Art & Culture

What do you call a space where clothes, accessories, gadgets, carpets and furniture are bathed in low lighting which resembles natural light? Home! That’s what decorator Thodoris Zacharis and stylist Marios Sergidis thought before setting up Cosset. The showrooms realistic and cosy look is guaranteed to make you feel right at home. Wander through the two levels to check out the large range of handcrafted decorative objects, ceramics, light fittings, kilims, pillows, Galliano-style clothes, eccentric accessories, linen dresses, embroidered blouses, stamps and Swarovski crystals.

Looking through the large façade window you may think that a simple display awaits inside, but this 200sq.m space housing Finestre is sure to surprise you. Owner Efthimis Andreopoulos has brought together Linea Quattro Italian kitchen furniture, wooden Molaro door and window frames, ceiling light fittings and German wood flooring in small showrooms, which allow you to create a vision of your ideal personal space.

When Pinelies opened 18 years ago, it was the first shop located out of town. It was expanded to include three neighbouring storehouses, but has maintained distinct spaces to better show the diversity of the furniture and decorative objects such as home store products, artistic creations by Deyan Semkov (artworks, sculptures and custom-made stainless steel and metal light fittings), mixed displays of Chinese antiques, light fittings from France, carpets, kilims, Italian furniture, as well as fabrics, added this year.

Next to the new Hermes store, another new arrival has made its presence felt, with creations by artist Apostolos Nikolakopoulos. An old Mykonian house has been clad in white to house statuettes and sculptures in bronze, silver, aluminum and crystal, with subject matters inspired mainly by nature and the sea.

With furniture as the common denominator, Emporium’s Italian pieces welcomed this year partner store Kartell to the store’s glass first floor. To enhance Italian furniture collections with designer decorative equipment aimed at mainly industrial use, Kartell displays creations by distinguished designers such as Philippe Starck and Antonio Citterio.

An original idea gave birth to a versatile space with a minimalist design, making it look like a single space with “no limits” rooms that house hand-crafted furniture, specialised gadgets, selected clothes and hip accessories. It could be a compact department store, but Cosset bears no trace of commercialism. In fact, the low lighting and successful layout offer a familiar and intimate atmosphere.