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Aesop

Coming

SOON...

940 W. Fulton Market St.
In creating its second Chicago
store in the West Loop area,
Aesop partnered with
renowned architect Frida
Escobedo, marking their
sixth U.S. collaboration.
Each Escobedo-designed
store carries a different point
of view, deeply informed by
the neighborhood and a sitespecific vision, and the new
775-sq.-ft. outpost is focused
on materiality, form and color,
and was inspired by the evolving West Loop's high volume of construction. (For the last couple of
years, Chicago has steadily ranked within the top five American cities with the most cranes in the
sky). This location takes a cue from the rawness of grids of metal fencing and green construction tarps
veiling local works in progress. Aesop says its minimalist aesthetic considers the surrounding layered
patterns "of alternating opacity, translucency, diffusion and occasional moiré."
For the skin, body and hair care retailer, Escobedo translated this concept into powdercoated
Hartford Green custom furniture, shelving and screens made of wire mesh and perforated steel in
varying ranges of transparency. These hint at the color of construction barriers as well as "the hue of
an architectural ghost," a preserved yet raw dark green silhouette of an old staircase etched on a brick
wall. The theme of "tension between history and renovation," continues with a mirrored wall in a
green tint that reflects the facing original wall, creating a cool duplication of the lines of horizontal
planes plus the new mesh details. In the bright space, these green accents contrast exposed white brick
walls and Aesop's recognizable brown bottles wrapped in its signature cream-colored packaging labels.
Photo courtesy of AESOP

Chicago Architecture Center
111 E. Wacker St.
Chicago boasts a thriving appreciation for its rich
architectural culture, and this summer the Chicago
Architecture Foundation will establish the Chicago
Architecture Center at a new home at the "Four Corners,"
where Michigan Avenue crosses the Chicago River. The
significantly expanded destination will offer preserved
views of the river from behind a glass wall. It will sit
directly above the Riverwalk, facing the new Apple store,
Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower, in a building designed by Mies van der
Rohe's studio. The river-facing center's 20,000-sq.-ft. open plan includes its
award-winning, design-focused shop that retails "Less is More" statement tees,
artful prints of neighborhood maps, local skyline LEGO sets and Frank Lloyd
Wright coasters. It also will feature a state-of-the-art design studio and custom
lecture hall, doubling its public space while the exhibition area is five times
bigger at roughly 10,000 sq. ft.
The 26-ft., double-height plaza-level Riverside Gallery will display supersized
scale models of famous skyscrapers around the world, while the 3-D Chicago
City Model Experience is being expanded from 1,000 to 7,000 structures used
to tell an interactive story of Chicago. At the design education, tourism and
retail space, Chicago-based firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture is
envisioning the elegant, open interiors of the concourse and plaza levels.
Rendering courtesy of CHICAGO ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION


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design:retail - March 2018
Contents
Editor’s Note
GlobalShop Talk
On Trend
We Love This!
Designer Picks
Clicks & Mortar
The Connected Store
Have You Heard?
Perspectives
The Visual Eye
Style Made Simple
Everlane
NFL Experience
Whole Foods Market
Eye-D
Etude House
Gap & Old Navy
GlobalShop 2018 Show Guide
Products
Backstory
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design:retail - March 2018 - CT1
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design:retail - March 2018 - Editor’s Note
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design:retail - March 2018 - GlobalShop Talk
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design:retail - March 2018 - On Trend
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design:retail - March 2018 - Designer Picks
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design:retail - March 2018 - Clicks & Mortar
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design:retail - March 2018 - The Connected Store
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design:retail - March 2018 - Have You Heard?
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design:retail - March 2018 - Perspectives
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design:retail - March 2018 - The Visual Eye
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design:retail - March 2018 - Style Made Simple
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design:retail - March 2018 - Everlane
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