Pieter Mulier‘s five-year tenure as ALAÏA‘s creative director has not only put the brand in the global limelight, but also boosted demand, and consequently, a rapid expansion of its retail network. Hot on the heels of a store opening in Beijing, an event we’ve covered in a previous post, ALAÏA has set its sight on …
Following the opening of a standalone store in London and Seoul earlier this year, Japanese sportswear brand Goldwin continues its global retail expansion overseas, inaugurating a new retail space in yet another leading shopping destination—New York City. The company, headquartered in Tokyo, secured a lofty, 169 sqm. (1,815 sq.ft.) unit on the ground floor of …
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Following an ephemeral presence at Shinsaibashi PARCO department store in Osaka one-and-a-half years ago, cult jewellery and fashion brand AMBUSH has returned with a permanent shop-in-shop. Situated on the second floor, the so-called AMBUSH WORKSHOP, sees a homey setting interspersed with elements of construction sites and industrial frameworks that form the very foundation of the …
After 24 years ISSEY MIYAKE closed its store in Tribeca last December, but the forward Japanese fashion brand will soon return. In fact, it’ll officially open up shop on Fri – May 8, but now across town in New York City‘s Nomad area. Here, the company has secured no less than 1,200 sqm. (12,917 sq.ft.) …
Saweol Space reimagines a 23 m² corner unit in a mall atrium as a distinctive fashion retail store. The irregular floor plan and 5.5m ceiling maximize display potential and pedestrian flow.
It’s not only the silhouettes of South Korean fashion designer Wook-jun Jung that make heads turn. Similarly avant-garde, Jung has turned the retail spaces of his rising label juun.j into striking understated stages for his designs. Well-rooted in the homeland, juun.j has a sizeable retail network, including a flagship store in Seoul, which we covered …
Located in one of the most iconic urban contexts of Lisbon, the Zara Rossio project reflects a precise and careful approach to contemporary architecture in Portugal. Developed by Contacto Atlântico, one of the leading architecture offices in the country, this intervention demonstrates how high-quality architecture can engage with historically significant contexts while introducing a refined …
Messa House is a 350-square-metre retail space in Almaty, Kazakhstan, designed as a place to slow down, offering a quieter alternative to typical fast-paced retail environments. It focuses on how a person actually moves through and senses architecture, letting form, proportion, and material quietly shape the atmosphere instead of competing for attention.
The meteoric rise of India as an economic powerhouse this past decade comes with an increasingly sophisticated and expanding consumer market and talent pool, and it’s a combo which is slowly changing the country’s leading cities on many levels, including retail and shopping. After graduating from NIFT in Delhi and Milan‘s Istituto Marangoni, Indian designer …
Confronted with an irregular original site, SHISUO returned to the fundamental element of fashion display: the hanging rail. A “single continuous rail” is allowed to morph in response to the existing walls, columns, and rainwater pipes. It traces the walls, bends to evade columns, and rises to allow passage, absorbing the chaotic nature of the …
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