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Reviewed 14. Mar 2007
Chic, nice, pretty Berliner design under one roof.
So, it's kind of expensive, too, but it's a nice place to browse, and the salespeople are nice. If you get tired, there's an adjacent cafe with good homemade pastries.
Reviewed 07. Mar 2007
My landlady took me here as surprise, knowing that I was very keen on all things design.
Really, it was a dream: two spaces of all manner of material concerning architecture, fashion, film, graphics, photography, prints, typography...anything artistically-oriented, it's probably here, or they can get it for you. Stencil art in Argentina? Check. Iconic 50-70s buildings in Berlin? Of course. It's hard to walk away without a purchase.
Reviewed 13. Jan 2009
A nice addition to the growing Fairfax strip, Family offers a range of books, zines, comics, and even DVDs for the indie literati.
It's hard to resist leafing through or going away with the Zadie Smith-edited volume or Michel Gondry's new offering. Check out the shows, too, that add to that real cozy community feeling.
Reviewed 13. Jan 2009
Definitely in competition with Panta Rhei as my favorite Madrid bookshop.
Along with museum souvenirs and design goodies, La Central also offers tomes that run the gamut of the humanities. The smaller bookshop at the Santa Isabel entrance is better for Reina Sofia merch, while the main one at Ronda de Atocha offers three floors of a bibliophile's dream. Check their calendar for free events.
Reviewed 13. Jan 2009
Comic/graphic novel/design enthusiasts would be hard-pressed to miss this store, along the less-polished end of Sunset Blvd, and across the street from Toi.
A veritable warehouse of creativity, stocking titles from more familiar works like Tintin and Spiderman, indie faves like Drawn and Quarterly, and lots too, for anime and manga fans. Need a figurine for your mantel? I'm sure Meltdown's got it. Just ask the relaxed staff.
Reviewed 30. May 2009
Even if I wasn't checking out at show up the street at the Echo, I'd somehow still find a way to pass the afternoon at this bookstore/cafe.
Un/fortunately, friends and I just conversed over coffee and extremely delicious banana walnut cookies in the area seating right past the coffeeshop. Next time, I'll for sure take time to browse through the collection of novels, comics, and local history tomes.
Reviewed 24. Oct 2007
One block off of Gran Vía, it's like walking into your multi-talented friend's apartment, white walls splayed with illustrations, paintings, and the like, also available are limited-edition serigraphs.
Actually, you can get a lot of "limited-edition" items here--besides artwork, there are clothes, toys, and music. Subaquatica, like many other spaces of its ilk, dedicates itself to promoting lesser-known (at least, in Spain) artists and publications. A must for fans of the strikingly visual.
Reviewed 08. Aug 2007
I'm usually quite intimidated by visions of cooler-than-thou salespeople.
When I do muster the courage, I actually enjoy going into shops as a way of sampling (and sometimes, supporting) the local design. Such shops abound in cosmopolitan and "podunk" locales alike, and Montréal is no exception. Though located in the Cours Mont-Royal shopping center, the Three Monkeys folks are neither too pushy nor aloof; the shopper is invited to enjoy the offerings at this contemporary museum of textile, as it were.
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