cosmic wonder
Because this is my last day on Design*Sponge i couldn’t leave you with only beautiful places in Amsterdam. I’m showing you an installation by Japanese fashion label cosmic wonder at Mu Eindhoven.Cosmic wonder was set up in 1999 by Yukinori Maeda in Osaka where he and is 11 co-workers prefer to work because it’s more quiet there. Cosmic wonder creates 2 fashion brands. One is cosmic wonder jeans + an avant garde line, an example of that you can see in the pictures. It’s not about clothes you can wear but they created an environment , using garments to tell stories with. Besides that i was very inspired by their use of color… very refined
KOOS
I also went to my other favorite shop…. KOOS !
KOOS is a collaboration between Dutch designer Nynke Fennema and Japanese designer Shinichi Kato. They started selling their shoes in Japan in 2002, where it quickly became a big hit and opened up a shop in Amsterdam in 2005. Out of all the leather left overs , the idea came to make children’s shoes under the name of Tante Tini. Which means aunty Tini named after Nynke’s aunty. KOOS is a Dutch boy’s name and also the name of a type of Japanese sake. If you like KOOS too, you can understand why i’m so thrilled to have a shop like that in my city. Where can you get such simple shapes, beautiful colors and leather soles for those kind of prices these days ? Which range between 80 and 180 €. I can’t show all the pictures so i’ve put them all up on Flickr.
And last but not least , i want to show you what i think is a perfect place to stay , here in Amsterdam. A lovely apartment , all to yourself in a nice neighborhood and reasonably priced. You can find it here.
And a bit more pricey but very very beautiful : MIAUW suites, more pictures over here
Well my conclusion is that Amsterdam is a wonderful city to visit. Because the architecture is beautiful , you can shop till you drop and the atmosphere is relaxed. Although everybody , myself included has to have big locks on their bicycles.
I still prefer Antwerp though (did i just see Antwerp mentioned on the KOOS website?)
But it could change i’m not there yet ;)
A big thank you to Grace for giving me the opportunity to share the things i love with you, which has helped me to see things more cleary.
And thank you very much for stopping by :)