A grocery store in the Philippines and an eco-friendly fixture for a mobile network brand in London took top honors in the 2008 Retail Design Awards from the Association for Retail Environments (A.R.E., formerly NASFM). The winners in the annual competition were unveiled yesterday at an awards banquet during GlobalShop in Chicago.
Store of the Year honors went to the Landmark supermarket in Manila. (That project also won the supermarket category in this year’s ISP/VMSD International Store Design Competition.) Named Fixture of the Year by A.R.E. judges was the “Guru Bar” in the 02 Concept Store in London.
Other winners in the competition are outlined below, starting with the grand prizes in the store design competition:
Restaurants: Lavazza-Expression, Mannheim, Germany; and sweetgreen, Washington, D.C.
Specialty food retailer: Cellar 360, San Francisco
Softline shop within a store: Saks Fifth Avenue: 8th Floor Shoes, New York
Department store: Seibu, Jakarta, Indonesia
Hardline specialty store up to 3000 square feet: 3rd Nature, Teaneck, N.J.
Hardline specialty store 3001–25,000 square feet: Sony Ericsson, London
Softline Specialty Store up to 3000 Square feet: Capezio, Toronto
Softline Specialty Store, 3001¬–25,000 square feet: G by Guess, multiple U.S. locations; and Parasuco, Montreal
Specialty Store over 25,000 square feet: Casa Palacio, Mexico City
Store fixture awards went to:
Cellar 360: wine display gondola, San Francisco
Corso Matteotti: reclaimed wood cashwrap, Milan, Italy
Fido: kiosk, Fairview Pointe Claire, Que.
Li Ning Mini Shoe Store: curved shoe wall, Nanjing, China
Maska: cash unit, Sainte-Foy, Que.
Michelin on Main: tire-topped displays, Greenville, S.C.
The O2 Concept Store: experience tables, London
Parasuco: cash unit, Montreal
Parasuco: mirrored 2-way, Montreal
Robinsons: climb & slide fixture, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Shiekh – Timberland Urban Concept Shop: shoe wall & floor display grouping, Culver City, Calif.
Sundance: adjustable wood floor fixtures, Lone Tree, Colo.
Sundance: perimeter displays & rail system, Lone Tree, Colo.
Things Remembered: jewelry case displays, Akron, Ohio
Virgin Megastore: gig-style merchandising cases, Manchester, U.K.
Zonik: demo go-round interactive kiosk, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Visual presentation awards went to:
Cellar 360: ceiling/floor wine light element, San Francisco
Fortunoff: corridor display cases, New York
Maska: forms and boots, Sainte-Foy, Que.
Special installation award:
Italy at South Coast Plaza, Costa Mesa, Calif.
Green Design Recognition Awards went to:
Cellar 360, San Francisco
Corso Matteotti, Milan, Italy
Dockers, San Francisco
Elephant Pharm, Walnut Creek, Calif.
New Balance, Mashpee, Mass.
The North Face, New York
The O2 Concept Store, London
Plaza Too, New York
REI, Boulder, Colo.
Timberland Outdoor Performance, Salt Lake City