Meet 10 MUST VISIT RETAIL SHOPS IN THE WORLD!
Kwanpen Store by Betwin Space Design – Seoul
The design elements such as minimal shape, whiteness were taken and reversed to classic dark wooden material. The center mass consists of 9 fixtures to maximize the contrast. It creates shop environment just to focus on act of consuming. Space is light, dark and shining all at once.
Dazzle Store by Purge – China
Imagining of an elegant and charming women who has high educational background with cultivated aesthetic sense. One day, she became downfallen nobility; however, it did not stop her being surrounded by all kinds of beauty.
Annie Aime Store by +Tongtong – Toronto
Annie Aime is a fashion retail space designed utilizing +tongtong’s series of geometric freestanding clothing racks, Les Ailes Noires. An open-concept flexible environment that can easily be reconfigured for art openings and other events was created to allow the client to be able to evolve her explorations and retail offerings.
G-Star Store – Jakarta
The store measures 163 sqm. [1,755 sq.ft.] and features the denim brand’s signature interior aesthetics of natural and raw materials. Shoppers can indulge in G-star’s full range of men’s and women’s apparel and accessories.
De Kleine Bassin butcher’s shop by Frigomil, Kortrijk – Belgium
Deham Flagship Store – Amesterdam
The store design includes a ticket-office inspired reception area, bespoke neon signage and an in-house popcorn machine. The ground floor presents highlights from both the menswear and womenswear collection, in addition to a tightly edited selection of accessories.
Risk. Made in Warsaw Store by Smallna, Warsaw
The designers at smallna were influenced by the reversible nature of Risk. Made in Warsaw’s clothing range, in which items can be worn inside-out or back-to-front, to create the illusion of defying gravity.
For the Coach flagship store in Omotesando, Tokyo, OMA designed a façade of interlocking acrylic display units with a logic that translates to the interior. For the façade, each display unit measures 1800mm by 520mm and is stacked horizontally and vertically in a herringbone pattern. The units frame individual items like bags, busts or mannequins, making each appear precious.
Pikolinos pop-up shop by Merry + Valenzuela, New York
Designers decided to use a very well known raw material – paperboard. Only this time it was rolled into tubes. Over 900 of paper tubes, wrapped with ratchet-straps around cabinets built from raw OSB wood panels.
