India In February, Seymourpowell design researcher Sarah Johnson was lucky enough to visit Mumbai and Delhi for a research trip. Below are a few places she visited and would highly recommend to others… Bombay Electric Image Credit Bombay Electric in Mumbai is “India’s first concept store” and wouldn’t feel out of place in London’s hip [...]
Rio de Janeiro On a recent trip to Rio, Seymourpowell design researcher Theo Bridge (a certified carnivore) found surprising delight in Rio’s fledgling vegetarian scene. Here’s what he saw… Restaurante Tempeh Self-serve restaurants are typical of Rio, each serving bigger mountains of delicious freshly prepared food than the last. However, if you’re looking for a [...]
Hong Kong Here are some interesting finds from a recent trip to Hong Kong – one of the two special administrative regions (SAR) of China. If you get the chance to go, grab the opportunity with both hands. Whether you’re there for work or play, here are our top places to visit: Victoria Park Start [...]
Jönköping, Sweden A recent trip to Sweden’s 9th largest city revealed an industrious past to Seymourpowell researchers Chloe Coulson and Jenna Singleton… Tandstickmuseet In the eternal words of Bruce Springsteen “You can’t start a fire without a spark” and so it was… we ventured to Jönköping’s main tourist attraction Tandstickmuseet, The Matchstick Museum. In truth [...]
Stockholm On a flying visit to Swedish capital there were a few things that caught our eye… Sweet Idea for Sourdough In the city’s young creative district, SoFo in the Sodermalm, we came across a curious bakery. At first we thought there was a hotel (‘Hotell Surdeg’) attached to the bakery, on closer inspection we [...]
Santiago A recent trip to the Chilean capital revealed some interesting finds amongst the people. Here are our top finds: Hall Central On our first wander through the up-and-coming Barrio Lastarria area we stumbled across Hall Central, a studio space and store supporting young Chilean fashion designers. Opened in 2001, this is a wonderful example [...]
Paris Below are a few of our favourite finds from a recent research trip to the French capital: Centre Commercial One of the latest concept stores to open on Rue de Marseille, Centre Commercial is run by Sebastien Kopp and Ghislain Morillion, the duo behind the socially and environmentally conscious shoe brand Veja.
Zagreb Below are a few of our favourite finds from a recent research trip to the capital and largest city of the Republic of Croatia: The Museum of Broken Relationships The Museum of Broken Relationships is a bitter sweet idea that everyone can relate to, it houses a collection of everyday objects that have been [...]
