by bgaddis | Jun 27, 2013 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Residential Design, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning
I deliberately left the storefront sign out of this photo in an effort to help the viewer maintain objectivity. Can you determine what product is sold here? High contrast graphics are artfully installed first on the storefront glass and then repeated on the white...
by bgaddis | May 12, 2013 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning
I am always surprised when companies with large store planning and marketing resources, not to mention budgets, create and then miss visual display opportunities. It is hardly necessary to comment on the problem here. Any student of this blog can see that the white...
by bgaddis | Apr 11, 2013 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning
These storefront designs fight the exterior “visual noise,” which would actually be a lot worse had these photos been take at noon instead of early evening, by framing their storefronts with bright not reflective graphics in patterns compatible with...
by bgaddis | Mar 25, 2013 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning
If you have the budget a curved ceiling can add sophistication, and polish to a rectangular retail department or room. When used in a small space, perhaps 1000 square feet, the ceiling can be held back from the wall allowing for a cove and creating all manner of...
by bgaddis | Feb 22, 2013 | Architecture, Design, Increase Retail Traffic, Retail Roll Out, Retail Store Design, Retail Store Display, Retail Store Planning
I have probably posted these notes about daytime storefronts in the wrong order. This post really should have been first because the images provide a visual definition of the main problem a designer faces when dealing with storefront display options at a time of day...
