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Theory opens layered flagship store on Regent Street

Retail Focus

Sybarite distilled the essence of Theory into a cohesive design language centred around timelessness, construction, balance, and openness. Their core values of timelessness, balance and openness informed our design and the process around it and were intrinsic to the canvas we created.

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Norm Architects balances "richness and restraint" in refresh of Alsterhaus' menswear department

Dezeen

We looked to Mies van der Rohe and Adolf Loos for inspiration on natural materials with inherent characteristics that form textures and colours while evoking sensations of warmth, cold balancing feelings of soft and hard to the touch," she told Dezeen. Photography is by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen of Norm Architects.

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

Dezeen

Glass bricks feature on the walls, floors and ceilings of the store Walnut wood panels frame the textured glass blocks. The same wood was used in transitional spaces for a spiral staircase , curved corridor and for statement details like a display table and wooden columns.

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WGNB creates minimal monochrome SVRN store in Chicago

Dezeen

Benches balanced on irregularly shaped rocks also act as product displays in the store "Spatial design of the SVRN store began with our interpretation of the SVRN's brand identity and narrative through the eastern perspective," said WGNB. Read: WGNB designs all-black flagship store for fashion brand Juun.J "The

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Influence of culture on design

Design Middleeast

Firas’ design philosophy advocates for spaces that serve as canvases for storytelling, where murals, artifacts, and interactive displays invite guests to engage with the cultural heritage of the locale. Using the wabi-sabi aesthetic, its design features natural materials and textures to highlight beauty in imperfection.

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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.” Retail experts agree that visual merchandising is more than creating window displays to attract customers. Metal in Retail Displays .

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Six standout retail spaces, from a double-decker bus to luxury flagships

Inside Retail

Other store details include locally produced furniture and joinery, wool carpeting from New Zealand, textural wall detailing with bricks by Krause – a family operated brickmaker hailing from Victoria – and custom-made display units that include showcase shelving and leather-lined drawers.