Take a Peek Inside the Original Grand Budapest Hotel

On the busy streets of the Grand Boulevard, the Corinthia Hotel blends in with the decadent architecture of downtown Budapest. Located amidst the bistros and elegant apartment blocks punctuated by traffic and the yellow tram that never sleeps, it’s easy to miss out of the beauty of this old hotel. But if you take a…

Stop Everything, the Wes Anderson inspired Luggage Collection is Here

Seriously though, I don’t know why this took so long to happen. Ever since I first saw Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited and laid eyes on that beautiful luggage set that traveled through India with the Whitman brothers and almost stole the show, I’ve been yearning for a brown leather carry on with playful safari animals…

Dreamy Paintings of a Bohemian Surfer

If I’m ever asked who my favourite artist is, I think I’ve always had the bad habit of saying the name of someone else’s favourite artist, or a buzzing artist I was supposed to like or know about. But recently, I discovered some art I really, really like. Jules de Balincourt’s paintings make me think of several things, such as;…

The Real-Life Hotels and Miniatures from Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Dream

I‘m not sure what I thought Wes Anderson and his team of magic elves really did to create those unique, game-changing sets for The Grand Budapest Hotel, but miniatures hadn’t immediately come to mind … But of course! As it turns out, The Grand Budapest Hotel technically isn’t so grand. This week, The New York…

Stop Everything and Check out the new Wes Anderson Bar

If you’ve ever dreamt of being on a Wes Anderson film set (like, all day long), I’m bursting to inform you that now is your chance. Sip coffee amongst his signature pastels (personally chosen by Wes), listen to the jukebox wailing out tunes that would appear on his soundtracks and play the part of a Royal…

This Abandoned Gas Station is a Portal into a Wes Anderson Wonderland

By the road in the small town of Ojai, California, a peculiar old mid-century gas station awaits your discovery. Converted from a sorry-looking roadside relic to something rather dreamy… Pull over at the old pumping station, but you won’t be filling up the tank here– more likely, you’ll be filling up your trunk with a hoard of…

Monsieur Hulot’s Parisian House

There are some things that just make me tick. I can’t exactly explain why; what first catches my eye, but it seems we have quite a few of these things in common, you and I. I’d like to share with you this very short and simple clip from a 1950s French film that for some reason…

This GIF Art will Charm your Socks Off

What I like most about art in GIF format is that it’s an art form made just for us cyber wanderers of the internet. Those big fancy galleries can’t hang it on their walls and slap on a big fat price tag (at least for now); collectors can’t hide them away in their private estates for…

If Wes Anderson had an Online Store, it would Probably look Something like This

Browsing the Best Made Co., an independent store based out of New York, is a little bit like browsing a Wes Anderson movie prop list. Steve Zissou’s red beanie and survival kit– check; Moonrise Kingdom’s boy scout badges and campfire tools– check. Since it was founded in 2009 by Peter Buchanan-Smith, a down-and-out guy who had just…

So Wes Anderson’s Brother is an Illustrator and he’s Awesome

Yet more Wes Andersonia to keep us going until the release of The Grand Budapest Hotel, it seems as if the talent pool in the Anderson family spread further than we thought…. Welcome to the world of Eric Chase Anderson, little brother of Wes, with just as big of an imagination. In college, he also wanted…