Article: Paul Smith Globe concept store takes off at Heathrow.

Paul Smith has opened a new-look store concept, called Globe, at Heathrow Airport's new Terminal 5.

Designed by Smith and the company's in-house design team, the store features an old-fashioned shopfront with antique doors sourced from a French chateau. In-store, stone and wood floors lead to 'windows' displaying garden scenes photographed by Smith himself.

Smith professes distaste for traditional travel-retail store design. 'Shops in airports are always so predictable, with classic corporate shopfits which you can anticipate before you enter the shop. I want my shop at Terminal 5 to be like no other airport store,' he says.

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