Since its inception in 2019, South Korean eyewear brand Blue Elephant has quickly become an established name on home turf and in Japan with its affordable, on-trend collections. Based in Seoul, the company has recently kicked off its international expansion with an new flagship store in Los Angeles. The brand secured Pottery Barn’s former location …
This project is the relocation and renovation of a long-established movie theatre that had marked 55 years of history in Kyoto. Its new home is a building constructed as a bank in 1993. The question was how to convey, at once, the continuity of the “Kyoto Minami Kaikan” held in the city’s memory and the …
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Just like K-pop, the equally all-encompassing K-beauty phenomenon has conquered the planet, adding not only to South Korea‘s soft power, but also with a massive appeal that comes with it. The latter is already boosting the number of overseas visitors who wish to experience K-beauty in the very cradle of it all. Originally founded in …
As Creative Partners for The Organic World (TOW) in Bangalore, STUDIOJ created a retail identity that encourages informed choices while reflecting the brand’s philosophy of responsible retail. With India’s organic food market growing rapidly, the store was designed as an immersive environment that connects with health-conscious consumers through storytelling, aesthetics and education.
HUMAN MADE, the popular leisure wear brand launched by Japanese cultural icon NIGO, resonates well with a young demographic across the homeland and abroad. In neighbouring South Korea, HUMAN MADE operates standalone stores in the popular Apgujeong and Seongsu shopping areas of Seoul, but as of late, a new outpost in the city’s Jamsil neighbourhood. …
Wild’s Collection – A Fold of Time Hidden in a Modern Shell – “A Perch” at Aranya Guangzhou Jiulong Lake — Aranya’s first semi-open park commercial complex. The raw, site-cast concrete volumes are bold, modern, and open, exuding a quietly powerful restraint. And our task was to design a “street-side museum” within this context — …
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As Creative Partners behind Cultsport in Bangalore, STUDIOJ has curated a retail experience that is simple, narrative, experiential and allows consumers to shop at ease.
Designed for The Skincare Tools, a premium Australian beauty technology brand, this retail interior design project translates the logic of professional skincare into a physical environment. Inspired by clinical treatment protocols, the concept reimagines beauty retail as a guided journey through four stages — Cleanse & Prep, Activation, Sculpt & Lift, and LED Therapy — …
Often seen as being overshadowed by neighbouring powerhouse Singapore, Kuala Lumpur is a dynamic powerhouse in its own right, and interestingly, its metropolitan area is home to more people. Needless to say, life in the Malaysian capital is pretty good and comes with a lifestyle infrastructure that’s second to none, also in terms of high-end …
