Aesop East Hampton by NADAAA
Shelves are supported by dowels slotted into pegboard walls at a new store for skin and haircare brand Aesop in the Hamptons, New York (+ slideshow).
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Designed and built by American studio NADAAA, who previously completed another Aesop shop in San Francisco, Aesop East Hampton has pegboard walls around three sides of its interior and a free-standing basin at its centre.
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Dowels of different sizes can be slotted into various places on the walls to change the arrangement of shelves for displaying the brand's signature brown-glass bottles. Walls above and below are painted in a pale shade of blue.
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The central sink - a key feature in Aesop's stores - is made from a Vermont soapstone that is typical in north-American bathrooms, while the taps are fixed to copper pipes.
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Dezeen previously interviewed brand founder Dennis Paphitis about how Aesop stores always feature unique designs. "I was horrified at the thought of a soulless chain," he said.
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Other Aesops featured on Dezeen include one in Tokyo made from the reclaimed materials of a demolished house and one in Paris with shelves made from hand-made iron nails. Aesops in the US include a New York kiosk made from over 1000 copies of the New York Times and a Boston store with shelves made from cornices. See more Aesop stores on Dezeen.
Here's some more information from Aesop:
Aesop is pleased to announce the opening of a signature store in the Hamptons, and to take up residence in an area that has been home to many gifted creative spirits – Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Willem de Kooning, Frank O'Hara and Jean Stafford among them.
In recognition of the Hamptons' cultural and maritime heritage, Aesop East Hampton presents a tableau of practical and programmatic objects within a simple installation. Digitally fabricated pegboard panels line the walls, with dowels of varying lengths inserted to support orderly product display. A basin crafted from Vermont soapstone – a material long used for wash sinks in northeast United States – occupies the central space, with taps employing the simple copper valves often seen in the neighbourhood's carefully constructed gardens. A picture window opening onto the sidewalk allows for abundant natural light.