Following last year’s store openings in Shanghai and Beijing, fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto has inaugurated a new boutique in another one of China‘s first-tier cities—Guangzhou. Situated at K11 Guangzhou, one of the city’s leading shopping centres, the retail space features an interior design by Tokyo-based architecture practice OSO. The material palette is inspired by traditional …
The Lucky Cookies is a bakery specializes in traditional Chinese pastries. Located on the first floor of the famous Beijing Longfu Building, the site is a north-facing street shop with an area of only 37㎡. While the floor height reaches 5.7m, the main depth of the site is just less than 3m. The site’s nearly …
Blending Neighborhood Culture and Urban Scenery: A Fusion of Old and New Culinary Experiences – Peckish, the new bakery and dining brand under Ivette Cafe, continues its mission of promoting culinary culture by bringing a fresh, humanistic experience into the community. Situated in the context of the Minsheng neighborhood, the building’s original façade has been …
The first store of the Brazilian chocolate brand Chocolat Du Jour in the city of Goiânia introduces a new concept developed for the brand, where the idea is to convey the quality and excellence of its chocolate, which, due to its attributes, achieves the status of Art. For the store’s façade, a cladding was developed using …
Moment boutique store is located in Cinnalane, Nanjing, where surrounded by a historic architectural complex, with the famous Ganxi Mansion nearby. The entire area features a uniform ancient style, which brings several challenges to the store’s renovation. Situated on the second floor, the space is narrow, and the key design challenge was to integrate with …
When a building becomes a collective memory of a city, the meaning it carries is unique. Whenever people mention it, they always share stories of their interactions with the building, recalling its most striking transformations from that era. The Qichongtian Building on Nanjing Road is such a building, rich in emotion and history. Today, Dayuan …
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Since Luke and Lucie Meier took over the creative reigns at Jil Sander in 2017, the Milan-based fashion house has seen a style renaissance which has not only garnered a new global fanbase, but also spawned additional standalone stores. One of the most prominent store openings of late is in Tokyo‘s downtown district of Ginza, …
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Founded only in 2016 by Parisian siblings Mathieu, Antoine and Elsa Mothay, women’s leather goods brand Polène is making ambitious global strides. Now having L Catterton, the LVMH-backed investment fund, as a minority stakeholder, the company’s global retail expansion is gaining steam. Following New York City, Tokyo and Seoul, the newest Polène store in London, …
Since its inception in 2010 by friends Inwook Park, Nadan Cho, and Jonkyu Choi, fashion brand thisisneverthat has come a long, long way, expanding its business on home turf, but also increasingly overseas. The company has cleverly paired the growth with design-led standalone stores of which many can be found across Seoul – mind you, …
Online gaming is an integral part of lifestyle for the Millennial and Gen Z demographics, providing both a level of relaxation and excitement that’s hard to match in the real world. However, the good old fashioned board games are making a striking come back, winning over those more inclined towards face-to-face competition, and needless to …
