Experience Retail Now
MAY 2013
Vol. 144, No. 5
CONTENTS
COLUMNS
44
4
FROM THE EDITOR
6
VMSD EDITORIAL
ADVISORY BOARD
10 THE GOODS
Two Minute Tour: Seattle
A.R.E. Visual Presentation
of the Year awards
IRDC 2013: Reviving Retail
VMSD welcomes new editor
58 SHOWROOM
Furniture
62 SHOWROOM
Installation Services
67 AD INDEX
68 CHECKING OUT
Hambrecht Oleson Design’s
Karen Oleson
24
F E AT U R E S
24
CALIFORNIA COUTURE
Dior’s new digs on Rodeo Drive
26
AHEAD OF THE CURVE
Lane Bryant’s flagship embraces elegant curves and sensual shapes.
31
VMSD DESIGNER DOZEN 2013
This year’s winners redefine creative innovation for the industry.
38
EAST MEETS WEST
Saks Fifth Avenue brings sumptuous splendor to a luxury-expectant
Kazakhstan.
44
SOLVING THE WORLD’S PROBLEMS
A.R.E. winners share insights on retail design trends and tribulations.
50
RETAIL DESIGN FIRM RESOURCE GUIDE 2013
VMSD’s 19th annual listing of the industry’s leading design firms.
On the cover Purple acrylic discs hang from the ceiling in Lane Bryant’s
ON VMSD.com
Exclusives in May
THIRST QUENCHER
ABC Liquor heightens
the spirits.
PALPABLE AFFLUENCE
More photos of Dior’s
elegant Rodeo Drive store.
New York flagship, drawing customers’ attention to the Cacique brand
lingerie on the mezzanine level above.
PHOTOGRAPHY: MARK A . STEELE PHOTOGRAPHY, COLUMBUS, OHIO
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