Deb Does Disney!

The best 'job' I have ever had
was being on the retail visual team with the Walt Disney Company,
creating visuals in the stores in the Downtown Disney District at the Disneyland Resort.*
In the fall of 2014, we undertook a project to 'FLIP' a store:
We turned the existing 'Studio Disney 365' 'teen scene' store into the new 'Anna & Elsa Boutique'.

With a change of paint, wallpaper, graphics, logo, and re-defining the product line, 
the store was re-branded and re-decorated in the space of just over a month. 
The fixtures remained the same, even in nearly the same placement... 
it was the overall environment that was changed into something new - using simple means.

Even Disney, with their big plans and huge budgets,
doesn't always spend a lot to get a big result...

Take a look at the process in my newest slideshow,
and I'm sure you'll find ideas to help you give YOUR store a fresh look!

I've recently added two new albums to my portfolio,
featuring some of the visuals that I created for the Walt Disney Company:
click titles to view slideshows


* I left my position with the company when my Dad was battling cancer,
in order to be available to help my parents with their business and his care.
Someday, I just might head back to the House of Mouse...
but I'll
always be a Disney Kid!


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A Jewel Box of a Store!

 San Francisco jewelry retailer BLISS a la' Mode has figured out
how to present tiny jewelry items with Blis-full Brand Visual Impact!

I discovered this jewel-box of a shop as I was strolling down Pier 39
while in the City for Christmas... and have been holding the photos for a post ever since,
because I think this color palette and ideas are inspiring for Springtime.

The color of the shop exterior grabbed me first
When I walked inside, I was captivated by the continued use of their signature hue - aqua -
and of course the sparkling chandeliers overhead:
I also love the way they have used many different white and aqua furniture pieces as fixtures:
 They bring interest and detail to a space that is anything but
the generic jewelry store model seen so often in malls.
There are layers of interest and style that speak to the way jewelry is layered into an outfit...
Speaking the language that your customers speak is just SMART design.
keep reading for more insight into successful presentation....

Display Tip: Making A Bed

This is not a bed.
Confused?

Let me explain it this way:
There's a famous Rene' Magritte painting of a pipe,
with the words "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." - 'This is Not a Pipe.' on the painting.
You might argue, yes, it IS a pipe.

Monsieur Magritte himself said of his work
"The famous pipe. How people reproached me for it! 
And yet, could you stuff my pipe? No, it's just a representation, is it not? 
So if I had written on my picture 'This is a pipe', I'd have been lying!"

Magritte painted The Treachery of Images (the actual name of this piece)
in 1928/29 when he was 30 years old. 
It is currently on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 
The painting is merely an image of a pipe... and so the description, "this is not a pipe."

Learn more about Rene' Magritte's painting on Wiki

Sometimes, things are not what they seem.

So I shall appropriate Monsieur Magritte's way of thinking for this post...
where I shall share 'a treachery of display' tip
that I've found many people creating displays don't know about!
The bed in this window display is not, in fact, a bed. 
It is an IMAGE of a bed.
keep reading to find out why...