New York City is famous for its retail window displays, especially around holidays. The window sets the stage for letting the potential customer know what to expect inside. In addition to the well-known chains, like Apple and Anthropologie, Greensboro has some local businesses that set the bar high when it comes to window decorations. Thousands O' Prints and Oscar Oglethorpe on South Elm Street have some creative displays, with Thousands O' Prints changing their windows daily- and always with a theme. Design Archives actually rents out the window area as booth space. The owner of Just Be used to work at Anthropologie, so she follows design trends closely.
The above photo is of Shelf Life, the art supply store located at 2178 Lawndale Drive. If you look at the reflection, you can see Outback Steak House and IHOP across the street on Battleground (at Cornwallis). Shelf life sells new and used art supplies and also frames art. Currently, their window reads "Color Outside the Lines." That quote encourages us not to think and act in a way that confirms to set rules. However, it doesn't have to be perceived as anti status-quo, but as encouragement to think creatively and to innovate. Conforming and not conforming both have good and bad points. On the continuum of coloring within the lines and outside the lines, where are you most comfortable?
I'd probably characterize it as thinking outside the box!
Posted by: William Kendall | Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 04:53 PM