Central plank: Aesop heads for the forest

The walls, floor and ceiling in the 18th-century building are covered by 3,500 pieces of ash timber sourced from the forests in Victoria, Australia. These were then cut and hand-worked in the outskirts of Melbourne before being labelled and shipped to Paris. The products are displayed on the planks jutting out from the walls. For more examples of Aesop’s innovative shop interiors, read our Seed about its new shop in Tokyo and its pop-up shop in Paris.