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Store exterior

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Project • By Comelite Architecture Structure and Interior DesignShops

French Chocolate Store Design

Featuring subtle hints of Rococo style in its charming modern interpretation, this French Chocolate Store Design in Sakaka, Saudi Arabia, is both quaint and contemporary. Its mint green exterior with large windows immediately takes you away to the fancy sidewalks of Paris. The white and wood interior with lush chocolatey displays is just as welcoming. This shop is a delicacy in space form. The whimsy of the pastel theme and the fantasy of the unique light fixtures gorgeously cap off the whole store’s ambiance. More

Project • By Seth Powers PhotographyShops

OceanSpot

STUDIO DOHO was commissioned by co-retail start-up OceanSpot to design the brand’s first concept store in Shanghai. Located at the entrance to one of the cities preeminent creative hubs, Bridge 8, the original brief called for a project that both makes a bold statement to attract consumers and serves as a distinct meeting point for creative professionals.The exterior façade of the double-height, 127 sqm storefront was covered with a color-changing dichroic film. Circles were cut into the film to define areas for retail window displays. The result was a dynamic storefront that casts colorful “light shadows” on the surrounding sidewalk.Completed in Fall of 2018, a key challenge was finding a creative way to differentiate the storefront,... More