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local manifestos such as Eye on Venice pamphlets
Dear Tourist
and
Bennetown
. Meet
here for writing workshops, author readings, and bookish flirtations.
BRANDS
(Fullspot;
www.fullspot.it
;
San Geremia 314; 10am-7.30pm; Ferrovia)
Right in style and on the
money, this Padua-based designer sells affordable, mix-and-match accessories: watch
faces with interchangeable rubber wristbands, and sleek silicon totebags with removeable
handles. Try tone-on-tone with a lagoon-teal-blue face and band, or a high-contrast
yellow-and-grey combo. Switch up totebags seasonally: flocked fuschia with white
patent-leather handles works for winter, while orange with sailor's-rope handles says sum-
mer.
DESIGN STORE, ACCESSORIES
GIBIGIANA
( 041 524 28 97; Lista di Spagna 159; 10am-7pm; Ferrovia)
Last-minute gift-buyers, rejoice:
this showcase of independent Venetian glass designers right near the train station will save
you a hasty trip to Murano. Among the surprisingly affordable, authentic local designs are
chiseled glass rings, striped perfume bottles, and two-tone
goti
(water glasses) - each with
a price tag under €25.
ARTISANAL, GLASS
CARTA & DESIGN
(di Roberta Molin; 041 720 514; Strada Nuova 2083; 10am-7.30pm; Ca' d'Oro)
Venice aficionados
will recognise the architectural silhouettes emblazoned on Roberta Molin's original
designs: that's the Rialto Bridge on purple travel journals, the Ca' d'Oro on yellow book-
marks, and the Palazzo Ducale on coloured-pencil sets. Daisy cocktail rings made of rub-
ber and Murano glass deserve a Cannaregio canalside
spritz
, and Venice tote bags enable
Strada Nuova shopping sprees.
DESIGN STORE
VLADÌ SHOES
MAP
SHOES
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 244 00 84;
www.vladishoes.it
; Rio Terà della Maddalena 2340; 10am-1.30pm & 2.30-7.30pm Mon-Sat;
Ca' d'Oro)
Step out in stylish, well-heeled and surprisingly practical shoes, made right in
Venice. Algae-green high-button boots, oxblood oxfords and strappy citrus sandals turn
Cannaregio
fondamente
into your own personal runways at happy hour, without leaving
your arches aching for a
vaporetto
.
