Céragrès, an importer and distributor of ceramics, natural stone and high-end plumbing fixtures, is continuing its expansion by opening its seventh Boutique Workspace – its first location in Laval, a large city just North of Montreal.
Once known for its industrial parks, Laval’s urban fabric is undergoing a profound transformation, particularly in its mushrooming furniture, décor and renovation sector. Céragrès is joining the biggest brands in the fast-changing city, offering clients a strategic access point to its products.
SODA Architects believes that the commercial space in the future will be an intelligent terminal that people can enter and a brand-new integration of multimedia technology and space functions. Entrusted by Nestle, SODA Architects has built the world's first concept store for Nescafe Dolce Gusto, which is a pioneering practice of this space design concept.
In order to highlight the innovative, colorful and optimistic spirit of the brand, we regard the product itself the “capsules” as the most basic element of the space and invisibly integrate the interactive media technology. We have designed a unique multimedia ” pixel gate” and ” invisible screen” for Nestle.
Christian Lahoude Studio collaborated with Portuguese footwear brand Josefinas to conceive and bring to life their first, worldwide flagship store in Manhattan’s NoLIta neighborhood. The goal was to to refine and translate the Josefinas brand message into a real-world retail experience. The resulting design speaks to the femininity of the Josefinas world, incorporating a young, fresh feel, while paying homage to the the distinctive heritage of the brand through the use of exclusively handmade design elements that speak to Portuguese craftsmanship.
Masquespacio presents the last design created for Kento Shop, the Valencia chain specialized in Japanese take away food, with a special focus on sushi.
This third venue that Masquespacio designed for Kento with its 100 m2 is the biggest until now. Thanks to this, the space contains more seats than in the other shops, above a bigger fridge and kitchen. To be highlighted first, is the high ceiling and the completely glassed shop window. Starting from this point, the design seeks to take advantage of the interior architecture, maintaining the high ceiling and the big window of the project. A mirror was in this case used to create an infinite perspective for the ceiling, while most of the tables have been oriented to the exterior, to offer most of the diners a direct view at the street. The main materials used on the other hand are mosaic tiles of a grey color for the floors and some walls, that create an interesting contrast with the corporate colors from the brand used for the furniture and lighting. Adding semicircular wood strips on the walls, that remind us of the bambu woods, not only the Japanese aspect of the space is highlighted, but also a touch of warmth is added to an interior with several industrial materials like metal and ceramics.
The furniture and lighting itself, differently from the other Kento interiors, use a limited of gold which is exchanged for the purple and green corporate colors. Last, but not least, the counter is presented with a wooden ceiling that reminds us of the roadside food stands in Japan.
The legendary hosiery brand Wolford recently approached Studio Modijefsky to produce a brand-new luxurious retail concept for their shops worldwide. After opening their recent flagship store in Amsterdam, this luxury bodywear company, specialising in tights, bodysuits and underwear, chose Paris for the location of its two latest shops. In the renowned Le Marais, Studio Modijefsky once again brings together Wolford’s exquisite craftsmanship and outstanding attention to body and skin to produce a unique and luxurious interior design experience.
First of the Paris stores, located on Rue Vieille du Temple no. 36, immediately draws you inside with its unusual, glossy window display of bespoke rails wrapped around a terrazzo staircase. The small-scale, low-ceiling interior of this shop creates an unusual, cosy backdrop for Wolford’s world-famous hosiery. The second store is situated only few doors down, on Rue Vieille du Temple no. 76. With footprint as small as no. 36, but almost twice as high ceiling, the interior tests the versatility of the new concept to its limits.
The legendary hosiery brand Wolford recently approached Studio Modijefsky to produce a brand-new luxurious retail concept for their shops worldwide. After opening their recent flagship store in Amsterdam, this luxury bodywear company, specialising in tights, bodysuits and underwear, chose Paris for the location of its two latest shops. In the renowned Le Marais, Studio Modijefsky once again brings together Wolford’s exquisite craftsmanship and outstanding attention to body and skin to produce a unique and luxurious interior design experience.
How to show and shield at the same time? The project mediates between these two opposite needs in the small space of a jewellery boutique and laboratory located in the historical neighbourhood of Trastevere, Rome.
The design focuses on the perimeter of the space, which is articulated through the use of reflective, partially transparent and opaque materials.
In December 2018, the first contemporary craft-experience-shop in Brazil, Espaço Colletivo – Casa Manual, opened at Morumbi Shopping, in São Paulo, with areas dedicated to shopping, food, workshops, seminars, play, concerts, work, and relaxation. The site design, by Galeazzo Design, is out of this world and brings a new concept for space-people interaction.
The Project
“Experience-environments are the future for architecture and design,” says designer Fabio Galeazzo, Masters’ in Creativity and Innovation by Universidade Fernando Pessoa, in Portugal, and creative director of the Galeazzo Design studio, who, in the last four years, has dedicated great time to researching people/environment interface.
We took on a restoration project for a coffee shop run by two brothers.
The building we were requested to renovate was a rental building which had traditionally been used as a base by a post office etc. for commercial purposes. The building was planned to be dismantled after more than 50 years of serving. In order to make it usable as a shop, reinforcement of pillars including the ones on the tilted second floor was essential. While the pillar reinforcement required the outer wall to be dismantled and repaired, it would put great pressure on the limited budget. Instead, we decided to make use of the big space which was too much for the brothers in the first place and build a new store space without fixing the outer wall. We drew inspiration from an episode that coffee production is agriculture and installed sheets of glass on a wooden frame to build a box-like structure resembling a greenhouse.
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