Selections from 'Selections of the World's Best Store Design, Vol. 1' (1985) by Franz Wohlwend

See-through escalator, 2nd floor Platz Oizumi - Tokyo, Japan - designed by Motoko Ishii Lighting Design

Bloomingdale's dept. store - New York, NY - designed by Fitzpatrick Design Group & Bloomingdale's Store Design

Bloomingdale's dept. store - New York, NY - designed by Fitzpatrick Design Group & Bloomingdale's Store Design

Tresor La Boutique, Division of Weilemann Fashion Store - Bern, Switzerland - Store concept & design by Hans Looser, Zürich

Main entrance - Seiyu Omori Branch - Tokyo, Japan - designed by Motoko Ishii Lighting Design

Marshall Field's dept. store - Chicago, IL - designed by Niedermaier Design, Chicago

Escada, Boutique - Hong Kong - designed by W. Neumayer - designed by Finterra Design, Munich Mannequins by Schlaeppi

Macy's dept. store, Aventura Mall - North Miami Beach, FL - Interior architecture by Macy's NY. Visual merchandising & store design & NY store planning in collaboration with CNI International, Inc., NY

Rich's dept. store - Lenox Square Shopping Center - Atlanta, GA - designed by The Walker Group, Inc., NY Store Planning & Design, Photographs By Victoria Lefcourt

Selections from the book, Restaurant & Shop Facades (1994) by publisher Shotenkenchiku-Sha

CD Shop 'Tsutaya' - Neyagawa, Osaka - designed by Seishi Kondo

2. Gallery Hikosen - Kichijoji, Tokyo - designed by Jo Oda, Shinpei Owaki

3. Chinese restaurant 'China Blue' - Amagasaki, Hyogo - designed by Shin Takamatsu

4. Chinaware shop 'China China' - Aoyama, Tokyo - designed by Edward Suzuki

5. Café QUEST & Terre - Mito, Ibaraki - designed by Kazuhiro Nishino

6. Children's boutique 'Laforet Dear Kids' - Jingumae, Tokyo - designed by Null Haus Co., Ltd.

7. Disco 'Ronde Club' - Akasaka, Tokyo - designed by Sumio Yoshino

8. Restaurant 'La Table de Kiriko' - Sumiyoshi, Yokohama - designed by Setsuo Kitaoka

9. Disco 'Acropolis' - Tsubaki-cho, Nagoya - designed by Hiroshi Hiraki

Surrealist office space in a preserved/adaptive reuse of a 1907 church - Oklahoma City, OK (early 1990s)

Designed by HTB, Inc.

Included the third image since it's an example of a surreal, mostly forgotten trend in postmodern spaces: adding mannequins/contemporary 'statues' as a part of the overall decor (outside of their more typical applications in store windows, modeling clothing in department stores, etc.); in this case construction workers perpetually 'repairing' the old church facade.

Elvira's 'cave' room (1990s)

"I call this room "the cave." Pretty creative, bub? It's the one room in my house where I can bang out and really be me. It's dark, creepy and the waterfall outside the window gives it that damp, musty feeling I crave. And talk about impressing your friends... just break out the ol' shackles and it's a party!" - Elvira

Private Residence in Northeast Ohio (early 1990s)

Designed by Wilson Architectural Group & Mark Wyant & Associates

The rare double-tiered conversation pit! The design is a mix of Memphis & Monochrome Luxe

PacSun prototype store in the Galleria at Tyler Mall - Riverside, CA (2005)

Designed by Gensler

Scanned from Stores of the Year 16 by Martin Pegler (2008)

Selections from the May 1988 issue of Shopping Center World Magazine

Picnic Place food court at the Manhattan Town Center

2. Movie theater at Sunrise Mall in Corpus Christi, TX

3. Unknown mall/store interior by Donohoe, O'Brien & Company, Inc.

4. Lakeland Square food court

5. Regis Hairstylists storefront

6. Regis Hairstylists interior

7. Ad for the chain of record stores, Record Bar

8. Information booth at Trolley Square in Salt Lake City, created from an antique gondola

9. Ad for Record Town, a record store part of Trans World Music