2019 Spring – Retail Boutiques

For this project the interior design students worked with merchandising students, who created branding for a hypothetical retail client.  The ID students then used the branding imagery to design boutiques in Uptown Greenville, in existing storefronts at the corner of 5th and Cotanche Streets. Because Asians are the third largest ethnic group in Pitt County, … Read more

2019 Spring – Retail Pop Ups

This Spring our interior design students return once again to retail design, beginning with pop up venues.  Working in teams of three, they created pop up spaces based upon a specific word prompt: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Entertainment, Wellness, Energy, Vehicle, or Wild Card.  Each team repurposed eastern North Carolina flue-cured tobacco barns for their pop … Read more

2017 Spring – Dallas – Preliminary Schematics

As the students continue to work on their co-working/social selling spaces, they have been considering how they like to work in various situations (eg: focused attention, diffuse attention, group discussion) and incorporating appropriate spaces into their designs.  Each group completed a walkthrough of their space, which can be reached via each vimeo link. https://vimeo.com/214427762

2016 Spring – Retail Scematic Design

Once again the Interior Design students worked with Merchandising students to create the interiors for shops in uptown Greenville NC.  The MRCH students generated retail concepts, including products and target market.  Both classes gathered inspiration images, which the IDSN students referenced as they prepared their designs of the spaces. Click the first link below each … Read more

2016 Spring – Pop Up Shops

The Junior studio retail pop ups are back!  Click links below the thumbnails to see project documents, and the vimeo links to see walkthroughs of each space.                  Brackett-Skala-Sowa-4600-1       Duerr-Salter-Thomas-4600-1 https://vimeo.com/156329960      https://vimeo.com/156324735 https://vimeo.com/156320531      https://vimeo.com/156332332 https://vimeo.com/156326915                                                                     Goodman-Griggs-Smith-4600-1      … Read more