As you may have seen in previous blogs, we work with Continuum and York’s’ Chocolate Story. Christmas was especially fun with candy canes and chocolate bars everywhere – the tree was literally exploding with sweets! However, following St Valentine’s Day displays we needed to come up with Easter ideas, so this is what we did…

How lovely to be invited back again! Our fourth visit, so I choose to believe we must be doing something right!  A day with a room full of delegates from a variety of business mixes, yet all there to be inspired with our display workshop in whatever form that may take.

Chocolate has never been an easy product to display as A) it’s dark brown so doesn’t stand out visually and B) it melts in the sun!  There are many tricks you can do to disguise these problems, but at least at Christmas it’s always cold!  So therefore props are really useful for making a statement, […]

If you enjoy a perfect glass of wine – well Pairings is the place to go! Specially selected wines paired with delicious meats, cheeses and accoutrements beautifully presented with flower heads, all served in an atmospheric setting – no wonder tables are always full and booking an essential requirement!

We’ve decorated Clayton Square for many years, and the building has seen many changes.  It was time to change the colour scheme from beautiful jewelled colours we’d used for several years, to something new.  We’ve used peacocks with blues & greens, we’ve done reds & golds, blues & silvers too. So this time I thought […]

I’m lucky enough to live in Yorkshire where there are so many wonderful towns and villages with beautiful, independent shops serving both locals and visitors alike. Many of these businesses are relied upon for everyday shopping and communal support, and Thomas the Baker is no exception – a local business with over thirty bakeries supplying […]

We no longer need to imagine how empty Towns and cities would look without shops and businesses open for trade welcoming in locals and tourists alike. Hustle and bustle, so often overwhelming in our beautiful city of York is sadly missed. York’s beautiful display of daffodils along the city walls this year had no audience.  […]

For over 70 years  the British display society has been representing the Visual Merchandising profession. Established in 1947 it has always been seen as the authority of good window dressing and styling standards, promoting the highest standard of VM & Display.  Many past students have gone on to create exciting careers in the world of […]

Marketing Peak District & Derbyshire invited us to help them promote local Ales from within their district at the BBC’s Good Food Show.  As a team we worked on the initial design concept based around their new branding created by Si from Hammer Design.

Have you planned your window displays for the coming year yet? Do your high street traders need a little help and encouragement? I believe the tinsel I mentioned in last month’s article has well and truly blown away now, and any remnants of Christmas which are still hanging around send very negative signals to everyone. […]