NEST design collective in Shanghai

Don't be put off by the title, NEST is a SHOP where you can BUY THINGS, in Shanghai's Tai Kang Lu.

Shanghai residents will know this area already. For those of you coming from further away, ie Beijing, (and it is rumored that there are places even further away than Beijing), Tai Kang Lu is an old district of narrow streets that has been taken over by cafe owners, designers, photographers, ceramicists, jugglers, sorbet-makers and other global flotsam.

Nest was started by designer Trine Targett (Jooi), who invited fellow designers to make unique products especially for the NEST space. The NEST line-up now includes Rachel Speth and Jeff Delkin (Bambu), whose remarkable lacquered bamboo artistry is pictured at left or whereever the damned image appears, does Movable Type suck or what? , clothing by Lisa Wen (Brown Rice), Jammy Yang's novel lighting designs (Y Town), Grace Liu's delicate ceramics (AsianEra), paper art from Paper Tiger, Sherry Poon's organic cotton babywear (Wobaby), Sacha Silva's remarkable furniture (A00) as well as founder Trine's textile works ... and carpets from Torana.

These people are all my friends, so expect lots of shameless plugs thoughtful, objective coverage of this venture over the coming weeks.

There is more information on NEST, a map and so on on their website.