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?