I was in London over the weekend and in the course of doing things with my family, went to several places that gave me ideas for this project - albeit in rather indirect ways.
These were the new Westfield (Stratford) shopping centre, with extensive views over the Olympic park, Columbia Road flower market and Bond Street and Piccadilly in central London.
Westfield and Colombia Road made me think how exciting it is when people converge on one place - that feeling of going towards something interesting .. so I took a few pics to try to capture this.
Looking from Westfield into Stratford - check the fake trees
At the end of Colombia Road market ... think temporary stalls - even the satellite dish is portable.
But the best part was some of the shops I saw in Westfield and also on Bond Street and the surrounding (very up market) area. Some of the ideas, of multiples, rabbits, or cut outs, simple to do with paper, or huge models, or single colour schemes, are in fact simple and could be executed in a variety of ways. Anyway, here are the pics.. I hope you can make them out.
Burberry window, see also giant soft boiled egg, below
Think this might Nikki de Saint Phalle art work(?) but is large papier mache anyway
Simple, large shapes, very up market shop, can't remember which one
Paper sculpture and fairground horses, all off white, Louis Vuitton
Asprey's (jeweller) window, series of frames with small 3 D pictures
Diesel?
Richard James, Savile Row
What do red and white model rabbits have to do with top of the market tailoring?
This egg is over 1m tall, so is the toast soldier
Hope these give you some ideas for effective display - most could be interpreted in card or cheap or recycled materials.
Angharad
Thanks for the photographs. It's clear that more than ever we tend to 'judge a book by its cover', in this case the show window display. In Manchester, I find that the shops along King Street, and those behind M&S/Selfridges of particular interest for their window displays.
ReplyDeleteAs Angharad mentions, the use of card/oversized/scale representations can attract the eye.
In the session this morning (29/2/2012) we will be exploring these ideas, and investigating the role of simple conceptual models as part of the development process.
Chris.