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CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE // SPACE EXPERIENCE // SUSTAINABILITY // DIGITAL WORLD


The Experts You Need to Open a Fashion Store
Opening a fashion store is more than signing a lease and stocking racks with clothes. It’s about crafting a retail experience that aligns...

Simone Barnabei
4 days ago4 min read


In the race to grow, many wellness and beauty brands overlook this
The wellness and beauty market is booming — but also more complex than ever. From gyms to hair treatment clinics, hair removal studios,...

Simone Barnabei
Jul 91 min read


Creative Connection: Introducing DesignMeets.
DesignMeets is more than just a networking event — it's a new movement for the global design community. Created by SMN Design and...

Simone Barnabei
Jun 21 min read


Creating Emotional Architecture: How to Design for Loyalty, Not Just Looks
In an era where digital interfaces dominate, the physical retail space remains a powerful medium for forging deep, lasting connections...

Simone Barnabei
May 292 min read


A Coffee Shop Design Guide by SMN Design
Dreaming of opening your own coffee shop? Or just obsessed with beautiful café interiors? Our FREE eBook, "A Coffee Shop Design Guide by...

Simone Barnabei
Feb 182 min read


Shared Responsibilities and Hurdles on the Path to Sustainable Design.
As an architect working in high-end commercial design, I've often found myself grappling with the tension between creating unique,...

Simone Barnabei
Oct 11, 20244 min read


Lucas Muñoz, a model for Sustainable Interior Design
Explore the sustainable interior design genius of Luca Muñoz through a case study of the Modemovimiento restaurant in Madrid.

Simone Barnabei
Jun 21, 20233 min read


Furniture We Like - Boa Pouff by Sabine Marcelis
In the realm of contemporary furniture design, there are pieces that capture our attention and ignite our imagination with their innovative

Simone Barnabei
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Mycelium Architecture: The growth of mushroom-based design
Mycelium is part of the fungi kingdom and consists of thread-like white filaments known as hyphae.

Nandini Avadhanam
May 17, 20234 min read


Design with waste
As zero-waste low-impact products are gaining popularity these days, we must evaluate our consumption habits and broaden our...

Nandini Avadhanam
Sep 29, 20224 min read


Bamboo, an unexplored material for high-end interiors
This fast-growing grass has been used in iconic buildings, which all of us have been fantasizing of, dreaming a vacation in Bali, but...

Nandini Avadhanam
Aug 24, 20222 min read


7 Most Influential Retail Designers of the Last Decade
Who are the architects and designers who made of retail design their main career focus? Here is our selection of the most outstanding...

Simone Barnabei
Aug 19, 20205 min read


10 Eyewear Brands with the Best Retail Concepts (Gallery)
Eyewear market has not been characterised by astonishing store designs, but mostly by multi-brand opticians, targeting the whole market...

Simone Barnabei
Apr 4, 20201 min read


5 Innovative Recycled Materials for the Future of Furniture Design
Following the previous article about Innovative Recycled Materials for Luxury Commercial Spaces, here our highlight of the most...

Simone Barnabei
Oct 29, 20193 min read


4 Young Cosmetics Brands with the Best Retail Concepts
Selling beauty products has changed nowadays, and few companies have been pioneering this movement. In the last two decades, a series of...

Simone Barnabei
Jul 9, 20192 min read


How to Design and Manage a Successful Concept Store in 8 Steps
In the digital era, when Amazon menaces to swallow the whole market and multinationals already occupies whatever's left, here's how you can

Simone Barnabei
Jul 4, 20194 min read


Innovative Recycled Materials for Luxury Commercial Spaces
Sustainability is not anymore an option, but a requirement for good design. Luxury industry should not make an exception.

Simone Barnabei
Jul 1, 20193 min read
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