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Shopkit has recently completed an interesting installation in the
London Louis Vuitton Maison, the companys newly opened flagship
store in Mayfair, designed by architect Pete Marino.
Shopkit was asked to come up with a secure and minimal solution to
display a priceless collection of vintage traveling trunks taken from
the Vuitton archives. As most of the trunks are well over 100 years
old, with the oldest trunk dating back to 1876, they are to be
protected within gold cage-like structure, affording no opportunity
for wall fixings, so they would need to be suspended from the above
decorative mirror polished stainless steel feature ceiling.
Also the finished display had to reflect the opulence of the stores
lavish 1500 square metre interior, conceived to resemble the home of a
collector of the rare and the beautiful, and to give the appearance
that the entire collection was floating in mid-air. This was no mean
feat, as the support system would need to carry not only the combined
weight of a metric ton.
Shopkits solution involved complicated hidden ceiling mounts fixed to
the buildings structure which supported the network of 4mm diameter
multi stranded stainless steel cables suspending the 14 mirror
polished stainless steel shelves of different sizes and only 26mm thick.
The finished display successfully achieves its aim in presenting this
beautiful collection in a glamorous and luxurious way, as they do now
appear to be floating in a space that spans the 3 levels of the store,
the shelves reflecting their surroundings and so do indeed appear
virtually invisible, and the company have said how delighted they are
with this part of their project.
For further details, or to discuss any future display projects do
contact our Design Team on 01923 818282 or email sales@shopkit.com
For more information on LOUIS VUITTON'S GLAMOROUS FLOATING SHELVES BY SHOPKIT talk to Shopkit Group Ltd
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