A.Brown
SEPIA: VINTAGE PRINT STORE
THE PROJECT
THE HISTORY
THE DESIGN
Maximizing versatility & giving the impression of posters hung on a wall, the design incorporates the ability of browsing prints on suspended touch screens. This allows the customer to visualize how the posters would appear as decoration in their home, office, etc. The intricate tree pulp used to make posters inspired the store’s display units. This concept is seen throughout the store through patterns & textures, relating the customer back to the roots of the vintage print.
“Vintage” is the new “thing”, as we see individuals gravitating towards making the old new again. The popularity of posters has had a sharp increase and has been attributed to the thriving industry of vintage art. Vintage prints have appealed to the twilight fancies and artistic sensibilities of the general public. They emit a certain glow, a soulful ambiance into any room that they adorn.
Sepia’s parent store in Rome enlisted help in opening a new store specializing in selling both classical prints and regional, travel-inspired images in the Tuscan region. The new location in Cortona was a market by-day and restaurant by-night. Although completely renovated, the original brick arches and façade stayed. A unique design for displaying and storing the prints had to be created, meshing the old architecture, with a new contemporary image.
*This project involved collaboration with 2 other students.
Top includes surface for wrapping purchases and touch screen for customer checkout and payments.
Front touch screen scrolls through Sepia logo and displays next-in-line customer for quick processing.
Drawer designated for monetary system and additional space for packaging needs and storage.
Inner asymmetrical storage for pre-rolled prints and top surface clear for displaying daily sales and specials.
Doubles as both a furniture focal piece for the store and stackable storage for prepackaged prints.
In addition to the "tube" storage, lower drawers provide storage for bags, boxes, etc.
Unit includes flat storage and space for pre-rolled prints. Smaller touch screens are mounted on the top for customers to scroll through available prints.
The asymmetrical triangular unit is carried through out the display pieces in the store.