From gorp to grime, these 4 retail spaces embrace rougher textures as a foil for the sleek
Retail may be embracing its rough-around-the-edges era. From a rugged setup putting Gore-Tex to the test to a return to the ‘industrial chic’ of the 2010s, here are four projects showing that smooth and sterile isn’t the only way to
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