Cool Travel
Cool Travel / Melbourne’s Wax Museum Records
April 30, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Dylan Truscio |
Guy and Tim run Wax Museum Records, a dope joint in Melbourne to dig and find those gems you can’t get anywhere else. I tend to find some of the coolest soul and funk records I have at Wax Museum. They also put on various club nights around Melbourne. There always seems to be a big turnout. They are situated underneith Flinders Street Station in the city.
Cool Travel / Ace Cafe and Neasden Hindu Temple in London
April 27, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Matt Wicks |
When you film an ex-mod and rockers biker wedding, you know it ain’t gonna be down at no church. And that’s exactly what led me to the Ace Cafe, London. The Ace is petrolhead, rock n’ roll heaven, especially if you get there for one of the regular meet nights, for anything from Harleys to Smart Cars. For a total cultural curve ball, walk a few minutes round the corner where a piece of India fell from the sky: Neasden Hindu Temple, made from 2,000 tonnes of carved marble. Need one say more.
Cool Travel / Retrograd: a vintage design store in Copenhagen
April 27, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Greta Hoffman |
In a town where even your local bank branch hangs designer lights, and the high street has everything a product nerd could hope for, it’s hard to imagine you might still find some hidden gems. Fortunately, in Copenhagen, this is not the case. Read more
Cool Travel / Miletos: a restaurant on Melbourne’s Chapel Street
April 24, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Dylan Truscio |
This is the most amazing place to eat, drink and chill. Miletos, which is in the Windsor end of Melbourne’s Chapel St, is a family-owned business. It has a rustic feel: the layout is something straight from the rolling hills of South Gippsland. You have to try one of Laura’s freshly made cakes. which are cooked fresh every morning, or the crowe favourite, The Shag, which will make your head explode with flavour. [Photo by Liz McLeish]
Cool Travel / Life-sized LEGO Forest built in Sydney’s Martin Place
April 20, 2012 | Cool Travel | 
by Zolton |
Sydney’s iconic Martin Place in the bustling CBD has undergone somewhat of a transformation lately. It now resembles a magical, mystical LEGO Forest made up of 15 LEGO ‘pine trees’ (each an impressive 4 metres tall) and 15 flower sets. If you’re in town, pop by and get your fix of the sticks. Read more
April 20, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Low Lai Chow |
Taking designer Pierre Stéphane’s playful bubble tents to the Bouches-du-Rhone forests some 12km from Marseille, the Attrap’Rêves hotel in France encases its guests in their childhood fantasies. And promises not to burst their bubble. Read more
April 20, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Alana Saphin |
The contemporary and elegant Blackman, in Melbourne, is the newest hotel in the Art Series Group. As is the theme of the Art Series, the hotel celebrates one of Australia’s most influential artists: Charles Blackman. Having visited The Cullen six months prior, I was taken by the way an artist’s work can so significantly change the feel of a room. Read more
Cool Travel / See another side of the world with Peregrine Reserve
April 19, 2012 | Cool Travel | 
by Lost At E Minor |
Ok, so we’re all pretty well travelled at Lost At E Minor, but the team at Peregrine Reserve school us when it comes to exploring that vast world out there. They have more than thirty years of experience travelling the world and creating unique itineraries for intimate travelling parties, so you get the inside perspective when you’re on your next overseas adventure (there is a maximum group size of 12 people per tour, with a few exceptions). Read more
Cool Travel / Residents of the village Fucking vote to change its name
April 19, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Zolton |
It had to happen one of these days. Residents of ‘Fucking’, the village in Austria that has traditionally been the most fun place in Europe to say, are voting this week on whether to change the name of the place to something less, erm, inflammatory after being the butt of ongoing pranks and jokes. We suspect that options for the new name include Shagging, Humping, and getting frisky. Other suggestions will no doubt be welcomed. [photo by ALAMY via The Telegraph UK]
Cool Travel / The Occulter: a vintage boutique in New York City
April 18, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Melissa Kojima |
If you like vintage items that have history and mystery to them, you’ll love the Occulter. It is a boutique in New York City with an artful collection of photographs, jewelry, books, stationary and even black honey. All are contemporarily made, but feel like they were found in the attic of a haunted gothic house. If you’re not in New York, you can still do some armchair shopping at their online shop. Read more
Cool Travel / Villa Vals: a unique villa in Switzerland
April 17, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Samantha Dalrymple |
Villa Vals is a unique villa located on the hillsides of Switzerland. The architecture, design and location makes you want to hibernate there and just enjoy the scenery. So, who’s coming with me? Read more
Cool Travel / Water Cathedral in Santiago by GUN Arquitectos
April 14, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Low Lai Chow 
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The Water Cathedral in Santiago, Chile, is born from the Young Architects Program that coaxes outdoor installations with shade, seating and water from emerging architects. This installation features white sand-filled fabric bags with a topography of stalagmites. Read more
Cool Travel / Luxury yacht comes with its own private Island
April 13, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Low Lai Chow |
Why settle for your own private island when you can bring the entire island, complete with a miniature volcano, lush tropics, beach huts and clear waters, with you on board your yacht? Now you can move anywhere in the world, and your home, plus the land it sits on, can join you for the ride, too. This tropical island yacht project is designed by UK-based Yacht Island Designs. Read more
Cool Travel / Chinese-mythology theme park shot in infrared
April 13, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Low Lai Chow |
The Haw Par Villa gardens rate highly on my list as one of the most banal and kitschiest places I have been to in my life. One of the highlights of this Chinese-mythology theme park is its gory ten courts of hell. Flickr user, HUANG, however, somehow manages to transform the place from campy to cool with his awesome infrared shots. Read more
Cool Travel / The Byron at Byron: 45 acres of pure Byron Bay luxury
April 12, 2012 | Cool Travel | by Zac |
For the uninitiated, Byron Bay is one of Australia’s finest regions for food, beach and culture. The Byron at Byron distills the region’s unique mix into a compelling and utterly unique resort. We stayed in the Deluxe Spa suites, and once we arrived, we felt no urge to leave. Designed by Haysorn Architects, the rooms are a marvel in space maximisation and design aesthetic. Read more
I gotta say, the Occupy movement has much better art and design skills than the Tea Party. Check out these posters by Occuprint. Print them out, and distribute widely. Read more
Kristine Moran’s Francis Bacon-esque paintings are abstracted just enough to obscure the dark, sensual, and supernatural trysts between nebulous, writhing figures. Read more
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Ever seen a beard you can’t trust? Yes, me too. Well, here’s a witty Beard Chart visualisation that can be used as a guideline to help us all out.
Tallest Man on Earth, the rasping Swedish folk singer-songwriter and one of the unsung heroes of 2008, recently recorded the beautiful song A Field of Birds, a nice adjunct to his summer album release, Shallow Grave. His sound is so loose and unmanicured, and carries a poignancy reminiscent of the rusty, early Bob Dylan.
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If you thought that fashion and science had nothing in common, think again. Now we creative types have little time for heavy discussion about scientific facts, so we’ll get straight to the point. Emerging Sydney designer Dion Lee has interpreted ‘mitosis’, the process where cells divide, in an impressive first collection that’s already gaining a cult following. Read more
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New York-based artist Suzuki Mariko has made this handmade felt doll set of a mom and happy baby bear sitting on a sofa. At just three inches wide and two inches high, it’s perfect for your side table. It can even watch TV with you. Aw! We have it for sale in the Lost At E Minor store. Read more
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