ABOUT THE STUDIO

We define
how brands
are experienced.

VMD is not furniture.
It is not displays.
It is the moment a customer meets a brand.

Chai is a retail experience design and engineering studio. Planning, design, development, production and installation are one connected workflow. Ideas are tested through prototypes, production and the field before they become a retail standard.

Planning
PLANNING

Brief and zoning, before the first drawing.

Prototype parts printed and tested at Hannam Studio
PROTOTYPE

Parts printed and tested at Hannam.

Full-scale mock-up assembly at Bucheon Studio
MOCK-UP

Full-scale assembly at Bucheon.

Production at a partner factory under our own QC
PRODUCTION

Partner factories, under our own QC.

FOUNDED

2007

COUNTRIES SERVED

80+

RETAIL LOCATIONS

2,000+

DELIVERY

Global

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT LOOP

Define

Scope and constraints, written before the first drawing.

Design

Sprint, then freeze. One reference for everyone.

Build

Prototype, mock-up, production — checked at every gate.

Improve

What the field reports becomes the next brief.

Difference isn’t a style.
It’s a decision.

CHAI. STUDIO PHILOSOPHY

OUR VALUES

01

Write the Brief

Define before design.

02

Field First

Checked in the store, not on the screen.

03

Done Means Working

Installed. Verified. Finished.

WORK WITH US

Let’s discuss
your next
retail system.

Discuss a Project