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Argentum Art Gallery

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Counter overview - Wesley Liu
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JURY VOTES
Pop-Up Store
6.10
6.82
6.37
5.25
6.14
Ludmila Machado
Ludmila Machado Founder at Aurora Design
7
8.2
7.2
5.2
6.9
Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith Associate Designer at M Moser Associates
There is no mention of sustainabili...
7
7.5
7
5
6.63
Mark Timo
Mark Timo Founder at De Interieur Club
7
8
7
5
6.75
Weiping Lin
Weiping Lin Founder and Design Director at Lin Wei Ping Design Consulting
7
8
7
5
6.75
Luca Macri
Luca Macri Partner at Lamatilde
6.5
6
6
4.5
5.75
Terry Xu
Terry Xu Chief Designer at Masanori Design Studio
6
7.5
6
5
6.13
Apoorva Shroff
Apoorva Shroff Founder at lyth Design
6.42
6.34
6.42
6.58
6.44
Drew Gilbert
Drew Gilbert Design Manager at OBMI
6.66
7.38
6.82
6.1
6.74
Liyu Xue
Liyu Xue Founder and Creative Director at Staay
6
7
7
6
6.5
Filip Milovanovic
Filip Milovanovic Design Director at Yabu Pushelberg
This project has a nice concept, wh...
6
6
7
5
6
Llisa Demetrios
Llisa Demetrios Chief Curator at The Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity
7
7
6.5
5
6.38
Marcel Häusler
Marcel Häusler Creative Director at Karl Anders
3
5
5
5
4.5
Isabelle Kievenheim
Isabelle Kievenheim Head of Store Development at & Other Stories H&M Group
5
6
5
5
5.25
Alessandro Ranaldi
Alessandro Ranaldi Head of Workplace Consultancy at Foster and Partners
6
7
7
4.5
6.13
Yuan Jiang
Yuan Jiang Cofounder at Soda
5
6
6
5
5.5
Yuanman Huang
Yuanman Huang Cofounder and Creative Designer at GS Design
6.09
6.19
5.05
6.19
5.88
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GRAND JURY VOTES
Shortlisted - Pop-Up Store of the Year
6.10
6.82
6.37
5.25
6.14
Christopher Lye
Christopher Lye Principal at Woods Bagot
- Typical arrangement of display bo...
6.1
6.82
6.37
5.25
6.14
Ad de Hond
Ad de Hond Founder and Creative Director at ADH.design
6.1
6.82
6.37
5.25
6.14
Raquel Machado
Raquel Machado Senior Design Associate at M Moser Associates
6.1
6.82
6.37
5.25
6.14
Client
Argentum Art Gallery
Floor area
100 ㎡
Completion
2023
Budget
25000
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The Urban Glass Jungle

- Argentum Art Gallery: A Blend of Nature and Architecture -
An innovative and immersive series of jewellery island counters, masterfully installed in Beijing's top-grade shopping malls. These artistic instalments draw their inspiration from the dual nature of the brand's “architecture” and “nature” series products, offering a powerful synergy between organic and structural design elements.

- A Landscape of Contour Lines & the Urban Glass Jungle -
The centrepiece of the Argentum Art Gallery is expressed as an unconventional counter itself, resembling a landscape of contour lines, each contour line represents nature, inviting viewers to envisage the topography of rolling hills and valleys, thereby breaking away from the stiff and closed feeling boxy jewellery showcases you often see in the shopping malls.

Within the sculptural beauty of these organic landscapes are individual islands consisting of glass boxes—the urban glass jungle. These glass containers represent the built environment, acting as a parallel aesthetic to the natural contours. The glass boxes showcase the stunning jewellery pieces, enriching the visitor experience and offering an exquisite visual experience.

- An Immersive Experience -
Traditional counters that often define boundaries, the Argentum Art Gallery blurs the line between the viewer and the exhibit, inviting customers to walk between counters and become part of the landscape and urban jungle. This interactive and engaging approach encourages customers to connect with the jewellery pieces in a novel and memorable fashion. The Argentum Art Gallery brilliantly melds nature and architecture into an artistic and experiential journey. The design's fluidity and meaningful representation of the brand's products ensure that the visitors are truly immersed in an enchanting and unforgettable retail environment.

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