RE[TAIL]FLECTIONS

by Dan Harvey and Amanda WillsIn early December Q20’s beloved freelancers, Dan Harvey and Amanda Wills, took an educational journey to the East, to Seoul, South Korea to assist in teaching a Design Thinking Seminar at Fab Lab Seoul. (Photo Credit Oscar Alejandro Rios)While in Seoul one of the first things that struck us was the huge difference in the approach to retail design and display than what...

The new Coach window on the Magnificent Mile (625 N. Michigan Ave.) is a superb piece of concept and craftsmanship.It is brilliant visual merchandising with exceptional execution. The back wall is tiled with inset figures and typography to mimic a dream-like subway stop.The subway car itself is replete with brushed copper veneers, mirror-coated rails, stylized but true-to-life flooring and Coach-l...

UPDATE Last night the Cub's won the World Series. While nothing changed at the below mentioned retail locations, Nike did bring home their campaign, Make Someday Today, with the following ad. Kudos to Wieden + Kennedy and Nike for a great merging of creative and media celebrating a historic moment in sports. It's been 71 years since a World Series game was last played at Wrigley Field. The cultural...

Into our Vans trailer!...

Designing raindrops for @converse is always a good way to flip the perspective....

Sniff around Portland to find our new Sorel windows...