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Atlas & Co.

A pop-up shop that changes pattern as you walk past.

Space and Identity

Client
Atlas & Co.
Year
2023
Role
Retail concept, spatial design, identity
Time
12 weeks
Crew
6 people
Atlas & Co.: A shopfront awning of wide cobalt and white stripes above a moiré of fine red lines, as if two printed layers are sliding over each other.

Brief

A small label wanted a six-week pop-up that stopped people in the street without paying for media.

Idea

Two printed layers of fine grating, one fixed and one sliding. The shop changes pattern as you pass it.

Build

Twelve weeks from sketch to opening, with the window printed on acrylic and tested at three speeds of walking.

Launch

It opened on a Thursday and was on three local feeds by Friday morning.

After

The shop opened with a queue and no advertising. People came in to ask who made the awning.

  • +52%foot traffic against the street
  • €0spent on paid media
  • 6 weeksfrom brief to opening

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