The following is adapted from a GlobalShop 2007 presentation by Christian Davies,vice president of retail design strategy and creative director for FRCH Design Worldwide.

FRCH started an image library 18 months ago. To stock the image library, we implemented a new policy: Employees are not allowed to come back from business trips without images. My source of inspiration is retail design in New York. Whether it's a Manhattan flagship store or a store for a retailer that has a flagship elsewhere, designers can pump it up in the Big Apple, thanks to the energy of the city and the larger project budgets for the area. So from my contributions to our image library, here's what inspires me in New York.

Meaning in the Details

The Samsung store is full of sweet details.	New York’s iconic imagery reflects the city’s energy and sense of motion.
Pavement lights at the Mercer kitchen in Soho represent a "found" urban detail.	At Lancome, even the makeup stations are richly detailed with flowers on the walls.

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