Degree Show pictures of the finalized ‘Pop-Up Shop’. 

Just ordered my tags for the shop! Going to put an eyelet through the top and attach them to the clothes with yellow cable ties. 

Worked out graphics and sheet templates. 

Made a sketch-up model to work out how the sheets would fit together and unfold. 

Trying to visually communicate how the shop will arrive flat pack and then be ‘popped-up’ into position. Not quite there yet, but progress non the less.  

I am going to use the anatomy drawings I did earlier this year as the graphics for the sheets. Definitely going to work this one in somewhere. 

Involve the concepts of “transparency and illusion” and bears the minds of customers in the interior and exterior of the store is on the prospects of the “arcade”. A random series of arches and organic sculptural works inspired by Thomas Heatherwick to merge to form a cave like enclosure within the boundaries of the shell straight. Providing privacy and protection of the Docklands and the wind blew high arches organic Drive intention to move inward visitor to the end of the sensitive “L-shaped plan and at the same time provide benches merchandising The walls and ceiling. The arcs cover part of existing docks and structural end lined mirror behind the sales counter apparently to extend the space and encouraging a game perspective.

The store presents its brand and its heroes through the use of strong architectural form and use of material resources. OSB panels (used for hoarding every day) make up the agenda of the famous arches achieve a strong visual statement low cost. Context walls are painted glossy black simple realization of an infinite apparent depth. Materials combine rudimentary cons slick, glossy satin cons and provide an honest and heat carefully chosen to avoid crushing. 

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Some doodles I did over the last two days. Still trying to work out how my sheets are going to slot together! 

Last night we celebrated the launch of shoe designer Tracey Neuls’ first ever retrospective with a party in her pop-up showroom in west London.  Blueprint is media partner for Neuls’ exhibition, which spans her work from the last ten years. It was a unique evening, with guests packing out the venue on Exhibition Road, and examples of the designer’s stunning, hand-crafted shoes dangling from the ceiling on red string, and displayed upon archival drawers that had been salvaged from the Natural History Museum in Edinburgh by Retrouvius. Keeping the party even more jolly were the delicious refreshments supplied by Borough Wines. Below are some pictures from the event but, if you can,  the show itself is really worth a visit, even for those not fanatical about shoes. The show coincides with with London Fashion Week, and will be running until 10 March at 1-5 Exhibition Road, Brompton, London, SW7 2HE

When designing a store for Danish fashion label Won Hondred, the team at MAPT sought to keep their plans Scandinavian chic, using simple materials and minimal clean forms to achieve their goal.

The focal point of the shop is a modular system comprised of hollow wooden logs. The pinewood pieces can be stacked, staggered, rotated and used for displaying items. They are coated with natural wax and have sheet metal stands. 

‘Often furniture and interior products for shops are one-offs, created mainly for aesthetics and not to perform, like props for a theatre play,’ says Søren Alfang Jakobsen of MAPT. ‘We wanted to create real furniture that could withstand wear and tear, allow for interior store transformations, be moved from one shop to another and mix new elements with old.’ 

Jakobsen says MAPT used 3D computer computer programs to design and visualize the project, which excluded unnecessary heavy detailing. 

‘For MAPT, resource awareness is a crucial design parameter,’ Jakobsen explains. ‘We believe that making better quality products that last longer will generate less waste. Not only is it a sensible and sustainable solution to interior design, but it creates a more appealing experience for the user.’ 

MAPT stands for Mediating Architecture Process and Technology. We showed you their interactive Playful Bench last month.

Graphics for posters and branding.