This new retail design champions Stone Island’s core values in research, innovation and community. The three-floor, 360 sqm store, designed by Dutch Studio OMA, follows the new global retail concept using materials and processes that reflect Stone Island’s legacy of development and experimentation, with unique design details to the Munich flagship.

Throughout the store, materiality is crucial to the design concept, which has been led by Samir Bantal of OMA/AMO. Situated in Munich’s Old Town, the outside of the store is cut from local granite, paying homage to the city itself.

In the basement, the walls are finished with Clayworks Rammed Earth Finishes, resembling compressed earth layers and the veins running throughout.

Cork, a natural, renewable bio-material, is the key element of the new global store concept, which has been burned, sandblasted and coated. The resulting dark, structured cork has functional properties, both absorbing sound and working against humidity. Qualities also inherent in clay building materials.

Shredded recycled paper and resins are compressed under high pressure to create furnishings that seem like concrete. Manually sandblasted corrugated metal panels are applied with sand and resins for textured effects.

Stone Island is a global leader in product design and garment innovation – values that align with Clayworks. Founded in Italy in 1982, it has consistently pushed fabric technology and experimentation, particularly focusing on functionality and utilitarianism. Design is driven by purpose, resulting in an immediately recognisable signature of cut, form, materiality and colour.

 Thank You OMA and Stone Island for your contribution to this news article.

Photographs: Marco Cappelletti, courtesy of Stone Island and OMA/AMO.

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