Brothers Daniel and Arthur Chmielewski founded HAVEN to create a space for items they couldn't find locally.
The storefront in Railtown invites customers in with restraint, featuring a glass façade, minimal display, and a long sightline to a large rear window.
“We wanted people to feel transported into our world,” Daniel Chmielewski shares. “It is almost like when you go into a movie theatre. By the time you walk through, you are in another world.
HAVEN projects a quiet confidence, feeling integrated with Railtown rather than sealed off from it: calm, deliberate, and very Vancouver.
Author's summary: HAVEN menswear brand exudes quiet confidence in Railtown.