![]() Han Chong and Andreas Kostopoulos for Self-Portrait / Sustainable retail design – 8 stores give us a glimpse of a green future Harmoniously blending minimalism, materiality and color – this 200-square-meter store’s interior is characterized by natural materials. Han Chong and Andreas Kostopoulos for Self-Portraitĭesigned by Self-Portrait Founder and Creative Director Han Chong in collaboration with New York-based architect Andreas Kostopoulos – luxury fashion brand Self-Portrait opens a store in London with mirrored surfaces and Cornish clay walls. ![]() ![]() “Both the floors and ceilings were further preserved from the store’s previous fit-out!” shares Snøhetta. Made to evoke the shifting shades of the Norwegian sky, this fabric is digitally printed with subtle yellow and pale blue stripes. Snøhetta for Holzweiler / Sustainable retail design – 8 stores give us a glimpse of a green futureįabricated by Danish textile design studio Tronhjem Rømer – additionally, behind the wall lies a changing area with cubicles and curtains. Its undulating outer walls are fitted with display shelves and coated in a smooth layer of clay, while the inside has a rough, craggy surface.Īn oakwood display plinth winds its way around the periphery of the store – eventually connecting to a curved timber partition at the rear of the floor plan. Snøhetta for Holzweiler / Sustainable retail design – 8 stores give us a glimpse of a green future Incorporating subtle references to the fashion brand’s Norwegian heritage and Scandinavian minimalistic aesthetic – architecture practice Snøhetta features natural materials for the Holzweiler boutique in Copenhagen.Īt the center of this 100-square-meter store is a tall, hollow sculpture by Norwegian artist Ingeborg Riseng which shoppers step into. Read on to know more about each area of these 8 innovative shops that narrate a story of material exploration and experimentation! 1. Lastly, FADAA brilliantly utilized bio-concrete screens to shade the Decoration One retail boutique in Jordan – “bio-bricks are growing in popularity as a sustainable building material and a variety of compositions have been tried over the past few years!” FADAA explains. The furniture is expertly built to last but can be disassembled for reuse, recycled or returned to the earth as nourishment!” shares Nina Woodcroft, Nina+Co Founder as she brought biomaterials into the MONC eyewear store in London. “Circularity was key – almost everything we brought into the building was entirely bio-based or recycled. JamesPlumb for Aesop / Sustainable retail design – 8 stores give us a glimpse of a green future MRDK further created a ‘journey through nature’ at an Attitude shop in Montreal with blocks of granite nestled amongst planted beds to display plastic-free beauty products – “from the moment you step inside, the design of the space reflects a commitment to sustainability and a connection to nature!” says Guillaume Ménard and David Dworkind, MRDK Founders. With an aim to reduce waste in the beauty industry, change consumer behavior as well as inspire them – Nina+Co beautifully used salvaged materials and biotextiles for Big Beauty’s first store in London. “In the future as we expand we want to have production sites around the world making things locally and reducing our carbon footprint even further!” shares Manuel Jiménez García, Nagami Co-founder.Īdditionally, JamesPlumb fused hemp and bulrush elements at Cambridge Aesop store – “hemp absorbs a huge amount of carbon as it grows and bulrush being literally of the local waters made sense, both due to its beauty and tactility and because of the chance to use a material that would travel few miles and utilize little energy in production!”, Hannah Plumb and James Russel, JamesPlumb Founders explain. ![]() Stepping in, Nagami skillfully 3D-printed recycled plastic to mimic melting glaciers in Spanish boutique Ecoalf – walls, shelves and display tables are made from 3.3 tonnes of repurposed plastic waste sourced mainly from hospitals and utilized to craft translucent surfaces. On the other hand, Self-Portrait wrapped its one-of-a-kind London shop in mint-hued Cornish clay and tonal surfaces – “by leveraging on minimalism, materiality and color, we wanted to create an intimate sensory and focused experience free from any interferences or visually distracting architectural qualities and functions that can typically overwhelm retail environments!” Self-Portrait Founder and Creative Director Han Chong says.ĭid you know that 75% of all areas covered by glaciers have melted due to rising temperatures and that hundreds of tonnes of plastic are produced daily that lives on for centuries polluting our planet?
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