MUJI has made its mark on LA

Muji is basically the Japanese version of Ikea minus the unpredictability of product quality and maze-like presentation. Muji is clean and everything is compact, tied down by smart aesthetic pins. Discover Muji in Los Angeles (US).

Breuninger, shoes, shoes, shoes wherever you look

More than 40,000 pairs of shoes and more than 250 brands are presented in an appealing interior design spread over a huge shoe salon. Discover the Breuninger shoe salon in Stuttgart (DE).

Zoff uses bright bold colours

In an attempt to ‘capture pockets of colour that people view in their daily lives in the city’, the designer has created modularized coloured blocks to feature as design displays, fixtures and modules. These rectangular blocks are fitted at irregular heights contributing to the playful feel of the shop. Visit Zoff in Iruma (JP).

A new way of exhibiting eyeglasses

Jorge Sousa Santos designed a new optical store in Beja (Lisbon, Portugal) last year. The main purpose of the design was to create a sense of unity in the store’s interior, and to achieve a truly new way of exhibiting eyeglasses. This latter purpose was materialized by the multiplicity of round mirrors in the exhibition wall of the shop. These mirrors are a re-invention of the classic barbershop mirror, having a support for the glasses on one of its sides. The continuous exhibition wall that develops itself through two levels, intersecting an area on the first level and creating a spatial void, accomplishes the sense of unity. This notion of unity is also supported by the choice of materials, by the way some details are materialized and by the choice of the lighting. The acer wood floor becomes the supporting wall of the mirrors, the lacquered surface of the furniture envelopping the whole space in a way it becomes itself the visible surface of the wall.

Source: Mimoa

Anthropologie - Visual Extravaganza

Yet visit almost any big North American conurbation and before long you are standing in front of a shop whose windows will be unlike its neighbours, or those of any other retailer in town.

Anthropologie's consistent ability to make visual merchandising do what it is supposed to do - say "look at me" - has been born out of the way it seems to take odds and ends and turn them into something visually compelling.

French Self-Serve Wine Tanks

Astrid Terzian introduced this concept that hearkens back to a bygone era when wine would arrive in Paris shops in tonneaux and consumers would bring their own flagons to fill. But today, Terzian says, she started this scheme in fall 2008 to fill a niche, tapping into two key themes, environmental awareness and the economy. The elimination of packaging mass means that the wine can be shipped much more efficiently from a cost and carbon perspective.

The cost-savings are passed on to the consumer in the form of low prices of 1.45 euros/liter. She installed her first machine in June 2009 at the Cora supermarket in Dunkerque and now has them installed in eight supermarkets in France.

Source: LSA

The Westfield London Car Boot Fair

The Westfield shopping center in London (UK) held a week-long event in The Atrium to delight fashionistas and car boot enthusiasts!

New season collections, personal styling tips and amazing bargains were all available at the unique Car Boot Fair. Plus, visitors were thrilled by the amazing giveaways, offers and fashion treasures up for grabs.

Over 20 Hyundai i20 cars were hijacked by London's most sought after brands. Each car sported the most exciting designs and was brimming with goodies; exclusive lines; must-haves and one-off pieces. There was something different on offer every day.

Relive the amazing event and get a flavour of the fabulous new season collections and vintage pieces on offer from the cars.

Source: http://londonfashion.westfield.com/