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Offhand Practice designs second-hand bookshop in Shanghai to mimic greengrocer

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Used books are displayed in supermarket-style crates at the Deja Vu Recycle Store in Shanghai , which local studio Offhand Practice has designed to counter the "shabby" image associated with second-hand shops. Second-hand books are displayed in supermarket-style crates. Green mosaic tiles were used to frame the building's windows.

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Reflecting pool centres XC273 fashion boutique in former Shanghai towel factory

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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". The building is organised around three voids, which now form the basis of the store's circulation routes.

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WGNB creates minimal monochrome SVRN store in Chicago

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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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Glass blocks divide Eye Eye optical store by Best Practice Architecture

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Niches in the partitions contain mirrors and product displays The specified glass blocks are used to divide the store, forming angled walls with openings that feature mirrors, product displays and furniture that spans both sides.

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AIA Estúdio designs cave-like interior for clothing store in Rio de Janeiro

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Its height starts small and in the back part it ends higher in a nonlinear form, just like a cave," AIA Estúdio founder Alice Tepedino told Dezeen. Stone slabs around the pillar are used to display objects. On the perimeter walls, niches with stainless steel bases display Haight's clothing on brushed-brass rails.

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From Cobblestones to Cyberspace: VMSD Celebrates Its 125th Year of Service to the Retail Industry

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Originally based in Chicago, it was purchased by Cincinnati-based ST Publications (later renamed ST Media Group) and eventually merged with its competitor at the time – Display World – in 1938. Within a few short months of its debut, circulation grew into the tens of thousands. He believed that merchandise presentation was an art form.