Shop Window Displays

Shop window design is something that if you do it right can be talked of for years, for example most people will remember of the following design by Thomas Heatherwick Studios, even though it was done years ago.


Although not quite on the same scale, I came across these photos that I took of window displays in Paris years ago.





















I think this is a really interesting area of design as people can do anything from the predictable to the outrageous, and in many ways they can be as creative as they like. The photo below is from the Londonist’s review of the 2005 Selfridges Christmas display.


One thing that I can’t help but notice is that both the Prada photo (which was taken 7 years ago) and the more recent Selfridges display would both look striking if seen today, it just shows how good design will always look just that.