The world’s biggest interactive multitouch installation, at Queensland University’s The Cube exhibition space, which includes 48x 55″ MultiTaction unlimited touch displays from MultiTouch Ltd – and a two-story, 14-metre-long Virtual Reef, which combines 20x Displays with an edge-blended projection system.
To reinforce that all the metallic structures and finished were made with highly polished stainless steel which has a mirror kind effect, this produces purpleish reflections in every corner of the store without compromising the proper color exhibition of the clothing.
On the way to display it look to be a prefabricated modular system, which in addition to providing much flexibility in display options were removable and inexpensive. That is why the modules were designed based MDF with recycled cardboard tubes cut edge and a movable shelving system giving the possibility of multiple configurations.
The new Design Collective is located in the outskirt of Shanghai in a town called Qingpu. Neri&Hu inherited an existing building and was given the task to completely redesign both the exterior and the interior without demolishing the existing structure.
From October onwards, Droog will offer the chance to catch some shuteye after perusing its wares. Amsterdam’s original Staalstraat store has undergone a major renovation to become Hotel Droog – but there’s only one room available in which to sleep.
A hair salon in Seoul is designed as a series of small villages, congregated in a 124-sq-m space. Divided by a series of alleyways, the Miega salon features small module-like rooms which each contain different materials for various services.
We dressed the exhibition site, “The Stage”, located on the first floor of the Isetan’s Shinjuku Main Store for a temporary exhibition by minä perhonen. This fifth installment is themed “Natsumina” (the meaning of natsu is ‘summer’ in Japanese), and since the main feature is the yukata (a summer kimono) in 10 different fabric patterns, we arranged the dressed mannequins around the central booth.
The s.Oliver Accessories Store in Frankfurt am Main is beautifully decorated to the smallest detail, like the apartment of Amélie Poulain. On 90 sqm of retail space, the Stuttgart-based agency has created a kind of walk-in closet that encourages discovery and browsing.
The interior design and creative direction for the establishment was created by Shai Akram and inspired by the interiors from New York’s café/bar scene. The ground floor is comprised of the Canteen, Bar, Ping Pong area, Lounge and restrooms.
As part of Nokia’s global brand positioning strategy, Eight Inc. has created a unique interactive retail environment that offers consumers a hands-on product experience that extends brand recognition and fidelity and creates a new venue for generating sales.
At the heart of Granada, Puerta Real, it’s the building Olmedo, made in 1943. Inside you can find a shopping arcade that connects the street Ganivet with the street Reyes Católicos. In the room of 35m² located in the inner corner of the passage, it is proposed to install a clothing store. Formerly a perfumery.
Polished white walls and popping blue accents comprised the Adidas display at January’s Bread & Butter Berlin fair. The stand resembled a four-winged spaceship that had landed in the centre of the exhibition space. Spanning 394-sq-m, the ‘wings’ extended upwards from the floor, curving to form platforms from which clothes could hang.
Hong Kong-based Cheungvogl Architects created an installation for beauty brand Aesop which was on display within Hong Kong’s I.T Hysan One flagship store. The commission was a continuation of the company’s reputation for presenting their product in architecturally remarkable retail spaces.
The aim of the design was to create a highly elegant, spacious and welcoming store, which has been achieved with the colour white, the bright large plain and arched surfaces. The two architects – Sandor Gocsei and Eniko Korompay – have kept the historic building’s indoor columns and the ratio of the space and given a flowing contemporary touch to it.
Serbian design studio reMiks has completed Supermarket, a concept store inspired by the “golden years of communism”. Hosting a bar, restaurant, salon and fashion boutique, the store is located in a former discount supermarket in Belgrade. Found objects including a fridge, hospital screens and a camper van are used as display devices.
This design job required a compelling concept, which visually differs from an ordinary retail store. The goal was to inspire people through the attractive design to step into the store and become new customers. For this reason the design had to be very clever and appealing, but keeping it in the required budget range.
Pop-up shop concepts may have sprung up from humble beginnings, but there isn’t a trace of cardboard or makeshift furniture in sight at Chanel’s new ephemeral boutique in Cannes.
