A tiny abandoned clothes shop in one of the most bustling laneways in Melbourne, one of many shopfronts standing empty after the pandemic, has been given new life as Mörk Looking Glass.
Centre Place is a bluestone cobbled alley tucked in between Collins Street and Flinders Lane, a quintessential Melbourne laneway with its tiny eateries, boutiques and graffiti art. Leading into Degraves Street, it is one of the most visited spots in Melbourne. Mörk Looking Glass owners first stumbled across the location over two years ago.
"We instantly loved this location and felt it was well suited for this part of our journey in this great city."
"We call this store Mörk Looking Glass; it is here we have arrived after celebrating 12 years as a brand. We are ready to take our visitors on a journey, to look closely onto where it all began, how our chocolate has evolved and where we are going from here."
A main priority has been for the owners to show the amount of detail that has gone into each cup, from sourcing the beans to the many decisions made as chocolate makers every day to create the flavours of the Mörk and explore every sensory aspect of the chocolate experience. It is access into the mind of a chocolate maker. The owners obsess over these details, and a space that allows them to share that obsession in the very heart of Melbourne has been a dream for a long time.
The store shares more of its Nordic heritage, with personal touches and detail such as the other Mörk venues. It is designed by interior architect Danielle Oerman, who through the years, has formed a sixth sense for Mörk as a brand, and has captured it beautifully. With a wintery cool colour scheme, light oak and brushed nickel finishes, it is the one that speaks most to Mörk's roots. Customers will feel a breeze as the colours and marble stone lay whispers of the vast Stockholm archipelago, a setting that lends itself perfectly to mugs of hot chocolate.
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