New York City – The new Celine flagship on Madison Avenue is nearly indiscernible from Hedi Slimane’s previous spatial iterations for other fashion houses.
Milan – Storage Associati revived a historic landmark theatre in the Italian city for the Swiss luxury fashion house’s offices and showroom.
In her upcoming St-W Lab talk, Understanding the Connected Customer, Rachel Arthur will assess the balance between privacy and personalisation in retail.
Paris – The new Homecore flagship in Paris, designed by Studio Malka Architecture, was inspired by Newtonian physics and the humble Krylon spray can.
Incheon, South Korea – Instead of going for the cuteness traditionally associated with the segment, WGNB decided to deconstruct the materials behind the handmade toys.
Melbourne – Vision Studio by Studio Edwards is an example of the fashion industry’s spatial impact on the luxury eyewear market.
Amsterdam – Amsterdam-based digital fashion house The Fabricant will showcase fashion’s hand in retail’s tech shift, as recently explored for Hong Kong retailer I.T.
Hong Kong – The retail brand spatially interprets American cultural tropes with its first brick-and-mortar presence.
As more American states legalize recreational cannabis, dispensaries are getting the luxury retail treatment. And there’s something wrong with that.
London – Mulberry’s creative director, Johnny Coca, commissioned Faye Toogood to come up with a new retail concept for the New Bond Street establishment.
Berlin – The suitcase brand’s new Berlin store, by Universal Design Studio, is a fantastic execution of the client brief. And yet, that doesn’t seem right.
Milan – The carpets designed by artist Cayetano Ferrer put Demna Gvasalia's vision for Balenciaga's interiors into question.