Warsaw

aka The Phoenix City

Krakowski Kredens

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

 

Krakowski Kredens is a sweet reminder of how the wealthy bourgeois from Krakow dined before 1939. Strong influences from Austrian cuisine were the bits that made it so special in Galicia.

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Ice Cream Famiglia

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

The history of Grycan ice cream can be traced back to the old pre-war days, when the family lived in the Eastern borderlands. There they opened their first ice cream shop in post-war Poland.

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Wonderland

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

Nearly 90 years ago The Swiss Valley in Warsaw was perceived as the noble plain air location for concerts and cocktail parties. Surrounded by luxurious boutiques and embassies at the time was the place to be for the high-class Warsaw crowd. This neighbourhood had its triumphant return in the nineties and from then it has become, again, the best location for cutting-edge fashion and services. Read More

Just sexy

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

No argument, Agnieszka Maciejak is one of Poland’s fashion stars. With the recent collection, she made a great turn into sexy, tough and cool-girl attitude to build her brand on, and with a heightened sense of luxury.

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Taste of wilderness

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

Flavours of Podlasie is a project that contains a conceptual solution for the packaging and its graphic identity. The essence of the project is creating a new brand which integrates different local producers in terms of graphics. Read More

I say Mikey

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

Hopefully he won’t get angry, but Mikey’s blog is portraying the author as a pet of Warsaw nightlife scene. Don’t get me wrong, it is a good thing, because Mikey brings positive emotions and lots of flashlight into dull parties.

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Elliason in Warsaw

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

Eliasson’s project won the contest that was organized at the end of last year by the National Audiovisual Institute in Poland. The installation was unveiled as part of the National Cultural Programme of the 2011 Polish Presidency in the EU and the Warsaw Modern Art Museum was a partner of the project.

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Chmara Winter

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

Chmara Winter is a music duo created by Bartłomiej Chmara and Krzysztof Winter. From the beginning they wouldn’t discuss the project much, they just started to make music together. Read More

Vanessa Bruno’s beautiful imagery

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

It seems that videos are getting more recognition on many magazine or news websites. Whenever something with a slight viral potential is put into the web it goes everywhere. Some more demanding pieces are not that visible like the new Vanessa Bruno’s film, which only could be found on fashion sites. Maybe some got bored of these Ryan McGinley’s style poetic, painting-like miniature films? I am not!

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Kosmos

Dori | February 3rd, 2012

Watchable videos are hard to make. The ones I really like recently are all produced by the Polish duo known as Kosmos. 

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Ministry of Espresso

Dori | November 14th, 2011

Roasting all of their own beans with Coffee Clue, Ministerstwo Kawy is a rare sparkling bean in a city known mostly for its chains of milky-latte shops. Read More

Cloudmine

Dori | November 14th, 2011

Cloudmine is back with its revamped design (check Edgar Bak who worked on the new identity) and fresh approach to online fashion retail.

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The great outdoors

Dori | November 14th, 2011

Autumn is here now and my running routine is being challenged every day because of the worsening weather, I was thinking that I’m pretty lucky to live in a city with many parks and a full blown forest.

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You were not standing here, Mr

Dori | October 4th, 2011

I’m not specifically a big fan of “funny” t-shirts or printed linen bags and so on. But these guys are kind of entering in my life without invitation.

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Capturing the family

Dori | July 24th, 2011

Capturing the Friedmans is a documentary film I’ve recently watched. It focuses on the 80′s investigation of Arnold and Jesse Friedman for child molestation. But it’s not only a story about two pedophiles… Read More