Beauty stores are living something we might call a small revolution. Cosmetic and make up  shops are changing their appearance in order to look more beautiful and at, the same time, more functional. What has happened? Brands are starting to understand that a key factor, when it comes to purchasing, is a personal experience which...Read More

This bar/restaurant designed by Juicy design in Sydney, Australia is a perfect example that shows how materials and colours can be thought and used for commercial concept. The space is filled with elements  which are connected: the floor shows graphic elements connected to the “story” it wants to tell and it ideally goes through food seen and...Read More

I’ve spent a few days in Montréal, Canada. As part of my job I work on projects and designs for new concept stores and when I travel for work I always make sure to find time to visit the city or the town where I am staying and look for its special little places in...Read More

A few days ago I was advised by K-studio via my Facebook profile page Future Concept Retail, to look at a project of a new restaurant in Milan. I am very happy to thank them for letting me know about it and it also was a confirmation about how useful the net can be when...Read More

Taking into account consumers’ points of view is very important for people who deal with design and communication because it is essential to create new personalized spaces and shopping places in line with the needs and desires of shoppers. For this reason and with all this in mind I asked some people the following questions:...Read More

The Finnish company Amerikka Design has successfully renovated the image of the restaurant Iso Omena, near Helsinki and belonging to the chain called ‘Chico’s’ and the result is a very charming concept. Source: http://www.domusweb.itRead More

In such an original and special place as Trulli of Alberobello, Puglia (UNESCO World Heritage Site) there are some shops and commercial areas of various types, built taking into account and respecting local traditions and local architectural heritage. Strolling in the streets and looking at the details used to build these shops was an experience...Read More

Using to the full the entire area (1400 square meters) of what once was a supermarket discount in ex-Jugoslavia, Maja Vidakovic Lalic, Marko Basarovski and Mihajlo Juric, founders of reMiks, have completed their project of a supermarket concept store in Belgrade. This area was designed in a way that could be easily modified and therefore ideal...Read More

Little jewel of Milan fashion week, Bio Ristò is a project by Lucy Salamanca for Alce Nero, it’s a perfect example of sustainable design: chairs and tables made of cardboard (Corvasce), menus made of cotton, bio products. La cucina a vista e le grandi vetrate amplificano il concetto di “open” e le piante aromatiche suggeriscono...Read More

I bumped almost by chance into a local Santeria in Milan, more then 500 sqare meters surface, with an internal courtyard where shops, a cafè, art and co-working find a perfect location. This is a pleasurable and unusual place where all the different areas are percieved as a continuum and harmonically become as one. The key word both...Read More