Sephora is one of the world’s leading beauty products retailers, with strong brand profile and market presence in 24 countries. Founded in 1970, the Paris based firm entered the U.S. in 1997 and seven years later brought its unique concept to Canada. Quadrangle was asked to assist Sephora in designing their flagship Toronto Eaton Centre store, followed by locations across the country. Drawing on deep experience with multinational retailers, the design team took European store formats created for smaller footprints and reinvented them to suit Canadian retail environments and shopping tastes. The collaboration with Sephora has been so successful that many design features have since been adapted in Europe as well.

Material Used :

1. Alpolic – Storefront Cladding – Aluminum faced composite panels, black gloss finish.

2. Tiger Drylac – Red storefront accent – Powder coated metal, fire engine red.

3. Corian – Black and white storefront striped columns – Solid surfacing veneer, glacier white and deep nocturne in matte finish.

4. Ceramic Tile Design – Sales area columns – Bisazza Pro Collection, black mosaic tile.

5. Acrylite/Evonik Cyro – Illuminated sales area columns – Satin Ice acrylic.

6. Graniti Fiandre – Porcelain floor tile in sales area – Co.de graphite midnight black, honed and exte black finish.

7. Carnegie – Wall covering in sales area – Xorel “meteor”.

8. Benjamin Moore – Sales area partitions – “Super White” and “Nocturne” semi-gloss finishes.

9. Sales area columns and partitions – back painted black glass (no specific manufacturer).