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Case-Real contrasts plaster and steel inside Aesop store in Shinjuku

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Coarse plaster walls offset glinting stainless-steel display fixtures in this restrained store that architecture studio Case-Real has designed for Aesop in Shinjuku, Tokyo. The locally based studio decided to use two contrasting materials that it felt reflected the dichotomy of natural and artificial – plaster and steel.

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El Departamento designs Barcelona eyewear store as a "challenging visual exercise"

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Slight variations in tone and texture differentiate surfaces inside the PJ Lobster glasses store in Barcelona , which Spanish interiors studio El Departamento has finished entirely in green. We wanted to get to the last step, just before a texture becomes a topography," the studio said. "It The photography is by José Hevia.

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Halleroed references Swedish Grace and Carlo Scarpa for Totême flagship store

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Stockholm studio Halleroed has designed fashion brand Totême's flagship store in London , which features a sculpture by artist Carl Milles and a steel sofa by designer Marc Newson. Halleroed designed the store, located on Mount Street in the upmarket Mayfair area, together with Totême founders Elin Kling and Karl Lindman.

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Mooradian Studio sprays London boutique interior with recycled newspaper pulp

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Architecture office Mooradian Studio used spray-on paper pulp to create a bumpy texture across the walls and ceilings of north London menswear store Natalino. Taking over a former art gallery in Fitzrovia, Natalino 's first physical store was designed to reflect the brand's garments.

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Apparatus updates Los Angeles showroom to include a “modernist grotto”

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The entry program features wall with a rough texture "Upon entering, you find yourself in our version of a modernist grotto," said Apparatus. This surface treatment has a reflective quality meant to contrast the first space. Throughout, light fixtures are hung low to emphasize a dream-like characteristic of the reimagined space.

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Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

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Fashion house Bottega Veneta has opened a boutique designed by its creative director Matthieu Blazy inside the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II shopping arcade in Milan. Throughout the space, soft textures are found in leather seating and wool carpets, while modular shelving units build a sense of discovery and play," Bottega Veneta said.

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Interiors inspiration: Design Week’s pick of spaces using natural materials

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Meanwhile Harriet’s is a rooftop bar which uses Toronto’s flora and fauna as the basis for the design. Photo credit: Oculis Project Interior designer Pallavi Dean was inspired by the lunar calendar while designing the interiors for Dubai-based House of Originals Hotel, with her consultancy Roar.