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Spotlight On Power And Money (Amsterdam)
When the investment group All Capital wanted a power space for their high-powered meetings in Amsterdam, they engaged two local creative firms that had the right vision. Interior design firm i29 (http://www.i29.nl/) and architectural office Eckhardt en Leeuwenstein (http://www.eckhardtenleeuwenstein.nl/) created meeting and lounge areas that are prestigious and opulent without being pretentious or stuffy.Themed around the playful concept of being under a spotlight, the spaces feature gigantic, round, black lamp shades spray-painted gold inside. These power lights appear to cast spot lights and create shadows everywhere in the space. The fake ovals of light and shadow on the floor, walls and furnishings are created by altering the colors and textures of the finish. The golden ovals also define specific areas and soften the angles of the black-stained ash wood desks and cabinets. In addition, the gold and silver ovals scattered about can be interpreted as coins — highlighting the business of the client. All existing ornamentation and detail of the building was painted white. The All Capital boardrooms and lounge opened last month in the historic, 17th-century building, De Gouden Bocht (http://www.gouden-bocht.nl/)located by one of the most famous canals of Amsterdam, the Herengracht (=Gentlemen`s Canal). i29 was established in 2001 by Jaspar Jensen and Jeroen Dellensen. Their style is characterized by a dramatic absence of extras or gimmicks, and by frequent use of clear blocks of color and lots of white. Their projects, mainly in Amsterdam, include schools, retail shops, restaurants, hotels and private residences. Architect duo Rob Eckhardt and Goos Leeuwenstein has a long history of distinctive projects from public spaces to restaurants, entertainment venues and residences. They’ve created offices for Publicis, DDB and Eigen Fabrikaat, film studios for Jurriaan Eindhoven, and interiors for Restaurant Bordewijk. Eckhardt became known early in his career as a furniture designer with the disco stool Dolores as his first success in the early 1980s. He even operated a retail store that sold his furniture, including the 1983 Groeten uit Holland chair and the 1982 Karel Doorman chaise lounge. - Tuija Seipell

Photographer - Andrea Karin (Grace Jones)
It would take a bold and confident photographer to work with Ms Grace Jones – she of the panther like qualities and iconic outlandish style! Andrea Karin (http://www.andreaklarin.com/) seems to have created not only a working relationship with Ms Jones but also a truly collaborative experience with startling results. Ms Jones prowls across the studio space commanding your attention with her dramatic poses and facial expressions. See more visuals over at Fashionation (http://www.fashion-ation.net)

Buccella Wines
The art of packaging design (design/The-Power-of-The-Box---Powerful-Packaging-Design/) continues to inspire us. The latest interesting example to land on our desks is this classic take on packaging label design by Californian boutique winery, Buccella. (http://www.buccellawines.com/)Taking the age-old wax seal as its inspiration, the bottle's simple label makes a bold statement about the brand - that it is formidable, timeless and not easily forgotten. And according to reviews by major wine critics - so is the product. Earlier this year, The San Francisco Chronicle named Buccella a "cult" brand and one of the top 10 new wineries to watch. Great packaging design and a great wine to match...a coupling made in hedonist's heaven. Pass the glasses please. - Lisa Evans.

A Smaller World
If the first and second generations of social networking portals were about opening up the world, the third generation is about closing it again. Invitation only sites are popping up everywhere, creating exclusive, gated virtual communities that shut out the “masses.” bluechipexpert.com (https://www.bluechipexpert.com/login) and doostang.com (http://doostang.com/), where aspiring members must submit their resumes to be considered for acceptance. Other sites are blatantly and proudly parochial, such as aprivateclub.com, (http://www.aprivateclub.com/) which is only for New Yorkers in-the-know. If you were lucky enough to score an invitation to the Cannes Film Festival, you would also have gained access to the festival’s ‘private’ online portal, cannes2008.ning.com (http://cannes2008.ning.com/), created for attendees only. In Asia, well heeled society-types and business movers and shakers can network at dianefay.com (http://site.dianefay.com/index.php), a members only online club where one has to be invited to gain entry. In Europe decayenne.com (http://www.decayenne.com/) offers a similar exclusive club concept for invited members only. Wall Street types can commiserate the global financial meltdown with eachother in the privacy of cyberspace at bankersavenue.com, (http://www.bankersavenue.com/Index.aspx) a members-only portal for bankers who must be invited to join. Global expats can catch up on local knowledge and network at internations.org (http://www.internations.org/). The members-only site is for diplomats, members of IGOs and NGOs, foreign correspondents and other expatriates employed by multinational companies and their family members. If you don't bat for the "straight" team you can connect with other successful 'power' gays and lesbians at cosmocircle.net (http://www.cosmocircle.cc/) .If bizarre beliefs are more your thing then you can try getting into the spacecollective.org (http://spacecollective.org/) invite-only community, where "forward thinking terrestrials exchange ideas and information about the state of the species, their planet and the universe." Sounds like a blast. Where do we sign up? American Express should jump into the fray here and create a network for people who use their “black” card. Are businesses missing out by not creating exclusive environments for their high end customers?- Laura DemasiDo you know of any other “private” networking portals like these? send us a tip (http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/component/option,com_contact/Itemid,14/task,view/contact_id,1/) pics via cobrasnake (http://www.thecobrasnake.com/)

What We Twitted About
The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0 (http://www.fastcompany.com/articles/2008/11/influential-women-web.html?#)Malcolm Gladwell’s elegant and wildly popular theories about modern life have turned his name into an adjective—Gladwellian! But in his new book, (http://www.newsweek.com/id/169196) he seeks to undercut the cult of success, including his own, by explaining how little control we have over it. (http://nymag.com/arts/books/features/52014/)The Killers amazing MTV stage set (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U58HAK0KUGg feature=related)seems to have been borrowed from Etienne De Crecy live performance. (http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzil8S7tUeY)New Xbox game sells 2.1 million (http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2496) on day 1Justin Timberlake as Beyonce's back-up dancer (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2WSDQPiWXPdj5QiGT) on Saturday Night LiveYearbook (http://www.yearbookyourself.com/) yourselfJ.K. Rowling, delivers her Commencement Address, “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination,” at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard (http://harvardmagazine.com/commencement/the-fringe-benefits-failure-the-importance-imagination) Alumni Association.It was an ugly 2008 for the entire fashion magazine industry (http://www.wwd.com/media-news/fashion-memopad/fashion-magazines-bear-brunt-of-economic-meltdown-1859479)twitter.com (http://twitter.com/thecoolhunter)/ (http://twitter.com/thecoolhunter)thecoolhunter

The Cool Hunter Lands In Amsterdam (17-24 Nov)
The Cool Hunter Platinum (platinum/) is on the road again next week, (17-24 Nov) this time hitting Amsterdam so posts will be limited. If you live in Amsterdam or have spent time there let us into your secret address book. We want to know everything about this hip capital....who and what is making waves in all disciplines of design/architecture/fashion, plus the most interesting things happening in lifestyle, retail and hotels/spas, clubs/bars etc. If you live in Amsterdam send us your tips...we're on the hunt for all the coolest things we don't yet know about. Tell us everything bill@thecoolhunter.net (mailto:bill@thecoolhunter.net)