Category - Design

‘Biophilic Design’ seems like a mouthful but it has real and significant influence on the way we behave. How we...

We reported recently on our e-newsletter that GPT’s Highpoint in Melbourne hosted a Coachella inspired ‘Kidchella’ festival. Savvy brands, as...

“We often refer to human civilisations by the principal materials they employ, such as the Bronze Age, Iron Age etc....

Increasingly, design of our shopping centres moves away from the ‘box’ and replicates the shopping strips of the past. ‘Main Street...

Fast-food is getting slower! Even the signage such as the McDonald’s arches or the KFC logos are turning into architectural...

Slow down and smell the roses. That’s Tony Quinn’s advice if you want to achieve a well-designed centre. The new...

There was a time, not too long ago, when the major debate in our industry was all about the ‘boxes’...

Biophilic Design has entered the shopping centre world! It’s all about connecting with nature and when we do (in a...

Now here’s an article to set some retail development managers running to the arena of Public Private Partnerships. The redevelopment...

If you’ve got a department store that looks like it could be on the way out, don’t worry about filling...

Ian Ringrose recently joined the Large Format Retail Association Study Tour of Osaka and Tokyo in Japan. Are there lessons...

From demand for plant-based foods and flower power to the growth of innovative concept restaurants and all the ‘Instagram worthy’...

With retail sales somewhat stagnant, major department stores posting poor figures and other majors downsizing, one could be forgiven for...

Suppose you could produce a hologram image of a handbag in mid-air, reach out to it and turn it around...

The transformation of Stockland Wetherill Park received two wins at the 2018 PCA / Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation & Excellence...

Shopping Centres of the future will switch their very fundamentals from tangible to abstract. Their very core will no longer...

According to Joanna Russell, increased design expectations have given rise to a new sub-sector in retail assets: the super-neighbourhood centre....

In my previous article in the March Big Guns issue, I covered retailers moving into the food and beverage game....

We ponder deeply about the future of retail – what will a shop be like, will it contain stock or...

Suppose the ‘retail experience’ was separated from the actual ‘purchase’. It happens now when you catch an Uber. You experience...

If you were asked what LVMH, Prada, Dolce and Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Roberto Cavalli, Tiffany’s and Prada all...

What will our centres look like in the future (and that’s only a few weeks away!)? What will a shop...

With the rise of home-viewing opportunities and the entertainment content available anywhere, anytime, the bricks-and-mortar cinemas are working harder than...

Once again, I have scoured the globe to find the latest and greatest (in my humble opinion) of recent developments...

During the mid 20th century, Australian shopping centres were developed within a retail hierarchy that was based on modern suburban...

Back in 2003, I had the good fortune to work on the David Jones Food Chain rollout. Unfortunately, it was...

Eatertainment, as defined in the Oxford Dictionary, is “an experience which combines eating with entertainment; specifically the sector of the...

It’s coming at us faster than a speeding Bugatti Veyron – the era of the autonomous car. In the US,...

So Amazon is coming like a tsunami and scaring the pants off some, while others flick it away with a...

Once upon a time, shopping at the airport meant grabbing a souvenir T-shirt for the kids and a mug for...

In this edition, I am going to focus on a trend that is growing (pardon the pun) in retail under...

Imagine this: you walk into your local retail centre, aiming to pick out an evening gown and shoes, grab a...