The pioneering female-founded Saudi Arabian beauty brand named after Asteria, the goddess of falling stars, Asteri, has added two new stars to its constellation with the opening of new concept stores in Festival City Mall in Doha and Panorama Mall in Riyadh.
The brand spaces, both designed by global strategy and design studio Dalziel & Pow, represent the region they are located in, celebrating local heritage and the beauty and diversity of Arab women.
Both new stores are part of Asteri’s evolving constellation of retail spaces, joining brand homes in Riyadh, Jeddah, Madinah, Khobar, Abha, Madinah, Kuwait and Bahrain – all designed by Dalziel & Pow.
All the brand homes are retail expressions of Dalziel & Pow’s guiding vision for the brand “Sisters Under the Stars”, with more future store openings planned for across the UAE and beyond.
Asteri Beauty is committed to investing in brand spaces designed for the sisterhood – reflecting the changing role of physical retail as a place to connect with a discerning, playful and aesthetically astute audience. The stores are a place to meet like-minded people, enjoy social shopping without pressure and celebrate local heritage and stories, while representing modern Arab women.
In Doha, Asteri’s new Qatar store is an immersive retail space that draws inspiration from the opulence of Doha’s architecture and landscape, as well as the clashing metallics of Asteri’s iconic Desert Diamond highlighter.
Meanwhile, the Panorama Mall Riyadh store represents a homecoming for Asteri and its Founder Sara Al-Rashed, as Asteri’s inaugural store opened in Al Nakheel Mall, Riyadh, in late 2023. The design for this new store was inspired by the spectacular sight of Riyadh at night from the air; a bright landscape of illuminating city lights in distinct gridded patterns. This is captured throughout the retail concept with linear feature lighting and mirrors.
Sarah Fairhurst, Design Director at Dalziel & Pow, said: “We adore working with Asteri and are incredibly proud of our partnership. It’s exciting to see our guiding vision “Sisters Under the Stars” brought to life across the ever-expanding constellation of stores, each beautifully unique but stronger together. Asteri is a bold, brave and ambitious; a brand to watch.”
