Worldly Stores
A list of the coolest worldly shops around.
Bark
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United StatesImagine you went to every housewares shop and bazaar around the world and announced "Give me the finest item in your collection!" Your final collection of goods would look a lot like the collection of items at Bark. The airy, inspiring...
Bitters Co.
Fremont - Seattle, WA United StatesIf your only experience with globalization involves talking to tech support guys in Bangalore, let Bitters Co. show you a different way. To Bitters Co., globalization means gathering interesting objects from around the world, items unique to their...
Daily 235
Nolita - New York, NY United States"We can go inside, but you have to promise not to touch anything!" we heard a mother warn her young son before she led him inside Daily 235. We're not sure how the poor kid faired but he sure failed the test inside the crazy,...
De Vera
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesGawking at De Vera's amazing collection seems oddly like browsing artifacts at a museum. The dramatic store, a narrow space with massive paned windows, holds a collection of De Vera's exquisite jewelry designs alongside new and antique...
Egbert's
Belltown - Seattle, WA United StatesThere's a certain been there, done that quality to Egbert's that's hard not to notice. They don't impress you with their dramatic displays or try to get your attention with their zany furniture. No, after decades in the...
Global Table
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesWe think Global Table should become the "Official Tableware Supplier of the Olympics". What other store carries rustic American plates, elegant Japanese sushi dishes, sexy Italian espresso cups, stylish Chinese bamboo placemats and...
John Derian
East Village - New York, NY United StatesDecoupage and stylish are two words you're not likely to see together very often. The craft of using paper cutouts and varnish to decorate is more often featured in Midwestern farms than New York studios, but John Derian has made decoupage...
Kiosk
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesIn the age of container mega-ships and overnight cargo that any interesting product from one corner of the world is not available everywhere else is surprising. But that's just the case for any number of products from mundane household items...
Layla
Boerum Hill - Brooklyn, NY United StatesLayla is one of those stores we like to call stride-stopping. You're walking along with purpose, with places to go and people to see, until you notice intriguing items at a window and have to stop and take a look. The store carries jewelry,...
Nomad
Porter Square - Cambridge, MA United StatesImagine 10,000 quaint villages mashed into one and you might have an idea of Nomad's interior. The outpost collects folk art and crafts from across the globe to make for a quirky, colorful environment. The hundreds of items in its...
Opening Ceremony
La Cienega - Los Angeles, CA United StatesWhen we think clothing boutique and New York a store like Opening Ceremony is what we have in mind. The store is hip and worldy, avant-garde but approachable, artful and industrial. The shop contains a collection of hip, chic clothing the likes...
Opening Ceremony
SoHo - New York, NY United StatesWhen we think clothing boutique and New York a store like Opening Ceremony is what we have in mind. The store is hip and worldy, avant-garde but approachable, artful and industrial. The large, long space, complete with a loft area contains a...
Rose and Radish
Hayes Valley - San Francisco, CA United StatesKnown for its dramatic, beautiful floral arrangements, Rose & Radish has turned its keen design sense to home design. Alongside flowers, their modern gallery space now presents an expertly curated collection of home accessories. From...
Scout
Rockridge - Oakland, CA United StatesThink reconnaissance, not cookies. Scout serves as your travel scout, visiting locales far and wide and bringing back a collection of delightful accessories, furnishings, crafts, art and random odds and ends. The mixture of in-house pillows and...
St. Mark's Bookshop
East Village - New York, NY United StatesIf you put a general bookstore in the hands of an artist, St. Mark's Bookshop is what you would get. Among the black shelving and exposed ducting are a nice selection of new fiction and nonfiction with a strong emphasis on design, art, and...
Symmetry
Wicker Park - Chicago, IL United StatesAsian and modern furniture stores usually occupy diametrically opposed areas of the home design landscape. Symmetry effortlessly marries the two aesthetics as if they were meant for each other all their lives. The decidedly grown-up store--we...
Woven History/Silk Road
Capitol Hill - Washington, DC United StatesThe Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked Europe to much of China. Silk Road, the store, captures some of the magic of the fabled route by finding and collecting items from the many countries that the Silk Road traveled through. Paper...
Woven History/Silk Road
Leesburg - Leesburg, VA United StatesThe Silk Road was an ancient trade route that linked Europe to much of China. Silk Road, the store, captures some of the magic of the fabled route by finding and collecting items from the many countries that the Silk Road traveled through. Paper lanterns from Tibet, cabinets from China, saddle...
Elsewhere
Sites we dig
Sites
- Hint Mag
- IHT Style
- JC Report
- LA.com Shopping
- Men.Style.com
- NY Mag Fashion
- NY Times Fashion & Style
- Refinery 29
- Style.com
- Superfuture