Immediacy is a concept that some stores execute very well and other stores can learn from. It is a more specific understanding of "mixed use." Taking the implied/suggested lifestyle activities of a brand, it concentrates relevant experiences into one spatial location. STARBUCKSStarbucks has... View full entry
Immediacy is a concept that some stores execute very well and other stores can learn from. It is a more specific understanding of "mixed use." Taking the implied/suggested lifestyle activities of a brand, it concentrates relevant experiences into one spatial location.Starbucks has the most... View full entry
Shopping can literally happen anywhere. While SkyMall may have been a bit too much too soon, it is not uncommon now for people to spend time shopping between the opening and headlining acts at a concert. Retail stores cannot continue with business as usual, only focusing on a maximum capacity... View full entry
Sorry, another diversion. This week and next week I will be using this blog to write down and record a set of ideas about retail, reflecting on where it is and imagining (what will most likely be very) near future projections about where it might go. As I've been thinking about retail space, I... View full entry
It has been almost two years since my last blog post. The hard-drives still hold the data from my degree project, but I still have not connected them to a new computer. Thankfully my final images are still intact and easy to access. I will make a post with my final images in a later post... View full entry
I will chronicle my design research and degree project, providing commentary on my thought process at the time. From there, I will transform the body of work into a book which seeks to place into dialogue the two (currently) separated semesters of work.