October 11, 2010

Creativity from Without


(window display of retail store, Anthropologie, in Philadelphia)

Environmental arts are gradually embraced these days.

Anthropologie always amuse customers with their extravagantly natural interior designs whether in actual retail stores or on websites. They always use nature friendly materials or recycled resources to create visual amusements. A single piece of the art craft might be dull, but when it is build to become a sculptural paper artwork it will blow people’s minds. 



(Anthropologie organic display at Block 37 Chicago, IL)

Anthropologie’s visual works also made me thought of the British artists, Andy Goldsworthy. His most famous works are created in and by nature. Sometimes, Goldsworthy uses natural textures and resources to create unnatural shapes, including triangles and circles. However, Anthropologie designers create unnatural shapes and straight lines or use recycled materials to re-create natural movements in their window displays.

Every time I walk by the Anthropologie store, I have to go in and visit the remarkable detailed decorations. By looking at these images of their different window displays in different areas and seasons, Anthropologie’s display designs never disappoints. Even during the season of autumn, for example, every single Anthropologie stores has its slight unique organization and style to their store. It would be a blessing to travel around all the Anthropologie stores to visit their displays.

Anthropologie’s visual works also made me thought of the British artists, Andy Goldsworthy. His most famous works are created in and by nature. Sometimes, Goldsworthy uses natural textures and resources to create unnatural shapes, including triangles and circles. However, Anthropologie designers create unnatural shapes and straight lines or use recycled materials to re-create natural movements in their window displays.

Artists and Designers use ordinary materials to create their works.  But they open wide to their visual minds to create elegant and powerful sculptural displays. Anthropologie’s interior designs create an atmosphere that grabs consumers’ attention, not only temporary, but also permanently. 


(last two shots are for Autumn 2010. True Beauty.


Sometimes, the objects that seemed meaningless could be the ones to create beauty. 





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