Kristina (kriskris)

I was planning to make a big celebratory post for the 100th spot on my wowmap… but turns out I totally missed the moment - there are already 121! It all started about three years ago, when I wanted to take a weekend trip to another city but couldn’t decide where to go. There were things that interested me in both places, so to keep track I pinned them on a map. Back then, I just wanted to wander through beautiful, unusual spots - the kind of places where you can’t help but say wow. The very first “wow-place” I added was Mirage Cinema in St. Petersburg - minimalist, neon-lit, with theatrical curtains. An interior that pulls you out of everyday life and drops you into another world for a few hours. That became the idea behind my map: places that feel like entire worlds of their own. Alien, surreal, sometimes more like something dreamt up by an AI than part of real life. And the anniversary entry, number 100, was the La Géode dome in Parc de la Villette, Paris. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1X7rGdDdv83kilvJdDTnIgjD0Y1_vfJQ&ll=48.88644239321603%2C2.422665576035685&z=12

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A furniture edit inspired by Love Story. Worth watching for the aesthetic alone, don’t you think? Have you seen it? Fortuny Floor Lamp. Mariano Fortuny. 1997 Brno Chair. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. 1929–1930 Wassily Chair. Marcel Breuer. 1925 Seconda Chair. Mario Botta. 1982 Stendig Calendar. Massimo Vignelli. 1966 Bauhaus Chrome Chair SS33. Luckhardt Brothers for Thonet. 1930

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Yangshuo - the first place I want to visit in China. It is a region that many Chinese call the most beautiful place under heaven. Here, karst towers rise like dragon teeth. And between these teeth, bamboo boats still drift - alongside fishermen with their cormorants. 📍 Yangshuo, China

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Zhongshuge Bookstore 🧙 designer: X+Living 📍 68 Yang Zheng Jie, 杨家坪 Jiulongpo District, China, 400069 https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1X7rGdDdv83kilvJdDTnIgjD0Y1_vfJQ&ll=29.515052793996595%2C106.56983102893949&z=12

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I was planning to make a big celebratory post for the 100th spot on my wowmap… but turns out I totally missed the moment - there are already 121! It all started about three years ago, when I wanted to take a weekend trip to another city but couldn’t decide where to go. There were things that interested me in both places, so to keep track I pinned them on a map. Back then, I just wanted to wander through beautiful, unusual spots - the kind of places where you can’t help but say wow. The very first “wow-place” I added was Mirage Cinema in St. Petersburg - minimalist, neon-lit, with theatrical curtains. An interior that pulls you out of everyday life and drops you into another world for a few hours. That became the idea behind my map: places that feel like entire worlds of their own. Alien, surreal, sometimes more like something dreamt up by an AI than part of real life. And the anniversary entry, number 100, was the La Géode dome in Parc de la Villette, Paris. https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=1X7rGdDdv83kilvJdDTnIgjD0Y1_vfJQ&ll=48.88644239321603%2C2.422665576035685&z=12

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The nature of the Balkans is raw and powerful. Sunlit rocky coastlines inspire either blending architecture with nature or making nature part of the architecture itself. When I first visited the Balkans, I created a similar project for the metaverse—stone floors, cliffs, and an endless horizon above the sea instead of walls. Seeing this hotel, I felt a connection with its architectural approach—embracing and harnessing nature’s ability to heal, calm, and restore. ACRO Wellness Suites. Ag. Pelagia, Crete, Greece

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weird (or not) things i’d love to have at my place 1. Bazaar sofa by superstudio (1968) 2. Shebara home bar 3. L'Homme Chair. Ruth Franklin (1971) 4. The isolation chamber by Maurice Claude Vivildi (1970)

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