American, outdoor-inspired aesthetic. Take a look at the results…

 

Pop Up Shop – NYC – UNI QLO CUBES

UNIQLO POP UP STORES NYC…UNIQLO is happy to announce the opening of four state-of-the-art pop up Brand Shops to celebrate the new UNIQLO Flagships opening on Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street and 34th Street Herald Square this fall. New Yorkers will enjoy the many shopping locations throughout NYC where they will receive the best in customer service and top notch clothing.

The pop-up UNIQLO Brand Shop located in the Flat Iron at 155 Fifth Avenue, just opened; it will be followed by a second located at 1880 Broadway, and then followed by a third location at 2385 Broadway. Stay tuned for more UNIQLO Brand Shop locations in NYC very soon.

 

Event – Damien Hirst Exhibition -The Complete Spot Paintings 1986 – 2011

Location: Gagosian Gallery, London

Date: 12 January, 2012 – 18 February, 2012

To all you Damien Hirst Lovers “The Complete Spot Paintings 1986 – 2011” – a new solo show from the acclaimed British artist Damien Hirst. The exhibition is planned to take place simultaneously across all of the eleven Gagosian Gallery locations Worldwide. The gallery will even be borrowing pieces from both public institutions and private collections, as well as from the artist himself. This is the first time Gagosian Gallery has dedicated all locations to a body of work by one artist.

Branding – Documentary – Passion Of The Craft

This short documentary ‘Passion Of The Craft’ first started when BANDIT – a strategic ideas agency in Copenhagen – realised their clients rarely understand the link between the lives of their consumers, and their brand. Because of this they decided to go on “a journey to find like minded individuals in fashion, branding, media, photography, marketing and design.” This is a great insight to Branding and we thought some of you would like to take a look…

Art – Vogue Covers from 2010 – Shrubrub

A LiveJournal user called Shrubrub has created some collages by stacking up every single 2010 Vogue cover from all over the world to arrive to the image below, where she’s pretending to see what would appear as Virgin Mary (I guess I could see that too). She also stacked up the covers country by country, creating more interesting results and as you can see the logo does not move a hair. Clever stuff!

Pop Up Shop – New York – Nicola Formichetti

Nicola Formichetti Pop-up 57 Walker St., nr. Broadway, Tribeca, NYC

Date: Opening 8th September 2011 

Aside from slagging off old or fat people, creative director and stylist to Lady Gaga, Nicola Formichetti is due to open his first POP UP! We’re v. excited to see the results!!
Here is the first look image (via The Cut) at the rendering for the shop, designed by architects Mark Foster Gage and Marc Clemenceau Bailly of Gage/Clemenceau.

Interior – Wildfox at Harrods – Sign by Pop Store

So we thought we’d give you a sneak peak of our addition to the up-and-coming Wildfox section at Harrods, we designed this sign exclusively for the LA Vintage Knitwear brand.

Interior – Tokyo – Godiva Chocoiste by Wonderwall

We’ve been taking a look back to 2009 for this inspiration interior. This was the design for Godiva’s concept flagship store. Godiva’s idea was “treat thyself”. Wonderwall’s intention was to add a breath of fresh air to the more traditional image Godiva instill.
 The shop features humorous design details such as the “melting chocolate” ceiling combined with the primarily classical interior design. This is a very bold texture must create a massive visual impact on all visitors. Take a look…

Interview – Expert – Jefferson Hack

Jefferson Hack is the publisher of Dazed and Confused, the iconic independent magazine he set up in 1992 with the photographer Rankin. Here he talks about how they set up the magazine, some of their more famous covers and collaborations, including Madonna, Ai Wei Wei and Alexander McQueen and why it’s important to read, read, read.

Photography – Hedi Slimane – Diary

If you love raw beauty, photography and all things black and white, we beg you to check this out: http://www.hedislimane.com/diary/

Here are some of the imagery you can expect from Hedi Slimane…

Interior – LA – Voila!

Our very good friends at Voila! LA, are so worth a gander…  an ever changing cabinet of curiosities. They explore, discover and exhibit treasures, mixing vintage oddities with antiques and contemporary art. What truly binds their collection is the love for the exceptional and the exquisite.

And as always… Enjoy! http://www.voilagallery.com/

Pop Up Shop – Shoreditch – Tokyobike

Location: Studio 54, Rivington Street – Shoreditch

Date: August 2011 – Ten weeks only (potentially permanent)

Emulsion Architecture have designed a new pop-up store for Japanese bike company, tokyobike. Based in an old printworks in Shoreditch, a ‘Tokyo style twist has been incorporated into to the streetscape’. The interior is understated, echoing the ethos of the brand – no-nonsense, good design and honest construction. The store will be open for just ten weeks but plans are afoot for a permanent store coming next year.

Pop Up Shop – USA – Johnny Cupcakes

Location: 2 Dock Street, Edgartown Massachusetts – Martha’s Vineyard USA.

Date: Friday August 12th – Saturday 20th August 2011

A Joke that started from the trunk of Johnny’s ’89 Toyota Camry. A college drop out with a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle, he never wasted his time going out and partying but instead focused only on brainstorming and sketching up his wacky ideas. He turned down investors and took countless risks like keeping his shirts out of chain stores. Now he has his very own chain, but his Pop Ups are something to be celebrated!

Back To The Island! The second annual Johnny Cupcakes at Martha’s Vineyard Pop Up Shop is playing host to exclusive tees, shirts & stickers and will only be available while stocks last. This is going to be a fun way to end the summer.

Style – Dalston – BLEACH

Hair Crush

We thought Niki Minaj was a trend-setter, but oh no, the 23-year-old co-founder of Dalston salon Bleach has been doing Minaj-style rainbow hair “for ages”.

She is also responsible for starting the ‘Ombre’ dip dye trend (or “bleachenders”, as they like to call it) of two-tone hair with light ends and dark roots, adopted by famous names such as Drew Barrymore and Alexa Chung.

Brownsell is a session hairstylist working for brands such as House ofHolland and Hermès, and a colourist to stars including MIA, Daisy Lowe andPixie Geldof.

If you wanna go dip dye or just fancy something a bit different, Bleach have now opened in Topshop. Book your next appointment.

BLEACH TOPSHOP, SB2, 214 OXFORD ST www.topshopbleachlondon.co.uk

BLEACH DALSTON, 420 KINGSLAND ROAD http://bleachlondon.co.uk/

Collaberation – Alexandra Cassaniti & Billabong

WAVE HELLO

Alexandra Cassaniti grew up as a beach bum, a surfer chick who never planned to be a fashion designer, but with a creative obsession, and her love of the ocean, she’s landed a collaboration with surf brand Billabong. This exclusive collaboration hit Billabong.com on June 17th and has been über popular this Summer. We should have mentioned her earlier, but for those of you with Holidays booked with a bit of surf in mind, check out her line, it’s laid back chic to the max! 

Event – Music Festival – Wilderness

Location: Cornbury Park, Oxfordshire

Date: 12th – 14th August 2011

Curated jointly by the organisers of Meltdown, The Secret Garden Party and the MAMA group, Wilderness seems closely modelled on Festival Nation’s more established Latitude Festival. Acts such as Gogol Bordello, Toots & The Maytals, Laura Marling, Antony and The Johnsons(playing with an orchestra), Hayseed Dixie and The Guillemots will play. Wilderness plays host to pioneering performances, Fireside Banquets And Theatrical Spectaculars for 800 festival guests.

This is one of our favourite events that celebrates the end of Summer. If any of you POP STORE fans end up in the Wilderness this weekend, get snap happy and send us in your pics!

Interior – Wildfox Atelier LA – By Pop Store Commercial

With a sigh of  relief, we can finally reveal our little secret project. We have been commissioned to design and fit-out the Wildfox Studio in LA!

We thought we’d share with you our preview night, showcasing concepts and fixtures we have designed for the ‘Wildfox Atelier’ in Downtown LA. After 3 months of hard graft, our work on the Wildfox Studio project has finally started to blossom. With hand crafted furniture fit for a sumptuous French boudoir and modern twists in every corner, we can now visualize the destination of our design intentions. This is just a sneak peak of how things are coming together. We will keep you updated on our progress…

Design – Kotoli by Nendo For Ruinart – Posh Lunchbox

Put away your wicker basket and plaid blanket! Japanese design firm Nendo have created a sophisticated style of picnic wear. Check out what a real posh lunchbox really looks like…

Interior – Commes Des Garçons – Good Design Shop

Comme Des Garçons – Good Design Shop, Shibuya-Ku 
Tokyo, Japan

With a penchant for bringing artisans and designers together, Kenmei Nagaoka’s D&DEPARTMENT PROJECT  have come up with this GOOD DESIGN SHOP. Nagaoka’s curation approach is almost gallery-like, transforming a rather cluttered visage into something very palpable for all.

With a look of a of a surplus store, we love the density of the merchandising, while everything still remains shopable and visible. The store is located in Japan and we hope they translate the same concept and bring it over here!

Campaign – American Apparel – NSFW Ads

American Apparel has long been known for its range of stylish and on-trend basics, and for its raunchy, controversial advertising.

In the words of Jeremy Kyle.. “WELL, WELL, WELL!”, AA have had a breakthrough new advertising strategy: pictures of classy girls removing their panties—but drawn in pencil. This changes everything. It’s not porn if it’s drawn!

Take a look through this ‘top drawer’ material, the NSFW ads –  and decide whether American Apparel has crossed the line between sexy ‘art’ and trashy porn.

Thoughts? …

Campaign – Common Sons – Pop Store Commercial

Sky Atlantic paid us a little visit last week. They came to film us at the set of  a photoshoot for knitwear brand, Common Sons. We chose a quaint location on the riverside of Hurley’s Boat Builders, ‘Peter Freebody & Co’.

The team here at Pop Store Commercial were set a brief to find a location that reflected Common Sons ‘British Made’ roots. We chose Freebody’s Boat Yard as it represented British manufacturing at its best. The boat builders’ old-school approach to work and their attention to detail was very refreshing to see, and an influential environment to shoot in.

The producers of Treasure Seekers (Cineflix Productions) came down after  contacting us about any up-and-coming Campaigns we may have in the pipeline. So… we invited them down to Freebody’s after the owners kindly allowed us access to their yard to shoot our look book for Common Sons. Both shoots went really well and we were happy with the results.

The Common Sons. look-book and Treasure Seekers episode will both be available for viewing in Autumn this year. 

Event – Field Day – Victoria Park London E3

Field Day

Location: Victoria Park, London E3

Date: 6th August 2011

Line Up

Along with Secret Garden Party, Field Day is fast becoming one of our favourite festivals. The line up this year is spectacular, with artists such as Jamie Woon, Jamie XX, Warpaint, Wild Beasts & many more. With wholesome activities such as scone throwing, apron string shuffle races and the human wheelbarrow, who could resist! In a culture awash with so many watered-down musical events, this one is truly hardcore in the best possible way.

Music – Cambridge Folk Festival – Megan Henwood

Our friend Megan Henwood has been touring the festival circuit all Summer long. The talented muzo has been gracing the stages of Oxfordshire for years, and we’ve watched her grow. Henwood, the winner of BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award two years ago at the tender age of 20, has a stupidly modest character and we genuinely believe she has no idea just how gifted she really is.

She possesses vocals reminiscent to Carol King and Sandy Denny with lyrics that articulate words of a wise old owl.  Her writing focuses on broader subject matter than your average female ‘try-hard’. This girl is one to watch, she will be winning awards for many years to come, so you’ll become quite familiar with this girl.

See her perform at the Cambridge Folk Festival on The Den Emerging Talent Stage, this Saturday 30th July 2011 (tomorrow).

If any of you Pop Store readers attend the fest, please let us know how it went. Muchos Thankos! x

Pop Up Shop – Lauren Moshi – LA

July 28- October 15 | 144 S. Robertson Blvd. | 10am-7:30pm daily

For a short time only, Limited Edition Lauren Moshi artwork & clothing along with pieces from the brand’s new basics label, Michael Lauren will be up for grabs in Lauren’s new POP UP SHOP. The Lauren Moshi shop will feature current season styles and a few favorites from past collections, including Bow, Diamond Tongue, Happyface and Chain Skull designs. Remind you of another of our favorite brands?

We will get some pics of the up and coming Pop Up, in the mean time check out Lauren’s work in the film below…

A Summer Look Book – Lauren Moshi- 2011

We are loving some of the new silhouettes she introduced this season such as the Harlow oversize cape tee and the Barbie crop tee. We also have a bit of a crush on the Lacy bell pant and Lisa color fringe tote bags. These pieces embrace all aspect of the nouveau bohemian with a touch more of daring sophistication than the ’70s flowing predecessor looks.

Take note of the feather hair extensions, they are destined to be massive this Autumn!!

Pop Up Shop – New York – Umbro New York Cosmos BLACKOUT

Location: Reed Annex, 151 Orchard Street, New York
Date: OPEN until July 27

We are quite taken by the interior of this Pop Up, its gritty shell really creates an underground atmosphere.

Designed by Kevin Lyons, the multi-faceted creative put together a special tribute for the events that transpired back in 1977 and marked the start of Carlos Alberto and the Cosmos’ dominant run in the NASL.

Pop Store News – Retail Week Interior Awards Finalists 2011

We don’t wish to brag, but we have indeed made it to the shortlist for the Retail Week Interior Awards 2011!! SCORE!

See the shortlist here: http://www.retailinteriorsawards.co.uk/294757

Enough…

Photography – Baubauhaus – Some Fun Images

Baubauhaus

Baubauhaus is here to feed your daily need of design, illustration, photography, fashion and of all else art-related. For all you visual whores out there, there is some epic content on this site.

We love there note: don’t be sure you’ll be featured on our wall. What is cool for you could be uncool for us.

To see more wonderful and whimsical imagery…. http://www.baubauhaus.com/

Photography – Tyler Shields – The Look of Lohan

Lindsay Lohan has resurfaced from house arrest in a dramatic Tyler Shields shoot, and TMZ has the photos. In the pics, Lohan can be seen enjoying her new freedom by getting her chest fondled and cuddling in bed. She looks damn good, ankle tag or not!

Pop Up Shop – Pop Store Online – Comune

Not For Girls

COMUNE was formed from the idea that there will always be people out there who not only embrace the rawness and imperfections of everyday life but use it to creatively push the boundaries of what’s possible in skateboarding, fashion, art, and music their own way, with complete disregard of the consequences.

Boys… visit us and get your hands on some Comune with a 60% discount (you’re welcome). Just enter the word POP into the promo code section just before checking out! Happy Shopping. x

http://popstore.shop.venda.com/engine/shop/brand/Comune%2C+Mens

Product Development – Common Sons – Pop Store Commercial

The last 20 years has seen the decimation of the clothing manufacturing base in the UK. Business’ have deserted these shores to get cheap labour elsewhere and have said the industry is dead on its feet in Great Britain.

Here at Pop Store we thought BALLS to that (we aren’t the gloomy sort)… so to prove that great quality, affordable clothing can be made in these fair isles, we are currently working on a project developing a mens knitwear brand made exclusively in Great Britain, Common Sons. Here’s a sneak peek at one of our samples.

First stop is Selfridges for an exclusive period at the start of October, then we march into ASOS a couple of weeks later.

More pictures soon along with sneak peaks of the Summer 12 range.

Window Design – Christian Louboutin – Catterpillar

Christian Louboutin launches its latest dynamic window exhibit in the London Flagship store, located on Mount Street in the heart of Mayfair. The wonderful designers ‘Studio XAG’ were briefed by Christian Louboutin to create a summer garden featuring a giant catterpillar. We just love the results below, we recommend you go down and see it in the ‘flesh’ at the London Mount St boutique.

The above creation is a light-hearted tableau, featuring a stylised summer garden against the backdrop of a perfect azure sky and cotton wool clouds. With the central installation, the Caterpillar ‘just hanging out’ with myriad legs that have been replaced with those of a shapely woman. This magic display put a smile on our faces at Pop Store HQ, we love to see designers thinking beyond constraints. Thoughts are welcome…

Campaign – Jimmy Choo – Pour Homme

So… Tamara does men! Not just Christian Slater, no no she’s doing a whole range for MEN!

We all claim the first thing we look at when we see a man are his shoes… Tamara Melon says her collection is for Artists and Investment bankers alike… from chunky, black leather biker boots, to classic, leather loafers and on-trend Chelsea boots.

The collection also includes high-top cashmere trainers, which will be available in animal prints such as leopard and zebra; and for the man who has everything, a pair of gentleman’s ‘evening slippers’, available in a velvet jacquard ‘Porno Paisley’ print, or for those with a sense of humour, in black glittery fabric.

What do you all think of this collection, let us know… slap a comment down, we’d love to hear your thoughts.

Campaign – Mood Film – Y-3’s A/W Collection 2011/12

Y-3 has gone all ‘Broke Back’ on us with this beautiful ‘mood film’. Featuring army parkas, striped union suits, quilted work jackets in suede and wool, and cotton leggings inset with panels of Fair Isle knits – as well as the odd embrace. We love…

Campaign – Alexander Wang – Fall T by Alex Wang Collection

Fashionista gives us a look at Alexander Wang’s new fall campaign for his T by Alex Wang collection…

Campaign – SLVR – Adidas

Adidas SLVR campaign

We bring you a Mood Film, directed by Willy Vanderperre showing the A/W11 Adidas SLVR campaign. The models featured are Anouck Lepore and Alexander Beck. What do you think?

Interior – Pop Store – Top Secret Project

We thought we would give you a sneak peek of a project we are working on with some familiar friends in LA. All very hush hush, but we will keep you updated. Here are some workings in progress for the interior of the secret location…

These unfinished pieces have taken inspiration from French furniture from Louis The 14th and 16th periods.  Turned wooden white washed posts hold the metal rail for clothing.

All of these pieces are based on French antiques, with a nod to the modern day. We will be using current print methods and fabrics to update these beautiful pieces.

Pop Up Shop – London – Bathing Ape

Location: The Old Truman Brewery, 25 Hanbury Street, London, E1 6QR 

Date: Saturday 2nd July to Sunday 10th July
A Bathing Ape have only gone and set up a PIRATE pop-up store on Hanbury street, you know, near that trendy Brick Lane place, with the curry and skinny jeans and things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exclusive tees, and other garments are to be expected, and if you are real fan, it is definitely the place to be.

Review – Music – Little Dragon

Album: Little Dragon by Little Dragon

Little Dragon’s self titled album is music for lazy days in the park, tea parties, late night trains, and boozy lunches with your bezzies.
This album is part electronica, part new wave, part R&B and 60% brilliant! Before you think only 60%? DO NOT let that stop you from reading on! If you don’t particularly enjoy electro but sometimes find yourself tapping your feet to The Knife or Hot Chip, then there IS hope… Little Dragon delivers so much more texture than electro, so much more! In all honestly, the album hosts as many ‘stand-out’ tracks as ‘skip-overs’, but the ‘stand-outs’ never get boring. With emotionally taut lyrics tied in with beautiful vocals and abstract electronics, the album stands proud as not only unique but strangely familiar. We won’t bore you with individual track write-ups, but we will recommend ‘Ritual Union’, it is pure genius!

These four school chums from Gothenburg should be proud of them selves, with sparse, quirky, gender-bending sounds, and singer Yukimi Nagano’s eerie and heartful tones, this album deserves credit where it’s due.

Style – London – Glamour's Golden Age

After watching ‘Glamour’s Golden Age’ on BBC4 last night, we felt we should post about London’s first ‘Bright Young Things’.

In the 1920’s a group of privileged young men and women changed the way following generations looked at style, boundaries and sexuality. They were the first tabloid stars and had such a modern aesthetic, that they could be living in East London now.

Steven Tennant

This could be a picture from the 1980’s as much the 20’s, gold sprinkles in his hair and the Bowie-eque pose.

This is a picture of Tennant’s compatriots who were tastemakers of their time. They could be in London Fields any day of the summer.

Their fancy dress parties became legendary happenings that gave everyone license to morph their age, gender and appearance.

Inspiration for Gaga?

The BBC documentary, linked below, proves that the fame-seeking tabloid scene is nothing new, neither is drug-taking, gender ambiguity, or eccentric glittery style. It’s all been done before. DON’T let that stop you though.

Every generation needs their ‘bright young people’.

You will have to try very hard to be original now though.

Meat dress?…..no thanks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nk9m5/Glamours_Golden_Age_Beautiful_and_Damned

Style – London – Glamour’s Golden Age

After watching ‘Glamour’s Golden Age’ on BBC4 last night, we felt we should post about London’s first ‘Bright Young Things’.

In the 1920’s a group of privileged young men and women changed the way following generations looked at style, boundaries and sexuality. They were the first tabloid stars and had such a modern aesthetic, that they could be living in East London now.

Steven Tennant

This could be a picture from the 1980’s as much the 20’s, gold sprinkles in his hair and the Bowie-eque pose.

This is a picture of Tennant’s compatriots who were tastemakers of their time. They could be in London Fields any day of the summer.

Their fancy dress parties became legendary happenings that gave everyone license to morph their age, gender and appearance.

Inspiration for Gaga?

The BBC documentary, linked below, proves that the fame-seeking tabloid scene is nothing new, neither is drug-taking, gender ambiguity, or eccentric glittery style. It’s all been done before. DON’T let that stop you though.

Every generation needs their ‘bright young people’.

You will have to try very hard to be original now though.

Meat dress?…..no thanks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00nk9m5/Glamours_Golden_Age_Beautiful_and_Damned

Event – Music – London

TRI-GIG

Three must see musical feasts are in London this week, we wanted to point you in the right direction…

Beady Eye
Tonight…One Mr. Liam G is heading to the Roundhouse this week as part of the annual iTunes festival with fellow Brits, Arctic Monkeys and Adele. Expect tracks with inspiration taken from the Beatles and Stones and some Brit Pop Bangers! The Steve Cradock band provide even more retro thrills (and no doubt the odd Ocean Colour Scene singalong) in support!

Ed Sheeran
OK, so we have another ginger crush in the shape of Ed Sheeran, but he’s really rather top, seriously. The singer, songwriter, scatman and electronic looping genius supports Bruno Mars at the Roundhouse on July 8, following two headline gigs on Wednesday and Thursday at Scala. Get tickets now to avoid disappointment, as they say.

Sub Focus and friends… 
Get ready…  we have got Sub Focus, Toddla T, Hervé, Jack Beats, Surkin, Jaymo & Andy George to pick and mix from…

The London superclub, Fabric has an astonishing line-up across its sprawling dancefloors and nefarious corners this Friday (July 8). Fabric will also play host to legendary Notting Hill night YoYo. The latter’s Greenmoney and Seb Chew transport their Thursday night good vibes to the weekend. There’s a load of DJs we’ve never heard of too! Should be an amazing night!