Rock and roll: The multi-coloured sweet shop

The design, by London-based architects Data Nature Associates, draws inspiration from the process behind Spun Candy’s hand-made sweets. The store, in London tourist hub Covent Garden, doubles as the confectioner’s training academy. Visitors can watch trainee sweet-makers roll and shape Spun Candy’s signature hard ‘rock’ candy.

The interior of the brightly lit store combines retro wood and brass fittings with fixtures designed to evoke the scientific rigour of confectionery-making. Scientific models of atomic nuclei inspired the pick ‘n’ mix display. A ‘library of flavours’ – the reference is to the collections held by scientific laboratories – is held in trays below the counter. Below, on glass shelves, rests a range of small jars containing a kaleidoscope of multi-coloured sweets.

The Spun Candy store is an elegant piece of retail theatre. For more on the use of science to create a sense of wonder, read our Mad Science design direction.