Beauty brand Glossier has teamed up with landscape architect Studio Lily Kwong to create a pop-up shop in Seattle that is filled with plant-covered mounds and splashes of pink and purple.
Located in the city's Capitol Hill neighbourhood, the temporary space occupies a linear, ground-level space measuring 1,100 square feet (102 square metres).

The design was conceived by Glossier's in-house team in collaboration with landscape designer Lily Kwong, who runs an eponymous Brooklyn studio. The team drew inspiration from the area's natural topography, including Mount Rainier and a popular neighbourhood park.

"After talking to people in the area and doing some on-the-ground research, we were really inspired by everyone's love for nature and how it seemed to be a unifying theme within the community," said Kendall Latham, Glossier's senior environmental designer.
"With Glossier Seattle, we wanted to capture the mood of the surrounding landscape and represent the juxtaposition of nature and technology in the city."

Visitors step into a bright space filled with plant-covered mounds of varying sizes. Live moss, Mexican feather grass and flowering shrubs are among the array of species used to adorn the hills. All of the vegetation is indigenous to Seattle and was locally sourced.

"Studio Lily Kwong worked with horticulturists and plant experts to make sure we incorporated grow lights and implemented a maintenance plan to properly care for the plants," ...