Yesterday I sent out this tweet about the, relatively new, Apple store in Kyoto. It is the first in the city and I like what they did with the facade of the building. It is decidedly modern and yet there are hints of a local… Read More
This past July, the Apple Piazza Liberty opened in Milan. Above is a photo from the opening via Apple. There’s a band playing in the middle of the piazza. The store is central to Apple’s vision of transforming its retail locations into “town squares.” And in… Read More
Earlier this week, Apple let us know that it is now calling its stores “town squares.” Not surprisingly, this elicited more than a few reactions. The Verge called it a “pretentious farce.” Others called it arrogant. Who is Apple to think that its stores could ever… Read More
New York photographer Jeff Chien-Hsing Liao has an upcoming solo exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York next month called Assembled Realities. I just heard about it through CityLab. Here’s a bit of background on his work: Pushing the boundaries of traditional… Read More
