Frangipani Design and Pomelo for Myanmar Shop

The new shop for Pomelo is not an ordinary project, because the products that are sold there are not ordinary. There is something very special and personal about them: they tell the stories of the artisans that have created them, of their art, their culture and their ambitions. The layout and the decor aim at creating an intimate space where customer and producer connect, meeting in a sort of magical limbo where they can exchange emotions.

The decor is a tribute to Myanmar’s way of life, their sense of harmony and aesthetics. It is an attempt to save pieces of tradition that are quickly fading away under the pressure of modernization.

 

We recycled and reinvented. The counter is made with an handrail of an atique teak wood house that has now been demolished to make space for new high raise buildings. The glass jewelery display is one of those that are still commonly used by jewelry and stone dealers in the streets of downtown Yangon. An old scale hangs from the ceiling, like it happens in warehouses and markets around the Country. The floor of the area where clothing is displayed used to be the trunk of an old smoky diesel truck that has travelled many of the roads of Myanmar. The clothes’ hanger is a transformed electric pole, like the ones that many families have in their backyard.

 

The graphic decor of the walls brings into the store the fantasy and the richness of Myanmar culture. There is the peacock, the symbol of the Country and its Burmese Kings, and its wheel that represents the sun and the fire , the light of justice, wisdom, and the word of the Buddha. There are crabs, fishes that stand like Kings and Queens, and wrestlers showing postures of antique martial Burmese art.

  

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