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Think Big - Shop Small - Unique Stores and Contemporary Retail Design
Unique Stores and Contemporary Retail Design in Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten
Volgare’s range is just as offbeat as its mix of colors, textures, and patterns. The Milan store sells select fashion items and accessories for men, and pairs them with stylish motorcycle helmets. For the eclectic vibe, the store’s motorcycle-loving owner enlisted designer Gema Gutiérrez of the Spanish studio Puntofilipino. She has blended Moroccan, Mexican, Spanish, and Portuguese traditions to create an exuberant interior. Find out more about this store in Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten.
The angular stainless steel furniture and the functional lights turn the store into a laboratory. Customers become researchers, experimenting with flower combinations and their own sense of aesthetics. Find more about O’Flower, a South Korean store featured in Think Big - Shop Small.
The tantalizing aroma of chocolate has wafted down the Rue du Faubourg, Montmartre, for more than 250 years. À la Mère de Famille, located at number 35 and painted in a deep green, is a Parisian institution. The Dolfi family took over the French capital’s oldest chocolate store at the turn of the millennium and now looks after its heritage with care and sensitivity. This wonderful shop is featured in Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten.
Like the Canadian brand’s other store, Superette, the Trinity-Bellwoods neighborhood location turns cannabis shopping into a hyperlocal experience. Sip‘n’Smoke sells pre-rolled joints and cannabis-infused drinks specifically for a picnic in the leafy green space next door, at Trinity Bellwoods Park. This amazing store is featured in Think Big - Shop Small, a book by gestalten and Marianne Julia Strauss.
Katherine from Big Night intentionally sources over half of the fine foods on offer from women-owned businesses. Discover more this New York store in Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten.
When it comes to the Italian fashion label Dolce&Gabbana, everybody knows that more is more! Paris-based architecture firm Carbondale has successfully translated this mantra into a dazzling store interior. The impressive size of the boutique is an optical illusion created using baroque techniques. Featured in Think Big - Shop Small, this Italian store is a great example of contemporary retail design.
In the early 1990s, together with a few friends and family members, Ivan Pericoli and Benoît Astier de Villatte designed their first dinnerware collections. They had met while studying at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and shared the same enthusiasm for still life, tableware, and anything “exquisite.” The launch of their first store on Rue Saint-Honoré, one of the oldest streets in the French capital, was a resounding success. Learn more about this shop in Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten.
What could be more inviting than a lovingly laid table full of delicacies? To answer that question, Katherine Lewin has whipped up a dazzling store that stocks everything you might need to host a successful dinner party. Big Night’s shelves and refrigerators are stocked with olives, crackers, and deli items ranging from dips to chili oil, all of which are most beautifully served in ceramic bowls, plates, and dishes that are also for sale. Find more about this store in Think Big - Shop Small.
Somewhere between a laboratory and a space shuttle—that’s the aesthetic of O’flower, online florist Okkot’s first store. Seoul-based architecture firm Plainoddity designed the interior as an unobtrusive backdrop to showcase the floral splendor on offer. The sizeable triangular metal counter, whose shape is echoed by the skylight, is set against a fresh, sky-blue backdrop. This amazing flower shop is feature in the book Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten.
Warning—highly addictive! Behind its bright façade, Wild Souls sells nothing but delicious nut butters. From the e-shop, you can order soft pistachio butter, crunchy peanut butter, or melt-in-the-mouth almond butter with dates and cocoa. Or you can buy them on the spot, in beautiful little jars, or try them immediately with a fresh organic coffee—after all, who wouldn’t want to linger here awhile? For the owner, Areti Kyriotou, Wild Souls is a philosophy she wants to share with her customers.
Mimi Lam and Drummond Munro, Superette’s founders, take a local approach to an immersive concept that has been integrated harmoniously into its neighborhood from the start. The team draws inspiration from local retailers’ interiors for all Superette stores. The design of each store is based on familiar surroundings. All the stores combine comforting nostalgia with contemporary cannabis products. Learn more about this concept store in Think Big - Shop Small by gestalten.
Who hasn’t dreamed of bringing that Moroccan rug or mid-century dresser from their vacation home to their own living room? Artist Denise Portmans and her daughter Sara Marlowe Hall have turned that idea into a beautiful reality. If you drive east from Los Angeles and turn left just before Joshua Tree National Park, you’ll come to Morongo Valley. Here, in the middle of the California desert, is arguably the most inviting storefront in the state, this store is also featured in Think Big - Shop Small.
You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can set the sails accordingly. Around the planet, successful stores are responding to new challenges with fresh ideas and interiors. The world is changing, and so is retail. THINK BIG—SHOP SMALL takes you on a journey through exceptional stores, boutiques, and their founders, who are setting their course for the future.
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Think Big—Shop Small

Unique Stores and Contemporary Retail Design

What's in store today? The most engaging retail experiences, created with taste and care.

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Description

Think Big—Shop Small looks at stores with unique retail concepts that offer products and immersive interiors, introducing a new culture of customer experiences.

Highlighting the value of social contact and personal experiences, independent shops bring quality, aesthetic, design, atmosphere - and passion for service.

This book showcases highly unique concept stores, beautifully designed flagship stores, as well as independently run shops that have found new ways to broaden the scope of their offerings and interaction with customers.

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