Arctic Weave

Last semester in our interior design studio course, we had our first group project...as well as our first retail project. My partner and I designed a furrier called Arctic Weave which featured a vodka bar surrounded by luxurious fur coats in an arctic setting. I figured on such a snowy day like today, posting this project seemed fitting.

*To all of those out there against furs (me too!) I'd like to put it out there that prior to this project I designed an office for the North American Headquarters for the Humane Society. I'm versatile!

"Forging a relationship between fashion and nightlife, Arctic Weave is a lifestyle mecca of fur and ice located in downtown New York. AW is a designer, manufacturer, and purveyor of luxurious, high-quality fur coats, clothing, and accessories. The concept store’s products demonstrate fur’s unexpected lightness, versatility, and fabric-like properties while boasting a very humane chain of production. With fur making a strong comeback in fashion, Arctic Weave strives to attract customers year-round, challenging preconceptions of the legendary material and ultimately realizing new possibilities in which customers can use and enjoy fur throughout the year.

Using visual design reference to the arctic climate and icebergs as a sleek and refreshing backdrop to fur allows the space to become an interplay of texture, delivering a sense of playful warmth and coolness. This is most dramatically captured by the showcase ice bar. Serving to drive and maintain foot traffic the bar is a haven where patrons will linger throughout the day and night, pondering pending purchases, modeling splurges, and mingling with other clientele."



Furnishings



Section View

 

Detail of Coat Display


Designed by Emma Lazarus and Alyson Sugar