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Lladro, the 70-year-old Spanish porcelain firm, has opened a concept store in New York City. Image courtesy of Lladro

Spanish porcelain firm Lladro opens concept store in NYC

Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Sheila Gibson Stoodley
Lladro, the 70-year-old Spanish porcelain firm, has opened a concept store in New York City. Image courtesy of Lladro
Lladro, the 70-year-old Spanish porcelain firm, has opened a concept store in New York City. Image courtesy of Lladro

NEW YORK – Lladro, a Spanish firm best known for its art porcelain, has opened a store in New York, the first in the US with the brand’s new immersive, experience-driven concept dedicated to its most groundbreaking creative designs and collaborations.

Located at 435 W. 14th Street in the city’s Meatpacking District, the venue offers a unique shopping experience focused on interaction with the brand’s innovations while giving visitors an insight into Lladro’s creative and craft processes through virtual technology experiences. In addition to the new concept, Lladro’s Lighting lines will also be a main focus of the space.

The store’s design, conceived by Valencia-based Carmen Baselga Taller de Proyectos in collaboration with the brand’s team of store engineers, is based on a walkthrough of a sequence of immersive scenes that invite visitors into the world of Lladro. Modular divisions that play with perspectives help guide visitors through the space, conjuring the atmospheres of fantasy and dreamlike architecture.

Scene from an immersive vignette visitors might encounter at Lladro’s newly opened concept store in New York City. Image courtesy of Lladro
Scene from an immersive vignette visitors might encounter at Lladro’s newly opened concept store in New York City. Image courtesy of Lladro

CEO of Lladro Ana Rodriguez said: “The launch of this new concept store, which coincides with the brand’s 70th anniversary, responds to our mission to continue revitalizing porcelain, delving into its most innovative creative possibilities, and to making it known through experiential spaces like this one in which emotional connections are generated.”

Clean lines and soft colors lend focus to Lladro’s groundbreaking creations, from avant-garde sculptures and lighting to home fragrances and contemporary jewelry. With a contemporary language often looking for contrasts or decontextualization, the interior design is based on different settings. “All of them seek to establish a dialog between the visitor and the product in a visual, sound, tactile and olfactory conversation,” said the designer, Carmen Baselga. “The chromatic spectrum provides a welcoming sensation for visitors and invites them to walk through an experiential space filled with Lladro creations.”

Breaking free from a static relationship between observer and product, movement is generated through changes in the intensity of light, the use of backdrop screens, and 4D sounds that submerge visitors in another reality, whisking them away from the hustle and bustle of the big city. Customers journey through a series of enveloping spaces that introduce them to all the secrets of the brand. They can even travel virtually from New York to the Lladro workshops in Valencia to visit the master artisans and experience their craft, thanks to state-of-the-art technology.