The colors are kept neutral and slightly dark, with hints of smooth surfaces and details to make the right & exclusive impression that the customer wanted. The contrasts were therefore also important to highlight a few items and give the room a little drama. The materials are welcoming dark wood, bras, bright tiles, leather, mirrors, glass, sisal rugs and felt.
The cabinetry, which is both a functional furniture element for showcasing the spectacles and a sophisticated decorative element, illustrates Natale’s philosophy of integrating architecture, design and decoration in a project. The lighting technique of concealing the light source was borrowed from high-fashion retail spaces.
gpstudio, the luxury retail design consultancy, has just completed a boutique concept store with premier jeweller Theo Fennell. The micro-concept store is a two-floor space in the Burlington Arcade which has been designed to act as a story-telling space for the jewellery designer.
In typical Ross Lovegrove fashion – combining aspects of sculpture, art, architecture, light and material science – the London-based designer created his latest installation. After a year of experimentation and conceptualization, the LiquidKristal Pavilion was introduced at the Salone del Mobile in April.
Weinstein A|U designed the new 12,000 sqf building for Gregg’s Cycles to be a pure neutral container that highlights the bicycle. It was conceived as an elevated steel box that is supported structurally and programmatically by a CMU perimeter zone.
The new store relates to a relaxed sense of luxury and features custom made furniture, display cases and cabinetry inspired by classic American mid-century modern design. Our new retail concept creates an engaging experience in a neighborhood setting where the eyewear shines.
Shanghai Tang is delighted to announce the launch of its new flagship store on Hong Kong’s historic Duddell Street, just steps away from the pioneering Chinese lifestyle brand’s
former home.
PUMA have turned their BOXPARK store into a unique concept store called TWENTYONE, centered around their store unit number; 21. It’s a pretty simple concept; the store will only stock 21 styles of footwear at a time, with the stock being refreshed every 21 days.
A Collection of Brands. Concessions are about creating destinations that balance presence and flexibility. Strong concept ideas give visibility, character and presence; and always the practical delivery of manageable and flexible retail spaces.
Plaid on a mission. We’re talking Burberry’s Stellar second boutique on the dutch capital’s coveted luxury shopping strip. Occupying two recently merged retail spaces, the store measures a rather grand 600 sqm. spread over three whole floors.
Hong Kong-based Cheungvogl Architects created an installation for beauty brand Aesop which was on display within Hong Kong’s I.T Hysan One flagship store. The commission was a continuation of the company’s reputation for presenting their product in architecturally remarkable retail spaces.
An extensive renovation, initiated by Gucci’s creative director Frida Giannini, has added a modern glitz to the brand’s flagship there that’s in sync with its new design concept.
Serbian design studio reMiks has completed Supermarket, a concept store inspired by the “golden years of communism”. Hosting a bar, restaurant, salon and fashion boutique, the store is located in a former discount supermarket in Belgrade. Found objects including a fridge, hospital screens and a camper van are used as display devices.
No stranger to innovative, game-changing retail spaces, Nike helped redefine what it means to open a storefront in the summer of 2008 when it launched 1948 in an abandoned East London railway arch.
White Mountaineering has had some of the best responses to their approach to Japanese outdoor hiking-inspired garments and have been consistent every season. While they do a great job in the garment department, they do not slack when it comes to the interior design of their retail spaces.
Salvor Projects’ Ross Menuez was an industrial designer (an award-winning one, no less) before making the jump into fashion. So no chance he would settle for a regular bricks-and-mortar space when he decided to open Salvor’s first retail store, just down the block from his studio on New York’s Lower East Side.
The violence we are forced to use on these places can contain the seed of beauty, of contrast, of the unexpected. For example, we happend to create a commercial space restoring the remainings of a Paleochristina church. In the case of Palazzo Bocconi, the building was originally designed with a commercial aim. The volumes are made to be seen as a unity, the sight crosses the whole space. The volumes, the architectures take you by the hand and you cannot do anything but following them.
Edwards Moore designed a temporary cave-like space, providing an intimate setting and backdrop for Arnsdorfs ‘Opticks’ collection. Inspired by crystalline forms and imagery of rocky landscapes, Edwards Moore reinterpreted an everyday wearable item- stretching and wrapping it to envelop the space in soft hues and showcase the sculptural collection.
