PROJECTS

This retail fitout by Ewert Leaf for a Melbourne-based travel goods specialist transports guests with rich, tactile elements that evoke memories of Antipodean holidays.

Wowowa Architecture has stepped outside its standard practice to design the flagship store for this “deeply Melbourne” bag brand.

Nestled in a historic building in Melbourne’s CBD, this retail fitout by Clare Cousins Architects balances architectural heritage with Aesop’s signature, contemporary aesthetic.

In its design for a flagship skincare store behind a dilapidated terrace house in Melbourne’s Carlton, Herbert and Mason in collaboration with Grown Alchemist contrasts the pristine with the industrial to enhance both qualities.

In a 19th-century Italianate building in Melbourne, architecture studio Kennon has redesigned a recognized hair salon into the perfect backdrop for “me time.”

Standing in dialogue with Fender Katsalidis’s earlier tower, Eureka, a new tall tower attempts to walk the sensitive line between public engagement, community development and private residence.

Melbourne design studio Golden has taken Seen Skin’s confident approach to skincare and translated it into a spatial experience rich in texture and tactility.

Melbourne architecture practice Kennedy Nolan has revitalized the public arcades of Melbourne Central, strengthening the centre’s character and heightening the user experience.

Inspired by the Memphis Group, architect Adriana Hanna uses playful colour and sharp shapes to create a Melbourne hair salon that’s a cut above the rest.

Tandem Design Studio has given sheepskin company Yellow Earth’s flagship store at Emporium Melbourne an expressive and tactile “shop window.”

Make-up entrepreneur Napoleon Perdis commissioned Studiobird to design an interior for his new South Yarra concept store that includes cosmetics, a foray into lifestyle retailing and a make-up academy.

Emporium Melbourne is in some ways a model of classic retail planning, but in other ways it turns this model on its head.

Grimshaw Architects in association with The Buchan Group “civilizes” Australia’s third largest retail mall, in Melbourne’s north-west.

A Melbourne gelateria, provedore and cheese cellar by architect Kristin Green.

Hecker Guthrie creates a dynamic chicken shop, with some wily moves in materials and space.

MRTN Architects gives a Melbourne shoe shop a gentleman’s salon style.

Russell & George’s futuristic vision for luggage retailer merges online and in-store experiences.

Paul Morgan Architects crowns an iconic Melbourne market with a pragmatic and elegant roof.

Theatrical staging was the inspiration for Melbourne’s Lulamae boutique by Breathe Architecture.

A cultural link makes the fashion statement at a Melbourne boutique by Matt Gibson Architecture and Design.

Twenty-five years have passed since the Aesop story began. We take a look at two recent additions.

A Melbourne retail fitout by Hassell and Fabio Ongarato Design toys with Tetris geometries.

Sixteen fun shop windows were curated by Alex Zabotto-Bentley of AZB Creative for this year’s L’Oréal Melbourne Fashion Festival.

Fun, floaty and a little bit vintage, Fleur Wood’s signature approach to fashion served as the starting point for this store.

Ryan Russell’s designs for four new Crumpler store interiors use materials from the Crumpler bags in unexpected ways.

DEA Interiors’ design for this charitable cafe-bookshop in Melbourne injects new life into old objects.

Russell & George’s unified space for the Melbourne Thurley store belies a richly layered and detailed interior.

Kenzo’s Melbourne store is an enchanting example of simple and rich design that reflects and complements the brand.

Hassell has created a retail environment for Zenith Interiors that’s full of life.

Courtesy of NH Architecture, the behemoth American wholesaler finds a home in Melbourne’s Docklands.