Design Wanted

APRIL 20, 2021

LIT Design Awards 2021 is open, receiving submissions from lighting manufacturers, lighting product designers, lighting design firms and practices from around the world. With 78 categories represented, the LIT Awards is today one of the most comprehensive lighting design competitions, uniting creativity, and innovation.

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Design Middleeast

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The #CreativeVoices is a video campaign that highlights industry leaders from design, architecture, landscape, developers, fit-out, suppliers, and retailers who are making a difference in the pitch. Light Gazing” is a creative collaboration between Light & Lives and Ultra Arte.

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Design Week

JANUARY 29, 2021

The second part of London’s Illuminated River project will light up five more of the city’s bridges this spring. The project has been conceived by American artist Leo Villareal in partnership with London architecture studio Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands.

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Design Wanted

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A recent boom in creative glassmaking has sparked a trend in unique, statement lighting like Jörg Hugo’s “Lightbodies” series, a collection of sculptural pendants that challenge the materiality of glass. Hugo’s aim is “to question habitual appearances of established typologies in design and architecture” – ©Jörg Hugo.

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Dezeen

JULY 12, 2023

Klein Dytham Architecture has aimed to counter rock music snobbery with its design for guitar brand Fender's Tokyo flagship store , which is meant to feel welcoming to people who might feel judged in other guitar stores. These contours are further mimicked in the lighting above.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Featuring the architectural idea first applied by Peter Marino in Ginza Namiki Dori, Tokyo, Japan, Louis Vuitton Sydney Airport combines light woods and bright colours for the store design, which complements the airport’s setting while also incorporating local features.

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Dezeen

JUNE 8, 2024

New Delhi practice Studio Lotus has used stone lattices and frescoes depicting regional architecture to embellish the Museum of Meenakari Heritage and Sunita Shekhawat jewellery store in India. The scale and curved profile of the ceilings proved to be a challenge for the artists. "It

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Staxs architectural vision was conceived by Abe Salman, formerly part of Kanye Wests YZY team, and Don, the brands creative director. At the core, Im a designer, and I just want to create and present, its no different to an artist that might do an abstract piece of art and just want people to look and experience it.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Covent Garden has unveiled its latest art commission by British artist Chila Burman who has taken over the historic Market Building with an immersive large scale light installation. This collaboration celebrates Covent Garden’s heritage architecture and world class experiences within its unique open air neighbourhood.”.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 7, 2024

New York architecture studio BoND has used tubular lighting to create a bright yellow glow inside this men's apparel store on Manhattan's Lower East Side. A structural column in the centre of the store encased in a translucent box is also fitted with lights to give off a sunny glow.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The store's concept draws from the brand's Californian origins as well as European influences, which is reflected in the lighting , furniture and materials. Erik had a precise vision of his brand, so we exchanged a lot together on many artistic fields to build the brand's architectural DNA." The photography is courtesy of Frame.

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Design Middleeast

MARCH 26, 2025

Located in the prestigious Saadiyat Cultural District, BIG – BIGBjarke Ingels Group presents an striking architectural structure while serene interiors and amenities have been thoughtfully designed by Lillian Wu Studio. Buyers can choose from high-end light and dark finishes that resonate with their personal style.

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Dezeen

MAY 5, 2022

Harmay Hangzhou, China, by AIM Architecture. Shanghai studio AIM Architecture transformed the second floor of a business park in the Chinese city of Hangzhou into a cosmetics store resembling a 1970s office for Harmay. Architecture. Architecture, which created the space. Find out more about Suprette's Toronto store ›.

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Retail Focus

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Acclaimed Lagos-based architecture practice Oshinowo Studio (formerly cmDesign Atelier) has designed sports and streetwear label adidas’s first West African flagship store in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city.

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Dezeen

MARCH 30, 2023

Italian studio Andrea Tognon Architecture has collaborated with former Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott to renovate the brand's flagship store in Milan. Sometimes we start to design from memories, sometimes from form, materials and colours," added Andrea Tognon Architecture founder Andrea Tognon.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 11, 2023

redesigned shop now serves as an integral part of the National Gallery experience, engaging and inspiring visitors with its multi-sensory, three-dimensional design that draws influences from the Gallery’s art, architecture, conservation techniques, and materials. The 194 sq.m An illuminated 3.6m

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Design Wanted

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

There is also an impressive schedule of events open to the public including a lecture by Dutch artist and innovator Daan Roosegaarde. neo) moves is a series of unique and contemporary functional art pieces by Dutch artist Jordan Artisan. Each one curiously bends towards and approaches them to unfurl a bloom of soft light.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 8, 2021

UK architecture firm Foster + Partners refurbished and converted Rome's historic Palazzo Marignoli into the largest Apple Store in Europe. Lost & Found Hangzhou, China, by BLUE Architecture Studio. Apple Via del Corso, Italy, by Foster + Partners. Find out more about Superette Toronto ›. Photo is by Tantan Lei.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Architecture studio Gonzalez Haase AAS has completed a store on London 's Regent Street for Icelandic clothing brand 66º North, featuring curved walls and freestanding plinths made from rammed earth. The shop is located on Regent Street in London Gonzalez and Haase founded their Berlin-based studio in 1999.

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Barber Design

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In travel retail design, there are many aspects to consider regarding opening successful customer experiences, from the architecture dictating the shopfloor to lighting levels outside the space, retailers occupying sites nearby, retail design guidelines and of course, the duty free operator’s signature brand.

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Dezeen

APRIL 1, 2021

Small window displays are incorporated into the patterned cladding, along with lighting that illuminates the stonework at night. According to Hermès, the grid gives the facade a modern look that "adds depth and light to the exterior, just as light and shadows intermingle in a bamboo grove.".

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Dezeen

JULY 28, 2024

A hand-painted tile mural covers the front of this Miami Design District boutique designed by New York studio Sugarhouse Design and Architecture for fashion brand Cult Gaia. To cover the gabled front facade, Design and Architecture commissioned artist Michael Chandler to create a mural using ceramic tiles.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 23, 2023

offers patrons the opportunity to trade their urine for a piece of P**s Soap and encourages them to place their phones on specially designed fixtures to provide lighting for the venue once the sun goes down. Instead of offering a straightforward exchange of wares for money, New Store 1.0

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Retail Design Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The architecture, conceived by renowned artist Luo Xu based. The hotel is located in Dongfengyun Art Town, Mile, Yunnan Province.

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Dezeen

MARCH 11, 2021

When you think of eyewear stores, you usually have something clinical in mind – all products are regimented under strong bleached lights. These are composed of repeated geometric shapes, complete with integrated LED strip lights and mirrors. We are also very drawn to minimal artists such as Donald Judd ," he continued.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 20, 2021

Norm Architects used natural materials such as oak, clay, linen and travertine to create a jewellery showroom in Copenhagen informed by modernist artists' studios. A colonnade stretches across the entire back wall of the store in a nod to the neoclassical architecture of Copenhagen. The studio kept the original oak parquet flooring.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The store also features collaborations with talented Australian artists, with ground-level installations by paper engineer Benja Harney and artist Bianca Beers, and abstract sculptures and paintings by Elliott Routledge. The light-to-dark interior creates an atmosphere of mystery, while curved, whitewashed walls facilitate exploration.

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Dezeen

JUNE 24, 2023

Arched architectural details are repeated in the displays The main shop's two adjoining rooms have impressive ceiling heights of between six and 7.5 The best way to celebrate these magnificent heights was for our retail architecture to reach tall and stop respectfully short of the period cornicing," said Cochrane.

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Dezeen

MARCH 25, 2024

New York-based studio Apparatus has redesigned its Hollywood showroom with multiple material schemas and a range of its lighting and furniture products to evoke a feeling of "discovery" for visitors. Throughout, light fixtures are hung low to emphasize a dream-like characteristic of the reimagined space.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

It also features some standout signature pieces, including a vibrant yellow sofa embroidered with dandelion flowers, wine glasses and vodka bottles called "The Aftermath of a Garden Party" by Icelandic artist Loji Höskuldsson. When Hay is at its best it is somewhere in between art, architecture and the time we live in," he said. "I

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Dezeen

JANUARY 7, 2023

A Better Place to Think was an Oslo pop-up store designed by architecture studio Snøhetta for tablet brand reMarkable, which looked to the tranquility of libraries for its interior design. A squiggly neon overhead light took cues from the shape and energy of handwriting. Find out more about Bodyscape ›. Photo by Benoit Florençon.

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Dezeen

JULY 18, 2022

Located on Broadwick Street in London's Soho, the two-storey boutique is the brand's second outpost and first international flagship, designed in collaboration with London-based West Architecture. A grid of deflated basketballs by artist Tyrrell Winston decorates the entrance.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From November 10 to January 3, 2023, the façade of the Brompton Road edifice will be adorned with a monumental installation aglow with a play of light radiantly showcasing Dior’s fundamental references as reinterpreted by artist Pietro Ruffo for the Dior cruise 2023 collection.

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Inside Retail

MARCH 19, 2024

The ground-floor Tumi Asia-Pacific flagship store spans more than 186sqm and features a range of artistic design elements, inspired by Tumi’s 19 Degree collection which includes an aluminium backpack. The store’s main focal point is a 19 Degree Aluminium Sculpture by pioneering perceptual artist Michael Murphy.

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Design Wanted

APRIL 25, 2021

They aim to balance the interplay of space, light, and elements in their work, creating objects and installations that spark our imagination. RappUnger’s pieces translate into a blend of different disciplines , drawing from traditional craft and textile techniques, as well as emerging architectural and structural innovations.

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Inside Retail

MAY 25, 2021

Create artistic events and surprises like exhibitions. For example, Art Deco was a response to the decoration and extravagances of pre-war Victorian architecture. A new mindset may emerge that yearns for realness, origins and connected meaning, as luxury objects will have lived in a type of ‘vacuum’ and the cold light of day.

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VMS

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Each trunk is reimagined and personalized through unique mixed media applications from paint on canvas and video to sculpture, collage and light. The wide array of interpretations references the many cultural touchpoints of the Louis Vuitton experience such as art, design, fashion, architecture and, of course, travel. 31, 2022.

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