freshly baked.

After a gourmet little bakery/sandwich shop popped up near my work.I started to notice a huge influx in designed bakeries internationally.

At first it was noticing a few spaces showing up throughout the city (you cant miss them, the smell of fresh bread practically envelopes your entire being) but before I knew it, these spaces were getting featured in magazinesand blog appearances were more frequent than ever.

Bakeries are the greatest. A visit to the bakery is a total sensory transportation, there's just something about fresh bread that warms you right up.

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Here are some of the best bakeries I've seen lately:

AUTOLYSE BAKERY - Sydney, Australia

by: LoopCreative

Not only do random pieces in a space give it charm,but those 3 surgical instruments lights definitely make sureyou get all those crumbs out of your teeth.

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BISTROT MILANO CENTRALE - Milan, Italy

You may not be able to tell, but the entire space is promoting sustainability to its core.  From reupholstering old armchairs with fabrics obtained from flour sacks and coffee sacks, to using resin combined wood chippings down to old parquet flooring from other buildings.  Almost every element in this space is recycled or made from cradle-to-cradle methods.

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BAKER'S BAKERY - Tel Aviv, Israel

by: Studio180

Like i love to say,
"a little pop of yellow never hurt nobody"

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A Branding Highlight-

BROWN'S COURT BAKERY
by: Studio Nudge

 

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A Packaging Highlight-

MELIARTOS
by: Kanella

 An Athenian bakery that pays the right amount of homage to its Athenian roots. Decorative patterns influenced by neoclassical homesand a logo inspired by Byzantine bread stamps (examples).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IL LAGO, South Korea

by: Bono Goyang

Housing itself in a hotel lobby, this bakery is nothing short
of a giant edible sculpture.

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URBAN BAKERY CAFE, Hong Kong

by: Joey Ho Design

The industrial inspired cafe features a rendition city in aerial view by Portuguese street artist, VHILS.
This feature is carvde by using drills, chisels and hammers. 

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If all bakeries looked like this, I would be choose to
partake in a high gluten filled diet.

sand package.

" 沙砾礼物盒:

sand-made packaging re-establishes the ritual of discovering a gift
and the concept of sustainable packaging.

As an answer to the increase of waste in modern society, we have developed a material using one of earth’s most abundant natural resources, sand, to create packaging for precious gifts."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Such an interesting idea... I totally want to get my hands on one of these things and
feel how substantial it might be.  If I didn't know better though, I'd think these were
some sort of graham yummy contraption...

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by: Alien and Monkey

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boost my productivity.

This once was firehouse has been transformed into
a productivity house for digital media company
Black Ocean. 

Space planned to function as a communal workspace with
a variety of scenarios including back courtyard, rooftop terrace and
ample amount of seating for you and your fave work pals.

The black exterior matches the name alright

but don't judge a space by its exteriors. 

The pristine white walls with wood accents and quirk
elements turn this old firehouse into a light and bright powerhouse.

 

Great neon accent next to the geometric window treatment.

 

 

These are my fave lights. Must have in my den or something.

Black Ocean Head Offices -- New York

by: Rafael de Cardenas   

1600 pandas.

Second Hong Kong post in a week. 

I think I need to go back again. 

Hong Kong's harbourfront has always been a stage and space
for gallery exhibitions & fun installations.  

This time however, we have 1600 pandas
all made out up recycled paper sprinkled all over the
Hong Kong's International Airport Arrival hall. 

This large display was a not so discreet message to spread
awareness and hopefully spark actual action from the people
to help save endangered bear species. 

Not only unique to Hong Kong this is actually part of the
1600 Panda World Tour
1600 is also not a random number as according to the WWF
there are actually only SIXTEEN HUNDRED wild pandas left.

Let keep these cuties alive.

Organizers said that there will essentially be 

"flash mobs of pandas" engulfing various Hong Kong landmarks. 
Amongst these will probably be the Victoria Harbour, Shatin racecourse
and even rumored to be on some of the trams.

The video below even shows these little buggers "arriving" HKG.

Pandas in Taipei

 

'1600 Panda World Tour'

by: World Wildlife Fund  

the TTC needs this.

 

Now a tradition, Budapest has winter holiday trams.

I know that we're still quite a few months away from
the festive holiday season, but who can say no to a
tram that looks like its traveling through time?!

With the fare of just a regular ride,
this twinkling transport is a budget friendly piece of magic.

 

We can't bank on the TTC ever being this fun.
But it would sure help gain some brownie points
for all the grief they give us on the regular.

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Trams in Budapest!

truly neon - Hong Kong

Any article that features Hong Kong in any capacity

attracts my immediate attention. Not only because
Hong Kong relates to me as home but also because
through all my travels,
no other city has been more fascinating.

You can practically smell the culture, the crafts, and the undeniable
ants-like dedication in engrained in so much of its population.

As a child, I remember getting off the plane and knowing immediately
that I was in Hong Kong: the tunnels, the chatter and
the bright neon lights radiating the streets.

The Chinese Palace Nightclub. Once located on Nathan Road in the Jordan District.

NEONSIGNS.HK
is an online exhibit that's dedicated to the iconic pieces
that made/make Hong Kong. With LED replacements and
new regulations abandoning them due to light pollution this

online exhibition documents the city's fingerprints of neon lights
in an attempt to preserve the feeling of this city's urban landscape.

Neon Map of Key signage

How can an old craftsman, in a world where their art is diminishing
NOT pull on all of your heartstrings.

Launched by M+ Museum this is their 7th mobile project using
the power of crowd sourcing to complete a collection that
would otherwise be terribly difficult to capture.

The project runs till JUNE 30,2014 if you're in Hong Kong
be sure to contribute with the hashtag #HKNEON

NEONSIGNS.HK

 by: M+ Museum