A few months ago, the San Francisco Anthropologie Visual Team invited me to their store for a little behind the scenes sneak peak of the putting together of their Autumn window display. Of course I said yes and of course I brought my camera, so here's a little behind the scenes look at what goes into installing Anthropologie's new window displays.
First off, all of Anthropologie's installations/displays are handmade, so a lot of the process is devoted to thinking, "Okay, we have an idea, now how are we going to execute it, what materials are we going to use, etc." This particular window display involved wooden oars, buoys, and a wooden boat.
The wood for the oars was purchased at a hardware store and the Anthropologie crew had to cut and nail the pieces together to create the oar. After that, they had to paint the oars.
Rachel hanging the oars:
The back office (where all the craft projects take place) and the finished (hung) oars:
Rachel painting ropes on the window:
Interns Priscilla and Bethany making buoys out of balloons and paper mache-ing over the balloons and flower pots:
The final product:
Annnd a little photo of me and the San Francisco Anthropologie Visual Team :)
(liz, rachel, carmen, amber, nikki, and me)
Hope you enjoyed the little behind the scenes look at Anthropologie. And a special thank you to the SF Anthropologie Visual Team for inviting me out for the visit! I think I know where I want to work in a few years... :)
