John Pawson completes gallery-style interiors for Milan’s Valextra store

May 20, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Valextra store in Milan designed by John Pawson

Simple plaster surfaces and grey stone floors help create a gallery-like setting inside the Valextra store in Milan, which has been overhauled by British designer John Pawson. One of several high-end fashion boutiques on Via Manzoni, the Valextra store is designed by Pawson to merge “minimalism, clean elegance and restrained luxury”. “The space appears rigorous, monumental;

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Ministry of Design completes futuristic sports store in Singapore Airport

April 26, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Ministry of Design Durasport Jewel Changi airport

Architecture and interiors firm Ministry of Design has completed an immersive ultra-performance Durasport store within Singapore’s recently completed Jewel Changi Airport. Designed to resemble a futuristic research and development lab environment, the store is tailored to sports enthusiasts who want to try out sportswear and equipment in simulated environments before buying them. Singapore studio Ministry of

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Cave-like gift shops created by Koichi Takada Architects inside National Museum of Qatar

April 18, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Interiors of National Museum of Qatar by Koichi Takada Architects

Australian studio Koichi Takada Architects has completed two gift shops inside Jean Nouvel’s National Museum of Qatar in Doha, featuring undulating wooden surfaces. The two cave-like gift shops are the first of a number of interior spaces that Koichi Takada Architects is creating inside the new museum, along with three restaurants set to open later this year. Now

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Adam Kane Architects completes minimalist bridal boutique in Melbourne

April 9, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Mariana Hardwick bridal boutique, designed by Adam Kane Architects

White plaster walls, concrete floors, and grey marble fixtures helped Australian practice Adam Kane Architects avoid an “overly feminine” aesthetic inside the Mariana Hardwick bridal boutique in Melbourne. Decked out in cool tones and natural materials, the Mariana Hardwick boutique has been designed by Adam Kane Architects to be the antithesis to typical bridal retail spaces. “We

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Lado Lomitashvili creates cultural hub in Tbilisi with They Said Books shop

April 4, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of They Said Books shop, designed by Lado Lomitashvili

Young Georgian designer Lado Lomitashvili has completed a bookstore-cum-cafe in Tbilisi, which he hopes will “raise the quality of taste” in the city. They Said Books sells novels, niche magazines and lifestyle objects, and also has an in-house coffee shop. Lomitashvili’s design is centred around the idea that the shop could support the cultural development of Georgia’s capital. “They

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Jaime Hayon designs Fritz Hansen’s first store in China and its largest anywhere in the world

April 1, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Fritz Hansen Gallery Xi'an designed by Jaime Hayon

Fritz Hansen has opened a showroom designed by Jaime Hayon in Xi’an as part of its ambition to become “the biggest Danish brand in China”. The 1,000-square-metre store is the Danish furniture brand’s biggest ever and its first in China. Dario Reicherl, the brand’s Asia CEO,  said the store was a statement of its ambitions

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Cityscapes inform interiors of Shanghai fashion store Assemble by Réel

March 25, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Interiors of Assemble by Réel store in Shanghai, designed by Kokaistudios

Skate ramp-style fitting rooms and church-like archways feature inside this menswear store in Shanghai, which Kokaistudios has designed to reflect the “eclecticism” of city life. Assemble by Réel, which sells high-end menswear, has been designed to take customers on “a journey through an eclectic, curated assortment of styles and lifestyles”. The 1,037-square-metre store occupies the third

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Hedi Slimane carries out interior revamp of global Celine stores

March 21, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Hedi Slimane rebrands Celine stores: New York Madison Avenue

Hedi Slimane has developed a new visual identity for the stores of fashion label Celine, redesigning its New York, Paris, Tokyo and LA locations with steel, marble, and mirrored interiors. Celine retail spaces will now boast “expansive sculptural interiors” designed by the brand’s creative director Hedi Slimane, marking a departure from the typically pared-back aesthetic

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Surfers turn run-down Cornwall factory into Open surf shop and cafe

March 15, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Open by Emily and Mark Anderson

A former surfboard factory in Cornwall has been transformed into an all-white shop and cafe by local couple Emily and Mark Anderson. Called Open, the surf shop and coffee house is located in Saint Agnes, a village in the southwest English county. Set 100 metres from the north Cornish coast, the space had functioned as surfboard factory

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Bernard Dubois channels childhood memories into Aesop interior in Brussels

March 5, 2019 Anna Winston 0
Interiors of Aesop Brussels store on Rue de Namur, Brussels, designed by Bernard Dubois

Distinctive yellow Belgian bricks of the 1930s and 1960s are reinterpreted in this store designed by architect Bernard Dubois for skincare brand Aesop. The new Aesop store on Brussels’ Rue de Namur occupies the street level of a six-storey building, and features an interior covered in yellow bricks, complemented by brushed aluminium surfaces. The yellow bricks are

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