Since its inception in 2010 by friends Inwook Park, Nadan Cho, and Jonkyu Choi, fashion brand thisisneverthat has come a long, long way, expanding its business on home turf, but also increasingly overseas. The company has cleverly paired the growth with design-led standalone stores of which many can be found across Seoul – mind you, …
AMIRI continues its global retail expansion with a menswear shop-in-shop at Matsuzakaya, one of Nagoya‘s leading department stores. Situated on the third floor, rubbing shoulders with the retail spaces of Givenchy, Rick Owens, Alexandre de Paris, Astier de Villatte and Alexander Wang, the store features an interior design by creative director Mike Amiri himself, and …
and wander features a wide range of unisex items available in various colors. Each item has its own unique cutting and design, which you only notice when you hold it in your hands, giving you the pleasure of discovering something new each time. A grid system suspended from the ceiling was used to create a …
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, The Hyundai Department Store Group opened its largest store in Seoul. The Hyundai Seoul is part of a mixed-use complex combining business, shopping, and leisure in a single destination. The client’s intent was to shape history by redefining the future of retail. The vision was to merge grand architecture, …
Following a pop-up store at Hankyu Men’s department store in Tokyo, Canadian outdoor apparel brand Arc’teryx Veilance has inaugurated a permanent shop-in-shop, its very first in the Land of the Rising Sun, on the premises. The interior design, created by the brand’s in-house design team in Vancouver, is inspired by Tokyo‘s sprawling urban landscape, featuring …
The Element pop-up store at HKRI Taikoo Hui offers an unconventional reflection on curatorial retail spaces. By thoughtfully curating the space, this project explores the sustainability of materials and, on another scale, integrates material properties and applications with the site. This approach bridges macro perception with micro perspective, allowing lifestyle to be conveyed through an …
Leading South Korean fashion brand SYSTEM is a household name among fashion-forward crowds in the homeland. Owned by fashion conglomerate Handsome, the brand operates no less than 90 stores in the homeland, but as of late, it has ventured overseas for the first time, opening a flagship store in Paris. The SYSTEM retail space occupies …
There’s no denying that in recent years, Vienna has considerably amped up its allure as a shopping destination, and the recent opening of Stone Island‘s newest store bears witness to this ongoing trend. The Milan-based high-end outdoor brand has secured a 150 sqm. (1,615 sq.ft.) unit on the ground floor of a listed mid-19th century …
In Paris and London, OMA have designed the shops for the southern French fashion label Jacquemus, developing multi-layered design scenarios despite material self-restraint.
Since husband-and-wife team Luke and Lucie Meier took the creative reigns at Jil Sander, the fashion house has left behind choppy waters, and instead, it has seen one coveted collection after another, sustaining a steady growth. The company’s expansion mode is also reflected in the inauguration of new standalone boutiques, including a flagship store in …
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