Remember this honestly iconic apartment inside the Barbican by London interior architect Oskar Kohnen? Whereas that space was an homage to a kind of louche ’70s minimalism, Kohnen’s newest project — a retail concept for the southeast Asian fashion label Bonia — shows how well the designer can do current trends without sliding into kitsch. Underneath a glowing, gridded ceiling, the boutique features terracotta breezeblocks, lots of polished chrome, archways, plaster cubby-like shelves, and, in the center of it all, a giant mint green staircase to nowhere, which we assume will be used for merchandising. Cherry wood and a chartreuse rug nicely temper the more pastel, ice cream–like tendencies in the palette, and the breezeblocks are a nod to southeast Asian Modernist architecture.

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