Paddlesworth is the world’s first ever pop up village. If that doesn’t sound weird enough, it’s not even a real village. Well not exactly anyway. Paddlesworth is an internet creation and in this small Kentish village outside Snodland there are only 10 weeks until the end of the world.
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One of the most exhilarating elements of Pop Up events, is their ability to take a conventional activity and transform it, by placing it in a unique environment. This is typified by the recent Pop Up Cinema, Cineroleum, that has been entertaining film lovers in an abandoned petrol station in Clerkenwell. The location and venue are certainly unconventional, as is the idea of street side cinema for the average audience, but it’s a spectacular experience that takes the concept of cinema to a new level. Continue reading “Cineroleum”
For fans of modernist and mid-century modern furniture, Scandinavian designers and craftsman are always close to the heart. Known for producing honest, functional and elegant design, they have created some superbly iconic and influential pieces and had a monumental impact on the way we think about design as a whole.
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IDEA Books returns to The Front Room at St Martins Lane Hotel. This time around however, they have a totally new look and approach to the space. Designed by Nic Wallenberg, the store is now on wheels! A special shelving system has been designed, allowing the shop to be mobile and the displays to be shifted around the shop floor for impromptu, alternative layouts.
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Frank’s Cafe and Campari Bar is a not so secret, temporary bar/restaurant, on top of a multi-storey car park in the heart of Peckham. Sneaking you way around the back of cinema and up into the roof of the car park via a combination of lifts, stairs and ramps you soon find yourself in a buzzing eatery with amazing panoramic views of the city. Part wooden shack, part architectural innovation Frank’s manages to create a welcoming and vibrant atmosphere complimented by the food and drink. We treated ourselves to steak charged on weight, heritage tomatoes, grilled mackerel and buttered brown shrimp. The food roles out in no time, ensuring you never left wanting.
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To celebrate the launch of ‘Boutique by Jaegar’, the edgier collection from the British heritage brand, a pop up store has opened on Fouberts Place, just of Carnaby Street.
Adorned inside and out with kooky, feminine illustrations by fashion favourite Julie Verhoeven, the shop has a fresher, more youthful feel than the main line store on Regent Street.
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For their third outing, ‘Swanfield On Tour’ travelling boutique has come home to roost in East London, underneath the inimitable Hoxton Boutique.
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The Ping Pong Parlour is a one-of-a-kind table tennis social club, located just off Carnaby Street. As well as being able to play ping pong for free (although unfortunately not on regulation size tables), The Ping Pong Parlour offers up table tennis lessons (with an English Table Tennis Association coach!), Ping Pong parties (DJs, round the table tournaments and a robot which shoots out 170 balls a minute) and a Ping Pong Quiz Show.
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Japan’s super cool bicycle company, Tokyo Bike has just launched a pop-up shop in East London. The store was officially opened on the 8th July by Max Fraser, design critic and author of The London Design Guide.
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Perched 34 meters on top of Westfield Stratford City’s 1.9 million sq ft site, at the heart of the 2012 Olympic grounds, was Bistrotheque’s latest pop up dining adventure – Studio East Dining.
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