{"id":30075,"date":"2015-11-03T10:40:03","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T18:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/?p=30075"},"modified":"2024-04-09T06:01:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T13:01:53","slug":"apple-unveils-first-store-designed-by-jony-ive-and-its-impressive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativemarket.com\/blog\/apple-unveils-first-store-designed-by-jony-ive-and-its-impressive","title":{"rendered":"Apple Unveils First Store Designed by Jony Ive And It&#039;s Impressive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know what my son&#8217;s favorite store is? It&#8217;s not Toys R Us, or Target, or even the candy shop up the street. It&#8217;s the Apple Store. He&#8217;s five.<br \/>\nThe Apple Store is a powerful place no matter where you go, and it even inspires tourists to seek them out during their trips. They all have a similar feel, but different aesthetics, too. Now it looks like there&#8217;s a new Apple Store that fans will have to add to their lists: Brussels, Belgium. Why? Because it&#8217;s the first Apple Store designed and created by Jony Ive.<br \/>\nOf course, you know Ive as the &#8220;ah-loo-min-ee-um&#8221; guy, but he&#8217;s also the design guru behind many of today&#8217;s most famous Apple products. Now that his medium was a retail environment, he had a whole different set of criteria to work with, and the results are stunning. With live potted trees, a plethora of wood and even touch-sensitive tables, Ive really outdid himself. Let&#8217;s let the pictures do some talking.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053426\/apple-brussels-1.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30082\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053430\/apple-brussels-3.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30085\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053433\/apple-brussels-4.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30078\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053437\/apple-brussels-5.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30079\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Apple Store Brussels has cool new touch-sensitive tables! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yrfR0zh4Z2\">pic.twitter.com\/yrfR0zh4Z2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&euro;&rdquo; Franklin Schrans (@franklin_sch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/franklin_sch\/status\/645155598238130176\">September 19, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053441\/apple-brussels-6.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30080\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053444\/apple-brussels-7.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30081\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053448\/apple-brussels-8.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"382\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30083\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d3ui957tjb5bqd.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2015\/11\/09053452\/apple-brussels-9.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"453\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30086\"><em>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/apple-store-by-jony-ive-photos-2015-9\">Business Insider<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kevinwhipps.com\">Kevin Whipps<\/a> is a writer and editor based in Phoenix, Arizona. When he&#8217;s not working on one of the many writing projects in his queue, he&#8217;s designing stickers with his wife at <a href=\"http:\/\/whippsstickerco.com\">Whipps Sticker Co.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know what my son&#8217;s favorite store is? It&#8217;s not Toys R Us, or Target, or even the candy shop up the street. It&#8217;s the Apple Store. He&#8217;s five. The Apple Store is a powerful place no matter where you go, and it even inspires tourists to seek them out during their trips. 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