Aesop’s aesthetic: A fable of fine design by Carr

Aesop has always drawn from the built landscape of its surrounding environment as a foundational layer to be reflected in the interiors of its stores. For Aesop’s new headquarters in Collingwood, Melbourne, this approach was continued with the urban concrete of the district revisited in the interior as concrete floors and walls.
Moreover, given that the headquarters now occupy a newly built commercial building (as opposed to Aesop’s previous Victorian-era warehouses), Carr softened t