Ergon Bakehouse offers a unique experience celebrating the art of baking and hospitality in the heart of Athens, housed in a heritage building from the early 20th century, designed by Vasilis Tsagris. Formerly residential units and offices, the building now hosts a multifaceted destination• a unique place for making and baking pastries, a retail space, …
In sync with Saudi Arabia‘s accelerated modernisation in recent years, an increasing number of foreign brands have opened up shop in the country’s major cities, and A.P.C. is one of the latest to arrive. In collaboration with local retail group Beside, the Paris-based brand has opened a standalone store in Riyadh, its very first in …
La Pastisseria Barcelona, run by the award-winning artisan couple Josep Maria Rodríguez Guerola and Ana Jarquín has been completely renovated. The re-design has transformed the destination shop into a luminous space with high quality, versatile materials such as HIMACS solid surface to highlight the eye-catching array of delicious pastries. The renovation by Eduard Ribes and …
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Electric car manufacturer NIO’s flagship location in Europe occupies a seven-storey building on Amsterdam’s Keizersgracht originally built in the late 19th century. NIO House Amsterdam renovates the building, combining design elements reflective of NIO’s brand with a respectful treatment of the historic building. Now offering a wide variety of spaces for relaxing, working, events, and …
It isn’t only in Italy where Fare la bella figura is an innate skill, the Japanese know a thing or two about keeping up appearances. Unsurprisingly, top-notch Italian brands have always resonated well in the Land of the Rising Sun, and Brioni is no exception. The renowned Rome-based tailoring brand has recently relocated its store …
Following last year’s store openings in Shanghai and Beijing, fashion brand Yohji Yamamoto has inaugurated a new boutique in another one of China‘s first-tier cities—Guangzhou. Situated at K11 Guangzhou, one of the city’s leading shopping centres, the retail space features an interior design by Tokyo-based architecture practice OSO. The material palette is inspired by traditional …
When a building becomes a collective memory of a city, the meaning it carries is unique. Whenever people mention it, they always share stories of their interactions with the building, recalling its most striking transformations from that era. The Qichongtian Building on Nanjing Road is such a building, rich in emotion and history. Today, Dayuan …
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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, …
Online gaming is an integral part of lifestyle for the Millennial and Gen Z demographics, providing both a level of relaxation and excitement that’s hard to match in the real world. However, the good old fashioned board games are making a striking come back, winning over those more inclined towards face-to-face competition, and needless to …
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 …
