article thumbnail

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

Dezeen

The locally based studio decided to use two contrasting materials that it felt reflected the dichotomy of natural and artificial – plaster and steel. All of the store's gently curving walls are coated with coarse beige plaster, which leaves behind a textured surface finish. Photography is by Daisuke Shima. Construction: &S.

article thumbnail

Mooradian Studio sprays London boutique interior with recycled newspaper pulp

Dezeen

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. The textured finish is created by blowing the compressed flaked-paper material onto the surfaces together with a non-toxic binding agent.

Interior 103
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Halleroed references Swedish Grace and Carlo Scarpa for Totême flagship store

Dezeen

"Also the work of Carlo Scarpa we find interesting, more as a mindset on how to work with details and textures to create a subtle elegance and luxury." To do so, a lot of effort was put into the colour palette and different textured materials used for the flagship store. The textures are as important as colour and materials.

Texture 92
article thumbnail

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

Dezeen

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.

Texture 84
article thumbnail

Italian modernist architecture informs Bottega Veneta store in historic Milan galleria

Dezeen

I wanted to express the idea of a domestic interior referring to Italian modernist architecture that contrasts with the aesthetic of a spaceship and to capture the intimacy and the imagination of getting dressed." "There are different experiences of space in the store," said Blazy. "I

article thumbnail

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

Dezeen

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

Texture 98
article thumbnail

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. Woven" leather sofas and chairs are positioned in the space Within the space, enclaves of soft seating and carpeted dressing rooms create smaller areas, contrasting the wide open stretches of glass brick in the main store.