Inside, the promotion got even more convincing with box upon box of KrustyO’s cereal, Buzz Cola and Homer’s favorite pink sprinkled donuts.
got temporary makeovers to promote “The Simpsons Movie”, complete with character cut-outs, new signage and even real graffiti. Simpsons fans got to step into real-life versions of Kwik-E-Mart when dozens of 7-11 stores across the U.S. The fake storefront experiment took place in Tyneside, England as a cheap way to make the depressed area more attractive to pedestrians and lure new businesses into town. In fact, you won’t find anything at all – because it’s just a facade, put up to temporarily beautify a crumbling vacant storefront. Yes, that says ‘delicatessen’, but you won’t find any meat there. Fake Storefronts for Urban Revitalization Spare and modern, this simple wave design on the facade of Salon Mittermeier in Austria suggests an abstracted wave of human hair in its water jet-cut laminated sheets. Perhaps you can tell its age by just how huge the phone is compared to the hand, but nevertheless, this bold mural on the face of Japanese electronics chain Biccamera is definitely an attention-grabber. Gregory Polleta and Sung Jang created ‘Topiade’, a facade resembling French topiary in the form of the highly recognizable Louis Vuitton print. Louis Vuitton Topiary FacadeĪnother bland building gets a very brand-centric makeover, but in a totally unexpected form. What to do to call attention to yourself when you’re trying to sell bikes out of a totally nondescript building? Business owner Christian Petersen got creative and mounted 120 bikes to the store’s facade, and there’s no longer any doubt what’s sold inside.
Electronic Beats Online says the plywood construction – made to promote their Diesel:U:Music 24-hour radio station – is a real radio, and all those dials on the front actually work. On a similar note (pun intended), there’s this solid gold old-school radio makeover at Italian clothing shop Diesel on London’s Carnaby Street. Not only does ‘The Guitar Store’ in Southampton, England look exactly like a guitar amp (especially when the security grate is down) – but the knobs go up to 11. A chocolatier with a delightful Willy Wonka-worthy facade, a bike shop covered in (what else) bikes and a guitar shop that looks just like a Gibson amp are just a few of the clever and creative shops spotted around the world. Sure, a brand name and an alluring product display in the window are enough to incite most people to step inside a store – but some retailers downright demand our attention with incredible storefronts that can’t be ignored.
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