By: Chanda Kumar
Last updated : September 17, 2018 10:23 am
Shedding its stark formal image, Blackberrys’ fresh new look is all set for the fashionistas of today. Cool and casual, with an air of confidence, the new brand proposition and identity comes alive at ‘House of Blackberrys’ at Himayatnagar, Hyderabad. Designed by Four Dimensions Retail Design, the 2310 sq ft space creates interesting niche for the sub-brands while weaving the overall new DNA of Blackberrys.
Designed by Four Dimensions Retail Design, the store design objective was to interpret the burning drive of the Blackberrys’ man into a space that inspires him to rise above his peers. The environment persona was created in close collaboration with the brand’s DNA and the core consumer’s aspirations to ‘keep rising’.
For the store front, bold modern architectural lines created in a configuration of double height fluted aluminium and in-lit acrylic with the backlit logo, create an interesting contrast.
Walking in, the store interiors are inspired from visual cues of elements of the smart business café. This is reflected in its interior design, furniture, fixtures and visual merchandising. The spatial palette is created in a sharply contrasting premium palette of creams and dark classic brown with dashes of Blackberrys accent orange. Open and spacious layout allows for leisure browsing through the store with each category being highlighted with floor ‘fashion staging point’ complemented with ‘style spots’ that draw attention to lifestyle statements on perimeter ‘style wardrobes’. Installation using props like bell jars, trays, wooden serving boards, cocktail bottles, mugs and pastry cases help in drawing special attention onto special products and fashion statements.
The travel lifestyle of the Blackberrys Casuale customer is expressed in the brand’s zone in a subtly different ID in the fixtures and visual merchandising with tasteful retro cues of premium classic luggage and vintage plane models. The Blackberrys Urban area, features its ID inspired from ‘New York’ streets coded in the material palette, fixtures and visual merchandising language.
The double height area is embellished with a stylised and backlit fluted ‘fire bird’ logo and graphics that compel walk-ins on the upper level visually encouraged by a modern arty chandelier installed on a premium wood panelled ceiling.
Overall, the store design is coded to present a very differentiated environment that delivers an emotive, aspirational and sensorial experience to the Blackberrys customer of today.
Ramesh Kaushik, VP- Brand Experience, Blackberrys
“We chose Four Dimensions Retail Design to craft a unique yet identifiable retail identity for Blackberrys and its house brands -- Casuale and Urban. The mandate was to introduce a new retail look for the brand/s that is authentic and standing true to the journey of today’s man. The store has clean lines and brings a transparent navigation to a consumer. All three brands of Blackberrys, namely Blackberrys Formals, Blackberrys Casuale and Urban, along with accessories and footwear are perfectly coming together while demonstrating a winning statement. Having “travel with a purpose” at the centre of our new identity; the colours, fixtures, material selection is an extension of the whole proposition. A true manifestation of the Burning Drive, which is the soul of the brand, the store interiors enable the journey in making wardrobe selection which is true to the brand positioning of being an enabler and guide.”
Nagaraja R, Founder & Director Design, Four Dimensions Retail Design
“The overall store concept design concept is inspired from a ‘Smart Business Café’ rendered through architecture, materials palette and visual merchandising that come together to create a unified and distinct store design signature that cues the ‘keep rising’ story.”
CREDITS:
Store Concept Design: Four Dimensions Retail Design
Visual Merchandising Design: Four Dimensions Retail Design & Team Blackberrys
Project Management: Four Dimensions Retail Design
Fixtures: Space Design
Retail Lighting: Plus Light
Decorative Lights: Light Zone
Signage and Props: Sasha Retail Solutions
Mannequins: Indo Nippon
Store Build Contractor: Source One
Photography: Infocus (Roshan)