Save 20% at Flora party + Enter to win a spa gift set
November 15, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SALE, Neat STUFF, Neat WIN
By Karen Vitt, NEAT editor in chief
Flora is four-a (ok, sorry, we couldn’t really help that)… and downtown Portland’s most luscious botanical boutique will celebrate its fourth anniversary with a party and sale from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Wednesday, Nov. 17.
Stop by to save 20 percent storewide on modern, nature inspired designs for [...]
Herman Miller Sale + Father’s Day gifts at Hive Modern
Modern furniture fans buzz around The Pearl District’s Hive Modern store year round, admiring gorgeous pieces like this classic Eames lounge chair and ottomon set, which is known in certain circles as one of the most significant and collectible furniture designs of the 20th Century. And ringing up at a cool $3,314 beans, it’s perhaps [...]
Relish Anniversary Party! Design enthusiasts invited…
May 12, 2010 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat EVENT
Set your designs on this: Relish Design Store, the cool Pearl District purveyors of modern home furnishings, jewelry and accessories, is celebrating eight years of business with an intimate-ish anniversary party for customers and local design enthusiasts, 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, May 21.
To thank its loyal customers for so many years of stylish success, [...]
OfficePDX Portland “Women In Design” panel + party
March 25, 2010 by karenvitt
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Hey laydeeeeez! Office PDX (our best local source for outfitting the stylish modern worker) is prepping for its favorite annual event, the Women In Design party-slash-panel, to be held at NORTH advertising agency from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. next Wednesday, March 31.
Office PDX has put together a small panel of standout local women design [...]
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Save 60% on modern + vintage finery at Swoon
Swoon boutique, Alberta’s awesome source for vintage clothing, antiques, modern resale items and handmade local goods, is moving. We don’t yet know where the shop will relocate, but we do know there’s a monster moving sale today, from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3.
Save 60 percent storewide on modern and vintage clothing, handbags, jewelry, [...]
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Charles Phoenix’s Retro Holiday Slideshow
December 27, 2009 by karenvitt
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Need an excellent excuse to drag out this Christmas thing just a little bit longer? King of kitsch Charles Phoenix, a pop-culture humorist and author of numerous neat, Americana-themed coffee table books, will present his hilarious Charles Phoenix Retro Holiday Slide Show at Portland’s Hollywood Theatre, 7 p.m. this Tuesday, Dec. 29.
Phoenix, a regular correspondent [...]
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OfficePDX + Egg Press last-minute holiday deals
Holiday shoppers are getting serious this week, and shops like the OfficePDX + Egg Press pop-up store in downtown Portland are making our last-minute gift excursions especially merry. Stop by the airy, modern pop-up store from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 23, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, [...]
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Save 15% on Kartell lighting at Hive Modern
Hive Modern, the Pearl District’s premiere retailer of eye-popping modern designer furniture and housewares, will mark down all Kartell lighting by 15 percent, now through Sunday, Nov. 15.
Made in Italy by a handful of amazing designers, Kartell is known for pioneering use of plastics to create equally durable and stunning light fixtures like the ones [...]
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Modern holiday stuff + sale at Relish Design
October 25, 2009 by karenvitt
Filed under Neat SALE, Neat STUFF
Relish Design Store, the cool Pearl District purveyors of modern home furnishings, jewelry and accessories, has a lot going on these days. To snag a frenzied Facebook quote from owner Trisha Guido, “So many local artists, so little time!” Let’s get started, then!
First up, the shop has started taking orders for its popular aluminum star [...]
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Rag & Bone party Friday at Mercantile
October 15, 2009 by karenvitt
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Downtown Portland’s classic boutique department store, Mercantile, will host a Rag & Bone shopping party from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 16. Come meet the creative design team of Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, who founded the popular line of modern clothing and denim in Kentucky in 2002, when neither had formal [...]
