For Aesop's second Washington, D.C. presence, it is a pleasure to settle in historic Georgetown - Created in collaboration with Tacklebox under the leadership of Jeremy Barbour, the design is defined by local heritage, pairing a distinctive visual language with evocative materiality to weave the store into the fabric of the neighborhood.

In a nod to the vernacular wooden farm structures that were once common to the area, the 900-square foot space is distinguished by its use of hand-hewn 100-year-old Southern Pine sticks. Cut and stacked en masse, 30,000 individual sticks serve to clad the eastern side of the corner tenancy, fashioning a dynamic rippled surface.

This textural gesture is punctuated by a grid of product display cases in powder-coated steel. Working in concert with a sink of reclaimed Southern Pine, these vessels symbolize the site’s unique history with bodies of water, including an adjacent natural spring which influenced the local industry