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For this Tokyo flagship store of a young New York fashion label, the former concept artist Vito Acconci implanted an interior of glowing curves into a small building in the fashionable district of Daikanyama. As a way of visually increasing the space inside the store (only 60m² of floor space), the surfaces that flow around the space were given the added function of lighting. Waves of white PVC cover the entire interior, flowing over walls and ceiling, and stretching over steel tubes to form shelves and a counter. At floor level the PVC disappears into a joint with concealed lighting, marking the transition to a bare screed floor. Fluorescent lighting, hidden behind the taut PVC surfaces, illuminates the whole boutique. The omnipresent textile covering sets up a natural link with the clothing displayed on the shelves and chrome hangers. When customers want to try something on, curtains are drawn around in the centre of the sales space to form two changing cabins.