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Whispers in the Walls: Aesop Spitalfields. Supermarket architecture turned outside in, within a Victorian market building that once brimmed with fresh produce.

Whispers in the Walls, Episode 1: Aesop Diagonal. A monument to the city’s identity, assembled from salvaged blocks of local Montjuic stone. The space was recently awarded 'interiors project and small retail interior of the year' by Dezeen. Av. Diagonal, 594, 08021, Barcelona.

Welcome to Whispers in the Walls—where architectural fables will be told, revealing what would be heard if our stores’ walls could talk. Keep your ears open for future murmurings in the coming weeks.

Our counter in London’s Selfridges has reopened. Defined by an abundance of muted, sage-green tiles that cover the basin and shelving, this space carves out a calm corner of serenity within the store’s bustling beauty hall—an area of intense retail innovation in the early 1900s. In stark contrast to conventions at the time, skin care and fragrance were then moved to the store's entrance—some say as a means of masking the malodour of Oxford Street’s horse-drawn carts. Also bucking convention, customers were encouraged to try on the wares on offer before purchasing—a practice that still stands today, and one that is de rigueur around the sink that is the heart of all our stores.

Our latest collection of Gift Kits draws on our long-standing reverence for the cinema, which has influenced everything from the formulation of certain Aesop products to the design of many of our spaces. Take for instance Breathless, a hydrating body oil named after a certain New Wave masterpiece, or our stores designed in partnership with Luca Guadagnino—to name but a couple of examples. Featured in a series of cinematic vignettes—as screened below—these aromatic offerings comprise an all-star-cast of formulations for the skin, senses and surrounds, housed in boxes that carry richly hued designs inspired by aged celluloid film. Discover more at: https://bit.ly/SoapService

In the final part of our series on sustainability at Aesop, Designing Connections looks at volunteering, and how we are supporting the communities we work among.

In this second feature on sustainability at Aesop, Designing Vessels explores how our visually minimalist packaging is evolving to be similarly minimal in impact.

In the first of three features on sustainability at Aesop, Designing Spaces charts our changing approach to store design—where reductions in energy and waste are more important than ever.

‘Embracing a new chapter’ is the theme of our latest Impact Report. Yet rather than being the start of a new story, it is a continuation of one we began 37 years ago, one shaped by a constant consideration of people and planet. The report reveals how our growth has increasingly allowed us to turn consideration into action. Discover the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gq4WvG5C

Another logo, but an important one. Aesop has been recertified as a B Corp™, reaffirming we are part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact, transparency and accountability—balancing purpose and profit to a greater end.