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The French take their perfume seriously, smelling fabulous is practically a national obsession. That’s why this new fragrance boutique is right at home in Paris. Cult perfumier Frederic Malle’s perfume workshop makes the amateur shopper feel like a seasoned perfumier, with smelling tubes to ‘taste’ the fragrances. Visitors can observe Malle at work and take home a bottle of his latest scent.

The space feels warm and friendly, with a home ambience, helping you relax and settle in to the sensory experience.

An atmosphere to support and engage professional makeup artists and their artists. An unprecedented scale of facility and concept: The first of its kind 6,000 sq ft at 7 west 22 street, New York

The facility is divided into two separate sections, each with its own entrance: A retail/studio and a training area. Unlike other M.A.C Pro stores around the world, this is a full-blown studio and experimentation facility for make-up artists and beauty professionals. With its dramatic open layout, the space is a true feast for the eyes.

M.A.C Pro’s New York store is completely dedicated to serving the pros. At the mixing station, they can hone their skills, test samples and experiment with the product with all of the tools of the trade nearby. The reference library is stocked with books, magazines and other reference materials for those who want to learn more or do research. At the photography studio, they can record their processes and their results. A separate training area, a kitchenette and bathrooms with showers make this an ideal space for some serious learning.

Makeup Art Cosmetics (M·A·C) launched in 1984 when two Canadians, makeup artist and photographer Frank Toskan and beauty salon owner Frank Angelo, opened a single counter in the basement of the now-defunct Simpson’s department store in Toronto. Staffed by professional make-up artists, determined to become the ultimate color authority in make-up, and blessed with an outrageous sense of drama and theatre, M.A.C gained huge popularity among professionals and consumers. The Estee Lauder Companies bought 51 per cent of M.A.C in 1995 and the rest of the shares in 1998. Sleek stores, a vast array of color options, and a sense of professionalism and artistry are still the hallmarks of M.A.C that now has more than 750 stores in 50 countries.

Mixing stations
Paper, Pigments, Powders, Brushes- A space for Artist to experiment and play.

Shopping
All materials M·A·C PRO. Where Artists stock up. Explore What’s New.

Photography studio
Seamless. Equipped with lights and cameras. Artists document progress. Capture visions.Build portfolios.

Library/ archive
Elite and comprehensive collection of reference books. Investigate - Photography. Body Art. Makeup. Fashion. Style. Archived M·A·C materials as well.

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Fiat has opened a new London flagship showroom - worth the visit even if you have no desire to purchase one of the dinky new 500’s. The Marylebone store features a heavily chromed interior - fresh and modern without being intimidating or overbearing – think Austin Powers love den meets the science lab of the future.

The space is split over two floors. The first floor is the showroom with a handful of vehicles, a whole lot of shag pile carpet and a gift shop to boot. Here you can purchase pretty much anything for the Fiat enthusiast from cufflinks to handbags to miniature models that open up to become USB sticks.

Downstairs is a more minimalist white multi function space designed for corporate meetings, fashion shows and art and design exhibitions. This space currently features the ‘Fiat Workpop 500′ exhibition where prototypes of Fiat accessories that have been designed by 22 young product designers are on display. The public can vote for its favourites, and in a Survivor like contest, the winner’s product will go into mass production and eventually on general sale. Where will you be able to purchase these you may be asking? In the gift shop of course.

Leo Burnett in Sao Paulo created this simple yet clever ad for Arcor bubble gum.

Concrete textile, design: memux (Thomas Mennel, Reinhard Muxel)

Producer: Oberhauser & Schedler Bau GmbH, Hermann Rudolph Baustoffwerk GmbH

Shown on the Red Dot Awards site

Leave, a leaf-shaped fridge magnet designed by Richard Hutten, has been put into production by office furniture manufacturers Gispen.

The plastic leaves were originally designed for the office ceilings of the Boijmans van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.

“Since it’s a magnet, you can apply it to any metal surface,” says Hutton. “I did my whole fridge with it. A sort of a bush.”

Johans Golv AB is a Swedish design company that develops floor and wall tiles, tables and worktops in a special concrete material - Soft Concrete.
The softness is achieved by adding polymer to the concrete mix, which makes the material structure more elastic. The products are manually crafted and custom made in Sweden.
Drop is a decorative tile from Johans Golv made of Soft Concrete. Drop is designed by Jenny Oldsjö och Ragnar Hultgren. Drop was shown as a product for the first time at Stockholm Furniture Fair 2007.

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