Chalk Room @ Hostem London
It’s been two years since design outfit JAMESPLUMB won accolades for its Shoreditch store, Hostem.
It’s been two years since design outfit JAMESPLUMB won accolades for its Shoreditch store, Hostem.
Now, designers James Russell and Hannah Plumb have added a basement extension to the original premises, using the same approach: repurposing antique and retro elements to create a contemporary take on nostalgia. Piles of antique suitcases, a Victorian wardrobe reconfigured to be dramatically askew, and even a Wurlitzer organ achieve the requisite sense of traditional craft. The shop’s centerpiece is a transformed 19th-century Chesterfield, extended by oversized church pews, resplendent beneath a cluster of Victorian glass pendant lights.