The Romanticism Shop, “The client asked me for a design that no one could copy. There were no other requests. My design style is that if a client has a requirement, I try to get a grip on his thinking and bring it further. As there were no requirements, I questioned the concept of the boutique, the clothes and the relationship between body and space.
In the end I designed an organic net winding through the space. Clothes are our second skin, space a third skin, and my design is positioned in between the clothes and space. It’s like a piece of furniture that you can hang clothes on and it changes its shape into partition, counter, chair, furniture as well as railing.
” interview with movingcities.org, Keiichiro SakoDesigned by Japanese architects Keiichiro Sako and Takeshi Ishizaka of SAKO Architects, The Romanticism Shop in one of many stores in Romanticism chain, which is a famous women’s clothing brand with about 500 stores in China. The design is so innovative, great, sophisticated and made with the great combination of materials, which made this store more chic and beautiful, such a great place to visit.
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