From luxury retail to the immersive office, here are the reads that were most popular with our readers last week.

Editor’s Desk: Gen Z and physical retail, self-scan’s grave fate, and material reinventions

Editor Kayla Dowling discusses three developments disrupting the status quo: though it may seem contradictory to the collective adoption of life online, Gen Z may be bricks-and-mortar’s biggest generational fan, (supermarket) self-scans are facing extinction despite their mass adoption, and scientific innovation could make some material eco-offenders legitimately sustainable.

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Report Recap: How value systems in the luxury market are shifting

Presented in Milan, The Altagamma-Bain Worldwide Luxury Market Monitor 2023 reveals an appetite for experience-led and purpose-driven brands, with spaces to match. 

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The immersive office: 4 workspaces with interiors activated by art

Art is being used in the workplace to help employees feel more connected to one another and the organizations they're a part of, boosting wellbeing and transforming work into an immersive experience. It can also be employed to make offices porous, inviting the surrounding community in.

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This Italian exhibition reframes traditional gallery design with unconventional structures

Formafantasma employs a combination of domestic and industrial elements to challenge the conventional ‘white cube’ gallery design for Eccentrica at the Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci (cover image).

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 In Singapore, a Tiffany & Co outpost reimagines airport retail with a 3D-printed façade

 Tiffany’s Changi Airport store, designed by MVRDV, is covered in a 3D-printed façade made with recycled plastic fishing nets.

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