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24 Nov 2013

High Road Design




 



The High Road Design Studio, LLC was founded in 2013 by Megan Stone to provide interior design services to businesses in the cannabis industry across the country, and to educate cannabis business owners on the importance of design in professionalism, branding, customer loyalty, and profitability.


What began as a small dispensary on the Santa Ana-Irvine, CA border, grew to a professional and widely successful access point for MMJ patients within 6 months of their remodeling of their showroom. A healthy-sized showroom, complete with a 20′ skylight, was in need of a more contemporary atmosphere. The owner, a young entrepreneur himself, wanted to combine the class and luxury of a jewelry boutique with the modern, fresh feel of a lounge or nightclub. He was one of few owners in our area who realized the importance of design and the atmosphere a business can create with it.



Custom display and storage boxes create a unique and impressive backdrop. Back-lighting them with LED lights satisfies the owner's desire for a modern atmosphere and shows off the product displayed on it. New product display cases allow for a more open feel and were less bulky.

Replacing the dark carpet with light colored wood flooring and making the walls a neutral, sophisticated dark brown, creates a higher-end feel and allows products to stand out

http://thrdesignstudio.com/ocpc-santa-ana-ca/

12 Nov 2013

MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARY


A medical marijuana dispensary designed by Sand Studios caught our attention. Its mission is to carry out medical cannabis from the shadows and into the light and help patients feel good in the place in which they receive cannabis. The menu and the price guide are shown on LCD screens







Hung and the product is stored in wooden boxes along one wall as a pharmacy of old times. Tables and benches are made of oak, and the hanging lamps are made of borosilicate glass. A glass façade represents transparency, legitimacy and a sort of come out. It makes sure that people know that you are not afraid of anything, that it is ashamed. It's therapy for a lot of people
 














SPARC, the San Francisco Patient Resource Center, is a nonprofit collective dedicated to providing high quality, lab-tested, affordable cannabis and subsidized health services to its members, many of whom are chronic and terminally ill patients. The architecture strove to convey their socially conscious philosophy by giving the medical cannabis industry a positive presence in the community, with an environment of grace and craft through environmentally sensitive design and inventive detail. The jury saluted the strong social commentary and apothecary-like feel of this beautiful project


 
 
 
 





- See more at: http://thesuperslice.com/2012/04/24/sparc-sf-marijuana-dispensary-wins-aia-award-sand-studios/#sthash.bgQrMhRm.dpuf

5 Sept 2013

Apple for iPod Hi-Fi

Apple's window displays shatters all our preconceived notions on what a store window should look like. For its new iPod Hi-Fi, it simulated a broken window in front of a iPod Hi-Fi sound component. Way to shake it up, Apple!

The Apifera window installation for Selfridges Store

The Selfridges store in London asked Matthew Plummer Fernandez to create this window installation. The project uses the analogy of shops being plants, shoppers being bees, and shop windows being flowers; the part of a plant specialised in attracting bees. Taking inspiration from the science of attraction developed in flowers, the complex fractal geometry responds and changes its breathing rate according to the daylight and passers-by. Visually amazing.

Louis Vuitton: You're Under Surveillance

Look how coveted are those Louis Vuitton handbags? Enough to make a swarm of surveillance cameras stand on high alert. This creative window display makes us think we're constantly being watched by Big Brother. Then again..maybe if we're holding a Louis Vuitton we become an instant celebrity! Hello, paparazzi!

Vuitton & Murakami's: Multicolore “Wrapped”

The world renowned artist Takashi Murakami joined forces with Louis Vuitton to “wrap” the prominent flagship store with its signature “33 colors” for 2008's holiday season. "The idea to wrap the Fifth Avenue maison in Monogram Multicolore came about in an effort to do something truly unique for the holiday season," said Daniel Lalonde, president and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton North America. How I would have loved walking past this store! 

The Art of Window Displays

Redefining everything we ever thought about window shopping, these creative window displays will stop anyone in their tracks. As a mix of art, fashion, design and marketing, they not only have to quickly grab our attention they must compel us to enter a store. By giving people an experience, these displays also have the important duty of helping define a brand's image. As window displays have started becoming more like amazing art installations or fantastic scenes from a movie, we can only imagine the time spent beforehand - conceptualizing, planning and installing. How wonderful is it, though, when your art comes to life...like this?

3 Sept 2013

Plan Create And Make..

FPLANarama is a quirky,

award winning, retail design
company that creates and
makes window displays,
in-store display, P.O.S,
P.O.P and other visual
merchandising solutions.

Selfridges In Spain

We were happy to help Selfridges with 2 moving windows for their recent shoe carnival windows. We have years of experience in producing moving windows and this gained experience means we are able to provide problem free movement. These windows for Selfridges ran for over six weeks without any problems. PLAN produced the smooth moving mechanism, the plinths and curtains were provided by Selfridges.





Butterfly Window Display

Evans - Butterfly Window - Marble Arch, London.





D1 Window Display

Rainbow Cloud Cage

Here’s our latest project carried out for Topman.  The Rainbow Cloud Cage is a collection of cubes manufactured in mild steel and powder coated in bright pantone colours to create a rainbow effect.  This is currently being displayed in the atrium of their flagship store on Oxford Street, London.