MONTCLAIR, NJ – Imaginative retail design exceeds the limitations of what is possible.
Shop! Association announced and celebrated the winners of the 2024 Shop! Design Awards live at Shop! MarketPlace in Cincinnati on April 9.
The Shop! Design Awards honors creative designs that enhance the in-store retail space, with the highest recognition being Store of the Year.
“The winners of the Shop! Design Awards challenge design norms and inspire our industry to create in-store spaces with an outside-the-box vision,” said Murray Kasmenn, Executive Director of Shop! Association.
The panel of judges analyzed hundreds of design entries across 17 main categories to select the Store of the Year recipient, as well as one gold award recipient and two silver award recipients per category. Judging criteria was based on excellence in design, originality in the use of space and materials, quality in executing the total concept, and in some cases, the highest return for dollars spent.
The 2024 Shop! Design Awards were presented to the following winners:
Store of the Year
CAMP Atlanta Outpost, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Inc.
Fixture of the Year
Ben Bridge Flagship – Seattle, RGLA Solutions
Visual Presentation of the Year
Neo Coffee Bar at The Taylor, Dialogue 38 Inc.
Award Winners
Main Categories
Brand Activation
Gold: Samsung Flip Takeover, Innovative Marketing Solutions Inc.
Silver: Cincinnati Music Festival Presented by P&G, AGAR
Branded Shop Within a Store
Gold: Estée Lauder – Jo Malone London Fixture Display, Sparks
Silver: Hublot Shop in Shop, Pacific Northern
Convenience Store
Gold: Red Barn Market, Federal Health
Silver: 7 Eleven Foodvenience, Reactor Sverige
Department Store New or Remodeled
Gold: Target – La Cantera, Target
Silver: El Palacio de Hierro Satélite, TPG Architecture
Department Within a Store
Gold: MWAZ, Studio of Art & Commerce
Hardline Specialty Store
Gold: CAMP Atlanta Outpost, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Inc.
Silver: Ben Bridge Flagship – Seattle, RGLA Solutions
Pop-Up Store
Gold: SOREL Pop-up, MG2
Silver: T-Mobile Formula One Pop-up, EWI Worldwide
Restaurant/Casual Dining
Gold: Funlab, JLL Design Solutions
Silver: Botan Coffee, LeeChen International Design Co.
Gold: Neo Coffee Bar at The Taylor, Dialogue 38 Inc.
Silver: Machi Machi, Dialogue 38 Inc.
Restaurant/Fine Dining
Gold: Potente Restaurant, Yellow Goat Design
Service Retailer
Gold: Scotiabank, Scotiabank
Silver: The Studio EE, Dalziel and Pow Design Consultants Ltd.
Softline Specialty Store
Gold: Birkenstock, Miami, TPG Architecture
Silver: KUIU, ChangeUp
Specialty Food and Consumables
Gold: The Set, RDC
Silver: Tree House Brewing Company, Tewksbury, Bergmeyer
Specialty Store Over 25,000 sf
Gold: Crate & Barrel Flatiron, Crate & Barrel
Silver: Petco Union Square, Arcadis
Supermarket/Grocery Store
Gold: Mercado González, Shook Kelley
Silver: Gelson’s, West Edge, Shook Kelley
Window Display
Gold: H&M Mutable Futures, Hirsch & Mann
Silver: New Winter Lifestyle & UGG Extreme, Visual Citi
Element Categories
Samsung Formula One Activation, Innovative Marketing Solutions Inc.
In-Store Communications
Sunbelt Store of the Future, Miller Zell
In-Store Visual Display
Strong Museum of Play – Gift Shop, SSA Group
Lighting
Neo Coffee Bar at The Taylor, Dialogue 38 Inc.
Signage/ Graphics
The Good Pour, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Inc.
Ben Bridge Flagship – Seattle, RGLA Solutions
Storefront/Exterior
Metropolitan Market, Crown Hill Village, Cushing Terrell
Sustainability
Estee Lauder – Jo Malone London Fixture Display, Sparks
Use of Technology
Citizens of NYC Marathon Expo, Miller Zell
Wall Treatment
Crate & Barrel Flatiron, Crate & Barrel
Shop! MarketPlace, held at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati on April 9-11, brought together retail creators, manufacturers, suppliers, brands, retailers, design firms and consultants in a collaborative environment to discover retail solutions, discuss emerging trends and build strategic partnerships.
“We’re honored that Shop! MarketPlace brought together retail creators from every sector of the industry to celebrate and recognize some of our industry’s most creative minds and their unique design projects,” said Kasmenn.
To view all the 2024 Design Awards winning displays, click here.
About Shop! Association
Shop! Association is a global trade association dedicated to building retail environments and promoting retail brands and merchandise. The association brings value to the global retail marketplace through its industry leadership, research programs, certifications, education and networking events. The OMA Awards are owned by Shop! Association, and are part of the Shop! Awards program which also includes the Shop! Design Awards and Shop! Global Awards.
About SmartWork Media
SmartWork Media is dedicated to the idea that business media should strive to inform, excite and inspire business readers, and that a good business magazine can (and should) have the energy and compulsive readability of a top consumer publication. The company publishes INSTORE, INVISION, PETS+ Signs of the Times, Big Picture, Screen Printing and Global Cannabis Times, as well as their respective websites and events — The INSTORE Show, IRDC, , Shop! MarketPlace, Shop! Ideation and the Garden Center Show. Learn more at smartworkmedia.com.
