PSFK recently hit the cold and snowy streets of NYC to scope out the most innovative and artistic retail store window displays for 2008. This is our fourth year and you’ll notice some familiar names on the list that we’ve featured before. This year we found intersting examples along a wide spectrum of retailers and beyond. We pulled out three examples that speak to a theme we saw many retailers address. Tradition.
Department Store Bergdorf Goodman intrepreted the four seasons in its 5th ave facing windows. But on the 57th street side were a couple of black,white, and red windows that visually intrepretate the traditional ways we communicate during the holidays. They mix history and modern style using layered black and white illustrations. One window shows a stylishly dressed switchboard operator, another is about card writing. There’s even a nod to the term ’snail mail’.
ABC Carpet and Home are known for some over the top windows. This year they’ve pared back on the visuals but haven’t spared any on a powerful message. ‘Coexist’ is the theme that each window carries at their store on Broadway. The windows hope to inspire people to think about tolerance towards differing religious beliefs and being better stewards of the planet. The designers mixed different religious artifacts with pieces from the store’s sustainable furniture and accessories collections.
Lastly, Anthropologie induces some nostologic chaos into their windows adjacent to Rockefeller Center. Each window takes a traditional decorative item and, well that’s where it gets out of hand. We salute the staff that must have had to work many long hours to tangle strings of lights into a mess shown in the photo to the right.
Check out our gallery of nearly 100 images from all around NYC here.
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