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The LOOKNOW Xintiandi Flagship combines artistic studio with home comforts

Retail Focus

It is a visual focal point and a connector of the whole space, to create a smooth and seamless transition going from one zone or style to the next. “Resident in” is a privative concept to recreate the conditions of where the artist lives, likes a living room. Photographer: Wen Studio.

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From Tumi to Birkenstock, here are six cool new stores in Asia

Inside Retail

The ground-floor Tumi Asia-Pacific flagship store spans more than 186sqm and features a range of artistic design elements, inspired by Tumi’s 19 Degree collection which includes an aluminium backpack. The store’s main focal point is a 19 Degree Aluminium Sculpture by pioneering perceptual artist Michael Murphy.

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Choosing the Best Materials for Visual Merchandising Concepts in Luxury Retail Stores

Retail Focus

Dutch contemporary artist Levi van Veluw , the creator of inaugural window display art for Hermès’ at Nordiska Kompaniet, said, “the window becomes an experience.” Enthral your customers by mixing and matching materials with other styles and knowing which material best suits your visual merchandising concepts.

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“It was our destiny”: Japan’s ‘most beautiful bookstore’ lands in Malaysia

Inside Retail

Other inspiring features of the store include the impressive Big Books collection of limited edition, luxury collectible coffee table books and the Art Gallery Wall, showcasing the work of different local and international artists. .

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Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo

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Other walls incorporate multi-toned bamboo marquetry. A dramatic staircase is a focal point. On the way up the stairs, customers will encounter a suspended bamboo sculpture by Japanese artist Shoryu Honda that is inspired by the shapes of clouds and the infinite surface of a Moebius strip. Stone floors mimic tatami mats.

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Design Space AlUlA: The first permanent gallery space dedicated to showcasing design initiatives

Design Middleeast

Design Space AlUla, a focal point for showcasing AlUla’s wide ranging design initiatives contributing to the vision for AlUla opens today. A panel discussion with Prior and Partners on Creating the Cultural District; a workshop with Sara Kanoo on AlUla at Play; and several other sessions and design tours.

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Ten outlandish shop interiors that reimagine the retail experience

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Spatial designer and artist Adi Goodrich filled the Dreams lifestyle store in Los Angeles ' Atwater Village with surrealist details such as a lobster phone that references a Salvador Dalí artwork. A large Klein-blue rock sculpture covered in non-reflective paint provides the focal point and adds to the interior's dreamlike feel.

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