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True to Form: Callison designs a new Cole • Haan store in Dubai

Callison designs a new Cole • Haan store in Dubai that adapts to its context while reinforcing the luxury retailer’s brand



Playful Pursuit: Randy Brown Architects designs Internet toy retailer Fat Brain Toys’ first store outlet

Randy Brown Architects devises an upscale, flexible design for Internet toy retailer Fat Brain Toys’ first store outlet



Stock Art: Roth + Sheppard designs the Denver Art Museum Shop to marry with the museum’s iconic architecture

Roth + Sheppard takes on the challenge of designing the Denver Art Museum Shop to perfectly marry with the museum’s iconic architecture



Eat. Shop. Love: Marc Jacobs Flagship by Stephan Jaklitsch Architects

The Marc Jacobs brand assimilates itself into the particular culture of Milan with a new store and café, designed by Stephan Jaklitsch Architects.



Taking Luxe to a New Level: Janson Goldstein designs Holt Renfrew's new Calgary flagship

The latest high-end fashions meet dramatic, contemporary design at Holt Renfrew’s new Calgary flagship, designed by Janson Goldstein



Hot Shops: Fontainebleau Hotel's Three Redesigned Shops by H DeVinn Visual and Mancini Duffy

The three newly redesigned shops at Miami Beach’s famed Fontainebleau Hotel redefine hotel amenities with a fresh look by H DeVinn Visual and Mancini • Duffy



Masculine Elegance Defined: Corneliani Flagship Boutique by poddaponti architetti

Sleek surfaces and stately hues at Milan’s high-end Corneliani Flagship Boutique, designed by poddaponti architetti, put the luxury menswear store’s executive clientele right at home.



Tiered Treasures: David Yurman Flagship, New York City by Gabellini Sheppard Associates

Designed by New York-based Gabellini Sheppard Associates, the look of the new David Yurman Flagship, New York store takes its cue from modern American architecture of the mid-1900s.



Sporting Authority: Brundl and Elord's Retail Design Serves Up Success

Two international sporting goods brands redefine store environments to create lifestyle-driven spaces for their respective categories.



The Golden Apple of Retail Design: Leeb Fruit Orchard by Architects Collective

The traditional market stand concept turns contemporary with a bit of design genius from Vienna-based Architects Collective.



Flagship Americana: American Eagle Outfitters Times Square by BAR Architects Inc

American Eagle Outfitters Times Square merges classic style with an industrial edge.



Fabric of the Future: Innovative Design Materials to Come

These 11 new materials and technologies offer a glimpse into where innovation is taking us.



Environmental Extraordinaire: Herman Miller LEED Showroom Raises the Bar

tvsdesign digs deep to deliver a stellar platform for environmental education and sustainable design at Herman Miller’s new LEED CI Platinum showroom—the first building of its kind in the City of Angles.



Hannaford Pilots Platinum LEED Supermarket

A LEED Platinum-certified supermarket debuts in Augusta, Maine.



Retail Design Leaders 2010

Despite a trying 2009, retail design firms brace for a 2010 comeback.



Global Retail Report: Designed to Globetrot

How and why Western designers are adapting to take a piece of the global design pie



Retail’s ‘Blooming’ in Dubai: Q&A with Callison’s Tom Herndon

Callison RYA Studio principal discusses Bloomingdale’s recent store debut in Dubai.



Footwear Theater: United Nude Illuminates Shoe Shopping

Architect Rem D Koolhaas frames shoe shopping in a wall of light at United Nude.



Pop-up Lighting: Temporary Designs

How strategic illumination can fit tight budgets for temporary stores.



Tesco MY Brand Focuses on Visual Design Displays

Mannequins and displays don't always have to be bland and serious.



Colors to Live By: Experts Predict Color Trends for 2010

What colors will be popular this year, and what will be driving their popularity?



Video Highlights: 2010 Interiors Awards Winning Projects

A visual montage of our 2010 winning projects



The 31st Annual Interiors Awards

In our 50th year of publication, Contract proudly presents the winners of the 31st Annual Interiors Awards Competition.



Interiors Awards 2010: Showroom Winner

Osram aimed to have its showroom be used for internal meetings, as a place to present its offerings to visitors as well as somewhere for visitors to relax and feel comfortable.



Interiors Awards 2010: Retail Winner

It's a challenge to create the first ever environment for an iconic doll," says James Slade, whose New York firm Slade Architecture was tasked with designing the first Barbie flagship store in Shanghai



Shades of Night: Why is Light Essential for Your Design?

Lighting designer Leni Schwendinger recently spoke with Contract magazine to discuss the importance of light in design and how it can be utilized to influence and enhance any commercial project.



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