– Nendo, Beige concept store: Nendo designed a new concept shop for Beige, a Japanese fashion brand in Tokyo, as a multifunctional space that can accommodate multiple uses.
– Hermès Shanghai: Hermès opened in Shanghai its fifth maison designed by RDAI, the French practice directed by Denis Montel, responsible for all the brand’s shops design.
– Kontent, No Wódka: the main concept created by Kontent for the shop No Wódka brings a new approach to product display that thinks outside the norm of standard wall mounted shelves.
– Richard James store: Andy Martin Architects completed the Richard James Flagship store in London, divided in two areas by a translucent screen that becomes the central feature of the space.
– Haf studio, Clothing Store: Haf studio designed a clothing store in dowtown Reykjavík tying the brand’s raw and rough character together with clever and elaborate detailing.
– Tokujin, Reality Lab: drawing inspiration from the functional design of clinical laboratories, Tokujin Yoshioka has conceived the Reality Lab store for Issey Miyake, in Aoyama, Tokyo.
– 6a architects, Paul Smith: extending the pre-existing shop in Mayfair, the space expands into the neighbouring building with a front builds on a familiar material tradition in London.
– Fabio Novembre, HitGallery: for apparel manufacturer Ittierre, the Milan-based designer has created a concept store inspired by the classical matrix of Italian architecture. A symmetrical structure, a row of arches, one dominant hue offset by two tone flooring.
– Schemata, EEL Nakameguro: a space intentionally left incomplete and a construction process mostly of “subtraction” are key elements for this apparel shop realised by Jo Nagasaka / Schemata Architects in Tokyo.
– Otsuka Gofukuten: Japanese designer Yusuke Seki has converted the interiors of a former tofu store into a shop that proposes to re-introduce kimono culture, in a time when the garment has become something to be worn only in special occasions.