Photography: Augis Narmontas Text: Alge Ramanauskiene
There are shops which you enter and are immediately thunderstruck by the desire for, well, everything. This happened to us at the newly opened Coockoo decorating gallery in Vilnius, Lithuania. A tiny cuckoo met us announcing midday from its incredibly stylish black house. These cuckoos are the reason for the gallery’s name. ”We are a bit crazy,” the founders of Coockoo say by way of introduction. As it transpires, this “healthy dose of crazy” means an unusual outlook on life and home, a desire to be different and brave, to experiment and take risks. Kristina Stunzeniene, director
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of the gallery, was inspired to open a store for globally appreciated design by the stories of the items themselves. Who can resist the tiny cuckoos in clocks by Progetti? Looking at their colorful houses in all different shapes, one can easily lose track of time. A wooden table with lovely ceramic legs, a sofa as soft as a cloud, lamps reminiscent of graceful birds’ nests - all born of Paola Navone’s talent. Making these for the world-renowned Italian company Gervasoni, the designer, of course, used only natural and eco-friendly materials. Subtle, elegant, unhackneyed, and soooo Italian!