Katharine Hamnett

Charles Fish Boutique

Charles Fish has been selling fine jewellery in the East End of London for over 150 years. It follows that their new shop at Canary Wharf would mix history and modernity. This project makes a jewellery box out of the shop itself. Retrieved wardrobes and cupboards are half sunk into the walls. They have a deliberate distorting effect on the space, while a new chandelier design by Coates creates a focus over the central display cabinet.

Charles Fish Jewellery Boutique

Jigsaw

When Coates began working with Jigsaw, the company was still testing the market with only a few stores in and around London. They wanted to develop their philosophy of fresh and natural fashion with stores that had a distinct identity on the High Street. The first shop in Kensington was soon followed by others in prestigious locations across London. At the Knightsbridge store, a huge central column addresses the street. Inside a spiralling terrazzo staircase erupts into the centre of the main upstairs selling floor, and frames the blue glass chandelier that hangs in the stairwell.

Jigsaw Shop, Knightsbridge