A pared-back concrete showroom with an arched glass-brick ceiling sits subsequent to a historic salon crammed with collectible design at vogue model Pimples Studios’ newest headquarters, designed along with Stockholm-based Halleroed.
Positioned in an up-and-coming space of Paris’ tenth arrondissement, the Pimples Studios headquarters is in a historic 18th-century hôtel particulier – a sort of grand Parisian townhouse.
The Swedish vogue model had been in search of some time when it came across the four-storey constructing, which it selected due to its contrasting interiors.
Whereas it has a interval facade and retains a lot of its unique options, the constructing additionally has a laboratory that was added to it within the Thirties by the household who lived there and owned the Gomenol model, which made oils and natural tinctures.
“Once we noticed this constructing, with the opposition of the hôtel particulier and the laboratory within the again, it simply made a lot sense to us,” Pimples Studios founder Jonny Johansson advised Dezeen.
“We all the time try to search for areas which have historical past and this one definitely has that.”
He labored with design studio Halleroed, which has designed the inside of quite a lot of the model’s shops, to create an inside that might mirror the Pimples Studios’ model language.
“Halleroed aimed to protect and respect the unique structure of the 18th-century mansion whereas introducing delicate, trendy interventions,” Halleroed co-founder Christian Halleroed advised Dezeen.
“Moderately than imposing a very new identification, the aim was to create a dialogue between the previous and the current, reflecting Pimples Studios’ personal aesthetic language: refined, uncooked, and conceptually layered.”
Whereas Halleroed saved the historic rooms largely intact, leaving their ornate particulars akin to gilded mouldings and marble fireplaces untouched, it additionally added trendy touches, together with brushed aluminium surfaces and minimalist furnishings, as a distinction.
The purpose was to introduce modernity by means of “light-touch, clearly legible interventions,” Halleroed mentioned.
“Within the laboratory wing, the uncooked industrial character was embraced and subtly elevated with curated lighting and bespoke furnishings, making certain that each halves of the constructing retained their particular person character however felt cohesive,” studio co-founder Ruxandra Halleroed added.
Balancing the preservation of the historic elements of the constructing with its modernisation was one of many foremost challenges for the challenge.
“The group needed to modernise the house for modern use – workplaces, showrooms, studios – with out compromising its historic integrity,” Christian Halleroed mentioned.
“Working with two very completely different constructing typologies, the ornate mansion and the Thirties lab, required delicate spatial planning to create a seamless movement between the 2.”
Guests to the constructing are met by one of many many artworks that embellish the house, a sculpture by artist Daniel Silver that creates a focus within the courtyard of the headquarters.
Inside, Halleroed and Johansson embellished the house with artwork and collectible design items by a variety of artists, a lot of whom had beforehand labored with Pimples Studios or its Pimples Paper publication.
These embody custom-made sofas by British designer Max Lamb, which have tactile blush-covered vinyl seating on a metal body, and gloopy silver candelabras by nail artist Sylvie Macmillan.
The bottom flooring of the headquarters homes the salon house, which has modern furnishings by designer Lukas Gschwandtner that contrasts the ornate ceilings and partitions, in addition to the showroom within the former laboratory house.
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Right here, Halleroed saved the present glass-brick ceiling and concrete partitions and added sudden pops of color with pink cabinets and the sofas by Lamb.
“Within the lab, supplies like concrete, chrome steel and anodised aluminium had been used to specific modernity and Pimples Studios’ experimental nature,” Ruxandra Halleroed mentioned.
“Pink anodised aluminium, a signature Pimples Studios hue, was used for shelving and furnishings – making a daring distinction with the in any other case impartial, understated palette,” she added.
The bottom flooring additionally has the reception and a VIP space. The 2 flooring above home the model’s workplaces and studios, the place designers work on the brand new collections.
Halleroed added a recent stainless-steel kitchen to the Pimples Studios canteen on the basement degree, in reference to the economic areas that initially would have been discovered within the laboratory a part of the constructing.
The eating house was additionally given a unique color palette from the white, blush pink and metallic hues utilized in the remainder of the headquarters.
“Within the basement canteen, the colors had been saved delicate with an accent of deep blue, a touch of Scandinavia and denim – creating environments that really feel calm, practical, and artistically curated,” Christian Halleroed mentioned.
“Finally, the palette served to spotlight distinction – between classical class and modern rawness – whereas making certain a constant emotional tone all through the constructing.”
The canteen leads out to a sunken backyard, which options communal seating by Lamb.
These design collaborations had been an essential side of the inside, Johansson mentioned.
“Some items we have now have been made only for the house, however it’s with collaborators that we work with intently and which have been making issues for us for a very long time, after which some others have been repurposed or relocated, from different areas again to Paris,” he mentioned.
“The artwork and the design items on the workplace present who we’re as a model, what we stand for, and that is crucial to us.”
Halleroed has beforehand designed the Pimples Studios retailer in Chengdu. The model additionally has a Stockholm headquarters, which is situated within the former Czechoslovakian embassy in a constructing from the Seventies.
The images is by Benoit Florençon, courtesy of Pimples Studios.
