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Aim Architecture creates apothecary-style beauty store in Hong Kong

October 6, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Harmay Hong Kong store designed by Aim Architecture

Hundreds of stainless steel drawers line the walls of this cosmetics store in Hong Kong, which has been designed by Aim Architecture to emulate a traditional apothecary. taking cues from traditional chemists – where medicines were stored in apothecary cabinets made up of small drawers – the store is designed to be a space for

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White tiles camouflage Aesop store against Taipei’s urban landscape

October 4, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Aesop Daan Signature Store by Mlkk Studio

The white-tile interior of this Aesop store has been designed by Mlkk Studio to match the materiality of buildings dotted around Taipei’s Daan district. The Aesop Daan Signature store – which is shortlisted in the retail category of the 2019 Dezeen Awards – is located on a quiet street corner, and takes inspiration from the pale

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MANA and Scott Oster insert mirrored skate ramp into Parisian store

September 29, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Le Cube installation by MANA and Scott Oster

Chicago architecture practice MANA and skateboarder Scott Oster have added a skate ramp encased within a reflective silver cube in the atrium of Le Bon Marché department store in Paris. The installation – called Le Cube – was unveiled as the centrepiece of the Los Angeles Rive Gauche exhibition in Paris, where a curated selection

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MANA and Scott Oster insert mirrored skate ramp into Parisian store

September 29, 2019 Ali Morris 0
Le Cube installation by MANA and Scott Oster

Chicago architecture practice MANA and skateboarder Scott Oster have added a skate ramp encased within a reflective silver cube in the atrium of Le Bon Marché department store in Paris. The installation – called Le Cube – was unveiled as the centrepiece of the Los Angeles Rive Gauche exhibition in Paris, where a curated selection

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Snøhetta designs Aesop store in Sydney to resemble coastal cliffs

September 27, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Aesop Pitt Street, Sydney, designed by Snøhetta

Granite covers almost every surface inside this Sydney Aesop store, which architecture firm Snøhetta has designed to look like a rocky coastline. Situated amongst the busy, shop-lined streets of Sydney’s central business district, Aesop Pitt Street has been designed by Snøhetta to “slow down the pace of passersby”. “We sought to create a space that,

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Foster + Partners’ latest Apple Store opens in central Tokyo

September 24, 2019 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Apple Store Apple Marunouchi, Tokyo, by Foster + Partners

The latest Apple Store in Tokyo is fronted by a row of two-storey protruding windows that turn the shopfront into a series of display cabinets. Located near the Imperial Palace in the Marunouchi district of central Tokyo, the Apple Store has been deigned by Foster + Partners in collaboration with Apple’s design team. Built on

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Design connoisseurs open Gestalt furniture store in Hudson

September 22, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Gestalt Hudson showroom

Two friends who met working at Fritz Hansen in New York have opened their own furniture store in the Hudson Valley, filled with mid-century and contemporary designs. Karolina Dabo and Adrian Pollack met about 10 years ago at the Danish furniture brand’s Manhattan office, where Dabo worked as marketing manager and Pollack was the head

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WGNB designs all-black flagship store for fashion brand Juun.J

August 30, 2019 Jon Astbury 0
Juun.J flagship store in Seoul

Korean practice WGNB has designed the flagship shop for fashion brand Juun.J in Seoul as a cluster of black geometric forms. Working with the motifs of circles, triangles and squares, the store occupies a black-rendered building that abuts a cafe with a steep triangular roof sweeping down to cover a glazed circular courtyard. WGNB drew on

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Wavy white concrete roof tops Foster + Partners’ Apple Aventura store in Miami

August 27, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Apple Aventura by Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners has completed its latest Apple Store in Miami with an undulating white concrete roof that draws on the city’s art deco buildings. The British architecture firm worked closely with former Apple chief design officer Jonathan Ive, who left the company earlier this year, on the project. Called Apple Aventura, the store is located

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Francis Bacon prints and honeycomb feature in Simone Rocha’s Hong Kong store

August 23, 2019 Natasha Levy 0
Simone Rocha Hong Kong store

Sculptural bees nests encased in transparent boxes are the focal point of Simone Rocha’s new store that has opened in Hong Kong. The Simone Rocha store has been designed by the fashion label’s in-house team to feature a host of unusual artworks, resulting in a gallery-like interior. It’s located in Hong Kong’s central business district

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