Since I’m living in the city of Lyngby in Denmark what wouldn’t be more appropriate than advertise for the wonderful recreational area around it and inspire you to visit it. By giving you information and inspiring photos I hope that you would be able to enjoy it as much as I do.

The atmosphere there is breathtaking, especially when the sun is shining brightly above the clouds! On Lyngby Lake it is possible to get a ride with the old lake steamers. There are also several other locations to rent canoes – either by hour or the whole day. It’s a nice way to discover the lakes of Lyngby and Bagsværd. It’s also possible to canoe the Mølleø stream.

If you get tired of canoe-kayaking walk around Lyngby Lake in about 1 hour and on a hot summer day or a sunny winter day it’s a worthwhile trek. It is a good idea to call one of the rental places ahead as there is regulations in place limiting the number of canoes available for rent, it is also mandated to have lifejackets for everyone on the canoe – your rental place will supply these for free.

Compared with Europe, Norway is a country, which was late to urbanize. Norway is still in a process where people from the fishing areas in the north and west are searching for possibilities in the city. In Norway, there has been a tradition in which the government had wide responsibility to make decisions about land use, and it was expected that it should invest in commonly owned areas.

Norway has an extremely wide, differently shaded music scene. When it comes to art, you can see a lot of things there that are rawer and younger than you see in the rest of Scandinavia. What people find interesting is that Norwegian are not well polished.

The society there is more informal and therefore offers a richer opportunity for bright persons of all ages to come up with really rude things—–of which there are many.

The still-formidable 14th-century Akershus fortress, which presides over Oslo Fjord.

The pool and fountains of Eidsvoll Square, a greensward that runs parallel to Oslo’s grand boulevard Karl Johans gate.

The Art Hall at Tullinlokka, beside the National Gallery, which serves as a venue for special exhibitions.

A colorful corner of Gronland, a central Oslo district with a population expressive of the city’s ever-increasing multiculturalism.

Fitzroy High School is located in Melbourne, Australia. The school is a real curl strip and has a long history. The government school closed in 1992 but it re-opened in 2004, after an 11-year campaign by parents and residents. In 2009, its senior students gained an exciting new building, designed by Melbourne-based McBride Charles Ryan who we have featured previously.

The school’s philosophy of innovation in education is reflected in the striking new building that connects with a cluster of older school buildings, some more than 100 years old.

Inside, the school is extremely flexible and has configurations had to be easy to change by staff. The solution is deceptively simple: Bright-colored drapes and splashes of color that define a space. The school brought McBride Charles Ryan the 2010 Grand Prix at the Dulux Color Awards while the interior won in the Commercial Interior category.

Pole dancing is a form of performing art, a combination of dancing and gymnastics. It involves dancing sensually with a vertical pole and is often used in strip clubs and gentlemen’s clubs. A similar pole is used in cabaret/circus and stage performance in a non-erotic environment, in which context the style and moves are very different.

The standard dance pole typically consists of a hollow steel or brass pole with circular cross section, running from floor to ceiling. DESIGNSIGH share a sneak peak of the modern Pole Dance installation with you today. The installation is called PS1  by SO-I.

These poles are made with clear plastics and contain water, glitter, and special reflective materials which stand out when used in conjunction with strobe lighting, as well as lighting hidden in their base joists.

Since 2000, the MoMA and the P.S.1 have been running a competition under their Young Architects Program, inviting each year a group of emerging architects to experiment with new shapes and materials, resulting in a summer installation at the P.S.1.

Interesting projects have come out of this competition, such as the Public Farm (PF1) by Work AC in 2008, and Afterparty by MOS last year. And today, the winning proposal for 2010 has been announced: Pole Dance by Brooklyn based SO-IL (Solid Objectives Idenburg Liu) a practice ran by Florian Idenburg and Jing Liu.

The built installation will be very fun to visit. As you can see on the renderings, the net waves around, and touches the soil at the pool in the center, with a few holes that let you pass by. SO-IL worked with Buro Happold for this structure, and with Sciame for cost analysis, to keep the installation on a $85,000 budget.

Photos by: Iwan Baan

Accessories are of paramount importance in our life.There are, where you show your very own, individual, unique, and fashion personality. The accessories can make or break an outfit and complete a look or style. They are there to accentuate the positive of your style and highlight it. Here Tiers at Valentino, compliments of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli. Don Ashby.

Vera Wang’s glamorous neck ruff is almost Elizabethan. Jens Mortensen.

Christian Louboutin’s delicate bag can double as a shower puff. Jens Mortensen.

This Fendi bag is girly around the edges. Jens Mortensen.

Put some flounce in your step with Oscar de la Renta’s saucy platform. Jens Mortensen.

This Stella McCartney top is tres St.-Tropez. Don Ashby.

Tokujin Yoshioka’s Bouquet chair for Moroso blooms with petals of folded fabric. Alessandro Paderni.

Piaget’s furbelowed watch is perfectly in sync with the times. Jens Mortensen.

Splitboarding is the best way to ride beyond a resort’s boundaries for those snowboarders without the budget or inclination to use a snowmobile or helicopter. Splitboarding uses snowboards which separate into a pair of mountain touring skis. Every splitboard switched from a snowboard stance to a forward-facing, free-heeled touring-ski operation.

Splitboarding is for people that love to ride fresh snow. You can go anywhere, put your splitboard together, skin up and snowboard all day for free. Such a way of riding has been around since 1980s, but several companies manufacturing splitboard models. Some early participants fabricated their own by cutting old snowboards in half.

However, today splitboarding has caught on. Sales of splitboards doubled over the last two winter seasons to nearly $350,000, according to Snowsports Industries of America. The setup isn’t cheap, or simple, since you need to assemble the elements yourself, the board, mounting kit and bindings, sold separately, start at $1,000; the skins and poles add around $250.

People are getting to the point, that world-class snowboarding is sitting right off the side of the road, and the powder can be ridden nearly every day if you are willing to, of course. It’s amazing how fast you can travel! You can hiking or snowshoeing in deep snow, making it easier to travel long distances in the nature.

You never have to ride at a ski resort if you don’t want to, or you can go to a resort, take one lift up and access all that backcountry.

Splitboarding is such an intimate experience, and so much goes into each run. You mix the endorphin high on the way up with the adrenalin on the way down, and you’ve got one of the best feelings in the world.

The Web site splitboard.com is a good source of information on splitboard products and tips for beginners. The real freedom.

Photos by: Justin L’Heureux

Haji Lane in the heart of Singapore is a historic Kampong Glam neighborhood, which become a meeting place for the city’s anti-mall crowd who buy upscale vintage clothing at fanciful boutiques.¬†

Soon Lee sells women’s handbags, clothing and accessories.

Know It Nothing is a smartly curated menswear shop in a minimalist loft-style space. It also has a tiny gallery. The retail area features nerd-chic button-down shirts, imported all the way from the Cleveland-based independent label Wrath Arcane, and Vans.

Outside of Cosmic, which sells men’s clothing and music.

A Michael Jackson and Jimi Hendrix display at Cosmic.

Pluck is half store, half ice cream parlor and offers the latest from Singapore’s independent interior designers.

Shoes and purses on display at Victoria Jomo.

Dresses for sale at Duplex.

However there are shops in Singapore’s Kampong Glam neighborhood that have been selling Indonesian batik textiles and Muslim prayer carpets for almost a hundred years.

Photos by: Basil Childers

The Caribbean island of Tobago takes it nice and easy. There are no reasons to stir, except for the stirring swimwear worn here at Back Bay beach on the Caribbean side of Tobago. Vitamin AR Signature collection by Amahlia Stevens bathing suit, $246. Go to vitaminaswim.com. Yossi Harari hoop earrings. Robindira Unsworth bangles. Ippolita bangles.

D&G bathing suit top, $210 (sold as a set). Go to dolcegabbana.it. Blank NYC shorts, $68. Go to blanknyc.com. Paul Morelli earrings. Sequin cuff and bangles. Robindira Unsworth bangles. Janis by Janis Savitt bracelets. Ippolita Bangles.

Bulgari B.Zero1 earrings. Go to bulgari.com.

Louis Vuitton shorts, $985. Go to louisvuitton.com. Jacob & Company hoop earrings. Bulgari bracelet. Janis by Janis Savitt bracelet.

Vitamin AR Signature Collection by Amahlia Stevens bathing suit, $246. Go to vitaminaswim.com. Yossi Harari hoop earrings. Sequin bangles. Robindira Unsworth bangles. Ippolita ring.

Fendi bikini, $590. Go to fendi.com. Sequin necklace, cuff and bangles. Robindira Unsworth bangles. Ippolita bangle.

Fashion assistant: Lindsey Gathright. Hair by Miki for Tresemme. Makeup by Polly Osmond for Christian Dior at Art Department. Model: Arlenis Sosa. Photographs by Camilla Akrans.

I present you Amy Long and TQ Shang’s shophouse, located in a suburb of Singapore. The house was built around 1950. During the years the facade was well-maintained, but the whole interior has been redesign. Here we can see the living area with the garden, and dining room. All of them in one unit! Many of the framed photographs on the wall were taken by Ms. Long and Mr. Shang, during their travels.

A floating staircase connects first and second floor. Some of the furniture comes from Dahlia Gallery in Singapore.

The central garden in the whole spacious room brings a little bit of the outdoors sense inside an urban home.

There is also an atrium garden, which provides an abundant natural light in rooms like the den. The sofa and the water hyacinth chaise lounge are from the couple’s first apartment. The owners are avid readers who display their large collection of books in the den.

The dining table and chairs were custom-made in Jepara, Indonesia, for about $850. The lantern is from an antiques shop, which Ms. Long purchased and took back to Singapore.

The kitchen is locate in an addition to the original shophouse.

The bed is Indian one, and had the piece custom made in Jepara, Indonesia, for about $250. The bedding was custom-made from silk purchased in Thailand.

Amazingly the shower and the wash area in the master bathroom have windows overlooking the garden.

The original facade of the shophouse, which was was preserved, dating back from 1950.

Although the big distance from downtown to the new neighborhood, Mr. Shang and Ms. Long have come to appreciate its charm.

Photos by: Lauryn Ishak

A trip to a deserted ranch in the Salinas Valley, an exchange of cash in an old barn, and a harrowing towing adventure up Highway 101 netted Andreas Stavroupolos’s current abode‚Äîa 1959 Airstream travel trailer. The Airstream is tucked into the back garden, with chickens just over the fence.

The materials palette that he chose is light in color with a few splashes of color. This lightness gives roomy space and contemporary feel.

In the kitchen he was intent on keeping the original stove, incorporating it into the cabinetry. He created a back splash using inexpensive aluminum flashing that texturized with a ball-peen hammer.

The interior is represented with several medium sized windows and an off-the-shelf track lighting system. With the door open, diffuse light makes the space glow. The bed measures 7 feet from head to toe. Every panel hides a full extension drawer that provides unparalleled access to storage.

It was one the hardest but most rewarding tasks to stripping paint to reveal the beautiful aluminum. For him revealing the structure honors the original craftsmanship.

The enormous slide out drawer was necessary to create a storage area for clothes.

He also did restoration work on the exterior as well with polishing the aluminum skin which probably is an exercise in patience! He remake the lights, and retouched the original license plate and wanted the space to be alluring from all angles, inside and out.

Photos by: Mark Compton