Dezeen

JANUARY 12, 2022

Design studio Linehouse combined stainless steel and meteorites to create a space -themed cafe in central Shanghai as Australian chain Black Star Pastry's first Chinese outpost. Shanghai-based Linehouse designed the space to evoke the feeling of being in space. Linehouse designed the store to evoke a spaceship.

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Design Wanted

JULY 22, 2021

Meta-luxury brand Visionnaire interrogates the relationship between art and design to create collectible ‘objects of desire’. Form follows function ” goes the old saying, a design directive prioritising an object’s use before any unnecessary decoration. Meta-luxury” brand Visionnaire has taken up this same charge.

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Dezeen

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

A harmonious mix of concrete, oakwood and aluminium features in this Copenhagen shoe store , which has been designed by Danish studio Norm Architects. Read: Norm Architects designs New Mags bookstore in Copenhagen to reference old libraries. The stairs can be taken up to a final mezzanine level where Notabene has a design lab.

Interior 107

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Design Wanted

DECEMBER 23, 2021

David Taylor’s start in the world of design is a triumphant one. Taylor did have some experience prior to his epiphany—he graduated from Swedish design school Konstfack, which laid the foundations for his fascination with materials. It began with a bad case of hepatitis and a six-week hospital stint in Tanzania.

Interior Design 98

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 16, 2021

Once popular in the 90s through to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the brand was quickly cannibalised by Nike and Adidas, and eclipsed by other local competitors. First opened in 2017, Nio aimed to design an experience beyond just selling a car through its exclusive lounge concepts and on-site perks. Subsequently, it took off in the West.

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