Going back to art school with Urban Outfitters

Here's something we noticed....another set of canvas and wood frames used in windows. Last week Cole Haan used them to highlight their new hand painted line, this week Urban Outfitters used them in their back to school windows.

The canvases are used backwards and in some cases, the canvas has been stripped to show only the wood frames, adding another dimension to these artistically inspired windows.

With the addition of books and lockers, these windows make us want to go back to art school....or at least just look as if we do.

Visual Merchandising as Art at Cole Haan

If visual merchandising is an art form, than Cole Haan is taking it literally!

Their current hand painted collection is being highlighted in a cleaver way to really focus attention to it's merchandise.

These new designs are shown in a stylized paint studio setting complete with canvases, jars filled with brushes and paint splattered cans and stools. The canvases are great backdrops for the bags and the stools make great risers.

Overall these windows tell a great story and make one want to take a closer look - and that is an art form!