Now I know where to see a movie next time I am in Stockholm. Designstudio 1:2:3 and Kristoffer Sundin have designed the interior and the graphic identity of Rio cinema in Stockholm.. They have carefully transformed it into a modern space, without changing its original appearance. The new aim with the space was to create a design functional for different range of activities. The cinema houses different activities, beside showing films it is a venue for seminars, theater, musical performances, installations, opera shows and other cultural events. The furniture and lighting is adaptable and can be changed into single tables with light over each table, or you can make it in to one large seating group with all the lamps in a cluster. Tables and light are specially designed for this space. Check out Rio`s event program here.
Found via Creativejournal Photography by Erik Wåhlström
This store design feels like walking on a cloud. I imagine walking on a cloud gives a bouncing feeling, just like the shape of the fabric that covers most of this store. It is just a temporary design, going from November 2011 to February 2012, so if you are in Budapest you can still visit Nanushka store and have a look at the beautiful design. Daniel Balo, Zsofi Dobos, Dora Medveczky, Judit Emese Konopas and Noemi Varga are the creative souls behind the idea. They were picked out by the fashion designer and put together in a team; they had never worked together before, they were given a short deadline, low budget and most important they had to leave the interior unharmed. Their inspiration comes from classical wedding tents and barn weddings, and aims to emphasis the brand’s core values and contrast the sometimes overwhelming racket of the urban experience. It´s used 250 sqm of fabric to cover up the walls and ceiling, and for the floor they have sliced firewood. In some areas they have used logs, as they are sprouted up from the floor, to display accessories. The design is harmonic and delicate.
Found via daniel balo Photography is by Tamas Bujnovszky.
What a store. Dear Design have created this store for Munich footwear shoe store in Ireland. I admire the creative use of shoelaces as main material in this store. They have covered the ceiling with hanging shoelaces and used it as a background surface to the walls. To recall the Irish green hills and mountains they have worked in green padded fabric for the cash desk, shelves, sofa and walls. Great looking concept store.
Source Archdaily, photoes by David Murphy Photography
It is not difficult to understand why the guardian announced this as ‘probably the most beautiful bookstore in the world’. It is a very unique and unusual location for a bookstore. Because of the design of the bookshelf, you are allowed to experience the architectural structure in a close up. The bookshelf is constructed as a walk-in shelf going over three stories. The designers, Merkx Girod, has been true to the church´s architecture, and that is what makes it so powerful. It must be magical walking up the stairs, and have a view from the third level; even stand at the ground floor looking up and experience the dimensions of the church probably gives an exceptional view. Great wow-factor!
Here are some photos of the pre-build model for the project, photos found via e-architect
Du skal vite hva du driver med for å klare å flislegge med tanke på å skape en perspektivisk illusjon slik det er blitt gjort i Camper butikken i Covent Garden. Den er ikke til å unngå der den ligger på hjørnet av Shelton Street og Neal Street. Tomas Alonso har skapt ett utrolig spennende interiør med sin skarphet og sans for eksperimenterende uttrykk.
You´d better know what you are doing, to manage to make this perspective illusion only by tiles, grids and colours, like it has been done in Camper Store in Covent Garden. You won´t miss it at the corner of Shelton Street and Neal Street. Tomas Alonso has created an extremely interesting interior with his distinctive design and experimental expression.
Images via myinteriordesign
Playtype er en konseptbutikk i København drevet av danske designbyrået E-Type. I mine øyne er dette himmelen for de fleste grafisk designere, inkludert meg selv. PlayType er egentlig en fontdatabase. Men E-Type har tatt dette konseptet til en ny dimensjon, med å lage en retail opplevelse rundt noe vi fleste kjøper og laster ned over nett. Her kan du gå inn å kjøpe fonter rett over disk, solgt i en spesialdesignet USB som ser ut som et kredittkort. Perfekte gaven til en designer. I tillegg selger de egne produkter som plakater, kopper, T-skjorter, vin, vesker etc. som alle bruker fontene de selger. Selve butikkinnredningen er enkel og gjennomført. Her får virkelig produktene skinne. Vindusskiltingen er dramatisk og synlig med én stor bokstav. Enkelt og effektfult!
Playtype is a concept store located in Copenhagen run by the Danish design company E-Type. In my eyes, this is heaven for most graphic designers, including myself. PlayType is a font foundry. But the E-Type has taken this concept to a new level. They have created a retails experience for something everyone usually buy and download over the Internet. Here you can go to buy fonts straight over the counter, sold in designed USB sticks that looks like a credit card. Perfect gift for a designer. In addition, they sell their own products such as posters, mugs, T-shirts, wine, handbags, etc., all displaying the fonts they sell. The retail design is simple and makes the products shine. I love the window signage, dramatic and visible with a capital letter. Bold and beautiful!
Som grafisk designer er jeg svak for konseptbutikker hvor interiør og grafisk profil kommer sammen og skaper magi. Pino er et slikt sted. Butikken er en markedsplass for unike, funksjonelle og innovative designobjekter, som ligger i Helsinki, Finland. Pino betyr faktisk “stable” på finsk. Og jeg elsker hvordan de har forsterket dette konseptet med stabelen av hyllene som skape I’en i PINO. Som også går igjen med bruk av hull i skilting og trykksaker. Enkelt og effektfult! Hvis du er interessert i grafisk design, anbefaler jeg deg og besøke denne fantastiske bloggen: Creative Roots.
Being a graphic designer I do have a soft spot for concept stores where interior and graphics comes together and create magic. Pino is such a place. The shop is a market place for unique, functional and innovative design objects, located in Helsinki, Finland. Pino actually means “pile” or “stack” in Finnish. And I love how they have reinforce this concept with the stack of shelves creating the I in PINO. and how they have taking this further on their signage and stationary with “stack holes” on the I. Clever! If you are into graphic design I recommend you checking this amazing blog out: Creative Roots.
This great store was found via Behance Network. Photos: Paavo Lehtonen
Skandiabanken fremstår som et nytt og fresht konsept med deres nye lokale i Kungsgatan i Stockholm. Har tidligere vist et spennende og nytenkende banklokale i Paris og det er gøy at Skandinavia er raske med å følge opp denne banktrenden. Designet til skandiabanken skiller seg ut med sitt uformelle uttrykk. Banker er ofte stive og kjedelige i utformingen, og ikke minst nøytrale. Det har skandiabanken valgt å se bort ifra og designerne BVD har fått leke seg med kontraster i materialer og fargebruk. Det grønne sammen med det fine treverket gir et typisk nordisk uttrykk. Ikke minst er lyssettingen veldig spennende.
Skandiabanken stands out as a new and fresh concept with their new location on Kungsgatan in Stockholm. A couple of months ago I showed you an exciting and innovative banking interior from Paris, and it is very fun to see that Scandinavia is quick to follow up on this trend within banking interior. The design is distinguished by its casual look. Banks are often stiff and boring in their interior design, and not at least neutral. This has SkandiaBanken chosen to ignore and the designers from BVD was given a great amount of freedom and the result looks fantastic. They have played with contrasts in materials and colors . The green combined with the nordic wood gives a typical Scandinavian look. And look at the the lighting, it is used in a very innovative and creative way.
