Artefact is developing an interesting concept design that aims to bridge the gap between the physicality of the real-life retail experience, and the flexibility of an online shopping platform.
The concept is called “The Wall”. It’s a large, monolithic looking interactive display that interacts with in-store physical products, and then aggregates associated online content about that [...]
March 30, 2009
Huge Interactive Display Helps You Shop
Store Visit: Return To Terrain
Although we visited Urban Outfitter’s garden center last year, we were so charmed with the experience there that we had to pay a visit when we were in the neighborhood last weekend. Garden center doesn’t describe the Terrain store well. It’s a home and garden wonderland.
Suburbia is often written off as a wasteland of MacHomes [...]
Monocle’s Top 20 Retailers
If you do anything that involves retail, design, advertising or just getting stuff sold, we must recommend that you pick up a copy of the April 09 issue of Monocle Magazine. This issue has a focus on retail with articles that highlight the state of the retail market and where in the world we can [...]
March 25, 2009
Site Visit: Droog Store NYC
Droog, Amsterdam’s stable of rebel designers, open a new store in NYC today. PSFK stopped by last night for a preview of the new shop on Greene Street in Soho. The two story space has the Droog shop on the ground floor and a curated exhibition space in the basement. The shop contains a collection [...]
February 19, 2009
Site Visit: Gap/Pantone NYC Popup Store
This past weekend Gap and Pantone opened up a pop-up shop on 5th Ave in the company’s ‘concept store’ space. The shop will sell t-shirts in a range of Pantone hues. Pantone recently unveiled its pick for the 2009 color of the year called Mimosa (14-0848) Pantone describes the color as having seven characteristics, optimistic, [...]






