view from display area

all images © Noah Kalina

New York-based design studio Snarkitecture loves small-scaled installations and pure designs for retails and display objects- Snarkitecture's second collaboration with COS creates a temporary retail installation playing with concepts of reflection and monochrome to showcase a curated selection of the brand’s A/W 2015 collection. Centered around a 20’ tall two-sided mirrored wall, the installation divides the double height space of Austere into two.

display area from the shop- white color surfaces are combined with the collection

Upon entry, visitors are immersed in an all-white environment filled with an offset grid of displays made from bent steel and concrete. Silhouettes of the pieces are cut out of each sheet of metal, highlighting the strong forms of COS’s current collection. A single rack in the center of the space showcases a selection of monochromatic white and grey pieces from the collection. 

each piece from COS' current collection is mapped onto carved panels that integrates with the environment 

The mirrored wall acts as a threshold between the monochromatic all-white environment, and that of its mirror image on the other side. The second room, while identical in form to the first, is tinted entirely pale pink, referencing and showcasing the warm copper and pink tones of the collection.

the selected pastel color was created according to COS's A/W 2015 collection.

The uncanny effect of finding oneself in two monochromatic, reflected spaces - identical yet different - creates an unexpected and altered world for visitors to experience and share.

detail piece of carved panels that create a depth within the collection

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