Designers George Yabu and Glenn Pushelberg, who have designed luxury fashion retail spaces for 45 years, talk about the future of brick-and-mortar.
shopping landmark or gaze at the Tokyo skyline from the inside of the towering Aman Residences, it’s hard to believe Yabu Pushelberg’s first real gig was a dry cleaning depot in their native Toronto.
Christine Nakaoka, who brought the firm to New York for the Bergdorf’s project, called the duo “incredibly imaginative and detail-oriented designers and often came up with better ideas than we had thought of,” in a 2002 interview with The New York Times.. There’s an opportunity there to make a story… the physical environment needs to catch up ,” Pushelberg says .
Another huge turning point was in 1984 when “this fellow,” Club Monaco cofounder Alfred Sung, came to them about his new concept for basics, Pushelberg says. That year, they designed their firstin Toronto, hiring artists from France to paint murals on the wall, and outfitted it with a boxing ring in the center with a mannequin display.
“It’s never been about building a business and making money. And since we never really worked for any other design firms, we got out of school and invented ourselves. We had no rules. Whether it was a fast food restaurant at the beginning or whether it was a dry clean depot… our combo of hard work, our personalities and our passion shine through always,” Pushelberg says, calling for Yabu to come sit next to him. Their future, they say, will be marked by exploring unexpected avenues.
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