Napoleon called Britain ‘a nation of shopkeepers’ – and 200 years on, London is still living up to that reputation. A perennial claimant to the hotly contested title of shopping capital of the world, London is dotted with world-famous emporiums and household-name markets and streets. With its great shopping history still in evidence, London continues to renew its retail offering for a new generation.Since Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded it in 2001, London-based architecture and interior-design practice Universal Design Studio has been making its mark in retail, thanks to high-profile clients such as Stella McCartney and Mulberry and a series of stunning, high-impact spaces. For “The Merchant”, Grant Gibson met the Studio co-directors Hannah Carter Owers and Jason Holley for an interview.
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