Retail Focus

MARCH 14, 2022

Echoing Ross’ rational approach to garment creation, the Lotte store-in-store references familiar modernist principles, modularity and system-based design as the driving forces behind its distinctive architecture.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 24, 2021

Perforated aluminium and quartz stone were used for the bookshelves in this maze-like Shanghai bookstore by local architecture studio Wutopia Lab. Caiola designed the geometric forms and silver coloured surfaces to attract young urban customers to the Harbook bookshop. Paddy Field Bookstore, Xiadi Village, by Trace Architecture Office.

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Dezeen

JUNE 23, 2021

Chinese studio FOG Architecture has added curved walls, mirrored surfaces and faux stone to the interiors of aromatherapy brand ToSummer's flagship store in Beijing. Located in Beijing's Taikoo Li Sanlitun shopping village, FOG Architecture designed the 170-square-metre ToSummer store to recall the atmosphere of a cave.

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 11, 2022

On the interior, Chinese architecture studio Offhand Practice hoped to create a relaxed shopping environment despite the large number of goods on offer, which includes more than 2,000 pieces of clothing. Natural pine was used to form the cashier counter, shelves and book crates to add a sense of warmth to the interior.

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Design Week

APRIL 29, 2021

SomeOne design studio, also based in London, has created the new identity, which includes a bespoke typeface, graphic pattern and new mascot in the form of an Italian greyhound. This system “enables contrasting offers to be united through a common visual language”, Manchipp adds.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Christian Louboutin Sydney, New South Wales The plush red carpet welcomes patrons into Christian Louboutin’s new boutique, striking a sharp contrast to the glossy white floors of Sydney’s Westfield CBD mall. Golden spider and giallo sienna marble niches contrast with a grey-blue marble table and grigio alpi marble walls.

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Dezeen

JUNE 11, 2021

London architectural studio Sybarite has paid tribute to Ferrari 's legacy in the car brand's lifestyle concept store, which features a scarlet glass wall that recalls a racetrack and a terracotta facade that nods to its Italian heritage. A glass wall divides the space. Cylindrical columns act as backlit display cases.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Curved forms and soft, textured materials were used throughout the store "Our goal was to create a space that not only highlighted their fashion pieces but also provided comfort, warmth and a sense of refuge for customers – especially significant given the context of the ongoing war," she added.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Curved resin walls define this retail space , which architecture studio Akin Atelier has created for the Sydney Modern extension at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The Gallery Shop comprises two resin walls that curve around its displays, with a gap between the two of them forming the entry point.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 7, 2020

London studio Sybarite has designed a store for fashion label Joseph in the Miami Design District to include round balconies, curved railings and spiral stairs as a reference to the city's seaside architecture. Sybarite said other details include the irregular wall cutouts that form windows.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The 80-square-metre retail space belongs to Chinese design brand Jianze and forms part of an emerging cultural district in the city's Liangzhe New Town. The delicate colour scheme also contrasts with the raw concrete ceiling, where exposed ducting and lighting tracks add to the industrial feel.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Crushed shells were used to form the bio-brick partitions at this store for a decor brand in Aqaba, Jordan , by architecture studio FADAA. To protect the interior from the harsh south sun, the studio implemented partitions of stacked hollow rectangular bricks based on the traditional mashrabiya screens found in Islamic architecture.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 14, 2024

PSLab has opened a new workshop and showroom in Berlin PSLab , which designs and manufactures light fixtures for architectural projects, set out to create a showroom where customers can experience lighting effects in a home-like environment.

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Design Week

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In contrast to the dark burgundy colour palette of the bar, the inner restaurant features a neutral colour scheme. In contrast to the neutral tones found indoors, the outdoor space is finished in a deep sea blue as a counterpoint. A natural stone countertop sits atop. This is complimented with discreet green touches.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

A new staircase connecting all floors is inserted into the building Gentle ramps in the park lead visitors into the store, while forming a series of triangular patterns, responding to the same geometric form of the architecture. The second layer forms an origami shape on the ceiling that corresponds to the outer shape.

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Dezeen

JULY 26, 2021

It's a flexible piece of built architecture that is a device to challenge traditions.". Black terrazzo floors are contrasted against Sottsass veneer display cases. The design explores new ways in which architecture facilitates the interaction between fashion collections and the public," said the studio.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 25, 2021

Moss-covered rocks pierce through the store's foundation and gigantic, Willy Wonka-esque mushrooms sprout through the sleek, minimal architecture.". Beside the storefront's large windows, the form of a terraced hill is evoked by a stack of flat thin cushions upholstered in various green textiles and leathers.

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Dezeen

JUNE 30, 2023

"The overall concept is rooted in a vision to celebrate the distinct context of the project with contrasting shapes and forms, capturing the neighbourhood's cinematic streetscape in a world where bold geometries juxtapose against each other," said Fu.

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Dezeen

MARCH 10, 2024

The Malbon Miami store revolves around a central area, from which handmade tiles emanate in a radial pattern across the floor The verdant neighbourhood and Miami's distinct architecture provided 22RE with a starting point to build upon, aiming to create a tranquil space amongst such vibrancy. "We

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Design Wanted

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Last year, they merged to form Siete, which in Spanish means seven, a name they chose because of its symbolic value. A contrasting touch-sensitive, stainless steel switch connects the two elements which “ represents the human relationship between Earth and space,” says Fernandez. It’s a visual and tactile experience.”

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Dezeen

JUNE 1, 2021

It was envisioned as a contrasting yet unified whole, which breaks the homogeneity of physical retail spaces in modern cities and explores the deep relationship between nature and the artificial.". A spherical volume forms an entrance to the store's more private spaces. "To meters of the massive sphere and the tunnel," said the studio.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

In contrast, pharmacy delivery app Medly has opened a waiting room for picking up subscriptions in Brooklyn, New York. The best designers consciously and masterfully use forms and materials to elicit feelings and emotions. They were more likely to judge curved forms as beautiful than sharp, rigid forms. Shabani, H.,

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Dezeen

MARCH 11, 2023

A muted, monochrome selection of materials creates a serene atmosphere in both of the spaces, while the architectural elements dictate purposeful paths that connect them. Micro-cement plaster paints are used to contrast the metal, adding a rougher texture against the smooth surfaces.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Architecture studio Mesura collected 78 pieces of stone from a defunct quarry nearby, where local family-run stonemason Barbany keeps remnants of demolished 19th-century structures. Textured white stucco was chosen for the walls and ceilings to contrast with the sleeker white-tiled flooring.

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Dezeen

JULY 26, 2023

"That kind of brick structure brings you to the origins of architecture, to a temporal language," the studio said. "It The floor was coated uniformly with cement mortar, creating a continuous surface throughout the interior while providing a contrast with the chunky cobblestones laid in the entrance hall.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 12, 2024

Allgayer's design concept was to create a series of freestanding architectural elements that divide the space into different zones and allow it to function in different ways. The counter is formed of three stacked semi-circles "We were thinking about what a flagship store for a brand is today," explained Allgayer during a preview tour.

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Dezeen

MAY 5, 2021

Architecture studio Andrea Caputo has filled the Vans flagship store in Seoul with plywood modules for display and seating that reference the work of American artists Carl Andre and Donald Judd. Plywood modules form seating and display cases. We tried to avoid forms of permanent intervention," he added.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

When it came to devising a fit-out for the Notabene store in Copenhagen's Old Town, Norm Architects worked on fostering "contrast and beauty" between the site's existing industrial features and the warm, tactile material palette that the studio felt was representative of the footwear brand. The store's main room has exposed concrete walls.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

The gypsum casts in textile formwork translate the 'anonymity of the lining' concept into an architectural element," explained Maison Margiela. Featuring familiar forms that have been warped and skewed, these were designed to lean and fold around the interior. Indentations in the travertine were filled with white resin.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Inside, 22RE leans into the original architecture's industrial elements through a deconstructivist lens," said the studio. A pair of curved metal-clad walls that evoke a Richard Serra sculpture form a narrow corridor from one area to another, while also displaying garments on their concave sides.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 3, 2024

A glazed entrance provides a view into the store, where bright orange surfaces create a vibrant contrast with the shop's monochrome exterior. The glossy orange tiles reflect light onto the white walls, creating an effect that the architects describe as a "golden afterglow".

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Dezeen

JULY 23, 2022

DCA Milan's design intent for the project was to enhance the materiality and fine craftsmanship of Akris collections through a solid, three-dimensional architecture associated with a light display system, defining a space where carefully chosen materials take centre stage," said the design team.

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Retail Design Institute

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Each floor speaks its own design language through architecture, custom fixturing, furnishings, surfacing materials and display elements, all tailored to the merchandise and lifestyle trends of its intended customer. General Contractor: Dongeyu Architecture, Seoul (second floor); Daewon SD, Seoul (third floor). CDF Macau, Cotai.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 8, 2022

Grab, for example, obtained its own digital banking licence in Singapore by forming a consortium with Singtel. In contrast, AirAsia recently partnered with Trip.com to add 1.2 Nailing the brand architecture – and how you curate multiple brands, tone of voice, and potentially contrasting interaction models – is critical.

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Dezeen

JULY 24, 2023

Architecture studio Snøhetta has completed a shop for fashion and lifestyle brand Holzweiler in Chengdu , China, informed by its Norwegian heritage. Located in Taikoo Li mall in central Chengdu, the 130-square-metre store is Norwegian brand Holzweiler 's first outpost outside of Scandinavia.

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Dezeen

JULY 4, 2021

The store occupies two rooms divided by a freestanding wall of light-yellow travertine, which references the columns and beams found in classical architecture. Travertine was also used to form a series of shelves in the rear of the store and custom chairs in the dressing room. The stone was hammered, honed or left raw.

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Design Middleeast

JULY 13, 2020

Keeping the experience seamless and premium meant rethinking the point of sale area so that all forms of technology and clutter were cleverly hidden within joinery designs. The lighting was not only efficient but also strategically placed with a suspended track system to reduce glare and lend a theatrical contrast to the merchandise.

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