Towering gold pillars shaped like palm trees, ivory carpets and black lacquer screens fill this dramatic concept store in Barcelona, which has been designed by haute couturier Djaba Diassamidze.
Called Darial, the 1,500-square-metre lifestyle store takes over the ground floor and basement of Casa Toma?s Roger, a 19th-century building in the city's Dreta de l'Eixample neighbourhood.

Conceived and founded by the Paris-based haute couturier Djaba Diassamidze, the minimalist store is described as an "experiential" retail space.
It sells an evolving selection of clothing, books, art, furniture and design objects by hundreds of different brands, and also boasts a brasserie-style restaurant and event space.

The store, along with the restaurant and the bookshop, is spread across the ground floor. It's divided into a series of lofty white spaces dotted with palm tree-shaped gold pillars, their fronds unfurling across the ceilings. Partitions have otherwise been largely omitted, allowing the spaces to flow seamlessly into one another.

Ivory-coloured carpets and marble tiles are used on the floors to create a sharp contrast with opulent black furnishings that decoratte the space, including pieces by Muller van Severen, Impossible Project, Lomography and Bang & Olufsen.
Merchandise is displayed like art on sleek black-lacquer shelving that was custom designed for the store.

Certain features in the store, like the grandiose arched doorways, are Diassamidze's attempt to...