Brooklyn-based designer Sergio Mannino has chosen a palette of purple and silver for a Philadelphia pharmacy that helps sufferers affected by the opioid disaster.
Positioned within the Philadelphia suburb of Cheltenham, the Angel Care Pharmacy is owned by Olivia Tchanque, who needed the design of her house to replicate the care and sensitivity provided to her sufferers.
Tchanque appeared to Sergio Mannino Studio to create an atmosphere that feels distinctive, clear and modern.
The pharmacy was born partly to assist cope with the continued opioid disaster within the US, and people with addictions to OxyContin and lethal substitute Fentanyl.
Its mission revolves round “offering the neighborhood with the very best medical provides and care they want”, mentioned Tchanque.
Mannino was accountable for the inside design and branding for the house, together with its angel-wing emblem used for signage and throughout advertising and marketing supplies.
As soon as two separate models, the 1,800-square-foot (167-square-metre) pharmacy is split into retail operations and prescription areas now related by an open doorway.
Within the retail space, the designer deliberately selected colors which might be daring however wouldn’t be overbearing.
“Mauve is the color of steadiness: it represents tenderness and it is regularly related to femininity and motherhood,” mentioned Mannino.
“White brings a sense of security and purity. It represents the absence of issues and a way of leisure and readability. Silver has at all times been related to the moon, inspiring a sense of pleasure and peace.”
Two chairs designed by Mannino with smooth purple-upholstered bases, minimal chrome backrests and oak armrests present a ready space for sufferers together with a built-in window seat.
These are accompanied by two aspect tables designed by Ettore Sottsass for Kartell, in violet and pink finishes.
The room is embellished with silver-toned wallpaper on two sides and purple grid sample on the others.
Shelving shows alongside the partitions got here from Blu Dot, whereas freestanding models within the centre of the room are by Hem – each crafted from oak.
The color palette extends to the minimalist branding, which options mauve hues, grid patterns and modern typography.
At Tchanque’s request, Mannino additionally launched compostable vials and luggage as a substitute of plastic packaging, since “yearly, every native pharmacy within the US fills 60,000 prescriptions on common,” in line with the pharmacist.
Sergio Mannino Studio was established in 2008, and the agency’s early initiatives included a showroom for footwear model Kensiegirl and one other shoe store the place the partitions had been lined in interchangeable panels.
Extra just lately, Mannino accomplished a pharmacy ready room in Brooklyn that includes graphic ground tiles, a pigmented cement desk and curved leather-based chairs.
The images is by Sergio Mannino Studio.
