PowerShop: New Japanese Retail Design - Hardcover

Tilburg, Carolien Van

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3764366265 ISBN 13: 9783764366261

Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2002

Synopsis

Nowhere in the world does the interior design of a shop influence sales as it does in Japan. Retailers spare no trouble or expense when planning and realising the design or renovation of their premises. PowerShop presents the best and most recent retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. The designers presented here prove that a shop can resemble an art installation and still be successful. They prove that it pays to invest in creativity. And they certainly prove that in Japan imagination reigns. The author Carolien van Tilburg is a Dutch journalist and media producer who has lived in Japan since 1995.

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Synopsis

This volume presents the best contemporary retail designs by ten Japanese interior architects, each of whom agreed to a personal interview. Shops and showrooms created for established names like Issey Miyake, Yoshi Yamamoto and Nissan share centre stage with numerous smaller, cutting-edge boutiques. In-depth reviews of more than 30 projects are complemented by full-shot and close-up photographs, as well as various drawings, including renderings. The book also features a complete reference section, countless statistics and a number of anecdotes about shopping in Japan.

Edition details

• Publisher: Birkhauser Verlag AG
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764366265
• ISBN 13: 9783764366261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208