Record Design Award for Camper Stores

Camper Soho, New York by Shigeru Ban. Photo: Camper

 The June issue of Architectural Record features its Good Design is Good Business Awards, including one to the Camper Together stores of the Spanish shoe manufacturer and retailer, for which I wrote the text (link).

"The general tone of the interiors is playful—often colorful and wry... “Our products are high-quality, but with a relaxed attitude that is very Mediterranean,”says Philippe Salva, Camper's head of Communications."

"This laid-back approach emerged in the company's first shop in Barcelona in 1981, planned by Fernando Amat with the collaboration of Oleguer Armengol and Javier Mariscal, a graphic designer known for happy Pop-Cubist cartoon imagery, like his famous Cobi mascot for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics."

Architects/Designers: Fernando Amat, Tomás Alonso, Oleguer Armengol, Shigeru Ban Architects, Studio Makkink & Bey, Marko Brajovic, Bouroullec Brothers, Campana Brothers, Juli Capella, Doshi Levien, Konstantin Grcic, Martí Guixé, Alfredo Häberli, Hayon Studio, Kengo Kuma, Isabel Lopez, Michele de Lucchi (Memphis), Javier Mariscal, Miralles/Tagliabue EMBT, Nendo, Neri & Hu Design and Research Office, Gaetano Pesce, Jordi Tió, Tokujin Yoshioka

Camper Together
Good Design is Good Business Awards
Architectural Record, June 2014