Interior Design

Posted: 07/02/2011

Ash wood veneers the custom display fixtures and shelving. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

Ash wood veneers the custom display fixtures and shelving. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

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Head in the Clouds

From the Magazine:
Imagination pervades Kengo Kuma's ethereal Shang Xia, a boutique in Shanghai.
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At Shanghai’s Shang Xia boutique by Kengo Kuma & Associates, fabric scrims, supported by metal frames, define spaces including a jewelry room. Flooring here and throughout is oak. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

The cash-wrap desk faces the main sales area. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

Screen-printed windows greet shoppers at the Hong Kong Plaza mall. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

A mirrored door opens to one of the corner fitting rooms. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

A dragon-motif necklace accessorizes a women’s silk shawl. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

To create the scrims, woven polyester was coated in more polyester, then thermoformed. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

A flat-screen monitor loops through images of artisans at work. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

Scholar’s chairs from the Ming dynasty inspired the rosewood seating. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

Tabletop items are for sale in the tearoom. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

Ash wood veneers the custom display fixtures and shelving. Photography by Jimmy Cohrssen.

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