So I stumbled across this bonkers hotel while surfing for coolness. It’s the Yas Hotel in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. and it is crazy cool. Built half on land, half on water with access to the marina. The shell of the hotel is created to resemble the tossing of a fishing net, and the LED colour display is truly impressive. It encompasses contemporary style rooms, 14 restaurants & lounges, 10 treatment room spa and multiple rooftop pools.

Check it! These fireplaces are the latest on my list of favourite products. Planika has taken a sleek and stylish approach to fireplace design by making them contemporary furniture pieces. Planika has created a myriad of amazing pieces: coffee tables, wall-mounted fires, standfires, and more. This smart design means that there’s no need for a chimney as there is no soot or ash scattering from the fire to worry about or clean up. With more than one designer working for them Planika provides a healthy selection of these amazing pieces, i mean there’s a whole collection to choose from. These are just a few pictures of their products, but take a gander at the website to see more planikafires.com

I love summers, especially patios during the summer. Hitting up the patio scene is definitely on the top of my list of rad things to do. Yes, that’s right. I said rad. Jealous? I’m always on the hunt, trying to find the next best patio-centric hot spot. Lis, James, Christy and myself ventured to one of the newest spots in the vibrant and bustling Mission district of Calgary, the Vin Room.

This venue is amazing! It is a completely renovated space that used to be a cycle shop (Mission Cycle- the sign still exists) into this chic downtown night spot. Contemporary design mixed with warm tones and sleek furniture make for an inviting space to have a glass of wine and share some tapas. We were lucky enough to sneak a spot on the rooftop patio. Again, very warm tones mixed with contemporary furniture make the patio just as comfortable as the interior of the space, with the benefit of a mighty fine view. I should not forget to mention that the food, wine and staff were amazing too!

I encourage people to stop in for a glass of wine and enjoy the well layed-out space and decor. Or make an evening of it during a hot summer night, atop the well lit patio (heater optional).

Photos credited to the vin room website.

Located in London, England, lies this visually stunning and modern restaurant and lounge. With cleverly hidden lighting and sparingly decored with intimate all-white furniture, it acts as a canvas for projecting light and colour. Thus creating an atmosphere that is focused on ambiance and mood. If you are in the area of, or, on route to London, put this on your hit-list of places to see.

www.vanillalondon.co.uk/

Quite the atomic encounter, this restaurant’s aim is to please. It’s first location opened just a few blocks north of it’s newest location and set quite a trend in fast food dining in Calgary. The restaurant has many different flavoured drinks, some consisting of the bubble tea variety. As well, they offer really tasty /  relatively healthy subs too, flavours like tandoori chicken.

The newest location is in the heart of one of Calgary’s most up and coming areas. So they really focused on making their space a relaxed and vibrant to enhance the dining experience. The space has sleek chairs mixed with leather couch’s and ottoman’s, giant windows, and unique design features. Truly an atomic ‘ally correct space.

www.atomicexperience.com

Comfy furniture!

Bubbly chandeliers.

Great place to people watch! (1st Calgary)

This is a stellar example of smart design. The Gummo studio is located in Amsterdam and have done something surprising with their office space which is both cutting edge and eco-friendly. They have taken discount furniture from bargain stores and left-over furniture from their old office space and covered it all with a grey environmentally friendly paint called Polyurea Hotspray. They then placed it all together to create a modern and functional office space there is even a sculpture of Jesus covered in this very paint lurking in their office, blasphemous? or blasphabulous?

source:  www.mimoa.eu