ArchShowcase Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Kirk Originals Flagship Store in London, UK by Campaign Design StudioApril 6th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
In stark contrast to the conventional clinical white box of traditional opticians, Campaign has created a dramatic interior for the London flagship store of global eyewear brand Kirk Originals, now officially open.
Located in Conduit Street, in the heart of London’s west end, the new store showcases the Kirk Originals collection of stylish glasses and sunglasses in its entirety along with selected ranges by independent eyewear brands exclusive to Kirk Originals in the UK. Taking inspiration from the brand’s latest Kinetic collections, the flagship store design features displays of winking eyes in various guises. A series of larger than life lenticular printed eyes are suspended in the front window, simultaneously winking and catching customers’ eyes as they approach and enter the store. A sense of interaction continues inside, as a wall display of human-like ‘winkies’ runs the length of the store, providing a ready-made audience to enhance the browsing and trying on experience. The ‘winkies’, 187 white powder-coated sculptural heads, each wear a unique frame and can be tilted and re-positioned to create clusters of onlooking craning heads. A restricted palette of monochromatic colours and modest materials including blue-grey painted walls and a dark grey floor keeps the spotlight firmly on the ‘winkies’ adorned with frames as if displaying works of art. Side-stepping the expected, Campaign has transformed 65 sqm of interior space to create a memorable destination for eyewear aficionados. Campaign is a London based design studio founded by Philip Handford to push the boundaries of the consumer experience. The studio is hands-on in exploring different media and methods in order to tell unique and engaging brand stories, developing integrated brand Kirk Originals It has been almost 20 years since Jason Kirk discovered a câche of his grandfather’s original spectacle frames. Since then, Kirk Originals has not stopped leading the way in innovative eyewear. Drawing inspiration from the past, present and future Kirk Originals strives to create unique and dynamic designs which breakdown the barriers between optics and fashion. “We believe that if we are passionate about what we design, people will be passionate about wearing the designs” says Jason Kirk. Jason and Karen Kirk design and run the business from their home near Bordeaux in France where they continue to expand Kirk Originals worldwide presence with distribution in more than forty countries.
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