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Seoul’s adidas flagship store offers a constantly evolving experience to repeat visitors

Seoul’s adidas flagship store offers a constantly evolving experience to repeat visitors

Situated in the dead centre of the hippest part of town, adidas Seoul is challenging how a fashion name sits within an established street scene. Various Associates has refocused street attention on the store’s second level with a facade that juts out.

Fast-paced, dynamic retail: Seoul’s Adidas flagship store

Fast-paced, dynamic retail: Seoul’s Adidas flagship store

Situated in the dead centre of the hippest part of town, adidas Seoul is challenging how a fashion name sits within an established street scene. Various Associates has refocused street attention on the store’s second level with a facade that juts out.

Amorphic and beautiful – Hyundai Seoul department store

Amorphic and beautiful – Hyundai Seoul department store

We take you to the largest department store in South Korea, where Canadian firm Burdifilek has envisaged a boldly futuristic experience, interwoven with nature.

Lotte Dongtan: South Korea’s largest luxury department store designed by Shed

Lotte Dongtan: South Korea’s largest luxury department store designed by Shed

Shed’s multi-dimensional, story-telling design transforms Lotte Dongtan, with each floor providing memorable and distinct shopping experience.

SF Lab converts abandoned warehouses into a gallery

SF Lab converts abandoned warehouses into a gallery

South Korean design studio SF Lab has repurposed an abandoned warehouse into an ultra-modern, “awe-inspiring” coastal gallery.

An abandoned warehouse becomes a gallery in Jeju-do, South Korea

An abandoned warehouse becomes a gallery in Jeju-do, South Korea

South Korean design studio SF Lab has repurposed an abandoned warehouse into an ultra-modern, “awe-inspiring” coastal gallery.

Castle In The Sky: Wilson Associates Craft Korean Luxury In Seoul’s Tallest Building

Castle In The Sky: Wilson Associates Craft Korean Luxury In Seoul’s Tallest Building

Wilson & Associates wanted to create a “mansion in the sky” when they designed the 235-room ultra-luxury Signiel Seoul hotel—perched atop South Korea’s highest building.

Shoe Universe For Seoul’s Largest Department Store

Shoe Universe For Seoul’s Largest Department Store

Located within department store Shinsegae in Gangnam, the Shoe Salon by Jeffrey Hutchison & Associates (JHA) draws inspiration from nature and the galaxy to create an engaging shoe-shopping experience.