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Imagination without constraint: Casa de Zanotta teaches us a thing or two about retail

Imagination without constraint: Casa de Zanotta teaches us a thing or two about retail

Inspired by a forest of stone, and created as a place to showcase the iconic Italian furniture brand Zanotta, this retail space is unconstrained in its vision of what a new-age shopping experience should be.

This BMW showroom experience invites you to sink into a sci-fi wonderland

This BMW showroom experience invites you to sink into a sci-fi wonderland

This BMW showroom, called the Sustainable Intelligence Exhibition Hall, blends a virtual reality-inspired shopping adventure with a revelatory ‘in real life’ experience.

Enter this alien landscape via a 21-metre dune

Enter this alien landscape via a 21-metre dune

Atmospheric and moody with a stage-like dune, Various Associates sets a pristine white stage for this epic SND retail store.

All that is gold – jeweller Cushla Whiting opens her Sydney showroom

All that is gold – jeweller Cushla Whiting opens her Sydney showroom

Jeweller and former architect, Cushla Whiting has worked with Prue Dabelstein to craft her Sydney jewellery showroom. Gold highlights, cork flooring and plush furniture create a space that is at once breathtaking and intimate.

Kokaistudios delivers destination shopping-hospitality experience in CITIC SQUARE

Kokaistudios delivers destination shopping-hospitality experience in CITIC SQUARE

Dynamic and futuristic, Kokaistudios’ latest renovation transforms a twenty-year old shopping mall into a modern lifestyle destination with a new architecture that complements its historic surroundings by creating new vistas and possibilities through seemingly floating pixels.

All about the theatre: 3 Deep’s Hardy Brothers flagship

All about the theatre: 3 Deep’s Hardy Brothers flagship

3 Deep distils the creative direction of Hardy Brothers’ brand into its Sydney store experience. And the effect is quite breathtaking.

Amorphic and beautiful – Hyundai Seoul department store

Amorphic and beautiful – Hyundai Seoul department store

We take you to the largest department store in South Korea, where Canadian firm Burdifilek has envisaged a boldly futuristic experience, interwoven with nature.

SJB’s retail design for Calibre celebrates crafted simplicity

SJB’s retail design for Calibre celebrates crafted simplicity

SJB has created a pared back, minimalist environment that showcases the understated luxury of the well-loved menswear brand.

Why it takes a village: The rise of mixed-use developments

Why it takes a village: The rise of mixed-use developments

There is a craving for the boutique and a return to high-street style shopping experiences, not possible in our densely distributed air-conditioned shopping centres.

Shop, but not. 5 fit-outs that recast retail

Shop, but not. 5 fit-outs that recast retail

Retail has become a hyper-dimensional experience. While a destination may draw you in for any number of reasons – social, educational, personal wellness – shopping remains the ultimate act.

There are no golden rules in retail – Russell & George

There are no golden rules in retail – Russell & George

From hyper-real run-ins to fragmented customer profiles, Russell & George “slams” typologies to design spaces that make you put down your phone.

A Mall With A Theatrical Heart In Shanghai By Kokaistudios

A Mall With A Theatrical Heart In Shanghai By Kokaistudios

The newly renovated Shimao Festival City in Shanghai references the world of the theatre and incorporates public spaces of engagement and exchange.