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Doki Doki

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Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Multi-Brand Store
6.46
6.48
6.57
5.37
6.22
Katrina Yin
Katrina Yin Design Manager at JDS Development Group
6
7.5
6.25
5
6.19
David Schwarz
David Schwarz Founding Partner and Creative Director at Hush
5
6.73
6.8
5
5.88
John Lam
John Lam Co-Founder and Design Strategist at State of Culture
The introduction brilliantly captur...
7.99
8.09
7.51
6.07
7.42
Christopher Lye
Christopher Lye Principal at Woods Bagot
5
6
5
4
5
Norman-Henner Plattner
Norman-Henner Plattner Head of Store Development at The KaDeWe Group
6
6
10
5
6.75
Tessa Mansfield
Tessa Mansfield Chief Creative Officer at Stylus
6
7
7
5
6.25
Agata Kurzela
Agata Kurzela Founder and Design Director at Agata Kurzela Studio
6
7
7
5
6.25
Victoria Schneyer
Victoria Schneyer Global Head of Store Design at Hugo Boss
6
8
7
5
6.5
Andras Klopfer
Andras Klopfer Managing Partner at BWM Retail
5.5
6.5
6.5
5
5.88
David Wei
David Wei Cofounder and Design Director at Hatch Architects
5.69
5.49
6.17
6.26
5.9
Gokhan Avcioglu
Gokhan Avcioglu Principal and Founder at Global Architecture Development
5.94
7.38
6.9
5
6.31
Lene Utbjoe
Lene Utbjoe Discipline Lead at Henning Larsen
7
7
7.5
5
6.63
Eric Wang
Eric Wang Head of Marketing and E-Commerce APAC at Duravit
7.71
6.46
7.14
6.95
7.07
Benjamin Iborra Wicksteed
Benjamin Iborra Wicksteed Partner and Creative Director at Mesura
6
7
7
6
6.5
Leilei Wu
Leilei Wu Partner at F.O.G. Architecture
6
7
6.5
5
6.13
Comments
Innovation
Functionality
Creativity
Eco-Social Impact
Total
JURY VOTES
Colour
5.86
6.24
6.35
5.19
5.91
Katrina Yin
Katrina Yin Design Manager at JDS Development Group
6
7.5
6.25
5
6.19
David Schwarz
David Schwarz Founding Partner and Creative Director at Hush
5
6.73
6.8
5
5.88
John Lam
John Lam Co-Founder and Design Strategist at State of Culture
The introduction brilliantly captur...
7.99
8.09
7.51
6.07
7.42
Christopher Lye
Christopher Lye Principal at Woods Bagot
5
6
5
4
5
Norman-Henner Plattner
Norman-Henner Plattner Head of Store Development at The KaDeWe Group
6
6
10
5
6.75
Tessa Mansfield
Tessa Mansfield Chief Creative Officer at Stylus
6
7
7
5
6.25
Agata Kurzela
Agata Kurzela Founder and Design Director at Agata Kurzela Studio
6
7
7
5
6.25
Victoria Schneyer
Victoria Schneyer Global Head of Store Design at Hugo Boss
6
8
7
5
6.5
Andras Klopfer
Andras Klopfer Managing Partner at BWM Retail
5.5
6.5
6.5
5
5.88
David Wei
David Wei Cofounder and Design Director at Hatch Architects
5.69
5.49
6.17
6.26
5.9
Gokhan Avcioglu
Gokhan Avcioglu Principal and Founder at Global Architecture Development
5.94
7.38
6.9
5
6.31
Lene Utbjoe
Lene Utbjoe Discipline Lead at Henning Larsen
7
7
7.5
5
6.63
Eric Wang
Eric Wang Head of Marketing and E-Commerce APAC at Duravit
7.71
6.46
7.14
6.95
7.07
Benjamin Iborra Wicksteed
Benjamin Iborra Wicksteed Partner and Creative Director at Mesura
6
7
7
6
6.5
Leilei Wu
Leilei Wu Partner at F.O.G. Architecture
6
7
6.5
5
6.13
Client
Ancient One Curated Retail
Floor area
1250 ㎡
Completion
2023
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Metal Fabrication
Sanitary

The Doki Doki site was previously an abandoned ice factory that served as a storage facility for ice produced a few doors down. During the initial site visit, we discovered a raw warehouse space that offered numerous possibilities for intervention. It was crucial for us to maintain the warehouse's integrity, including its pitched roof and wooden beams. Fortunately, we had a client who was passionate about design and open to taking risks, allowing us to create a flexible, modular system that respected the warehouse's history.

The retail experience unfolds behind a three-toned striped façade mural designed by TAS and painted by local sign painter. The mural serves as a device to break away from the busy by-lane and introduce a new visual rhythm. Upon entering the space, visitors are greeted by a large installation of metal arches, which serves as a centrepiece that combines function and experience. The second mural on the wall between the primary retail space and the gallery space is also custom designed by TAS and explores the grid as a device that expands the visual rhythm of the exterior mural to the interior space.

Rather than a conventional retail layout where clothing racks are placed against the walls and circulation takes place in a predictable linear manner, we created a flexible modular system. This sustainable design methodology enables the system to be reconfigured in different arrangements and easily transported to other locations if necessary. The arches within the space serve both as a passageway and a display rack for garments and objects, and the continuous loop spatial strategy encourages visitors to weave through the space.

All the loose furniture pieces in the store were custom designed by TAS with a geometric logic of solid right angles inspired by Rietveld's chair, creating a contrast to the fluid arches. For this project, we explored the line as a starting point for our research, considering how a simple line can translate into space and morph into many forms. We have been exploring furniture over the last five years and see our products as an extension of our spatial practice.

The colour palette was carefully chosen to complement the eclectic mix of young designers represented in the store. The combination of the metal framework, hand-cast IPS flooring, and wall texture allows for an interplay between two very distinct material approaches.