Design for shopping : new retail interiors / by Sara Manuelli

By:

Manuelli, Sara [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Abbeville Press, c2006Edition: First EditionDescription: 192 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmISBN:

0789208989

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LOC classification:

NK 2195 .M36 2006

Contents:

Introduction -- 1. Glorious old brands -- 2. Technology and shopping -- 3. Fashionable stopover -- 4. Play and shopping -- 5. New ways and places to shop -- 6. Selling a lifestyle -- 7. Fashion and art.

Summary: Retail design is quickly learning new ways to entice the customer. To create a unique and captivating shopping experience, shops use interactive technology and commission stunning works of art; fashion brands team up with celebrity architects to create brand strategies and generate publicity; and irony, humor, and playful elements of surprise turn into mainstays of retail interiors. From the giant, breathing mannequins of Mandarina Duck in London to the high-tech dressing rooms of Prada in Los Angeles, Design for Shopping provides a detailed, behind-the-scenes examination of the sometimes jaw-dropping, sometimes whimsical, and always breathtakingly creative ways that today's most exceptional shops appeal to the customer's imagination.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	NU Clark Circulation	Non-fiction	NK 2195 .M36 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Available		NUCLA000002614

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Retail design is quickly learning new ways to entice the customer. To create a unique and captivating shopping experience, shops use interactive technology and commission stunning works of art; fashion brands team up with celebrity architects to create brand strategies and generate publicity; and irony, humor, and playful elements of surprise turn into mainstays of retail interiors. From the giant, breathing mannequins of Mandarina Duck in London to the high-tech dressing rooms of Prada in Los Angeles, Design for Shopping provides a detailed, behind-the-scenes examination of the sometimes jaw-dropping, sometimes whimsical, and always breathtakingly creative ways that today's most exceptional shops appeal to the customer's imagination.

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