Yvonne Koné’s pink-tinged interiors reference Tuscan buildings

Tuscany’s “sun-faded” buildings knowledgeable the inside of this pared-back equipment boutique in Copenhagen, which Danish model St Leo has washed with soft-pink plaster.

Yvonne Koné is tucked away down a facet avenue in Copenhagen’s Gammelholm neighbourhood and gives a choice of leather-based sneakers, luggage and small equipment.

After embarking on an inspiring journey to Tuscany in the summertime of 2019, the model’s eponymous founder wished to swap the muted colors within the retailer for richer hues that mirror the Italian panorama.

“I particularly cherished the delicate hills, the olive groves and never least the attractive gentle in Tuscany,” Koné informed Dezeen.

“The pure, heat, sun-faded partitions made each color appear so stunning and I wished to convey that delicate feeling to the partitions of my retailer.”

To realize this, Koné labored alongside Danish surface-material model St Leo to develop a bespoke rosy pink plaster that is crafted from a mixture of dolomite stone and recycled ash.

It has been utilized throughout your complete retailer, together with its ceiling, and three chunky cabinets that run the size of one of many partitions.

“I additionally wished a female and optimistic color that someway is a bit indefinable on the identical time,” defined Koné.

“As the color modifications with the daylight through the day, I’ve seen how tough it’s to seize and outline it and to me that makes it much more attention-grabbing.”

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The plaster has been washed throughout the shop’s few fixtures, just like the blocky service bar and the countertop of a low-lying shelving unit that sits on the rear of the area.

Decor is in any other case restricted to a big round mirror, a tough stone pot that holds a tall leafy tree and a pendant lamp, which includes three cream-coloured glass orbs.

A flash of color is offered by a sky-blue curtain that is drawn in entrance of an arched doorway, concealing back-of-house services. Darkish-wood floorboards additionally run all through.

“For so long as I can keep in mind I’ve all the time had a choice for simplicity, irrespective of the traits, so it solely felt pure to offer my retailer a clear and calm environment, similar to I choose in my dwelling,” added Koné.

Yvonne Koné is considered one of many design-focused boutiques in Copenhagen. Others embody Axel Arigato, which boasts stark concrete surfaces and bum-shaped sculptures.

There’s additionally Mark Kenly Domino Tan, which has a fragile mixture of glass-brick partitions and birch veneer fixtures.

Pictures is by Line Thit Klein.