Dover Street Market Paper

The CDG Dover Street Market website was just launched on 21st July which provides information and updates (through DSM paper) about the store.

If you don't know what Dover Street Market, it is this mega 6 stories emporium in London that carries all the CDG lines and a whole load of other products and designers that are handpicked by Rei Kawakubo herself. The designers are chosen for their design integrity and artistic vision, much like how a museum is curated. However, the idea of a curated shop is not totally new. The best example of such a shop is Colette in Paris (which happens to have many collaborations with CDG) which sells a selection of clothing, magazines, toys and gadgets chosen by the owner.

What makes the Dover Street Market better is that the various designers are given a "stall" in the "market" and allowed to design their own individual stalls. And many of the products are produced exclusively for the store. The stalls will change from time to time and this keeps the experience fresh everytime someone visits the store.

Unfortunately, for people without deep pockets, I would like to paraphrase Darryl, that it is best (and can only be) appreciated as a museum.

Dover Street Market


cashier

surface-to-air stall


Elternhaus stall