Aesop opens in Amsterdam in a former candy shop

Valentin Loellmann Studio brings to life a historic candy shop located in a 17th century building to host the first Dutch store of the Australian brand.

Aesop opted for a historic building to open its first shop in Amsterdam. While it has been hosted in a former deli in Milan, in a laundry in New York’s Upper West Side and in a traditional house in Kanazawa, Japan, now it is the turn of a candy shop in a 17th century building on the corner of Utrechtestraat.

Dominated by arched cabinets, white wood panelling, antique clocks and copper compositions, the store designed by Valentin Loellmann studio is enveloped in a warm, shaded and timeless atmosphere.

The brand’s recognizable packaging – the brown small lotion bottles reminding the ones in medieval pharmacies – stands out and, at the same time, blurs among the wooden niches of the displays, converting the store into an ancient and precious herbalist shop.

A walnut counter and basins in Belgian limestone, designed to test the botanical products directly on the skin, overlook a wide corener-window.

Project:
Aesop Utrechtsestraat
Architect:
Valentin Loellmann
Location:
Amsterdam, Utrechtsestraat 93
Completion:
2019

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