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Bricks arranged in pinwheel patterns line the walls of skincare brand Aesop's first store in the American Midwest.<\/p>\n
Designed by New York and Chicago firm Norman Kelley, the shop is located in the Windy City's Bucktown neighbourhood.<\/p>\n
The ground-floor unit of a two-storey building was overhauled by the studio to create a space for Aesop, which insists that each of its outposts has a different design.<\/p>\n
\"To carry the load of the bricks, the floor was entirely restructured with new concrete and steel construction filling the crawl space below,\" studio co-founder Tom Kelley told Dezeen. \"In addition, we removed an existing chimney to allow for an open plan and unobstructed view of and from the street.\"<\/p>\n
On the wall, rectangular bricks are arranged in pinwheel formations around square pieces. A contrasting herringbone pattern is used across the floor.<\/p>\n
Black alcoves display the brand's skin and hair products. The same colour is used to form the service counter and a central wash basin unit for testing samples.<\/p>\n
Aesop and Norman Kelley collaborated closely on the design, which marks the brand's first location in the Midwest region of the US.<\/p>\n
\"We were encouraged to look near, rather than far, for conceptual, material, and tectonic inspiration,\" said Kelley.<\/p>\n
\"We unified our knowledge of Chicago's architectural history, from post-fire [1871] to Postmodernism, with Aesop's dedication to creating considered architectural interiors,\" he added.<\/p>\n
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