store design – SFAAAT

FORMEL+SKIN flagship store by Weiss—heiten Studio

Applied Arts, beauty & health shop, store design / By sfaaat

Based in Berlin, FORMEL+SKIN was founded in 2019 by trained dermatologist Sarah Bechstein, Florian Semler and Anton Kononov. As a medically grounded skincare brand, the company initially started operations online, standing out in the crowded and highly competitive beauty landscape with a diagnostic approach—customers complete a medical questionnaire, upload images of their skin, and receive …

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Gelato Messina Glenelg by Sans-Arc Studio

Applied Arts, ice cream shop, store design / By sfaaat

Messina Glenelg approaches the gelato shop as a social interior – one shaped by nostalgia, collective memory and the rituals of summer. Rather than resolving the brief as a conventional hospitality fit-out, the project uses boldness as an architectural strategy, translating the simple pleasure of gelato into a spatial experience that is public, generous and …

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Costa Brazil store

Applied Arts, home decor store, store design / By sfaaat

After exiting as the womenswear creative director at Calvin Klein in 2016, Francisco Costa took some time off and returned to his native Brazil. Here, the designer explored the sprawling Amazon rainforest for the very first time, becoming acquainted with indigenous people, their culture, and last but not least, a local substance called Breu. The …

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KITH store by Porto Architecture

Applied Arts, store design / By sfaaat

Almost a decade after first opening on the lower level of 8500 Sunset Boulevard in the West Hollywood area, KITH has returned with a big splash, now also occupying the ground floor of the former premises of the iconic Fred Segal store. Mind you, this is not only the retailer’s third store in Los Angeles, …

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BEAMS Singapore store

Applied Arts, fashion store, store design / By sfaaat

Following a number of pop-up stores in previous years, BEAMS has stepped up its presence in Singapore with long-term ephemeral store. The retail space occupies a spacious ground floor unit at New Bahru, a redeveloped, former girl’s school campus with several buildings in the downtown River Valley neighbourhood, and is an initiative by local hospitality …

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SONO Salon by Inrestudio

Applied Arts, hairdresser, store design / By sfaaat

SONO is an interior design project for a hair salon located in a quiet area of Ho Chi Minh City. The name “SONO” means garden in Japanese, aligning with the design approach of evoking exterior space through minimal elements.

ALAÏA store by Halleröd

Applied Arts, fashion store, store design / By sfaaat

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 …

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Goldwin New York store by New Material Research Laboratory

Applied Arts, fashion store, store design / By sfaaat

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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AMBUSH WORKSHOP

Applied Arts, fashion store, store design / By sfaaat

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 …

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Polène store by Norm Architects

Applied Arts, bags shop, store design / By sfaaat

French leather bag brand Polène continues its global retail expansion, opening up shop in Milan‘s highly prestigious Duomo shopping district. The company has secured an elongated ground floor unit on the premises of a six-storey, 1950s office building on the corner of Via Manzoni and Via Pisoni, and tapped Copenhagen-based practice Norm Architects to create …

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