Nina+Co’s Circular Eyewear Store for Monc Treats Every Material as an Asset, Not a Consumable.Nina+Co's design for Monc started with an audit of the existing site. Aluminium stair nosings were melted and recast into drawer handles and lamp dials; a reclaimed Douglas fir beam from a Staffordshire barn became the parquet, and...
A New Vision for Optical Retail: Six Six by Kennedy Nolan.Not your average trip to the optometrist. Kennedy Nolan's design for Six Six centres on a zig-zagging display wall that orients most product away from the street, encouraging unhurried discovery over forensic browsing. A largely...
Gentle Monster’s Haus Nowhere Seoul is Unlike Any Retail Experience You’ve Seen.If you feel like you've arrived at the future, that’s because you have. Haus Nowhere Seoul unlocks a new level of retail experience that makes all other stores feel prehistoric. Gentle Monster’s experimental retail universe represents...
An Eye for Detail: Lunet Boutique by Bogdan Ciocodeica Studio.In Bucharest, Romania, Lunet pays homage to both the past and future almost simultaneously, with the air of an older, traditional eyewear store (read: colour palette) juxtaposed with space-age material and lighting choices. Perhaps most...
Child Studio Transforms Belgravia Townhouse into Cubitts Eyewear Store.Inspired by the pioneering designer Eileen Gray, Child Studio’s Belgravia store for eyewear brand Cubbits is imagined as a contemporary interpretation of a classic drawing room. The interior features a series of bespoke display shelving...
British Eyewear Brand’s Nostalgic Leeds Store by Child Studio.London-based design practice Child Studio has completed another store for the British spectacle makers Cubitts. Located within an ornate Victorian shopping arcade in Leeds, the interiors evoke nostalgia while paying homage to the design...
Cubitts Soho Eyewear Store by Child Studio.Child Studio's design for British spectacle-maker Cubitts Soho store references underground venues and subcultures that emerged in this buzzing London district, once notorious for its adult cinemas and sex shops. Walls are clad in...
Zware Jongens’ Fresh Vision for Belgian Eyewear Specialist Hons.Concept agency Zware Jongens reveals a new retail space for independent Belgian eyewear specialist Optiek Hons. Through tricky mirror panelling, clever grid-design, select materials, and a heightened consideration for how to enhance the...
Chimi Sunglasses & Kalles Kaviar Limited Edition Collaboration.Stockholm-based eyewear brand Chimi announces an unlikely design collaboration with Kalles Kaviar, a Swedish food staple. The result is a limited-edition capsule of sunglasses and caviar, celebrating the convergence of classic and...
