Located inside fashion store SPRMRKT, the As Good As New concession is the launchpad for the designers' new furniture collection, created from second hand pieces they've found in flea markets and charity shops.

An industrial spray-on plastic creates a homogenous layer of matte grey over everything.

"We chose this material because it sticks to almost everything, and is very durable," designer Jeroen Dellensen told Dezeen.

The shop is furnished like an old-fashioned living room, with a chandelier, a globe, a hunting trophy and pair of old boots.

"We selected quite outspoken and weird items," explained Dellensen. "In the same finish, the collection of furniture becomes a powerful unified sculptural image and has a surreal alienating effect."

Other objects in the space include mannequins, ornaments and a set of vintage pedal bins.

The installation follows on from one of the studio's past projects, where they furnished an office in the same style. See all our stories about i29 here.

Similar projects we've featured include an apartment with furniture covered in sticky tape and an abandoned office where everything is painted white.

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Filmed at the Theo pop-up shop in the Farmiloe Building, van Elten discusses the future of the high street design shop compared to online and pop-up retail, and how he used Ed Carpenter's Pigeon Light (above) to start his design retail business.

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Over 200 cubes display products by coffee brand Illy at this temporary shop in Milan.

Above: photograph by Federico Rizzo

Designed by architect Caterina Tiazzoldi of Turin and New York, the Illy shop is furnished with nothing but the white cubes, which are exactly sized to fit coffee tins and espresso machines inside.

A counter, tasting table and rubbish bins are also made from the cubes, as are lights affixed to the ceiling.

Above: photograph by Federico Rizzo

We recently rounded up all of our stories about pop-up shops, see more of them here.

Above: photograph by Federico Rizzo

Photography is by Luca Campigotto, apart from where otherwise stated.

Here's a bit more text about the concept from Caterina Tiazzoldi:

Illy Shop

Is a temporary shop for Illy Caffe’, located in Milano in Galleria San Carlo nearby the Duomo.

The concept for a reconfigurable store, characterized by different modulations of a single element, a “cube” which is 45x45cm-squared base.

Using a grasshopper definition it has been parametric device, it has been possible to manipulate the cube physical properties by editing depth, thickness, opacity, length and explosions. The combinatory logic – inspired by genetic algorithms process - permits to perform over 3000 configurationsof the same object.

The shop is created by 200 cubes and specifically designed to adapt to different sizes of Illy Café products.

Small variation of the same modules permitted to derive the tasting tables, desk counter, storage, lighting system, video frames, communication space, and recycling bins.

By adapting the different modules according to the performances required, (accessibility of the products from the outside, number of item to display, level of transparency desired, product size) it becomes feasible to represent different characteristics of the Illy products, while the solution also allows fitting it into different locations.

The system engender from the walls and the ceiling, creating a disoriented expansion. The differentiated space dimensions appears to become one, transforming it into a game where user’s sight shifts from an object to another discovering the inside.

Design: Caterina Tiazzoldi
Team: Lorenza Croce, Federico Rizzo, Roberta Musso, Alessio Primavera, Monica Pianosi, Mauro Fassino, Zsofia Ujhelyi, Illy Caffe’ Art Direction

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The translucent back wall of this pop-up headphone shop changes colour in response to the noise made by Christmas shoppers.

Urbanears have launched their first pop-up shop at Boxpark, a temporary shopping centre where retail units are housed in shipping containers.

The monochromatic background and limited material palette of the 40ft unit focuses visitors on the colourful headphones that Urbanears specialise in.

Silicon moulded ears attached to the wall display the in-ear headphones while over-ear headphones hang from hooks.

Boxpark is open for the Christmas period in Shoreditch, east London.

Read more about headphones by Urbanears in our story here.

Here's some more text from Urbanears and 42 Architects:

URBANEARS BOXPARK by 42 ARCHITECTS

Urbanears has opened their first ever store, located at Boxpark in Shoreditch, London, and designed by emerging practice 42 architects. The store, fitted out within a 40ft ship- ping container, focuses on the contrast between the highly colourful products and a monochromatic, white interior.

Designed as the main feature of the shop, the inner wall of is made of a back-lit perspex frame, illuminated by an RGB Led light which responds to the sounds in the shop and shifts between the seasonal colour palettes of the Urbanears headphones. At night, the shop becomes a colourful beacon for the party-goers and visitors of Shoreditch and Brick Lane.

The shop consists of a limited palette of materials. The walls are made of precision-cut Hanex sheets, chosen for its homogenous and smooth appearance. Combined with an epoxy surfaced floor and a white ceiling that hides all services, the shop works as a de- liberately non-textural backdrop for the products on display.

Bespoke and quirky product fittings adds a sense of playfulness to the space; the Medis in-ear headphones are fitted in silicon molded ears, embedded in the Hanex walls, and the Bagis headphone can be push into bespoke plastic plugs, which are also integrated with the walls.

42 is a young architecture and design studio based in London, UK, established by Johan Berglund in 2009. As a practice we are driven by the belief that architecture can enhance our society through excellence in design, coupled with contextual sensibility and a strong understanding of the social, cultural and environmental needs of our times.

The architectural output is driven by inventive ideas and strong concepts. We have established a thorough research methodology within the office, which means that we are able to deal with most types of projects and contexts without a pre-determined style. We enjoy grand ideas and bold con- cepts, but we also value the small scale and the intricate, and put great emphasis on achieving high quality detailing, atmosphere and materiality, regardless of the size of project and budget. We are often part of projects from an early stage, where our competence and skills can be used to help define the scope and brief of the project, assist with locating suitable sites for the project, as well as help secure funding from public and corporate bodies.

We undertake work in sectors such as Arts and Culture, Commercial, Sports & Leisure, Residential and Public projects. Our experience extends from one-off, carefully crafted interior fit-outs to large public buildings and landscape projects in Sweden, UK and the middle east.

Recently, 42 architects have received much attention for their inventive and playful retail environ- ments for Topshop and The Local Firm, as well as their design for a 6000m2 park area in Falun, Sweden, which is now under construction with expected completion in the spring of 2012.

Urbanears is excited to announce our first ever retail endeavor, located at Boxpark – the world’s first pop-up mall. Located next to Shoreditch High Street Station in London, U.K, Boxpark is an exciting new approach to retail, as the entire complex is made out of ship- ping containers. Much like the Urbanears philosophy of using unexpected materials in new and different ways, using shipping containers as modular retail units is what at- tracted Urbanears to the Boxpark concept.

The Urbanears Boxpark store is designed by 42architects, and features a minimalist de- sign with white walls and a white floor, allowing the colorful headphones to really stand out. There is giant light instillation in the back of the store, which changes colors throughout the day.

Urbanears has many events planned for the Boxpark store throughout the coming year, for more information on these events please sign-up for the Urbanears newsletter, lo- cated at Urbanears.com. “With Urbanears, we like to get people thinking outside of the box. In this case, the box is a shipping container being used as a store. It’s a new and unexpected way of looking at retail.” Says Konrad Bergström, President of Zound Industries.

Urbanears makes headphones that fit your everyday life. Supplying the perfect listening device for anyone with a pocket full of music and a wish to make the most of it. Ur- banears models are designed to optimize sound and captivate self-aware customers by matching preferences in size, style, design, function and relation to music. Other compa- nies may try to emulate the brand, but Urbanears is the original in colorful headphones.

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Dezeen archive: following this month's opening of our pop-up Christmas shop The Temporium (bottom left), here's a look back at all the pop-up stores we've featured on Dezeen. See all the stories »

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