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Various Associates Subverts Department Store Conventions for a Boutique in Qingdao June 9, 2021 By Georgina McWhirter For J1M5 Boutique, a womens wear store in Qingdao, China, Various Associates installed custom movable closets that glide on ceiling tracks and can be arranged in multiple configurations. Photography by Shao Feng. Two years ago, Various Associates scooped up the fashion retail prize at Interior Design’s Best of Year Awards for SND, a department store in Chongqing, China. Its austere symmetry, dominated by a pyramidal superstructure that appeared beamed down by some alien life form or perhaps carved by ancient gods was a smash hit with the public. It also caught the eye of the owner of J1M5 Boutique, a high-end, multibrand womens wear store, who tapped VA to design an outpost in a shopping mall in Qingdao, on China’s east coast. ....
Various Associates designs C2 Cafe & Bar as a wooden cabin in the city Various Associates has designed a cafe and cocktail bar in Shenzhen, China, which is lined with wooden cladding and furniture to emulate a small cosy cabin. The 75-square-metre cafe, which nestles amongst offices and apartment buildings, was commissioned by a group of young locals to offer the community respite from fast-paced city life. Shenzhen studio Various Associates used wood as the primary material for the cafe to contrast with its concrete surroundings, helping to establish the cafe as a sanctuary. Top image: it is intended to evoke a cabin. Above: the C2 Cafe & Bar is lined with wood. ....