After renovation, the basement of five meters high serves as a retail space displaying self-owned brand clothes and selected products and the ground floor serves as cafe in the daytime and bar in the evening. On the ground floor, red and orange toughened glasses are used to form two different visual experiences indoor and outdoor, just liking looking through tinted spectacles. The glass is a magic filter, which makes the space illusive. It also enlightens the bar space when lights are turned on in the evening. The transparent orange and red tempered glasses divide the dining area, building a psychedelic visual effect, just like a 4D maze of market. The warm colours are highlighted by the contrast with the cold silver façade, making it standing out in the old community. A tall giraffe installation stands through both the floors. Its cute face can be seen in the café and its feet are in the underground floor. On the underground floor, white metal paint is adopted to highlight the displayed products and acts as a background for photo taking. The entire retail space is wrapped by metallic silver, creating an upscale industrial art atmosphere. All the finishes and products such as pipes and huge hand-like chair are custom made. As most of the post-90s generation in China are spending more time on the internet, stores have evolved from a simple sales space into a lifestyle carrier, and then transformed into a social place. Nowadays, stores are no longer just displaying and selling goods, they are online physical space. In Conemoting Market, display and counter sales can already be handled as a supplementary function of the online stores. It is a physical space created for the online space, where the self-expression desire from the young generation can be released, the passion and inclusiveness of the old city community is ignited, meanwhile, it reflects the progress of the diversification of commercial ecology in Chinese cities.
Conemoting Market
Yebin Design
Bronze

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Florian Seidl
Design Manager
at Lavazza
The tinted glass is a great distinc...
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Jelle Sapulete
Design Director
at Adidas
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Shannon Pringle
Interior Designer
at Bernardon
Very different kind of retail space...
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Tetsuya Matsumoto
Head Architect
at KTX archiLAB
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Matteo Renna
Founder
at matteorenna | studio
I agree that the function of a reta...
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Justin Bridgland
Founding Partner
at More Design Office
The space provides some great momen...
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Simona Franci
Principal and Design Director
at Fortebis
It’s correct to create new experien...
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P.C.Ee
Editor & Creative Director
at industry+
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Royce Epstein
Design Director
at Mohawk Group
Would love to see this activated wi...
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alberto caiola
Design Director
at Alberto Caiola Studio
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Location
Designer
Client
Conemoting Market
Floor area
580 ㎡
Completion
2019