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C. Wonder in Architectural Digest

20 Jan 2012 • Mike

C. Wonder just got a great writeup in Architectural Digest:

From the moment you walk through the oversize green-lacquer doors of Christopher Burch’s new C. Wonder store in Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood, it’s clear that this is the next generation of shopping.

Click here to read the whole thing.

National Retail Federation calls C. Wonder a “must go”

12 Jan 2012 • Mike

The National Retail Federation BIG Show Preview has called Pompei A.D.‘s C. Wonder store a “must go” … where … “Shoppers are encouraged to interact and explore – a hallmark of store designer Pompei A.D.‘s “C3” philosophy, which integrates Commerce, Culture and Community into the brand experience.” Check it out here.

Pompei A.D. Only Firm with 2 Stores in Top Retail Concepts of 2011

4 Jan 2012 • Mike

The UK website Retail Focus has released its top 11 store design concepts of 2011, and Pompei A.D. is the only firm to have two concepts represented: C. Wonder and Monsoon. Great news to start off 2012!

11 store design concepts of 2011 via Retail Focus.

ITP Winter Show 2011

15 Dec 2011 • Mike

if you’re around this weekend, check out the show from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). Lots of bleeding edge ideas about, well…interactive technology.

Extra bonus: you can see Danny Rosen’s “Wooden Mirror” in the upstairs lobby, one of the coolest high/low tech interactive sculptures I’ve ever seen:

http://www.smoothware.com/danny/woodenmirror.html

Also, if you want to see some cool ideas about tech (and you should), check out the student projects pages: http://itp.nyu.edu/itp/gallery/

MRketplace interviews Ron Pompei about C3 philosophy

8 Dec 2011 • Mike

MRketplace, a menswear industry publication, has just posted an interview with Ron Pompei about our work on The Art of Shaving and My.Suit:

Pompei started his career as an artist, creating light installations and sculpture; he then moved on to commercial design for stores and restaurants. Current menswear clients include The Art of Shaving and My.Suit, where he’s managed to create unique environments in which men are comfortable enough to hang out but inspired enough to spend money.

via The in-store experience–MRketplace.

The Art of Shaving in the LA Times

8 Dec 2011 • Mike

The Pompei A.D.-designed Art of Shaving Men’s Spa in Beverly Hills has been getting some great reactions:

When we ducked in to check out the new digs, brand representatives told us that moving forward, stores (the number of which is growing rapidly, and is expected to hit 63 by the end of 2011) would resemble the look and feel of the Beverly Hills space. That’s a good thing because the décor — which includes walls covered with vintage-looking razor ads, shaving-related cartoons and, flanking the front entryway, a wall-hanging comprised of hundreds of razor blades — manages to toe the exceedingly fine line between manly and trying-too-hard-masculinity.

via The Art of Shaving celebrates new Beverly Hills flagship — latimes.com.