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West of West brings an ethereal lighting scheme to this Dallas optical shop

Garrett Leight California Optical

West of West brings an ethereal lighting scheme to this Dallas optical shop

The architects at West of West have brought Golden State cool to the latest retail outpost of Garrett Leight California Optical in Dallas, Texas. For the sunshiney space, founding principals Jai Kumaran and Clayton Taylor looked to nature and James Turrell’s luminous work. You don’t need 20/20 vision to see the beauty of this inspiration. Here, in their fifth store for the company, the Los Angeles and Portland–based firm crafted a calm ceiling “cloud” that orients the crisp space from above.

“The interior of the store was inspired by conditions found in nature and then abstracted, condensed, and refined,” Kumaran said. “By manipulating light and volume an immersive spatial experience is created that separates this store from its suburban surroundings.”

Garrett Leight Dallas opens in the city’s Knox-Henderson district this fall. For the store, the brand’s first in Texas, the team also created custom furniture and planters, built-in eyeglass display cases, and a lighting system that illuminates the frames for sale.

Garrett Leight
3109 Knox Street
Dallas


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