CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: STORES

Designer Florists

In many cultures around the world, we are used to seeing and shopping for fresh items – vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, spices, bread or flowers – at public markets, at individual old-fashioned neighbourhood specialty stores (the butchers, fishmongers, bakeries, flower shops) and of course at large grocery stores. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: STORES

The Rise of the Designer Bakery

Is there anything more basic, homey and familiar than a loaf of great bread? Yet it has become a luxury. More and more of us are sick (literally and figuratively) of the white, never-to-go-stale sliced bread in its never-to-biodegrade plastic bag. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: STORES

Power Shops

We love great retail. We want to find it. We use it as therapy, as entertainment, as an escape, as fantasy. Yet great retail stores are much scarcer than mediocre stores. We all can list many stores that underwhelm us, yet we visit them daily. Mostly, because we must. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: DESIGN, PRODUCTS

The Power of the Box: Powerful Packaging Design

Packaging has power – enormous power – over what we buy. The fashions we wear express who we are. Packaging does that for products. We identify with a product because we believe that it does for us what we wish it to do. And as any brand manager will tell you, we buy the “brand promise” and the package carries a lot of that promise. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: INTERIORS, RESTAURANTS & BARS

Small is the New Big

Many of the trends we are seeing – and liking – in retail, hospitality, services and even urban planning, deal with smaller size because a strong, growing segment of us is tired of Big. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN, HOMES, OFFICES

The Power of Colour

Black and white are the safe choices in the design world. The colour of luxury is elegant and subdued. Yet, at the same time, even top-tier designers, artists and luxury brands have always used bright colours as well. It is not about either/or. It is not black-and-white or colour. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: OFFICES

Start Paying Attention to the Design of the Office

In our working lives, we are in many ways still stuck in the age of the Industrial Revolution. When the masses worked in factories, the office support personnel worked the same hours, or at least “regular working hours” and commuted daily to central offices. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: ARCHITECTURE

For the Love of Wood

Wood is both universal and unique. No other material is as deeply embedded in the history, culture and life of humans worldwide as wood, yet every single piece of wood is unique. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: ARCHITECTURE, HOMES

Blending the Old With the New

We love order and minimalism in buildings. New, freshly planned, pristine and perfect are great attributes for new structures, yet we also find ourselves drawn to things that aren’t so flawless. Recycled, re-purposed, previously loved, salvaged. Buildings that have a previous life carry a character that brand-new ones just cannot match. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: GARDENS, HOMES, OFFICES, RESTAURANTS AND BARS

Green Is In

Green is in. In more ways than one. We are seeing more plants and greenery in designer homes, hotels, restaurants, offices and public spaces than ever before. Read this article HERE.

CLASSIC COOL HUNTER: GARDENS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Getting Back to Nature

We will never tire of the positive effects of nature. Its calming, soothing and inspiring influence will never go out of style. Read this article HERE.