For our latest lookbook, we’ve rounded up eight retail spaces that use metal to define their interiors, demonstrating its ability to elevate the shopping experience.
From sculptural aluminium clothing racks to curved metal-clad walls, the stores featured in this lookbook embrace metal’s versatility.
Ranging from industrial and futuristic to sculptural and refined, here are eight retail stores that showcase how metal can be both functional and expressive.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms with the Togo sofa, dental clinics and stylish bookshelves.
Avgvst, Germany, by Crosby Studios
While this jewellery store occupies the ground floor of a 19th-century building and retains a traditional shop front, its interior aims to break away from convention.
New York-based Crosby Studios outfitted jewellery brand Avgvst’s store with a faux industrial kitchen, featuring repurposed stainless steel appliances and yellow camping furniture.
Natalino, UK, by Mooradian Studio
Sculptural aluminium display fittings feature alongside textured walls coated in spray-on newspaper pulp in this menswear store.
Working with design studio Mitre & Mondays, Mooradian Studio created custom-made clothing display structures made from aluminium strips that are bent and folded into shape.
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Nezo, India, by Sanjay Puri Architects
Mumbai studio Sanjay Puri Architects paired reflective chrome furniture with cobalt blue flooring to design a futuristic interior for Nezo’s showroom.
The clothing racks that line the boutique’s perimeter, cast and shaped to resemble molten liquid, are made from the same reflective chrome steel as the reception desk.
Gigi Studios, Spain, by Isern Serra
To add contrast to the otherwise minimal and serene palette of this showroom and office, Spanish studio Isern Serra placed a large circular sofa framed in stainless steel in one of the reception areas.
The sculptural piece serves as both a seating area and a workspace within eyewear brand Gigi Studios’ head office, complemented by a circular built-in shelf crafted of the same material.
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Informed by the sci-fi film 2001: A Space Odyssey, this coffee shop created by NBA star Jimmy Butler embraces the minimal aesthetic reminiscent of the film’s spaceship setting.
Design agency DE-YAN positioned a pilled-shaped service counter at the centre of Bigface while backlit niches set within brushed stainless steel walls showcase the store’s merchandise.
Los Angeles-based studio 22RE drew on 20th-century modernists like Rudolph Schindler and Richard Neutra as well as the industrial character of this boutique’s warehouse setting for its interior.
Along with metal grids and custom display cases, Departmento features a pair of curved metal-clad walls that form a narrow corridor that leads from one area to another.
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Estil.io, Armenia, by Studio Shoo
Milan-based Studio Shoo combined sculptural elements, chrome furniture and bright accents to create a calm interior for Estil.io’s homeware store, reflecting its brand identity.
A large, undulating metal strip curls down like a ribbon from the ceiling to the floor, framing the reception desk as a dramatic focal point.
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Aiming to present fashion brand SVRN’s products as artworks and ideas, South Korean studio WGNB applied a muted, monochrome selection of materials to the store.
In the back room, the walls and ceilings are clad in brushed stainless steel while a curved bench mirrors the circular opening punctuating the ceiling above.
This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s archive. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring living rooms with the Togo sofa, dental clinics and stylish bookshelves.
