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Inside Self-Portrait, London

Self-Portrait has chosen Mayfair, London, as the location for its first stand-alone physical store, where the design concept for its future stores have been revealed. The two-story space features unfired clay plasters across vast walls, providing the interior with a raw, textured canvas against which the merchandise is displayed. Other notable...

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Bold colors for the little ones: Little Stories shoe

Little Stories is a shoe concept store for children located in Valencia, Spain, designed by Clap Studio. The essence of the brand was game, simplicity and adaptability, according to the design studio. For the corporate image, a sans serif typography was chosen for its friendliness and simplicity. The product exhibition is adaptable to a variety...

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The Conveni pop-up: Reinventing the Japanese convenience store aesthetic

This pop-up space is a unique store concept that features a refined convenience store-themed space, where merchandises are presented in refrigerators and on market racks. Inspired by everyday convenience store products and aesthetics, The Conveni is a Japanese concept store created in 2018 by JUN Co., Ltd. The result is a collection of fashion...

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A pink boutique for the Amalfi Coast hotel

The Pink Closet is a boutique designed by Cristina Celestino, commissioned by the five-starred Palazzo Avino hotel. Located at the Amalfi Coast, Italy, the sea and the colour pink are symbols of the hotel and served as the starting points for the project. "I imagined an intimate and feminine place with a delicate atmosphere, a “room of wonders”...

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Six retail design trends changing the shopper experience

In times of digitisation, brick and mortar stores take on a new role: The experience moves into the centre of its raison d'être. What impact does this have on the design of new stores? What must the shops of the future do to lure customers from their sofas and into the city for shopping? We have asked the most renowned retail architects and...

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Students design concept store

Students of the interior design master's program at the University of Kaiserslautern in Germany received the Schwitzke Retail Design Award on Friday. All students focus on structural alterations for existing buildings in their studies and received the award from Klaus Schwitzke, owner of shopfitting specialist Schwitzke in Düsseldorf. Together...