John Pawson designs Christopher Kane’s first store

Use of white color, empty space and reflective surfaces convey a minimalist look and feel for Kane’s first store.

John Pawson has applied his signature Minimalist style to the interior of British fashion designer Christopher Kane’s first physical retail space. Pawson’s design features an off-white palette, mirrored surfaces and transparent display cases. “We both wanted to make it comfortable, for people to feel good [in it] and for the clothes to look good against an amazing backdrop,” Pawson told Dezeen.

Located within a conservation area, the shop is split over two floors in an Edwardian building that was previously a bank and a hairdresser. The original wooden doors fold back, so visitors enter through a glass porch into a space illuminated by windows on two sides.

“We used highly polished stainless-steel mirroring, which has a nice reflective quality,” said Pawson, who is currently also working on the new home for London’s design museum.

Photography is by Gilbert McCarragher.