Showing posts with label market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label market. Show all posts

Saturday, January 25, 2014

DSF thinks OTB with an outdoor alt market



In the shadow of the world's tallest tower, an anti-mall experience takes place at the Burj Park, where you can do your shopping right out of a shipping container. These icons of the warehouse/freight world (and thus of Dubai's status as a global trade hub) have been painted and converted into shops in a Dubai Shopping Festival event called Market OTB, or Outside the Box.


The weather being what it is, it's a great place to relax, enjoy a concert or show, paint, and partake from some of the excellent food options available.


While many nice household items and art works can be found here, the best thing about the market is the selection of clothing stores. I'm not sure to what extent these are actually "sustainable", but they sure look great.


Saturday, January 18, 2014

The Market of Everything at The Archive


Many moons after Traffic ground to a halt, The Market of Everything resurfaced for an afternoon at The Archive with some major changes: an 8-hour-long outdoor event in place of a casual week-long indoor market, (consequently) more manned tables, and fewer clothes (on the racks, that is). There seemed to be noticeably fewer secondary market tables too. The weather was good, though, and I did find a few nifty gift-worthy items. And home-bakes --- yum!