In a tiny 27-square-metre shop, hugged by Melbourne’s laneways, interior architect George Livissianis has taken inspiration from mobile shelving units to create a space that reverberates beyond its diminutive footprint.
He designed series of mirror polished stainless steel compactus units to be used as displays that could expand and contact to present the fine jewellery of Sarah and Sebastian.
This approach is similar to Livissianis’s award-winning Usfin salon, which used a series of pods, inspired by aeroplane trolleys, to create hair-dressing stations.
The reflective surfaces of the displays of Sarah and Sebastian’s Crossley Street store contrast with texture of the exposed brick finish of the building that it is housed in. At the back of the store, a mirrored panel hides Sarah and Sebastian’s piercing studio.
Crossley Street is the brand’s second Melbourne store after a Russell and George designed premise in Armadale.
