Architecture firm StudioAC has used sheets of industrial grating to make striking gridded display counters for this minimal cannabis dispensary in Toronto.
Edition sells a curated selection of cannabis strains and smoking accessories, including items such as bongs, grinders, ashtrays and rolling papers.
Edition features a pared-back interior
Studio AC was, from the outset of the project, keen to reimagine how these products are presented inside the company's store.
The studio wanted to do away with typical shelves or display units and instead create something that could be described as a "retail sculpture".
"We wanted to produce a singular design element, a sculpture of sorts that has its own aesthetic quality and massing that simultaneously is inspired by existing conditions while also setting out to define new ones," said the studio. Display fixtures are made from industrial grating
White sheets of industrial grating have been used to make a sequence of chunky counters, which are arranged to run in a single line down the middle of the store.
Edition's merchandise is displayed on top of the counters in shallow white trays.
"[The grating] has a unique self-supporting structural ability and an enticing visual quality that screens and filters light, producing moments of opacity/transparency depending on one's vantage point," the studio explained.
"These qualities, along with the material's relative affordability, allow for larger design gest...