Glasses Shop In Beja

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The store develops itself in three levels. These levels increase the notion of privacy.

In the second level there are more exhibition areas but related to the optometrical offices. The third level is used only by the staff.

The main purposes of the design was to create a sense of unity in the store's interior, and to achieve a truly new way of exhibiting eyeglasses.

These mirrors are a re-invention of the classic barbershop mirror, having a support for the glasses on one of its sides.

This system promotes the a sense of interactivity with the visitor, since it can transform the basic support of the eyeglasses into a mirror by a simple rotation.

The set of round mirrors form a pattern that develops itself through two levels, intersecting an area on the first level and creating a spatial void, accomplishes the sense of unity.

This notion of unity is also supported by the choice of materials, by the way some details are materialized and by the design of the lighting. The acer wood floor becomes the supporting wall of the mirrors

The lacquered surface of the furniture enveloping the whole space containing not only exhibition pieces but also images and stoking spaces, but never loosing weight.