An eames chair draped in a wool blanket, a bit of moss growing out of a busy sidewalk, the nod to Black Forest in the architecture, and a meticulous attention to detail. This is the land of Helvetica! Zurich is a designers utopia. The clean and careful brushstroke of contemporary design paints nearly every storefront and building in some way, whether it be a tasteful suggestion of the 1960s, a splash of rustic wood, a heathy helping of chrome, or overtones of wool, cowhide and warm blankets. This place makes me look like a frump-wad, and I am too delighted to care. Some day I will revisit Zurich, and perhaps purchase a dramatic-collared peacoat and ride around the clean, uncongested streets on a black vespa. Oh, and I'll eat too much chocolate. But no one will know. That's what the oversized peacoat is for.
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