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2006 Design
Award Winners
Softline Specialty Store up to 3,000 sf |
Grand Prize
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Playboy
Caesars Palace – Forum Shops, Las Vegas
Architecture
IDS Architects Inc., Honolulu,
Design
Waikiki Trader Group, Alea, HI,
Design
Walker Group/CNI , New York, NY,
Fixtures
Redwood Interior Pte. Ltd., Redwood, Singapore
General Contracting
Quality Choice Construction, Las Vegas,
Photography
Eric Laignel Photography, New York, NY,
Retailer
Playboy Enterprises, New York, NY,
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| This 2,000-sq.-ft. prototype store launches the retail division of the well-entrenched brand while celebrating its pop-culture history and appealing to cultured women. The environment continually engages the customer with constantly changing images and morphing sounds. Sexy, yet elegant materials include layers of frosted glass on perimeter walls. The cropped silhouettes and abstractions of the Playboy bunny logo create an architectural language for the store. Design from this Sin City store will be rolled out nationwide. |
Outstanding Merit
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Fornarina
Via dei Condotti, Rome
Architecture
Giorgio Borruso Design  ,
Marina Del Rey, CA,
Fixtures
Eventscape Inc. ,
Toronto, ON, Canada
Fixtures/General Contracting
Buzzoni, Bosaro, Rovigo, Italy
Photography
Benny Chan/Fotoworks, Los Angeles, CA,
Retailer
Fornari, Civitanova, Marche, Italy
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| Three vertically suspended 21-ft. pearlescent lacquer panels connect the first and second floors through an oval opening. Perforating the panels are freeform chrome rings displaying select merchandise, while around the opening, black resin seems to pool and spill to flow throughout the floor. These curves are repeated in the tables, benches, and cashwrap. Hand-sculpted fiberglass “eyes,” lit with changing colors, open intermittently to display shoes and accessories against black lacquer panels on the back wall. |
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