Reopened Taichung store celebrates ‘dialogue with nature’, Hermès says
Luxury leathergoods brand Hermès has reopened its store in Taichung, Taiwan’s second-largest city.
The reopening follows a redesign of the store, which first opened in 2012, at the hands of Parisian architecture and design agency RDAI.
According to Hermès, the new interior is inspired by “the rolling hills and fluid contours of Taiwan’s tea plantations”. It said this would allow it to display its leathergoods, equestrian, footwear, gloves and other products “against a contrasting light palette, natural materials and organic textures”.
Specifically, rust tones “draw warmth” into the leathergoods and equestrian area of the store, the brand said.
As in other stores around the world, a selection of artworks from the collection of founder, Émile Hermès, is on display in the Taichung store, alongside a set of contemporary photographs to create what the company called “a dialogue between the island’s greenery and the house’s fondness for the natural world”.
