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Set Design & Creative Retail Displays




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Here’s a short round up of a few retail displays in and around New York, enjoy!

Aritzia: I find myself snapping Aritzia’s windows just as much as Anthopologie’s. From a creative perspective, they’re just as interesting, though carefully minimalist. Here the retail team devised 3D cardboard hexagons covered in a lux marbling technique.

Anthropologie: These in-store ornaments resemble mythical suns and the spirograph application of the rubber bands add a fascinating touch. These could easily be a DIY project to do at home.

Hugo Boss: This unisex window represents the gift-giving season in a subtle, stately way: a swing of gift boxes constructed together gets the point across after a sidewalk double-take.

Best Pizza: This Williamsburg Pizza shop has crowd sourced their wall art, using customer drawings to make a fabulous and familiar texture. It’s delightful to get lost in the illustrations while getting a late night slice.

 

There's Not Much More to Life Than Books…




Book cover designer Coralie Bickford-Smith and art director, designer and illustrator Kelly Blair joined forces last night for a special Type Directors Club sponsored event. The talented pair spoke about books as their first love in addition to the other inspirational projects filling their dance cards.

These ladies are as “bookish” as it gets and you’ve likely caught sight of some of their work. Coralie’s stunning and award-winning cloth-bound series harken back to the world of Victorian bindings and Kelly’s designs are on countless books and printed materials throughout the market.

 

Trend: Transcendent Bookshelves




Remember the amazing work of Deborah Bowness? Her bookshelf wallpaper made the rounds near and far a few years ago. Fast forward and we have literary dilemma on own hands. Hard cover books are quickly becoming romanticized objects as digital platforms such as the Kindle and iPad become preferred methods for consumption.

As a result, artist are reacting. Zero Maria Cornejo‘s current Fall collection incorporates a bookshelf as a print in her Fall collection. Using hardcover spines to create sculpture, Miler Lagos‘ latest exhibition, Home, reveals an igloo comprised of a defunct US Navy library. The foreign language dictionaries, medical reference series, geographical studies and psychology volumes create the igloo, which, to the Eskimos, symbolizes a place where knowledge is transferred from generation to generation.

 

Repetition Elsewhere: Building with Books




Resourceful, sleek and Dutch are just a few descriptors for this homemade receptionist desk. This DIY gem found it’s way into our in box from Alexandra Machinist, a NY-based literary agent and Pattern Pulp friend. Whether you’re scouring My Modern Met for daily photo inspiration or simply looking for the next recycling project, this photo is worth a thousand words, not to mention a serious labor of love.

Assouline Book Sale




If you’re anything like me, your bookshelves are overflowing with over-sized glossy bricks. For this week only, Assouline Publishing has decided to run a sale on 19 of their beautiful lifestyle books via Gilt Groupe. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, a gift or just love flipping through the large beautiful photography, it’s worth checking out. Pricing starts at $23 and goes up from there.

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