Dezeen

JANUARY 20, 2021

Dulong's flagship store features travertine tables and counters. Its "serene, soft and welcoming" interior is arranged much like a living room, with a curved sofa and round coffee table at its centre. A colonnade stretches across the entire back wall of the store in a nod to the neoclassical architecture of Copenhagen.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 21, 2022

Dutch studio AMO has created a terracruda-clad shop-in-shop with curving tiered shelving for French-fashion brand Jacquemus at luxury department store Selfridges. The boutique was installed as a permanent retail space located on the ground floor of London department store Selfridges and is host to Jacquemus bags and accessories.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Parisian fashion brand Coperni has collaborated with Swiss furniture company USM Haller to create its first-ever boutique, a shop-in-shop at French department store Printemps Haussmann. A display table constructed from larger cubic modules was placed at the centre of the space, while a wall behind was branded with the Coperni logo.

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Dezeen

JULY 28, 2022

The store belongs to Cowboy , an e-bike brand aimed at urban cyclists, and is located in the department store Le Bon Marche? Ciguë has designed an e-bike store for Cowboy in Paris. For its interior, Ciguë designed a minimalist landscape that is "organic and fluid, free from the angst-inducing presence of cars".

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Design Week

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Selfridges adopted the Christmas spirit early this year – earlier, in fact, than any other department store in the world, it claims. This year’s “A Christmas for Modern Times” displays have been on display since 17 October. Selfridges. Fortnum & Mason.

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Dezeen

MAY 17, 2022

Indoor trees, natural light and a sculptural 12-metre-high waterfall help to create a calming shopping experience inside the Hyundai Seoul department store in Seoul , with interiors designed by Canadian studio Burdifilek. Mirrored display cases allow products to take centre stage. The photography is by Yongjoon Choi.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Located in the Wonder Room at Selfridges in London, the temporary store was created to launch a new collection of Coach products crafted from reused leather bags and recycled materials. Called Coachtopia, the collection seeks to challenge fashion's linear system where most products end up in landfill.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 5, 2023

The store interior features air travel elements, such as conveyor belts, a check-in counter, circular displays outlined with neon lights resembling jet engines, and porthole windows filled with sky images. This story first appeared in the November issue of Inside Retail Asia Magazine.

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Dezeen

JUNE 16, 2021

Design and architecture agency Studiopepe references Milan's offices and metro stations in its revamp of the fourth floor of the city's renowned luxury department store La Rinascente. The department is accessed via a bright yellow staircase. Studiopepe used contrasting textures throughout the interior.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 4, 2022

Trainers injected with magnets climb the walls and polystyrene ceiling tiles line the floor of Axel Arigato 's "upside-down" office-themed sneaker pop-up in London's Selfridges department store. It was themed around an upside-down office interior.

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VMS

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Regular VMSD readers know that we recently launched our exclusive Brain Squad , which is made up of visual merchandising and store designers across the country (and beyond) who offer up industry insight that only they can provide. The huge toy displays at FAO Schwartz in New York City in the late 1960s. It was magical!

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Dezeen

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Art director Willo Perron has designed the first pop-up store for Kim Kardashian 's underwear brand SKIMS, which is in Paris and furnished with glossy, chunky display units and partitions. The SKIMS Paris pop-up store by Willo Perron is replete with chunky partitions and display units.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 23, 2022

French shoe brand Nodaleto has chosen Miami as the location of its first US store, which New York studio Rafael de Cárdenas designed with sci-fi-influenced red and chrome interiors. Sculptural red seats run through the middle of the Nodaleto store. The interiors pay homage to midcentury French design and space-age movie sets.

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Dezeen

MARCH 23, 2024

London department store Selfridges has opened The Joke Shop, a "shoppable comedy store" that sells products including sneezing powder and has windows filled with whoopee cushions and slipping bananas. Eclectic attention to detail and intentional imperfection felt important."

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Dezeen

APRIL 3, 2021

When the store opened last spring, its two Snøhetta -designed floors housed only womenswear. Now, sports- and menswear departments have been added on a new floor, which complements the existing interior. This input combined with the concept of the chameleon has strongly influenced the layout of the store.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 13, 2024

SKIMS , the apparel brand founded by Kim Kardashian , has opened its first flagship store on New York's Fifth Avenue featuring interiors by Rafael de Crdenas. The sumptuously soft but exactingly clean interior of the flagship sets off the landmark building's intricately historical facade," said the New York-based designer.

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Retail Focus

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

As the holiday season approaches, Dior has created The Fabulous World of Dior , a spectacular presentation illuminating the hallowed halls of the world-famous Harrods department store. WINDOW DISPLAYS, A CELEBRATION OF DREAMS AND DIOR SAVOIR- FAIRE. PRECIOUS SETTINGS: TWO EXCLUSIVE MULTI-EXPERIENCE POP- UPS.

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Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The Inside Store pop-up by Thankyou is a truly immersive design and retail experience. From its ephemeral presence in the Melbourne CBD to its captivating interior, every aspect of the store is carefully curated, with limited signage enticing curious seekers to discover the elusive spot. Photography credit: Liz Sunshine.

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Dezeen

JUNE 13, 2023

The brand's first physical retail space in the UK, at the Selfridges department store in London, follows the same formula as its debut shop in Paris. A three-tiered diving board stands next to a metallic palm tree inside this pop-up shop that designer Willo Perron has created for Kim Kardashian 's lingerie brand SKIMS in London.

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Dezeen

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Oak, grey stone and yellow-tinted glass are some of the materials that Norm Architects has used in its minimal makeover of the menswear section of German department store Alsterhaus. Spanning 24,000 square metres, the department store offers a mix of fashion, accessories, beauty products and homeware.

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Dezeen

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Dutch design studio Random Studio has created Bodyscape, a "futuristic" pop-up store, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of French fashion brand Mugler's fragrances. The Mugler installation, which was designed for luxury department store Selfridges , includes sculptural, chrome-effect fragments designed to evoke a woman's body.

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Dezeen

JANUARY 26, 2023

Fashion brand Acne Studios has opened its latest store in China, which was designed by Stockholm studio Halleroed and is located in the submerged SKP department store designed by Sybarite in Chengdu , China. The 338-square-metre store has a discrete sandstone exterior marked by a red LED sign displaying the brand's logo.

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Barber Design

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Within the space, an interior designer specialising in travel retail design will design layouts, map customer touchpoints, assess finishes and always create focal points to make sure each duty free store has unique features. The duty-free stores feel more like a department store than typical airport shopping.

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Retail Design Institute

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Photography: Andy Tye, French+Tye | Architectural + Interior Photographers, London. Located in former department store, the team designed an experience to encourage visitors to explore the brand, its products, and stories. Design: Dalziel & Pow, London. ft emporium in the heart of Edinburgh. Suppliers: Atrium Ltd.,

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Retail Design Institute

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

department store in Seoul. They called on Burdifilek to handle interior design of the multi-story location. Veering away from global retail trends, the store was designed to be approachable, while providing visionary design elements that are inspirational and aspirational. The Hyundai, Seoul. Design: Burdifilek, Toronto.

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Dezeen

JUNE 27, 2023

London-based studio EBBA Architects has channelled the environmental ethos of fashion rental platform Rotaro for its pop-up boutique at department store Liberty. Within the ornately-detailed Liberty store, the project offers a bold, contemporary response to the interior, while finding common ground with the wider building.

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Dezeen

APRIL 25, 2023

Lime-washed walls meet aluminium display fixtures in this minimalist studio and showroom that designer Hollie Bowden has devised for London brand Completedworks. We developed a display language that played off that, with minimal details and strict lines." In the main showroom, there's a modular display island sheathed in lilac linen.

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Retail Focus

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Be it large-scale printed graphics showing football players in action in sportswear shops, or even digital screens inviting displaying videos of a fashion show in high-end clothing stores, there is huge scope for signs and graphics in retail. The company used its Canon Colorado 1650 to print the colourful design.

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Retail Focus

JULY 24, 2024

These spaces allow for complete control over the customer experience, from the exterior design to the interior layout and product presentation. Stand-alone pop-ups are particularly effective for brands looking to make a bold statement or test a new market without the long-term commitment of a permanent store.

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Dezeen

AUGUST 2, 2022

UK studio Foster + Partners has unveiled an Apple Store in west London that incorporates stone columns, Ficus trees and terrazzo flooring. Located between the Harrods and Harvey Nichols department stores in Knightsbridge, Apple Brompton Road is the latest store designed by Foster + Partners for the technology brand.

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Creative Displays Now

MARCH 8, 2022

From the moment consumers step foot in a store, they start making purchasing decisions based on what they see. The display colors, lighting and messaging play a significant role in which products catch their eye. This practice took off in the 19th century after department store window displays became popular.

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Creative Displays Now

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

What Is a Retail Store Layout? Also known as a layout design or store design, a retail store layout is a term used to describe how retailers set up their merchandise, product displays and fixtures in a store. The structure of store design is highly influential in the customer experience.

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Design Middleeast

JANUARY 25, 2020

HOB is a great example in the evolution of retail, which has progressed into providing an experience rather than just a display of products. For Maja Kozel, interior architect at Maja Kozel Design, there are two stages to access the “form of knowing” that are crucial in creating a design, and one must be achieved before the other.

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VMS

DECEMBER 1, 2022

What is your favorite and earliest memory related to retail, window displays or interior design? “My We would always look at all the retail window displays along State Street and Michigan Ave. Fond memories.” — Don Bona, Lead Store Designer, AT&T. The year 2000, just after I moved to the U.S. My team won!

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Design Week

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In celebration of the beehives atop Fortnum & Mason, French architect and designer Arthur Mamou-Mani has partnered with the department store for a new installation in its famous atrium. The showcase will be on display at Magazine London, a brand new venue on the Greenwich Peninsula. Installation: The Dancing Bee Hives.

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Greater Group

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As retailers are borrowing inspiration from hospitality experiences to create impactful stores that foster connections with shoppers, the retail-hospitality design philosophy has delivered a new wave of remarkable experience-based retail design projects. Let’s look at some of the most inspiring store designs. Images: Studio Stof.

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RetailMinded

DECEMBER 26, 2023

In the 17 th , 18 th , and 19 th centuries, shops with decorative interiors and galleries became the norm; department stores popped up in the more urban centers. E-commerce emerged in the late 20 th century and physical store visits declined with online platforms offering convenience and a wider selection of products.

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