Design studio Tutto Bene looked to surrealist artworks and Italian modernist exhibition design when creating the interior for this eyewear store in Islington, north London.
Set in the Angel area, the 60-square-metre store belongs to eyewear brand Cubitts and features an interior concept conceived by Tutto Bene based on the architecture of the space itself.
A 1960s glass and chrome chandelier decorates Cubitts' Angel store
"It's a long, slim room with an atelier atmosphere due to the strong contrasts of light and shadow," the studio's co-founder Oskar Kohnen told Dezeen.
"The atelier feeling immediately evoked a sense of being at an artist's loft, this feeling of residential elements mixed with workshop-like rawness is what we wanted to embrace." Design studio Tutto Bene referenced art movements and artworks for the interior
To underline this feeling, the studio added decorative pieces that nod to different art movements throughout the space.
"The individual elements of the store design reference surrealist artworks and Italian modernist exhibition design from the 1940s and 50s through play on perspective, rational spatial composition and painterly use of colour," Kohnen said.
Green silk panels were placed along an entire wall
A skylight lets plenty of light into the Cubitts shop, which Tutto Bene reflected via glass details placed inside the store.
"We didn't want to over-complicate the dynamic of the space," the studio's co-founder...