Tokyu Hans Japan

T o k y u H a n s Japan recyle

The Asian eyewear brand ‘Jins’ have recently opened a branch within Tokyu Hans store in Ikebukruo in Japan.

The concept is simple wooden pallets. The pallet furniture gives the casualness and familiarity of mass-produced product to the store space and creates friendly and accessible atmosphere.

Pallets are finished with highly glossy urethane coating, and the bottom pallet is without deck boards so as not to look too heavy as well as to keep floor clearance for easy cleaning.

The walls and floors are painted with random patterned graphics that look like pieces of wallpaper stripped off at a construction site.

https://www.jins.com/jp

A c e & T a t e A n t w e r p , Belgium

If you ever wanted to give customers the ‘wow’ factor, then this eyewear brand Ace & Tate certainly will not disappoint.

The Dutch based eyewear company Ace & Tate in Antwerp has the interior walls of their shop cladded with terrazzo made with colourful chips of recycled plastic which is sourced locally by the start-up company Plasticiet. With the crisp colour of the floor, your eyes are pulled towards the colourful chips. In addition to this, Neon lighting, a signature of Ace Tate’s shops, was used throughout the Antwerp store’s interior.

Plasticiet, founded by designers Marten van Middelkoop and Joost Dingemans, who collect plastic waste and turn it into sheet material. Ace & Tate worked with Marten and Joost as part of their push to become more sustainable.

Ace & Tate inform us that,

“While we can’t say we’re a sustainable company just yet, we are openly committed to finding the smartest, most mindful solutions to create a more planet-friendly product. Our goal is to become an engine for positive change in our industry.

The brand has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030, and by the end of this year all of their glasses will be made from 100 per cent bio acetate – recyclable acetate mixed with bio-based plasticisers instead of oil based”