When broken down and translated to the English language from Mandarin, the name brings the meaning of ‘House of Magazines’. Ensuring a means of slow living

Resident director Pierre Pelegry has been a part of Maxim’s – the pinnacle of culture and the arts – since the beginning of his career, having worked there for the span twenty-five years

Guests and patrons are welcomed into The Richter to wander around throughout the day – a move made by Efimova and her team to create a mood as to being in a home within the space

The thesis of the store revolves around the initiative of each volunteer and how they pour their time into Ark. As of now, there are twenty individuals who are contributing to it

Since 1986 Jan Voss, Henriëtte van Egten and Rúna Thorkelsdóttir have persevered in maintaining the child-like essence of the bookstore while seeing through the intertwining of art related literature

Homeware, furniture items, and A saying by William Morris – ‘Ensure that the items in your home are pieces that you enjoy and have adoration for’. The Fine Store according to founder Eveline Maat

In the absence of bookstores in the Chelsea area, Paula Cooper and Jack Macrae persisted in operating a bookstore for the community of inhabitants for this corner of Manhattan

«The building that was erected this year now has a rooftop terrace area in homage to the garden that was taken down» – Jesper Svangård and Jesper Oxholm Mikkelsen explain the concept bookstore in Denmark

Owner and founder Joep Jongen drew influence from the now shuttered down concept store Colette, in Paris. It assisted in shaping the ethos of the store – accessible fashion for the masses

The story of the foundation begun as a response to the pandemic:  «There was a sense of fear and an unnerving feeling that we as a society shared», explains Head of Product, Laura García Guardans