‘Magis’ had etched its way into their clients’ hearts as a popular women’s wear brand in South India for the last 13 years and when it came to hosting their own products, with their flagship store in Thrissur, the owners had wanted the space to reflect the qualities, of their products, that had made them famous. ‘The store between the lines’, as it’s fondly called, was the result of this dream.
Article source: Une Arquitetura + Arqmais Arquitetura
The trade complex born in a privileged and strategical region for the economic development of the city. The office had the responsibility to design a building that stands out in middle of the built-up landscape of the local.
Due to the client’s need, the dimensions of the land and the floor area ratio of the region be small, the project strategy was to design a building with simple shapes and superimposed solidvolumes.
Petite Pomme is a clothing and shoes retail’s child store located in the centre of a small town, which also aims to boost local trade through careful design and by adding value to the shopping experience.
The brand image intends to move away from the historical style of the building. Therefore walls and ceiling blur boundaries to create an unlinked proposal from its shell.
At the entrance, a backlit polycarbonate wall contrasts sharply with the granite facade, generating a rift between exterior and interior and also providing guidance for the customer.
This showroom has been required by a smart home control company. Per our client requirement, the showroom is structured as a residential project. The purpose was to organize this project as a real apartment in order to use the space not only to implement the smart home control system, but also to create many corners as possible to host the clients. The general feeling had to be relaxing as it would be in a house, still communication a professional sensation.
The space feature a cinema room a living room, a bar area, a bedroom with a small living corner. In addition to this an office area with a private meeting room, and a pantry area.
Developed for the Tyrolean crystal manufacturer, the Swarovski Manufaktur is a progressive crystal workshop perfectly suited for creative co-creation, rapid prototyping and representation. The structure cleverly merges design, product development and production into one single facility. The new building type allows the company to develop innovative ways to align creative visionary processes with technical production requirements. “The Swarovski Manufaktur sets a new standard for inclusive fabrication facilities,” says Kjetil Trædal Thorsen, Founding Partner of Snøhetta, when summarizing the concept. “Bringing clients, designers, artists, researchers, machine operators, technicians and the public into one space under one roof is going to change how we think about these relationships in the future”.
At the beginning of 2019, Nelissen Steenfabrieken literally put its need to innovate in the spotlight with new state-of-the-art headquarters, including an impressive, eye-catching showroom, on the Kiezelweg in Kesselt, Lanaken. The building represents the triple foundation of the company: innovation, co-creation, and sustainability.
The fourth generation of the Nelissen Steenfabrieken family company means business. By opening this state-of-the-art office building and experimental showroom designed by the Architectengroep PSK and UAU collectiv, Nelissen Steenfabrieken will resolutely take the lead as the forerunner in the brick industry in 2019.
The new building houses digital experimentation rooms for designers, an Experience room with a large curved, 180°-screen, and meeting rooms that can be reserved for project consultations or other meetings. “The renewed site will act as a facilitator for creative people who want to work with us to move the construction sector forward sustainably,” said the directors.
For the opening of Hem’s first US showroom in Downtown Los Angeles in collaboration with Madera, the independent design brand has commissioned San Franciscobased designer Clark Thenhaus, founder and director of Endemic Architecture, to create a sitespecific installation in the courtyard space of the new showroom. Confetti Courtyard is a vibrant installation that reimagines the space as a lively and kinetic layering of architecture, furniture, landscape, and social activity.
Russian designer Maxim Maximov and the team at Asketik Studio present an all-new store concept as part of Camper’s Together project. The new Moscow location inside Metropolis Mall features a minimalist aesthetic with a clean interior design and maximum functionality.
“I wanted to create something that was familiar to Russian people but was also stylish and modern like in Europe. We have maintained some classic details, like industrial warehouse shelving and the 15×15 white matt tiles that were popular in soviet Moscow supermarkets.
With “scene experience” emerging as a new consumption trend, many designers seek to create artistic and humanistic scenes in real estate sales centers, which optimizes the spatial experience, and thereby improving brand recognition and attracting more potential buyers.
Balance between massiveness and lightness
With a long history of several thousand years, Xi’an is endowed with cultural confidence and a poetic character. The project is situated at the college town, Chang’an District of Xi’an, an area that carries the locals’ memories of youth and humanistic sentiments. Considering that it was the last plot to be developed in VANKE TOWN, the client envisioned to create a unique “experience” demonstration zone through empathetic design.
Article source: Ciszak Dalmas and matteo ferrari studio
Spanish accessories brand Malababa is opening up a new space in Madrid’s Serrano 8, where its structure symbolizes and reproduces the firm’s identity features: light, texture, colour and shapes. It is in itself a return to their roots, where raw beauty’s natural sense gets stablished as different, authentic and truly attractive. Everything in Serrano 8 Malababa calls for an authenticity which becomes more beautiful within time. And this is precisely one of Malababa’s mantras.
Founders of Malababa Ana Carrasco and Jaime Lara, together with design and architecture studios Ciszak Dalmas and Matteo Ferrari, have joined forces day after day to materialise the dream of Malababa at Serrano 8. The result is a space that has been built the same way their products are: with passion, consistency, honesty and sustainability. A retreat that breathes creativity and a total involvement of all team members.
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