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Brand Creative’s Ixora retail project is a delicate balance of history, nature, and science

Design Middleeast

Brand Creative worked closely with a lighting consultant specialising in the use of retail specific LEDs – proven to conserve energy. The lighting was not only efficient but also strategically placed with a suspended track system to reduce glare and lend a theatrical contrast to the merchandise.

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Bottega Veneta creative director Matthieu Blazy combines glass bricks and walnut for first store

Dezeen

The interior design aims to balance volume and scale throughout the space – from blown-up elements, like the wooden details echoing the woven leather "intrecciato" reminiscent of Bottega Veneta's handbags , to the thousands of glass bricks.

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Spacon & X designs "hyper-eclectic" showroom for car dealer Lynk & Co

Dezeen

A mesh curtain separates the car from the rest of the showroom "The overall design is in intentional contrast to your average car dealership, with the spatial design as a louder experience than the actual product – the car," Spacon & X founding partner Svend Jacob Pedersen told Dezeen.

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Madison Décor Studio, North York | 51st International Design Competition Winner

Retail Design Institute

High-gloss materials are carefully balanced with the contrasting epoxy concrete floor to create a luxurious look while still reminiscent of a design studio. lighting design). Suppliers: Dark Tools, Toronto (light fixtures); TPL Lighting, Toronto (light fixtures); Amerlux, Oakland, N.J. countertops).

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Formoral is a skincare store that resembles a "desert planet"

Dezeen

A spherical gateway and otherworldly light reflected through glass prisms feature in this skincare store in Hangzhou , China, which local interiors studio Lialawlab has designed around the theme of retro-futurism. Light reflected through glass prisms creates patches of rainbow-coloured light.

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Reflecting pool centres XC273 fashion boutique in former Shanghai towel factory

Dezeen

Dongqi Design strived to preserve and emphasise these different layers of history, which are contrasted against shiny new finishes to create a kind of "nostalgic futurism". Glossy surfaces are contrasted against the building's raw concrete shell. Dongqi Design gave the second floor a bright white finish.

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Balenciaga debuts "raw architecture" store aesthetic at Sloane Street flagship

Dezeen

It has elements of construction sites, civil engineering projects, and abandoned spaces, but balanced with finer details.". Its walls are clad in blackened concrete, while the ceiling above is fitted with a translucent sheet that diffuses blue and white light to imitate daylight.