Tag: Design Travel

View All Tags

/ / / /

Awesome Blog Alert: 'I Am Packed'

February 9, 2012 at 3:30 PM | by | Comment (1)

What'd you pack? It's not a question you ask your friends and family when it comes time to zip up the bags and head on out on a trip; it's a question asked by a curious traveling public, of every traveler ever. Yeah, we want to see inside your suitcase or duffel, and though it's true that most of the time it's to compare packing prowess, it's also because the world enjoys stuff.

Without further ado, let us introduce the Air New Zealand-backed photoblog I Am Packed, which has one purpose: to feature the well laid-out contents of a traveler's bag, plus minimal information about the person (name, age, hometown, destination). It's beautifully simple, oddly inspirational and—best of all—'they take submissions.

Their archives only go back as far as August 2011, so you won't while away the entire day scrolling down the site. We had a similar series that started in September 2011, but ended with the year (here's a post from it). This way, the magic of peeking into other people's bags continues.

[Photo: screenshot]

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Onboard the Singapore Airlines A380: The Little Things

January 26, 2012 at 3:15 PM | by | Comments (0)

The Jaunted Singapore A380 Series:

1. The Grand Tour
2. The Singapore Girls
3. Eating (and drinking) all the way to Singapore
 4. Everything you ever wanted to know about Business Class
5. Design details

Reaching the end of our series on flying the Singapore Airlines A380, it's time to look back and well...just look closer.

Paying attention to the design details means that the airlines will have to pay attention to them as well. And, let's face it, when recounting a particularly great flight, you'll utter a sentence something like this: "Oh, it was so nice...I slept and ate well and they had [detail], [detail] and [detail]!" Personally for us—on the SQ A380—we'd fill those spots with "Givenchy linens," "the cutest stackable salt & pepper shakers," and "an onboard sommelier."

more ›

/ / / / / / / / /

Three NYC Museum Art Exhibitions to See Right Now (Like ASAP)

January 3, 2012 at 2:56 PM | by | Comments (0)

· Carsten Höller: Experience at the New Museum

Closes; January 22.

Admission: $16 Adults / $14 Seniors / $12 students

Not gonna lie—a few years back when Höller exhibited at the Tate Modern, we nearly flew to London just for the exhibit. Alas he's now finally mounted a grand show in NYC, complete with his famous multi-story flume slides (and yes, you may ride down them). Also to be seen (and experienced) are a sensory-deprivation tank and goggles that turn everything upside-down. The exhibit has been so popular that the museum raised admission, but still—go.

more ›

/ / / / / / /

Architecture is Reason Enough to Hit Palm Springs

December 20, 2011 at 4:49 PM | by | Comments (0)

Tis the season to head for sunnier, warmer climes. For many this means the Caribbean and Mexico while for others, they're keeping it closer to home in Palm Springs, CA. Since we know many who'll head to the desert on Virgin America's new route to Palm Springs, we're thinking it's time to let you in on a few of our own personal favorite PS secrets.

When you're not guzzling all-you-can-drink champagne in Palm Springs, the thing to do is take in the sights. Just be totally sober before hopping behind the wheel, of course. There's no shortage of vistas in this desert valley surrounded by mountains and blue skies, and we confess that our favorite thing to do in Palm Springs is actually just leisurely cruise around.

Driving here (any time other than Coachella) is a breeze. The streets are wide and well maintenanced, traffic is extremely rare, and oftentimes the buildings that line that road are as photo-worthy as the natural scenery. There's just something about that midcentury modern look, and luckily it's something in which Palm Springs specializes.

more ›

/ / / / / / /

Buy This: Sturdy Bikes with Good Design at Adeline Adeline NYC

December 20, 2011 at 10:03 AM | by | Comments (0)


A bike from Scottish brand Paper Bicycles

It's crunch time for holiday presents. This close to the weekend, you're either shelling out for 2-day/overnight shipping or just heading into a store to pick up gifts in person. Still stuck for ideas? Just think about what you wanted as a kid, but updated. Luckily our answer to that is "a bike a bike!" and buying bicycles for your friends or family is luckily something easily done last-minute.

As huge proponents of both bike sharing and cycling wherever possible, we admit that our biggest, big-ticket gift suggestion this year (for anyone, really) is a proper sturdy bike with some style. Fortunately one New York City store specializes in such two-wheelers: Adeline Adeline.

more ›

/ / / / / /

Buy This: Retro Road Maps

December 13, 2011 at 3:15 PM | by | Comments (0)

While we're extolling the virtues of Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood, we can't neglect to drop a holiday gift suggestion that's both cheap and easy. Yes, cheap and easy can actually be good.

Browsing at Brimfield, we came across a tin brimming with vintage road maps and hotel ads, the sort once handed out by gas stations to motorists on road trips or who were just frequent patrons. This is the 1960s of modernist design and good highways, so the flimsy pamphlets are both gorgeous and entertaining.

more ›

/ / / / / / /

GM's XP-21 Firebird: The 1954 Idea of a Hybrid Car

December 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM | by | Comments (0)

Sometimes, as lame as it may sound, it's worth it to "go antiquing" because then, while digging through a drawer full of vintage US state postcards, a gem like this emerges from the muck of history. It's a 1954 pamphlet extolling the virtues of GM's XP-21 Firebird car, the first gas turbine auto ever built.

The design of the car is heavily jet-influenced; in addition to the little wings, vertical stabilizer and single cockpit driver's seat, the Firebird even has flaps in the rear to aid in braking after the car would hopefully hit high speeds. Unfortunately the thing has never been driven beyond 100mph because it was just too darn unsafe to do so.

more ›

/ / / / / / /

Bienvenido a Miami...Land of Fancy Parking Garages?

Where: Miami, FL
September 22, 2011 at 10:15 AM | by | Comments (0)

Miami views from the 1111 Lincoln Road parking garage.

Unless we're talking about the impressing engineering that keeps skimpy bikini tops on man-made wonders, architecture is not a word we usually think of when we think is on the way—joining at least two other designer parking structures on the beach—we're going to have to start looking up when we stroll around South Beach.

Hadid's firm has been given $12.5 million to play with in creating the new municipal parking garage in the Collins Park neighborhood—that's near the Bass Museum, The Setai and the W South Beach. According to the Miami Herald, she will be spending the cash on her winning design in the shape of an '8'. (Significance of the number? Beats us.)

more ›

/ / / / / /

We Asked, They Answered: What is the Shade of KLM's Signature Blue?

September 21, 2011 at 9:39 AM | by | Comments (0)

A round of applause for KLM. Yesterday, in a huge social media experiment, they repurposed one of their aircraft hangars as a "Live Reply" space, where a mass of KLM crew responded to tweets from the public by holding up massive letter cards to spell out answers, a la football stadium fan cheers.

Naturally we tried to get in on it, but our question obviously demanded a more technical reply than flight attendants, pilots and ground crew can mime. Here was the question:

@Jaunted: So, @KLM Live Reply, is there a name for the particular color of @KLM blue?

more ›

/ / / / / / / /

Moscow Airport's New Sleepbox: Better than 'Two Luggages on the Floor with a Hoodie Draped Over'

August 17, 2011 at 10:40 AM | by | Comments (0)

We're not going to say that sleeping in airports is uncomfortable. Everyone already knows that. We're here today to slam down the Bible, thumb our fist on the pulpit and do declare that there is a better way! There is hope for airport nappers! This hope is the Sleepbox and after spending several years as a popular concept and focus of design blogs, the Sleepbox has actually materialized as a physical, money-generating thing.

Just this week the first Sleepbox made its debut at Moscow-Sheremetyevo Airport and the international interest has been immediate. In all fairness, anything beating two luggages on the floor with a hoodie draped over them is a huge improvement. So now Sleepbox is accepting its first guests, offering rentals of 30 minutes to several hours while providing free WiFi, bunk beds, a folding desk, an LCD TV and "ventilation." Don't expect an ensuite bathroom, but do note that the bed sheets are automatically self-changing and there is luggage storage.

Want a bathroom? It's off to the Yotel with you.

more ›

/ / / / / / / / /

Not Quite a Museum But a Mecca of Modern Design: Welcome to Moooi Gallery in Amsterdam

Where: Westerstraat 187, Amsterdam, Netherlands
August 9, 2011 at 4:46 PM | by | Comments (0)

Welcome to Amsterdam Week here on Jaunted! Each day, we're coming at ya with a Double Dutch of features: two stories on a city (and its airport) that stuns with its beauty and nearly overwhelms with everything there is to do. Got any Amsterdam tips of your own? Share with us in the comments!

Moooi. Say it aloud: "moooooooi." It rhymes with "joy," so long as you extend the "o" sound long enough. So what does this curious word mean, anyway? Well, it's an invented word based on the Dutch "mooi," meaning nice or pretty. The extra O is inserted to emphasize this definition, and give a name to a magical place on Amsterdam's Westerstraat, in the funky Jordaan neighborhood.

This place, Moooi, is something of a museum of modern design, but also a gallery where everything is for sale. Anyone can visit and see up close some of the iconic modern pieces only previously spotted in glam fashion photo spreads or in interiors magazines. Furniture, design and art nerds seek it out, because Moooi is also the location of Dutch industrial designer Marcel Wanders' studio. Indeed it is his flagship, though the 7,500 square feet also prominently features the work of a range of artists and fellow designers.

more ›

/ / / / / / /

A Video Ode to MUJI, Now Through June 12 at JFK's Terminal 5

June 6, 2011 at 3:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

When it comes to modern travel products and—well—any lifestyle products, we're massively enamored with the Japanese brand MUJI. So far, MUJI has only expanded into the US as far as New York City, opening four stores in the last couple years. One of the lucky spots to get a MUJI was JetBlue's Terminal 5 at JFK Airport, and for a few weeks only this month, MUJI is celebrating this location in particular.

From now through June 12, the MUJI To Go shop at T5 will have this video installation located just outside of it, in the terminal food court area. The installation, entitled "FLOW" and crafted by Luftwerk, subtly showcases MUJI's most iconic products, like their raincoat, daily planner journal and colorful pens. We kinda wish this video was available on YouTube as a seamless feature with a calming soundtrack, but we suppose this will do.

If you're flying out of Terminal 5 at JFK on JetBlue in the next couple weeks, keep an eye out for it! And then, yes, join us in the love of MUJI.

Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy (Revised 08/01/2011). © Condé Nast Digital. All rights reserved. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Condé Nast Digital.
Ad Choices