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62 Projects
RISE to the TOP
at the 2009 A.R.E.
Design Awards
Lane Crawford Beijing
Architecture: Linea LLP, New York
Design: Yabu Pushelberg, Toronto
General Contracting: Fuji (China) Decoration & Engineering Co. Ltd., Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Lighting Design: Isometrix Lighting and Design Ltd., Central, Hong Kong
Retailer: Lane Crawford, Central, Hong Kong
Visual Elements: Audio Visual Technique Ltd., Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Visual Elements: Gradation Design & Engineering Co. Ltd., Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Visual Elements: Moss & Lam Inc., Toronto
With 779,000 sq. ft., this massive department store project is “intentionally untradi-tional,” according to design firm Yabu Pushelberg. The retailer didn’t want a traditional department store, so the design team pushed the boundaries by placing interactive technology in the forefront, making a two-dimensional space three-dimensional, curving facades across all levels to make the large space seem more intimate, and incorporating works of art throughout to create a gallery feel. The result is this year’s Store of the Year.
“The curved façade weaves through all three levels, becoming almost a sculpture enmeshed into the space,” say designers, who link the changing environments of the store together with fine, silver trees. To draw attention to specific merchandise as well as the back of the store, a moving belt transports objects like shoes, toys, and other objects, grabbing the attention of the youthful and trendy clientele.
2009
STORE OF THE YEAR
Department Store
ON MARCH 23 IN LAS VEGAS, 44 outstanding projects were presented with awards before a crowd of 500 industry leaders. The 2009 A.R.E. Design Awards recognizes store and shop designs, pop-up stores, and individual store fixtures and visual presentations. This year the association was pleased to announce its largest showing ever of visual presentation awards, including A.R.E.’s first-ever Visual Presentation of the Year award.
Details and more images of this year’s winners are available all year at www.retailenvironments.org. Look for the A.R.E. logos next to contributing companies identifying members of A.R.E. Check out our online searchable database of past winners dating back to the year 2000—with more than 700 images of the best in retail design.
Look for details about next year’s competition online by mid-July. Mark your calendars for next year’s early-bird deadline to enter: Dec. 15, 2009.
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Founding Farmers Washington, D.C.
Design: CORE architecture + Design: Washington, D.C.
Design: Next Step Design, Annapolis, Md.
General Contracting: Forrester Construction, Rockville, Md.
Lighting Design: MCLA, Washington, D.C .
As an organic farm-to-table restaurant, the winning design revolves around its sustainable attributes. Using natural materials like stone and reclaimed, sustainably harvested wood; low-VOCs in paints, coatings, and varnishes; and a combination of LED, jellied fluorescents, and window shading to create a soft color without incandescent bulbs, the co-op-owned Founding Farmers received Certified Green Restaurant and LEED Gold certification — the first LEED Gold restaurant in Washington, D.C.
Restaurant/Casual
Z Market Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas
Architecture: Carrell, Poole & Yost Architecture, Dallas Design: ArcVision Studios, Greensboro, N.C. Design: Miller Zell Inc., Atlanta Fixtures: OPTO International Inc., Wheeling, Ill. Retailer/Designer: HMSHost, Bethesda, Md.
To maximize the store’s 850-sq.-ft space, two walls are open, wall space is limited, and floor fixtures and existing wall space are used creatively to allow for maximum display and product offerings. Designing the store like a race track, with a centralized cashwrap accessible from all sides, the store features “plug and play” components that give the appearance of a curved counter, strategically placed categories, and a focal cooler providing regionalized graphics overhead.
*No Grand Prize was awarded in this category.
Convenience Store*
CHAIR: Mike Haddon, DCI Marketing
Darcy DiFazio, Allegheny Store Fixtures Inc.
Tim Fearney, Nielsen Business Media, a Division of the Nielsen Company
Jim Gassman, SummitGroup
Jackie Glanz, MG Concepts
Roelena Manning, SummitGroup
Richard Stolis, Trimco Display LLC
Michael Werner, RCS Retail Interiors
2009 A.R.E. Design Awards Judges & CommitteeCommittee MembersCompetition Judges
Bruce A. Barteldt Jr.National Studio PrincipalLittle
Bevan BloemendaalSenior Director, Global Creative
ServicesThe Timberland Company (Retail)
Michael CapeMichael Cape Consulting
Steve KaufmanEditor at LargeVMSD Magazine
Brad LenzVice President, Shop-in-Shop and
International StoresLiz Claiborne Inc.
Alison Embrey MedinaExecutive EditorDDI Magazine
Robert RuscioPresident and Principal DesignerRuscio Studio
Marianne WilsonEditor-in-ChiefChain Store Age
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Bellagio Yellowtail Bellagio Casino Hotel, Las Vegas
Architecture/Design: FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati
Design: The Rockwell Group, New York
General Contracting: Bentar Development, Las Vegas
Lighting Design: Isometrix Lighting and Design Ltd., Barbican, London
Retailer/Design: MGM MIRAGE Design Group, Las Vegas
Modern and traditional Asian design elements echo this remodeled hotel restaurant’s unique approach to cuisine in a space designed to complement, not compete with the other 19 hotel restaurants. Customers are greeted by the iconic bronze fish-scale entry representing the signa-ture menu item before entering a contemporary space made up of hardwood floors, twig screens, and natu-ral wood fixtures, including walnut and ash tabletops. Unique signage becomes a statement identifying the restaurant as something out of the ordinary.
Urban Tavern San Francisco
Design: Gensler, San Francisco General Contracting: Marchetti General Contractor, San Francisco Retailer: Hilton Hotels, San Francisco Visual Elements: Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, Calif. Visual Elements: West Edge Metals, Hayward, Calif.
As a new, urban “gastropub,” this restaurant is stylish, casual, and time-less. The “pastiche” design concept juxtaposes urban and rural elements and a love for Old World European charm with a more modern vision. Wood siding and beams were reclaimed from old barns. Diners come together at the restaurant’s communal table, bar, lounge, comfortable booths, or private dining room in a space that conveys the chef’s vision while complying with its hotel brand standards.
Restaurant/Fine Dining
Tonga Room The Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
Design: Gensler, San Francisco Fixtures: Commercial Casework Inc., Fremont, Calif. Fixtures: Economy Restaurant Design: San Francisco General Contracting: Shikore Construction, Petaluma, Calif. Lighting Design: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design Inc., San Francisco
This classic, remodeled Polynesian dining room grabs attention with a dou-ble-sided backlit wall and built-in seating area at the doorway that creates a sense of mystery and a hint of the new contemporary elements inside. Designed to highlight the restaurant’s original Tiki elements, improve circu-lation, and increase seating in bar areas, the exotic and timeless space fea-tures warm lighting and rich and sophisticated fabric elements. Sustainable wood like bamboo on tabletops and cocoa wood on bar tops, faux leather upholstery, and low-voltage “starry night” ceiling complete the look.
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Olé Holiday Plaza Shopping Center, Shen Zhen, Guangdong, China
Design: rkd retail/iQ, Bangkok, Thailand
General Contracting: Shenzhen Uconia Building Decoration Co. Ltd., Shenzhen, China
Retailer: China Resources Vanguard, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
With a simple and sophisticated collection of color and materials to sup-port the upscale positioning of the brand, this grocer is so clean and visu-ally appealing that it feels more like a high-end department store. Exposed ceilings covered with plastic laminates are punctuated with light features on internally illuminated acrylic. Above the fruit and vegetable display is a polished, stainless steel ceiling tile that defines the circular ceiling with a cylindrical, two-sided super-graphic lightbox. Fixtures feature a mix of plastic laminate, solid surface, powder-coated metal, brushed and polished stainless steel, glass, and composite stone slabs, with surfaces incorporat-ing plastic laminates, ceramic tile, glass, paint, or large-format graphics.
Roche Bros. Supermarket Westborough, Mass.
Architecture: Plan B Retail Design & Project Mgt. LLC, Tolland, Conn.
Design: FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati
General Contracting: WB Inc., Hyde Park, Mass.
Retailer/Visual Elements: Roche Bros. Supermarkets Inc., Wellesley, Mass.
This New England market design concept imagines Roche Bros. taking over a historic mill building to provide an indoor market, featuring a shop-in-shop approach to create a dis-tinct “vendor booth” appeal. Brick and stone facing, canvas awnings, and pendant lighting complete the look, com-bined with tile, vinyl, Corian, Formica, and laminate flooring. Architectural graphic botanicals, recipes, and poems create a personality distinctive to the brand.
The Market Plymouth, Mass.
Architecture: Elkus Manfredi Architects, Boston Architecture/Design: Design Services Group, Eden Prairie, Minn. Fixtures: Design Services Group Equipment Services, Eden Prairie, Minn. Fixtures: DGS Retail, Mansfield, Mass. Fixtures: Magnolia River Manufacturing, Greeley, Colo. Fixtures: Southern Store Fixtures Inc., Bessemer, Ala. General Contracting: Gilbane Building Co., Providence, R.I.Retailer: The Pinehills, Plymouth, Mass.Retailer/General Contracting: New England Development, Newton, Mass.
Emphasizing architecture over décor, the rustic turn-of-the-century look of this “farmer’s market” incorporates vintage barn-style architecture, warm gondola lights, and sand-blasted redwood signage. A weathered matte finish floor evokes the look of worn leather. The “hayloft” features are distressed tongue-in-groove oak; departmental signage and soffits are oak or cedar; and other eye-catching décor is distressed to resemble barn wood, while in service areas white subway tiles are grouted to provide a vintage look.
Supermarket/Grocery Store
Photography: Pruk Dejkhamhaeng, Bangkok, Thailand
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store and shop awards
Kids World Cha-Am Beach, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Fixtures/Design: Kingsmen C.M.T.I. Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
Fixtures/Visual Kingsmen Creatives Ltd., Elements: Singapore Retailer: Hafele Thailand Ltd., Bangchak,
Phrakanong, Thailand
Creating a fun place within a hotel resort that caters to kids, teens, and adults, Kids World offers fun for all ages within its 2,600-sq.-ft. space. Intelligent planning allowed designers to maximize space, such as game tubes allow-ing kids to climb into private spaces outfitted with bright-red “chairs” and LCD monitors and a bean-bag filled space that serves as a the-ater. Materials including wood, stone, vinyl, and laminate are incorporated to fill the space with color, yet keep it modern and different from typical kid-friendly spaces.
Asian Paints Colour Store Mumbai, India
Design: FITCH, Columbus, Ohio
Inspired by “Holi,” the Indian festival of color, Asian Paints’ Colour Heartbeat features hundreds of suspended lights that form an arch around the entrance. Shoppers are encouraged to select a color from a series of pads, resulting in a pulse of color across the façade to cre-ate constant color shifts in the storefront. Interactive features include a series of roomsets showcasing color in a lifestyle context, and a “Screen Test” where customers can see the effect of selected colors in their own homes using their photos and a life-size projection.
LCBO Toronto
Design: Fiorino Design Inc., Prince George, Va.
Fixtures: IMG - Interior Manufacturing Group Inc., Mississauga, Ont., Canada
General Contracting: Maram Building Corp., Woodbridge, Ont., Canada
Retailer/Design/ Visual Elements: Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Toronto
This 18,500-sq.-ft. store blends into its neighborhood with a brick exterior, expan-sive glazing to maximize visibility and daylight, and a visually and physically acces-sible second floor with exterior sightlines. A curved staircase is visible within a glass corner piece and adds natural light to help customers orientate to the space. Maple, beech, metal, and plastic laminate come together to keep the store bright and airy. Illuminated shelves are cantilevered along the back wall while metal-fabricated “floating shelves” and translucent acrylic shelves allow light to transmit up and down. The retailer’s backlit central tasting bar encourages customers to explore products.
Specialty Food Retailer
Service Retailer
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Look Fab Moments Toronto
Design: Upshot, ChicagoFixtures/General Contracting: The Taylor Group, Brampton, Ont., Canada Retailer: P&G Canada, North York, Ont., Canada
Rich colors that deepen as customers progress through the space, lay-ered textures, customized fabric doorways, and vinyl wall designs create an intimate lounge-like atmosphere for Look Fab’s interactive zones. Designers leveraged the existing Look Fab pink color palette and added mood with deep browns and purples. Sprays of light through delicate white paper screens create partial visibility of adjoining rooms, while brightly lit signage at stations provides wayfinding. Materials, such as the curved back panels of beauty stations, were built for repurposing.
Timberland PRO Las Vegas
Design: JGA, Southfield, Mich.
Fixtures: Concept 360 Exhibits, Doylestown, Pa.
Retailer: The Timberland Company (Retail), Stratham, N.H.
Designed to resemble scaffolding found on a construction site, this Timberland PRO tradeshow property embraces sustainability. Eighty-three percent of materials are eco-conscious, with 60 percent recycled materials and 82 percent recyclable after a five-year lifespan. A recycled rubber plate floor supports the “green” position-ing, as does lighting installed via industrial magnet mounts. Roll-up, galvanized steel doors act as dividers to create rooms in the 1,600-sq.-ft. space, with a circular tapering element, “The Tornado,” providing 360-degree visibility.
Pop-Up Store
Bass Pro Shops General Store, Leeds, Ala.
Architecture: Butler, Rosenbury & Partners, Springfield, Mo.
Design: Marvin Levine Imagery, Lipan, Texas
Fixtures: Bass Pro Shops - Fabrication Division, Nixa, Mo.
Fixtures: Our Country Home Inc., Grabill, Ind.
Fixtures: Rocky Creek Ltd., Stephenville, Texas
Fixtures: TJ Hale Co., Menomonee Falls, Wis.
General Contracting: American Installation Co., Plymouth, Minn.
Retailer/Design: Bass Pro Shops, Springfield, Mo.
Visual Elements: Timblewood Antiques, Weatherford, Texas
Visual Elements: Uncommon Market, Dallas
Creating an intimate and enclosed setting of 2,600 sq. ft. within a 200,000-sq.-ft. store, designers created an old-fashioned general store using reclaimed and refurbished pieces found in authentic gen-eral stores. Metalwork is made of raw steel forged using traditional blacksmithing techniques, while 50 percent of the shop is mainly knotty or heart pine. Custom-crafted cabinets are fitted with antique storage bins decorated with pressed tin.
Buell Concept Store Environment Harley-Davidson Dealerships, Conyers, Ga.; Ocala, Fla.; Riverside, Calif.
Design: DCI Marketing, Milwaukee Retailer/Design: Harley-Davidson Retail Development, MilwaukeeVisual Elements: Andres Imaging and Graphics Inc., Chicago
Extruded aluminum and corrugated and fabricated steel are predominant in this motorcycle retailer’s space where chrome is king. This prototype serves shops varying in size from 450 to 900 sq. ft., providing a “garage look” within an existing showroom using modular components, recycled rubber flooring, and large, black-and-white wall graphics featuring engineering drawings. Bike lifts add to the garage appeal, while providing customers a chance to safely inspect all angles of the bikes.
Hardline Shop Within a Store (new or remodeled)
outstanding merit
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VANOC Olympic Store Hudson Bay Company, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Fixtures/Visual Elements: Eventscape Inc., Toronto
General Contracting: Parkwood Construction, Burnaby, B.C.,
Canada
Retailer/Design: Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), Toronto
This branded environment in 5,000 sq. ft. of space within a flagship store features fixtures and visual elements using official VANOC colors, graphics, and curves exemplifying the Olympic games. Colors are matched in the focal “tree” col-umn feature with curving, 30-foot-long branches repeated in the 70-foot-long S-wall column feature. Polished, stain-less steel compound surface arches support the structure, allowing modular, reusable ribbon elements of lightweight aluminum framing to float in the space. Vibrant images of winter, sports, and Vancouver’s natural surroundings appear throughout the space.
Target Branded Apparel Shop 1,500 stores nationwide
Fixtures: Midwest Fixture Group Inc., Anoka, Minn. Retailer/Design: Target Corp, MinneapolisVisual Elements: PMH (Peterson Milla Hooks), Minneapolis
Taking an urban, vintage athletic look and adding in rock-and-roll influences, Converse’s first licensed apparel shop plays on its iconic brand. Raw materials and black textures, including clear-coated steel, black styrene, and litho-printed corrugated cardboard reflect the aesthetics, transforming existing fixtures into custom fixtures. Signage gets a twist with laces resembling the vintage Chuck Taylor shoe. Using an innovative postering system, key item graphics are applied to the background using a repositional adhesive.
Softline Shop Within a Store (new or remodeled)
Metro Shop, Bloomingdale’s 59th Street, New York
Architecture: Highland Associates, New York Design: RYA Design Consultancy, Dallas Fixtures: Builders Furniture Ltd., Winnipeg, MB, Canada Lighting Design: Lighting Workshop, Brooklyn, N.Y.Retailer: Bloomingdale’s, New York
Developing a casual, cutting-edge environment while main-taining the retailer’s luxury experience, designers chose exposed ceilings of various heights fitted with industrial light fixtures to play on the retailer’s black-and-white theme, and clear, acrylic back-lit panels to provide key visual merchandis-ing and ambient lighting. Reclaimed barn siding, stained con-crete, and raw veneers provide easily changeable surfaces, while neon signage and guitar décor on walls and the floor add to the urbanite environment.
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Lane Crawford Beijing
Architecture: Linea LLP, New York
Design: Yabu Pushelberg, Toronto
General Contracting: Fuji (China) Decoration & Engineering Co. Ltd., Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Lighting Design: Isometrix Lighting and Design Ltd., Central, Hong Kong
Retailer: Lane Crawford, Central, Hong Kong
Visual Elements: Audio Visual Technique Ltd., Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Visual Elements: Gradation Design & Engineering Co. Ltd., Kwun Tong, Hong Kong
Visual Elements: Moss & Lam Inc., Toronto
In this highly competitive category, the three-story, high-end department store stood out with artwork providing an engag-ing, gallery-like atmosphere for customers in a massive space atypical of traditional department stores. A moving belt car-rying merchandise draws attention to the back of the store, interactive technology is at the forefront, and visual elements including a sculpture-like, curved façade and silver trees con-nect the space.
Lotte Star City Seoul, Korea
Design: Pavlik Design Team, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Fixtures: Blue Art, Seoul, South KoreaFixtures: Channel Deco, Seoul, South KoreaFixtures: Kang Dong Interior, Seoul, South KoreaLighting Design: Pavlik Design Team, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Retailer: Lotte Department Stores, Seoul, South Korea
This nine-story department store is an example of luxury done right, with flooring, fixtures, and structures created from a mix of natural and ceramic stones and tile, wood, and chrome. The first floor’s polished mink marble floors and black lace slate columns stand out among fixtures of backlit frosted glass, smoked glass, and polished and smoked chrome to cre-ate drama in its contemporary space. One floor up, young casual is displayed in a space that is clean and fresh with deco white crushed-glass flooring and splashes of color introduced in tinted glass combinations.
Lotte Centum City Department Store Pusan, South Korea
Architecture/Design: FRCH Design Worldwide, Cincinnati Retailer: Lotte Department Stores, Seoul, South Korea
Each floor of this nearly 250,000-sq.-ft. department store introduces “aesthetic moments of nature.” Classic materials like crema marfil marble, silver leaf, and waxed plaster are used to create a high-end, sophisticated feel. The play of matte and high gloss finishes also evokes a rich, yet understated environment, with marble, gloss lacquer and glass serving as the “backbones” of the store. A neutral color palette on materials and visual textures becomes a backdrop to vendor space, allowing color in products to pop in each department.
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Chedraui Guadalajara City
Design: Little, Charlotte, N.C.
Fixtures: Fabric Images, Naucalpan, Mexico
Fixtures: Letsa de Mexico, Delegacion Cuauhtemoc, Mexico
Fixtures: RENSA S.A. de C.V., Col independencia, Mexico
Retailer/Design: Chedraui, Col. Lomas Altas, Mexico
Visual Elements: CONFER S.A. DE C.V., Col. Alamos, Mexico
Visual Elements: Master Printing Group, Col. Iztaccihuatl, C.P., Mexico
A family-owned “hypermarket,” Chedraui breaks tradition with a signa-ture exterior and a simple interior that focuses on the product and clear communication. The clean, modern design is friendly and welcoming, with an iconic exterior made up of aluminum panels with iridescent orange paint. Inside, the terrazzo floor sparkles, fabric-printed images and a clear wayfinding system guide customers, and white gondolas with rich dark wood accents provide product visibility.
Anna Hu-Haute Joaillarie The Plaza Hotel Retail Collection, New York
Architecture/Design: FZAD Architecture+Design, New York
Fixtures: BNC Innovative Woodworking Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lighting Design: Lighting Management Inc., Harriman, N.Y.
Visual Elements: Queens Sign Art, Corona, N.Y.
A museum-inspi red, story-telling design dis-plays “floating” jewelry
without typical P-O-S displays, while accent lighting focuses on what counts: the jewelry. Elliptical rotating display walls give the store the type of flexible space often found in art galleries. Custom, vertical branding appears through-out the store, at P-O-S, and on packaging. The minimal and serene ambience is complimented by lacquered wood, upholstered silk panels, mohair, honed limestone, and marble borders to complete the high-end appearance.
Elizabeth Arden Flagship Store New York
Architecture: Highland Associates, New York
General Contracting: LEHR Construction, New YorkRetailer: Elizabeth Arden, New YorkVisual Elements: Industry Outfitters Inc., Toronto
Creating dynamic architecture based on the imagery of Elizabeth Arden, a curved “red ribbon” wall and a backlit wall with a flexible, graphic image display add drama to this remodeled beauty and cosmetics store. Featuring contemporary, yet classic materials such as terrazzo, starphire glass, polished chrome, and Corian, lighting components highlight differ-ent elements in the store. Pedestrians are enticed into the store by four invisible speakers and a video screen in the store’s entrance wall.
Discount/Mass Merchant (new or remodeled)
Hardline Specialty Store up to 3,000 sq. ft. (new or remodeled)
Photography: Cameron Triggs Photography, Charlotte, N.C.
Photography: Alex Guerrero Photography, New York
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Stark & Whyte Brossard, P.Q., Canada
Design: Ruscio Studio, Montreal Fixtures: Agenco Millwork, Montreal Fixtures: Pedlex Storage Products Ltd., Montreal General Contracting: Dama Construction, Dorval, P.Q., Canada Retailer: Stark and Whyte, Brossard, P.Q., Canada Visual Elements: Hyegrafix, St. Laurent, P.Q., Canada
This space blends typical boutique elements with what you might find in a typical Old World chef’s kitchen, including the cash area, the kitchen island, industrial and custom wood shelv-ing, lighting valances, and antique and modern display tables. Pilasters feature brand names, graphics and logos reinforce brands and serve as wayfinders, and ceramic arc halogen light-ing highlights key merchandise. An open ceiling with industrial bay lights is treated with a series of staggered canvas banners to welcome customers into the store.
Hardline Specialty Store 3,001-25,000 sq. ft. (new or remodeled)
Sprint Studio Kansas City, Mo.
Architecture: Rees Masilionis Turley , Kansas City, Mo. Architecture/Design: Richard Altuna, Architect, Los Angeles Design: Continuum, West Newton, Mass. Retailer/Design: Sprint MARCOM, Overland Park, Kan.Retailer/Design: Sprint Merchandising, Overland Park, Kan.
The store is laid out in five key zones clearly delineated through color, architectural signage, and both static and motion graphics and messaging. Digital tables with user interaction models serve as a visual representation of differ-ent pieces of media, providing a visceral experience, as well as a place for the retailer to showcase its latest products. The overall store leaves the impression that this is more than a store; it is an “adventure.”
VU Montreal
Design: Ruscio Studio, Montreal
Fixtures: T. Alongi Inc., St. Leonard, P.Q., Canada
Retailer: Centre Vu, Ville d’Anjou, P.Q., Canada
A simplistic, stylized design gives this 12-year-old store a boost. Visually lightweight, low tables replaced tall floor units for a clearer view of the store, which features a playful and bold rear wall mural. Clear acrylic stem and backlit acrylic panel showcases make prod-ucts float, and color and bold accents differentiate departments. A full- service optometry center offers a comfortable and entertaining waiting experience with leather seating, lounge-setting lighting, LCD HD TVs, and a children’s playroom, while the lab is a fully exposed, transparent element with oversized graphics.
Photography: Leeza Studio, Longueuil, P.Q., Canada
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Zu+Elements Milan, ItalyDesign: Giorgio Borruso Design , Marina Del Rey, Calif.
Fixtures/General Contracting: Buzzoni S.R.L., Bosaro, Rovigo, Italy
Retailer: ZU+ELEMENTS, Nola, Naples, Italy
In just under 1,100 sq. ft., this space offers an exciting, modern experience using mirrors, reflective surfaces, and red back-painted glass. With an interior two feet below street level, the store’s entryway and display windows expand like an accordion of mirrored stainless steel from the street level into the store, where echoes of stainless steel slice into the walls generating niches and shelves. Red glass cuts a path through a white con-crete-finished floor, climbing over the cash register, while silk frosted mirrors along the walls add a rich, soft glow. The store’s lines and uniqueness draw customers inside.
Timberland Westfield Shopping Center, London
Fixtures: ARNO GB Ltd., Bristol, U.K. Fixtures: Checkland Kindleysides, Cossington, Leicester, U.K. General Contracting: Macdonald Joinery & Construction, Kilamarsh, Sheffiel, U.K.Retailer: Timberland European Services, Slough, U.K.
A “perfect example of what Timberland stands for as a brand,” according to the retailer, this design reflects Timberland’s relationship to the outdoors and environmental values. More than 85 percent of materials are repurposed, recycled, or sustainably sourced. Props are sourced from an old factory, mannequins are 100 percent recycled card with water-based glue, lighting is low-wattage, and even the façade is a lattice of reclaimed timber branches. A spacious store layout, including larger changing rooms, provides a relaxed shopping experience.
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store and shop awards
Marciano New York (Soho)
Architecture: Epoch Design Group, St. Louis
Fixtures: idX Corporation, St. Louis
General Contracting: JA Salerno Sr. & Sons Inc., Cedar Knolls, N.J.
Lighting Design: Specialty Lighting Group, Centerbrook, Conn.
Retailer/Design: Guess? Inc., Los Angeles
Visual Elements: Goldsmith, New York
This flagship’s playful reflection and warm, inviting niches help customers connect to a sophisticated brand. Using one-of-a-kind, vintage pieces and custom-designed furni-ture, the timeless space can evolve. The basement lounge area is a custom mannequin alcove, acting as an evolving runway, while a monochromatic color palette allows the products’ dynamic colors to stand out. Beaded wallcoverings sparkle above each section creating a dynamic, but subtle effect as customers walk through the store, and bevel-edge mirrored tiles along the back wall occasionally protrude outward as mannequin platforms.
Cole Haan Factory Store Various U.S. Cities
Design: Callison, Seattle Fixtures: Goebel Fixture Co., Hutchinson, Minn. Fixtures: Ross Display Fixture Co., Seattle Visual Elements: Infinite Sign Industries, Irvington. N.J.
Strong horizontal lines, low sightlines, and a simple floor plan with open ceilings create a simple, yet striking visual appearance to this new con-cept store. Inspired by the brand’s high-end prototype, the factory store applies a modern design aesthetic using natural wood materials, chrome details, and a warm color palette displayed in a clean, open space. Elevated table displays and shelving units in the 3,000- to 3,500-sq.-ft. space’s three distinct salons optimize visual merchandising.
Deegie’s Carma Kansas City, Kan.
Design: Gensler, San Francisco Design: Larson Binkley, Overland Park, Kan. Fixtures: Feature Factory Inc., Toronto Visual Elements: Focus Printing, Kansas City, Kan. Visual Elements: Horton Lees Brogden Lighting Design Inc. (HLB), New York
A mixed-use retailer devoting 9,000 sq. ft. to retail and 3,000 sq. ft. to a salon and café, Deegie’s Carma interior juxtaposes clean, natural mate-rials with curvilinear patterns in a vibrant color palette. Cool greens and blues differentiate the men’s department from the warm oranges and pinks of the women’s department, and a starburst motif in the logo is reinforced through graphic patterns on the walls and fixtures. Neutral maple floors and wall shelving in the retail area are complemented by stained white oak flooring on the main floor and café stage, which is accessible by a fashion runway-like ramp.
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DFS Galleria The Shoppes at Four Seasons, Cotai Strip, Macau, China
Design: rkd retail/iQ, Bangkok, Thailand
Retailer: DFS Group Ltd., Connaught Place, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Situated as an anchor connecting the Venetian Casino and the Four Seasons Hotel, the DFS Galleria design had to convey its own message. Flooring sparkles in marble, granite, and com-posite stone tiles with metal inserts. Fixtures are constructed of solid wood and wood veneers, plastic laminates, powder-coated metal, brushed and polished stainless steel, bronze, and glass. The ceiling and lighting create a sense of drama in a luxurious and sophisticated collection of color and materials that supports the upscale positioning of the brand. Visual merchandising enhances the fine art pieces throughout the space.
Specialty Store Over 25,000 sq. ft. (new or remodeled)
Barneys New York Las Vegas
Architecture: HKS, Dallas Design: Jeffrey Hutchison & Associates LLC,
New York Fixtures: Patella Woodworking, Boston Fixtures: SuperL/Sequoia Group, Hong Kong General Contracting: Venetian Development, Las Vegas,Lighting Design: Schwinghammer Lighting, New YorkRetailer: Barneys New York, New York
Dramatic elements like the 25-ft. ceiling on the main floor, the unique elliptical sculptural central stair, and the one-of-a-kind Façade on the Strip translate Barney’s New York style into Las Vegas excitement in this 81,000-sq.-ft. store. A warm, residential feel is achieved through the use of limestone and bleached black walnut floors, antique brass and bronze, a variety of woods, and a sun-filled skylight and exterior curtain wall that captures the natural light and channels it into the store.
REI Round Rock Round Rock, Texas
Design: Gensler, San Francisco Fixtures: Coniferious, Seattle Fixtures: Grand & Benedicts Store Fixtures, Portland, Ore. Fixtures: High Country Millwork, Longmont, Colo. Fixtures: Leader Manufacturing Inc., Port Orchard, Wash. Fixtures: Parker Commercial Construction, Boulder, Colo.Fixtures: Reeve Store Equipment Co., Pico Rivera, Calif. Fixtures: Rudy Rack, Plover, Wis. General Contracting: Westwood Contractors Inc., Fort Worth, TexasRetailer: Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), Sumner, Wash. Retailer/Fixtures: REI Fixture Shop, Renton, Wash.Visual Elements: Lehrman Cameron Studio, Seattle Visual Elements: Tempest Technologies, Issaquah, Wash.
Entry peaks welcome customers to REI by mimicking the nearby mountain, providing an outdoor scale to mannequins and store fixtures and a theatri-cal backdrop in wood stains and glacial acrylic accents. Creating a store that reflects REI’s sense of community and environmental responsibility, Solatube tubular skylights bring natural light into the store, harnessing enough energy to generate up to 13 percent of the store’s energy consumption. Rubber floor-ing and bamboo and patterned glass are featured throughout. The space also features a mezzanine-level, glass-enclosed community center.
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store fixture awards
Anna Hu-Haute Joaillarie: Center Display DeskThe Plaza Hotel Retail Collection, New YorkDesign: FZAD Architecture+Design,
New York Fixtures: BNC Innovative Woodworking
Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Providing a minimal envelope as well as museum-like LED and halogen display lighting to place the focus on the jewelry, this center dis-play desk incorporates an elliptical tapered and cantilevered design with magnetic locks and card swipes for security. Charcoal Donghia Mohair lines the interior of the 60-by-30-by-32-in. case made of lacquered wood and Low-E Starfire tempered glass with brass plates.
Buell Concept Store Environment: Bike LiftHarley-Davidson Dealerships, Conyers, Ga; Ocala, Fla.; Riverside, Calif.Design: DCI Marketing, Milwaukee Retailer/Design: Harley-Davidson Retail
Development, MilwaukeeVisual Elements: Andres Imaging and Graphics Inc.,
Chicago
Created to resemble a mechanic’s garage, Buell’s bike lift fixtures continue that setting, raising motorcycles off the floor to bring products to eye level and allow customers to get up close and safely review the prod-ucts from all angles. The 27-by-78-by-36-in. bike lift, which rests on a rubber floor, is constructed using extruded aluminum and fabricated steel, and easy-to-install, one-size bolts to play off the industrial setting.
Blur Eyewear: Mirrored Wall Display CaseDundas, Ont., CanadaDesign: RLWDesign, Oakville, Ont., Canada Fixtures: Brent Brooks Construction, Burlington, Ont., Canada
This custom-designed wall fixture helps the retailer overcome its narrow 110-ft. by 10-ft. space. The slim, ergonomically designed case creates a floating impression and features built-in mirrors, frameless tempered glass doors, minimally concealed hardware that doesn’t take away from the design, and storage and secu-rity. Illuminated by recessed MR-16 lights, the mirrors function as a looking glass for the high-end eyewear displayed within the fixture.
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FIXTURE of the YEAR Zu+ElementsMilan, ItalyDesign: Giorgio Borruso Design,
Marina Del Rey, Calif. Fixtures: Buzzoni S.R.L., Bosaro,
Rovigo, Italy Retailer: ZU+ELEMENTS, Nola, Naples,
Italy
Deep red, back-painted glass climbs over the gravity-defying cash register, this year’s Fixture of the Year, in this ultra-modern fash-ion apparel prototype in Milan. Visible from the entrance, the charismatic sign of the cross that is the Zu+Elements brand logo is fractured and deconstructed under a playful impulse seeming to appear or sink through the cuts between the multiple planes. These geometric fractures, propagating from floor to wall to ceiling, accentuate the perspec-tive and flex out from the floor to form the cantilevered cash register, as well as tables and benches.
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Technoshowcase: Oval TableBoston Logan International Airport, BostonArchitecture/Design: Askew Nixon Ferguson
Architects, Memphis, Tenn. Fixtures: Eventscape, Toronto Retailer: Airport Wireless, Wellington, Fla.
The curved techshowcase tables flow with the overall store design and feature curved exterior walls, reinforc-ing the brand when customers travel from airport to airport. Using steel for the base of the structure, the durable, acrylic table discreetly incorporates all electri-cal wiring into main structural members to maintain a clean aesthetic that does not interfere with internal lighting and adjustable shelving. LED lighting within the acrylic top provides easily interchanged graphics.
Sprint Studio: Multi-touch TacTableKansas City, Mo.Design: Continuum, West Newton, Mass.
Fixtures: TacTable, Cambridge, Mass.
Retailer/Design: Sprint MARCOM, Overland Park, Kan.
Retailer/Design: Sprint Merchandising, Overland Park, Kan.
Serving as a visual representation of the different pieces of media offered by Sprint, the multi-touch TacTable features a user interaction model to pro-vide a visceral experience to customers. The tables are made up of two projectors, two near-infrared cameras, IR LED lights, fans, a computer running the designer’s proprietary sensing system and a custom Sprint application, and proprietary dis-tance-sensing hardware to measure the distance of people standing around the table. The shell of the 58-by-79-by-34-in. table features a projection screen, tempered glass with laminated projection screen material, and LEDs at the base.
Hamleys Regent Street: London Double-decker BusRegent Street, LondonArchitecture: Watson Designs Ltd., Leeds,
U.K. Design: Chute Gerdeman Retail,
Columbus, Ohio Visual Elements: 3D Eye Ltd., South Acton,
LondonVisual Elements: VM Workshop, Monmouth,
Monmouthshire. U.K.
Establishing a strong brand identity as London’s oldest toy store and differentiating it from com-petition with core signature elements, Hamleys finds success by playing off a hometown icon: the vibrant red, double-decker bus. This 30-ft. by 12-ft. bus display is filled with popular plush animals, like Paddington Bear, and flanks the toy store’s escalator and stairs. Using an actual, modified vehicle, as well as metal, glass, lacquered wood, and sculpted foam, the remodel prototype will be used in Hamleys stores going forward.
Dylans Candy Bar: Dripping Chocolate DisplayNew York
Deegie’s Carma: Shoe Feature WallKansas City, Kan.Design: Gensler, San Francisco
Fixtures: Feature Factory Inc., Toronto
Judges loved the 14-ft.-long feature wall at the back of the store, which serves as a focal point with shelving that displays shoes just as colorful as the graphics splashed across its lay-ers. Fabricated using 3D modeling/pro duction technology, the wall undu-lates on all three axes, which gives a complex and refined appearance while creating impact. Unique, curvilinear fixtures like this one were designed to divide spaces, highlight products, and lead customers through the 12,000- sq.-ft. store.
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Described by designers as “mod Japanese meets Willy Wonka,” this dis-play fixture features dripping chocolate, shelves filled with chocolate products, and lower drawer fronts resembling blocks of candy bars to con-tinue the store’s “Sugar-Coated Environment.” Approximately 25 ft. long, the display is made up of resin, fiberglass, and custom laminates. Resting beneath falling candy wallpaper, designers successfully integrated the brand into the display.
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store fixture awardsSprint Studio: Telephone Pedestals Kansas City, Mo.Architecture/Design: Richard Altuna, Architect, Los Angeles Design: Continuum, West Newton, Mass. Retailer/Design: Sprint Merchandising, Overland Park, Kan.
Rolled steel with a metallic spray enamel finish become a place for customers to learn more about Sprint’s telephone products at pedestals standing 3 ft. tall. The pedestals are fully powered so customers can test products before buying. They also support changeable phone backer graphics in various sizes and shapes. An alarm device is built in to prevent theft, and the pedestals are mobile so they can be placed anywhere within the Sprint Studio store.
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Elizabeth Arden Flagship Store: Red Ribbon WallNew YorkArchitecture: Highland Associates,
New York Fixtures: Industry Outfitters Inc.,
Toronto Retailer: Elizabeth Arden, New York
A 14-foot-high, curved, red lacquered steel plate becomes a “red ribbon wall” and focal point of the Elizabeth Arden remodel. The bends and curves of the wall also segregate beauty sta-tions and display areas. Each product display fixture is custom made to fit into the curving wall so it appears to be a monolithic ges-ture, and a rear projection screen is placed in a tiny cavity within the wall. The judges commented that the wall reminded them of the red lipstick in the retailer’s product line.
Solo Mobile: New Concept KioskVancouver, B.C., CanadaDesign: Perennial Inc., Toronto Fixtures: Forte Fixtures & Millwork Inc.,
Concord, Ont., Canada Retailer: Bell Canada, Mississauga, Ont.,
Canada
Standing out in a crowded marketplace, this inno-vative design stays true to the brand while appeal-ing to kiosk customers with black and orange brand colors used sparingly to create a brighter, lasting impression. The kiosk incorporates varied counter heights and angled shapes crafted from plastic Kydez laminates in bright colors to create a high-contrast visual. Touch- and tether-activated screens engage and educate customers, while Solo’s backlit logo appears on four sides of an 8-ft. cantilevered arm.
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visual presentation awardsVISUAL PRESENTATION of the YEAR VANOC Olympic Store:
Torch Tree and S-wall Presentation GroupingHudson Bay Company, Vancouver, B.C., CanadaFixtures/Visual Elements: Eventscape Inc.,
Toronto Retailer/Design: Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC),
Toronto
This dynamic, branded environment promoting Olympic merchandise is recipient of A.R.E.’s first Visual Presentation of the Year award. The visual elements feature official VANOC colors, graphics, and curves exemplifying the marketing message of a stylized Olympic games. The official colors are represented in the 15-ft.-tall and 60-ft.-wide focal “torch tree” column feature. The graceful curves of the tree’s 30-ft.-long branches are repeated in the
70-ft. S-wall that guides custom-ers to merchandise. Constructed of polished stainless steel, the compound surface arches sup-port the structure using steel reinforcement, allowing ribbons to be built using lightweight alu-minum framing. Printed fabric, stretch and vinyl fabric, a lami-nate millwork base with colored acrylic, and up-lit glass make up the rest of the striking visual.
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visual presentation awards
Apple: Cherry Blossom Nano Window155 Apple storesRetailer/Design/ Apple Inc., Visual Elements: Cupertino, Calif.Visual Elements: ColorEdge - Retail Visual
Group, New York Visual Elements: Delphi Productions,
Alameda, Calif.
A collage of pink cherry blossoms creates a color-ful backdrop to the cherry pink, large-scale replica iPod nano with integrated lightbox. Four large-format banners, measuring 108 in. square, were centered, die-cut, and layered to create a tunnel view of the vacuum-formed plastic product. The effect of the multiple mesh banners creates depth that gave the blossom “branches.” The visual gave stores a sense of spring, followed through in the retailer’s print media.
Apple: Holiday Santa iPhone Window197 Apple storesRetailer/Design/ Apple Inc., Visual Elements: Cupertino, Calif.Visual Elements: ColorEdge - Retail Visual Group,
New York Visual Elements: Lite Brite Neon, Brooklyn, N.Y. Visual Elements: Shasty, New York Visual Elements: Sylvestri California,
Los Angeles
Apple: Back to School Window162 Apple storesRetailer/Design/ Apple Inc., Visual Elements: Cupertino, Calif.Visual Elements: ColorEdge - Retail Visual
Group, New York Visual Elements: Delphi Productions,
Alameda, Calif.
This simple, yet striking visual presentation fea-tures a molded, large-format replica iPod touch and iPod nanos created from vacuum-formed plastic with integrated video features. A single sheet board-printed, 8-ft. by 12-ft. “chalkboard” lexan panel conveys the back-to-school message, while the iPod nanos featured lightboxes and the iPod touch had integrated functioning video displays.
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A life-size, fiberglass Santa holding a working iPhone stands before a single-sheet, 8-by-12-ft. lexan board-printed graphic featuring Apple’s product collection. “The challenge of this window was getting the characters just right,” say visual designers. “It took months of back-and-forth to ensure the correct proportions and scale.” Lite Brite Neon headphones illuminate the window, with “snow” surrounding Santa’s feet.
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Chedraui: Oval Fabric Ceiling ElementsGuadalajara CityDesign: Little, Charlotte, N.C. Fixtures: Fabric Images, Naucalpan,
Mexico Retailer/Design: Chedraui, Col. Lomas Altas,
Mexico
This hypermarket’s produce department features airy, oval, 14-by-28-ft. fabric ceiling panels in white and olive green print that bring the outdoors in. White translucent spandex fabric allows natu-ral light from overhead skylights to travel through and illuminate the store, allowing for a reduction in electric lights. The panels are reused to reinforce the wayfinding system, as well, mirroring the colors in the departmental signage.
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Stark & Whyte: Vestibule GraphicBrossard, P.Q., CanadaDesign: Ruscio Studio, Montreal Visual Elements: Hyegrafix, St. Laurent, P.Q., Canada
Creating a store that had history and appeared to be an imported concept from the Old World, designers meshed a turn-of-the-cen-tury British trading concept with typical boutique elements. Fonts and logos in vanilla white over chocolate brown combined antique and modern styles, as witnessed in the oversized 12-ft. by 8-ft. vestibule graphic of acrylic and self-adhesive vinyl printed with a shadowed chef, recognizable kitchen utensils, and a French quote on the joys of cooking. P
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visual presentation awards
REI Round Rock: PeaksRound Rock, TexasDesign: Gensler, San Francisco Design (Special Feature): Lehrman Cameron Studio, Seattle Fixtures: High Country Millwork, Longmont, Colo. Retailer: Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), Sumner, Wash.
World of Disney NYC 2008: Holiday FoyerFifth Ave. at 55th Street, New YorkVisual Elements: Trimco, Carteret, N.J.
This holiday foyer had customers enter an enchanted forest, complete with natural foliage overhead. Lightly flocked brush cascaded down, dripping with ice crystal strands and engulfed in twinkling lights. Designed entirely by Trimco Display, the “Crystal Foyer,” 25 ft. by 12 ft., welcomed visitors through double-etched glass doors into the World of Disney with a traditional holiday environment that evoked a warm, homey, and comfortable time in our past.
Timberland PRO: Peat Bog Graphic PanelLas Vegas Pop-up StoreDesign: JGA, Southfield, Mich. Retailer: The Timberland Company (Retail), Stratham, N.H.Visual Elements: Concept 360 Exhibits, Doylestown, Pa.
Offering durable work gear, Timberland PRO created a tradeshow space designed and assembled to look like a construction site. Hazardous working conditions and product durability are called out through iconic, highly visible signage, such as this peat bog graphic panel surrounded by orange frames and fixtures. The 174-by-96-in. panel focuses on Timberland’s “everyday heroes” customer and was printed using traditional inks.
Lion Brand Yarn Studio: Yarn Sample TreesNew YorkDesign: David Gauld Architect,
New York General Teamwork Contracting,Contracting: Flushing, N.Y.Retailer: Lion Brand Yarn Co.,
Carlstadt, N.J.
For the 130-year-old wholesaler’s first retail store, the best visuals proved to be the products themselves, as evidenced in these yarn sample trees. Made from galvanized steel pipes and threaded fittings, the industrial-looking, 5-ft.-tall display provides an intriguing visual while inviting customers to try out yarns. The colors reinforce the merchandise options in the store.
The North Face: Atrium Staircase MuralBoise, IdahoDesign: JGA, South field,
Mich. Retailer: VF Outdoor Inc.,
San Leandro, Calif.
Visual Elements: Imagine Visual
Service, Seattle
Bass Pro Shop General Store: Luggage Balcony PresentationLeeds, Ala.Design/Visual Elements: Bass Pro Shops, Lipan, TexasRetailer/Design: Bass Pro Shops, Springfield, Mo.
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Photography: Mark A. Steele Photography Inc., Columbus, Ohio
Encouraging customers to get outdoors, entry peaks reminiscent of area mountains set the tone, providing dynamic geology and excitement in outdoor exploration. The peaks play a large role in customer’s first impressions and act as a backdrop to the merchandise, giving an outdoor scale to the mannequins and store fixtures below. Elegant wood stains and glacial acrylic accents complete the theatrical backdrop.
Creating a historically accurate design, designers researched historical models of general stores and their related fabrication methods, seek-ing vintage luggage to be stacked on the balcony of this 2,600-sq.-ft.-store-within-a-200,000-sq.-ft.-store concept. The authentic atmosphere is designed to invite customers to stay and experience the shop. Using reclaimed props reinforced the outdoor shop’s environmental message.
Large-scale graphic murals are a standard component in all North Face stores, which typically feature ceiling heights at least 14 ft. Here, the Boise store ceilings are only 10 ft., so designers placed the mural in the atrium stairwell, where a 14-ft. height was created by connecting the wall to the second floor, drawing customers upstair. Using Eco-Solvent inks and bio-degradable, chlorine-free, FSC-certified pulp with 20 percent post-consumer recycled content, the mural, applied using water-based wallpaper paste, stays true to The North Face’s eco-friendly stance.
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