Dezeen

JUNE 24, 2023

London studio Alex Cochrane Architects has created a trio of museum shops at the recently revamped National Portrait Gallery in London. 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

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Dezeen

JULY 22, 2023

The brand's first-ever store, originally opened in 2016, was updated with the introduction of industrial touches such as graffiti and stainless steel hardware alongside custom works by local artists. "We It brings a contrast to the clean shapes and surfaces of our point of sale," the team added. "It

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Dezeen

MARCH 19, 2024

Woven" leather sofas and chairs are positioned in the space Within the space, enclaves of soft seating and carpeted dressing rooms create smaller areas, contrasting the wide open stretches of glass brick in the main store. The front door of the shop features a unique glass handle by the Venice-based Japanese glass artist, Ritsue Mishima.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 27, 2024

Loewe has opened a new shop in Seoul's Gangnam district A gleaming monolithic facade characterises the exterior, covered in handmade ceramic tiles in a verdant shade of green. Eclectic artwork characterises the store The collection of pieces includes a multi-level bamboo sculpture by Japanese artist Tanabe Chikuunsai IV.

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Inside Retail

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This is helped by placing Documents’ stores in mature, premium shopping centres or department stores, which have “very sophisticated, sustainable, long-lasting customers”. That is the packaging of the philosophy outside: we always like to create contrast and balance.” So I wanted to add [elements of] spicy, bold design and fashion.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Dutch contemporary artist Levi van Veluw , the creator of inaugural window display art for Hermès’ at Nordiska Kompaniet, said, “the window becomes an experience.” A sense of contrast . The material adoption is perfect to illustrate the kaleidoscope in contrasting colors in the window campaign. . Longevity

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Dezeen

JANUARY 7, 2022

Located within a Grade II-listed Edwardian building on New Bond Street – a luxury shopping destination in the city's West End – the new flagship store has a floor area of 466 square metres dedicated to men's and women's accessories, ready-to-wear and fragrance collections. Fragrances are displayed within an octagonal room. "It

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Dezeen

JULY 18, 2022

Rather than riffing on the design of Aimé Leon Dore 's first-ever store in New York, the London flagship was designed to provide a contrasting experience. "We Walnut cabinetry is used to display products on the main shop floor. A grid of deflated basketballs by artist Tyrrell Winston decorates the entrance.

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Retail Focus

APRIL 4, 2021

Our new magical home will inspire customers as well as usher in a fundamental shift in the way people shop as layered into this connected, tech-enabled experience is a thoughtful and human side – which is so crucial in the current landscape where personal and personalisation is pivotal.

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Dezeen

JUNE 6, 2021

The Forte Forte store is located on Via Borgognona, a street in the heart of the Campo Marzio – the 4th rione, or district, of Rome – that was once full of artists. The duo wanted to create a store interior that would sit in contrast with the building's traditional travertine facade. Top: green onyx covers the interior of the store.

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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. Top image and above: the store is located inside a Worksout shop in Ryse Hotel. Plywood modules form seating and display cases.

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Inside Retail

JULY 21, 2021

Snap Inc is positioning itself as a platform for AR shopping with the recent acquisition of Vertebrae , a tech business that creates 3D models of products for customers to interact with. Once they had tried the sneakers, Snapchatters could then go straight to the product page and make a purchase via the “shop now” button.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 26, 2024

In the past year, Chinese shopping preferences have shifted from buying globally renowned designer collections (down 25 per cent) to becoming more curious about independent and even local designers and artists profiled by 2-Times (up 20 per cent YoY).”

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Spatial designer and artist Adi Goodrich has filled the Dreams lifestyle store in Los Angeles ' Atwater Village with colourful surrealist details, including a lobster phone and a "glowing" blue rock. Dreams features warm terracotta hues and a contrasting blue sculpture. Undulating, curved shapes were used throughout the store.

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Dezeen

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Snøhetta is a long-term collaborator of Holzweiler 's, having designed the company's flagship store and showroom in Oslo , as well as a number of its pop-up shops, runway sets and its digital identity. The fabric is digitally printed with subtle yellow and pale blue stripes, designed to evoke the shifting shades of the Norwegian sky.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 12, 2022

The ground floor of the red-brick villa serves as a coffee and pastry shop for Black Star Pastry, which is famous for selling a Strawberry Watermelon Cake that was dubbed "Australia's most Instagrammed dessert" by the New York Times. Blackened wood covers the floor of the room in contrast to the exposed concrete of the cafe's other spaces.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 31, 2023

Read: Tom Atton Moore reinterprets imagery of knights and flora with hand-tufted Burberry installations In contrast to the rigid lines of the store's more permanent fixtures, furniture brings a softer and more playful look. The photography is courtesy of Burberry.

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Dezeen

MARCH 31, 2022

Two rectilinear shop windows are framed by a sage-green enamelled metal facade with the boutique's glowing logo. Back-lit, circular openings throw light on the boutique, which, according to the designer, also take cues from an existing artist. Vattilana called the design "an ineffable balance of the geometric and the organic".

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Dezeen

JANUARY 11, 2024

Stockholm studio Halleroed has designed fashion brand Totême's flagship store in London , which features a sculpture by artist Carl Milles and a steel sofa by designer Marc Newson. Halleroed designed the store, located on Mount Street in the upmarket Mayfair area, together with Totême founders Elin Kling and Karl Lindman.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

ges ' artistic director Nicolas Di Felice asked Dubois to create an interior that blends this distinctive visual language with subtle references to nightclubs. ges store, Dubois deliberately exposed the raw concrete walls, creating a contrast with the softness of the fabric and the carpet. For the brand's flagship store, Courre?ges

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The first reference is visible on the shop's eye-catching exterior. In the centre of the room is a circular "wet bar" wrapped in brushed aluminium – a material meant to contrast with the store's plastered walls. Other design elements inside the shop include concrete flooring and a floral arrangement by Brittany Asch of LA-based Brrch.

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VMS

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Curated by Charles Levine, The Shop Windows of Coventry city center invite artists, architects, designers and other creatives to take over retail display windows across the city’s core. The windows utilize vibrant color and contrasting patterns to create unique design narratives.

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Dezeen

MAY 4, 2024

Walls clad in black ebonised ash create a dark backdrop, against which soft lighting and pops of colour create a theatrical effect reminiscent of the paintings of American artist Edward Hopper. The artistic tributes continue in the restroom, which is papered with aluminium foil as an homage to Andy Warhol's Silver Factory.

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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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Inside Retail

JANUARY 31, 2023

In a global environment where many countries are facing high interest rates and inflation, as well as cost of living crisis, what explains the strong performance of a luxury conglomerate, especially when contrasted with the more affordable, multinational clothing company? So H&M is likely to have another challenging year.

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Barber Design

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This month we are taking a look at 17 inspiring jewellery shop designs, in the first of a new series of blog posts exploring how different retail sectors use distinct strategies in both their retail interiors and their approach to customer experience design.

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Inside Retail

JUNE 1, 2022

Working with artists, he created first characters, then different figurines of each, and for the past decade, he has been building a pool of more than 100 trademarked characters. The balance is sourced from local artists in each market the company enters. Around 2012, Wang had already recognised the popularity of toys in his stores.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Located in Manhattan's Bowery neighborhood, the Silence Please space spreads out over one, long loft, with its showroom and seating area at the front and the record shop Duty Free Records and a tea room towards the back. Artwork by artists such as French abstractionist Frdric Heurlier Cimolai hangs throughout the floor. "

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Dezeen

MARCH 18, 2023

KOT Architects has designed the interiors of Dior's showroom "The raw and rugged urban surroundings amplify the contrast between the various materials used and accentuate the cosy and inviting ambience within the space," KOT Architects founder Kfir Galatia-Azulay said. The photography is by Amit Geron.

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Dezeen

JULY 23, 2022

Influenced by the work of Italian artist Bruno Munari , the taut wires form subtle lines across the pleated panels. The design references Bruno Munari's tensile spatial structures, whose fundamental nature lies in the contrast between two opposing forces: tension and compression," DCA Milan said.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

The store's colour scheme is dominated by grey, silver and yellow The space is situated on the ground floor of a 19th-century building and retains a conventional glazed shop front. In contrast, the interior aims to distance itself from traditional jewellery stores.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Is it a well-curated shop? There’s even a split-flap display board with the names of independent artists with whom Pan Am has collaborated. It has been a supermarket, restaurant, repair shop and, most recently, a metal factory. It’s in stark contrast to the pretty pastries on display. Is it a showroom?

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DECEMBER 15, 2024

Read: Tutto Bene references Streamline Moderne in tiny New York eyewear store The curved wall behind a partition leads to the "backstage" area, which is decorated in contrasting dark brown. This space is used for bespoke consultations and includes a vanity mirror with lightbulbs like in a theatre dressing room.

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Design Week

JULY 28, 2020

A Where’s Wally-style book that takes readers through the life of celebrated artist and revolutionary Frida Kahlo. The design, first unveiled at outside Truman Brewery in east London uses geometric patterns and bold contrasting colours to signal where revellers can sit or stand at a safe distance from others.

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Dezeen

APRIL 12, 2024

Set within a 1930s metal factory in the resurgent Skøyen district, the understated interior was designed to contrast the industrial structure and set the base for the brand's curated furniture collections. For its private clients, Vitra caters via its authorised dealer network and its own online shops.

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Creative Displays Now

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Integrates with digital engagement: Incorporating digital elements like QR codes into packaging bridges physical and online shopping experiences, ensuring a cohesive brand narrative across platforms. In contrast, abstract or artistic images may create intrigue and a sense of exclusivity. Even the font style conveys personality.

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VMS

JANUARY 2, 2023

The ‘Champions of Success’ panel discussion served as the keynote social event at the Chicago Escape Brand Closet Showroom Social where fashion, art, and retail industry executives and thought leaders, as well as emerging designers and artists, explored issues pertaining to the survival and transformation of Chicago’s fashion industry.

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