PERMY SALON, KOREA

A cheerful and quirky new hair salon is now gracing the streets of South Korea. The Permy Salon, designed by local firmM4 uses sky blue accents, translucent upside down trash cans over the ceiling lights, and cartoon graphics to make this friendly establishment the next go-to hair salon.

3×1 Store Opening

Even if you’ve never heard of Scott Morrison, we’ll venture to guess that you’re probably familiar with his two highly successful denim companies, Ernest Sewn and Paper Denim & Cloth. Having grown both of those labels into household names, Morrison is now moving on to a new project called 3×1 (the name comes from 3×1 right hand twill, a standard weaving construction). Located in the heart of New York City, 3×1 is a new retail concept store that has a full-fledged, in-house denim manufacturing facility where shoppers can actually stand by and watch as a team of craftsman assembles a pair of jeans. Stocking a small selection of the limited-edition merchandise that’s being produced in-house (up to 25 pieces per day), 3×1 will sell both men’s and women’s apparel.

Raf Simons Flagship Store Tokyo

Raf Simons Flagship Store into Tokyo shows us innovation at its best. This store has a sort of ink splatter design with the entire store looking as if someone took a paint brush and just started splattering paint everywhere but they do it in a very nice way. The store is two levels and the entire store has the same blue paint splatter theme.

WOAW Pop-Up Store Opening

Bringing a wide array of exclusive brands and unique collections together under one roof, WOAW is a new pop-up eyewear store conceptualized by Kevin Poon. Recognizing a growing need for luxury eyewear, the temporary retail space houses labels such as Garrett Leight, Karen Walker, Illesteva, Theirry Lasry, COLAB, Benjamin Eyewear, Han Kjobenhavn, Andy Wolf, EFFECTOR, Graz, Subcrew by mikli and more. In addition to a selection of fashionable eyewear, the shop (which opens today) will also carry a variety of lifestyle products from Joya, Baxter of California, STYLE MEETS PEOPLE and Portland General Store.

Puma House Tokyo by Nendo

Designed by creative studio Nendo in Tokyo’s Aoyama district, the new Puma House combines an event space and a press room into one open area. Using staircases as a main architectural theme throughout, the multipurpose area will be used for exhibitions, fittings, product launches and other media events. Mirroring Puma’s relationship to sports and athletics, the space provides a sense of movement, reminding us of the constant need for exercise, and enables a three-dimensional product display that fully uses its environment.

Louis Vuitton’s Ostriches Grace 5th Ave.

Momentarily, If you make your way up the streets of 5th Ave you may run into a peculiar ostrich in the windows of Louis Vuitton! The larger than life ostrich and it’s eggs are proudly displaying Vuitton’s spring and summer shoes and accessories collection. The ostriches were created by Chameleon Visual, a London based creative agency who design, produce and install visual concepts such as these exquisite Vuitton display. The prehistoric animal was hand crafted by the team who meticulously sculpted their faces and painted legs their legs gold. The cheeky ostriches are full of playfulness and wit as their long necks travel through window displays, or dip into the ground only to come up again in a different location. Their over sized eggs are vertically lined in front of tufted pink velvet walls and are hatching the seasons latest accessories! Chameleon’s display for Louis Vuitton translates into the concept of rebirth which is essentially, what the season of spring is all about.

Paul Smith’s Flagship Store In Seoul

Traditional English gent Paul Smith has opened his three story flagship store in Seoul. The futuristic architecture of the exterior is proper for the Seoul scene and fits to perfection with the surrounding architecture, yet the inside, stays true to the Paul Smith brand in every which way. Each of the three floors inside the store vary in design based on which Paul Smith collection it houses. Large central spiral staircases with decorative iron railings reach up through all floors as striped walls wrap around them displaying actual art from Mr. Smith’s personal collection. The third floor houses Paul Smith’s woman’s collection where cut out holes in the sloped roof create an interesting array of natural lighting which projects through the space.

Colonie Restaurant Opens In Brooklyn Heights

Being located in New York City exposes us to unimaginable amounts of greatness on a daily basis, but there’s nothing like finding the small hidden gems when you’re walking through the charming streets of Brooklyn Heights on a warm spring day! This small gem, wont be small for long because the food is fantastic, the staff smiles are welcoming, and the Brooklyn friendly sustainable interior design of Colonie will be a treat its neighbors will never let go of.

Alice In Wonderland Restaurant

Nope, you didn’t fall down the fabled rabbit hole. You’re merely witnessing the magic of Fantastic Design Works Co.’s new Alice In Wonderland inspired restaurant in Tokyo. The entire story unfolds within the walls of the 2,000 sq. ft. restaurant, from beginning to end. Upon entrance, guests are graced with oversized vintage books, mirrored walls, and polished checkered floors. Making your way to your table, you will find that larger than life grass hedges encase each table. Dramatic theatrical elements are in play throughout the entire space accompanied by intense lighting, various spots of color on the ceiling, and table napkins that sit upright, threatening to march away at any given moment. Fantastic Design Works Co. designed a private dining room that’s fit for a queen! The queen of hearts and the rest of her deck is the main theme of the intimate dining space. The restaurant is an acutely literal take on the 1951 animated movie as it is divided into themed sections that reflect certain scenes from the film. If you are in the Tokyo area stop by for a bite, you never know where it could lead you!

COMME des GARCONS Singapore Store Opening

COMME des GARÇONS has unveiled its first standalone store location in Singapore. Situated within the Hilton Shopping Center, the concept and design was created by Rei Kawakubo and is based around the theme of “Constructed Interrupted” where customers discover the shop by way of a series of semi-corridors, half-tunnels, carved walls and metallic or wooden structures. If you’re heading to Singapore anytime soon, the store is definitely worth a visit.

Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair Concept Store

A concept store in Sweden by Swedish architects GUISE with amazing use of white space and minimal black vector-ish furniture.

http://www.guise.se
http://www.shoerepair.se

Visvim Wan Chai Store Opening

Visvim recently opened its latest retail venture as Hong Kong welcomed a second location. Away from the hustle and bustle of its original Central district, the Wan Chai location offers a calmer and more peaceful setting perched atop Sun Street. The unique shape of the space boasts a wrap-around style with two openings with a heavy degree of Chinese sensibilities thanks to the incorporation of Chinese antiques and bricks imported from the Mainland. The opening night of the store also included the showing of a film produced and featuring visvim founder Hiroki Nakamura, as viewers were given an in-depth glimpse into Nakamura’s sourcing and production throughout several different regions of the world.

visvim Wan Chai
No. 8-9 Sun St., Wan Chai
Hong Kong

The Cosmopolitan: West Lobby

The West Lobby is a kinetic space, centered around 8 giant central columns wrapped with mirrors and LCD screens. Rockwell Group’s LAB installed 384 displays on the columns and 26 behind the registration desk to create a platform for a variety of customized immersive digital experiences in the space. Off this lobby is the dream-like Vesper bar with a ceiling covered in metal mesh to look like a cloud, and shimmering silvers and whites throughout the space.

Maison Hermès Window Display by Tokujin Yoshioka

Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created an installation in Tokyo for fashion brand Hermès, where a movie of a woman appears to blow on a scarf hanging in the window.

Maison martin margiela in tokyo

 

This first maison martin margiela store opened in tokyo in 2000. located in the ebisu area of the city,
the former residence incorporates the offices and sales rooms of kokonoe corp ltd.

HIKARI NO TOKEI

Tha designed a monument for the entrance of Seibu Ikebukuro Flagship Store, called “Hikari No Tokei” (Clock of Light). The monument features 4 LED surfaces on which the current time is expressed in motion typography, changing proportions at every second. At every hour, the monument features time-announcement of synchronized music and motion.
The music is produced by Yukihiro Takahashi.

Medicom Toy + Kaws = ORIGINAL-FAKE

Immagini dal negozio ORIGINALFAKE di Aoyama
http://www.original-fake.com/