Under the domes at Poison Drop in Afimall
When Nastya Kolchina started designing the Afimall shop in 2021, she already had drawings for another Poison Drop of much the same size. The floor plan could only tell her so much. At Afimall there were 6.2 metres of space overhead. She proposed a ceiling of domes.
The work above the cabinets
Reshaping the ceiling meant moving the ventilation and fire protection systems. You get some sense of why it was worth the work in the project photographs. The domes rise above low display cases, with enough space between them to take in a whole sweep of ceiling. Down at hand level, a simple frosted-glass top leaves room to lay out a few pieces.
The circle at the entrance stands on its edge. Kolchina recalls sketching it on a train one night when she could not sleep. She was thinking of the light she had designed for Metropolis, though this time she wanted an uneven surface and approached a sculptor. Read Kolchina’s account and browse the photographs of the 2021 project.
Visiting the shop on Presnenskaya Embankment
Moscow, 2 Presnenskaya Embankment, level 2.
View on map+7 495 255-15-33 ext. 301
Poison Drop lists its hours as 10:00 to 22:00 Sunday to Thursday and 10:00 to 23:00 on Friday and Saturday.
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