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Present & Correct Shop

Camden

Project Details

£50,000 to £99,999

Practice

Architecture for London

3-5 Bleeding Heart Yard , London , Greater London , EC1N 8SJ

Architecture for London completed both the design and construction of a new shop for the stationers Present & Correct within a heritage retail unit in Bloomsbury. The brief called for a demountable interior, allowing the lifespan of the project to extend beyond the lease of the location. A muted palette of maple plywood and ash timber is paired with a quarry tile floor, Vitsœ shelving and new LED lighting throughout. In a nod to the neighbouring British Museum, cabinets are imagined as a series of ‘wunderkammer’ that exhibit the stationery as objects of desire. Present & Correct’s identity is translated through a grid inspired by the ISO 216 A chart, which influences the perception of nearly all the printed images in Europe. This grid traverses the surface of the shop cabinetry. The project was constructed by AFL Build within a limited budget and timeframe.