Most Fixtures Close Up posts cover graphic Tees. These naked, non-graphic T-shirts have no art to call attention to themselves, or requiring special display handling. They are blank canvases for customizing by craftspersons, and when white, for tie dye. Naked Tees Outfitted By Fencing is the organized approach to presentation … a way to lay…
The VMSD February edition featured Timberland retail design in depth including the natually pebbled display above. Great Display Minds Think Alike. Readers of FixturesCloseUp may recall seeing the display approach documented here March 15, 2010. Are there differences? Yes. The VMSD shot is genteel river-washed rounded gravel, while the FixturesCloseUp shot features rough-and-tumble jagged crushed…
Consider this Flourish of Wire Ties For Effect. It’s fixture flourishes like this that give a store identity and shoppers a “sense of place.” Wire ties are displayed as spirals atop the bag dispenser, adding to the interest and ambiance of this supermarket bakery department. Take one, they’re free. For similar-shaped tester strips offered with…
Take a stand in this Chicken or Egg Fixture Concept Debate. While this is a consumer kitchen item, it relates directly to an earlier retail fixture post. Is it a knock-off or expansion of pill-box-cum-spice-rack offering to the general public? Or was it the original pill box creation that kickstarted the retail implementation? It seems…