Leisure
Thorntons – New Store Design
Towards the end of last year our new concept design for Thorntons opened in Birmingham. More bling, more product talk and more emphasis on Thorntons enormous product range. The perimeter (shown here in the Christmas scheme) uses a magnetic paper background to provide an easily changeable backdrop for promotions and events. Self selection is more prominent as is a more elaborate gift wrapping service. Read more …
585 Boardriders
A new(ish) flagship store for Quiksilver, 585 Boardriders on Venice Boulevard in sunny California, USA. The 10,000 square foot open floor plan store allows storage for up to 500 surfboards and also provides a fully equipped surf and skateboard shop. Also incorporated are skateboard friendly spaces on the front and side of the building. Inside includes a curated art gallery, a green wall and outside Read more …
The Luncheonette
The idea of the luncheonette (officially a long counter with stools where the patron is served from the other side of the counter) has always really appealed to me. The romance of solitude and a cup of coffee and eggs over easy. Whilst looking at John Wright’s photography site I saw luncheonette in the background of one of the shots. 2 mins of google searching later and I arrived at the All Star Read more …
Found, antique, vintage etc.
There’s a growing trend towards individuality in larger brand retail taking after what’s been going in the leisure market for a few years. After all why design the same thing over and over again when you can do it differently every time. The modern globe trotting or even just city hopping person perhaps doesn’t want the same environment every time s/he visits the same brand. One way Read more …
New Greggs Prototype Store
Just put up a post about the new Greggs Prototype store. It’s a move on for Greggs, fundamentally still the value proposition but in a more contemporary store. One of the key features is the lighting scheme which uses 100% LED lighting and is the first store in Europe to do so. This halves the energy consumption for the lighting. More info and pictures on our main website. Read More …
More Snog
I’ve writtten about Snog on here before and I must admit I keep coming back to it every time we look at a fascia on another job. So now here’s some more pics and even videos at Lighting which has an excellent write up about the lighting scheme. Also worth having a look at is their kiosk which opened in Westfield on Monday. Not many images online yet but no doubt they’ll start appearing Read more …
adidas SLVR
Always had a soft spot for adidas, ever since the holdall and gazelle days of the 70′s to doing some work in Hong Kong for them what seems like many moons ago. Anyway here’s a new spot for their SLVR range which launches in February courtesy of their PR machine. Do I detect a Levi’s/Herb Ritts influence in there from the early 90′s? adidas SLVR Spring / Summer 2009 from adidas Read more …
Deptford Fun City
The Deptford Project is the first step of a project to regenerate the are around Deptford Station and makes great use of a 1960′s South East Trains carriage. Designed and handpainted by the very fine Studio Myerscough. Read More …
Fast food at the double
Two new(ish) eat in and takeaway concepts.The first is SNOG, a frozen yoghurt takeaway. Full article from Dezeen is here and more pictures from the designer’s, Cinimod here. I particularly like the vertically slatted fascia, which reminds me, although not necessarily being exactly the same idea, of Umbra in Toronto. SNOG is in South Kensington, London.The second new notable concept is a Coffee Read more …