Comments on: Camper store in Milan by Jaime Hayon

By: Larry

Larry — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 23:33:39 +0000

Yawn….I hate to be a miserable sod but there is no escaping the fact that nowadays interiors = fashion and this interior quite frankly is soooo 2006.

Over the decades current fashion has had an ever decreasing lifespan and where once Georgian, Regency etc tagged the look of a generation we just can’t make names up quick enough to keep pace with the way looks change today.

By: martin

martin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 13:03:12 +0000

Dont hit me too hard : in terms of architecture – amazingly boring – a bunch of furniture in a white shop with linoleum floor. there is not even an attempt visible to refer to the space – its just hanging big lamops and putting in stuff, which resembles motifs from stuff one usually buys in fleamarkets (actually a concept for the best shops worldwide – which are really alternative, not just pretending to be as a brand as camper now has to) The Berlin store has sth like a vision of an alternative inhabited – this one not.
So in a total nothing special – and yes it is looking the same as in Barcelone – a bit of a pity ass Milano and Barcelona are different (or is this the start of a corporate architecture in camper, as other global brands have it)

By: maboica

maboica — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:27:57 +0000

I will probably get in trouble for this comment but here it goes anyways. I honestly think you guys have no clue what you are talking about.” Formal language?”…there is nothing that deals with issues of form in any of this work. This is a decoration that does not engage with the physical constraints of an interior structure. Lets call this what it really is; decoration. I really don’t mean this as something wrong, but we shouldn’t get confused and assume that Jaime can do everything perfectly.
Jaime is mostly “shopping” from his catalogue of great work and assembling it inside commercial spaces.
That said, I want to be clear here. I own 2 big painting / drawings made by him so I do really love his amazing work. I think that he has been able to move forward the discourse in a sense that design can now express beyond issues of ergonomics, etc…
For Jaime there’s no division between art and design and that’s fantastic, but he is not an architect even though he might be inclined to give it a try!

By: rodger

rodger — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 03:47:35 +0000

i agree with nuno.
the camper stores are not working. hayon’s formal language doesn’t make sense here.

By: wat3r

wat3r — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:52:13 +0000

cool!!!!!!111

By: wat3r

wat3r — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:48:44 +0000

he’s my hero

By: Nuno

Nuno — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:28:43 +0000

I liked Hayon’s restaurant. It is pretty well accomplished, but I just can’t say the same about the Camper stores. Something is not right with them… they lack charisma!

By: kiso takuma

kiso takuma — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 09:49:02 +0000

i like it nice !
this shops are a collection of 5 of the same shop mr srich . not lazy ! looks fresh i love it ! kawai ! and every furniture is again made by hand for shop …..
cool i want one in japan !!

By: srich

srich — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 03:13:15 +0000

OK- the photography has changed- more exposure, more white, BUT really it is pretty much the Barcelona store with out much more thought or effort on Jamie’s behalf- BUT, that said- WHO CARES about the lazyness? who cares he doesn’t have more time to do something new?? The formula is SO good! Hayon drawings are really what are driving his work, and it is so satisfying to see them translated into an imersive environment.