Inventory Investigation

logo by Ashley Boycher

business: help run/operate the store
interior architecture: design space/ contribute work for gallery
art: work for gallery/ work to sell
music: performance/ work to sell (CD's)
dance: performance
creative writing: performance (reading), gallery
drama: performance
media studies: shows (films), gallery (film installation)
consumer apparel and retail studies: performance (fashion shows)/ work to sell

***specifically it would be interesting to see the CARS and music majors work with the drama, media and dance majors on special costumes and musical arrangements used for performances at The Hatchery.

Tranquilities

Tranquilities in Greensboro is a cute gift store very close to campus on Spring Garden Street.  I love the quaint, cottage style of the store front as well as the crowded interiors packed with merchandise.

Dugg Dugg Art Gallery

These images I found online of the Dugg Dugg Art Gallery are by James Willamor on Flickr.  The art gallery is one of many in the NoDa area in Charlotte.  I don't recall having been to the Dugg Dugg Art Gallery in particular, but I've been to similar ones in the same area.  The NoDa area is a great place to go if you love a gallery crawl like I do!  This space looks to be very open and inviting, and I really enjoy the dropped ceiling to make it feel more intimate (this may be an interesting way to designate different spaces in "The Hatchery").

Luna

This clothing store, also located in Phillip's Place Charlotte, NC, has several fun design aspects that I found noteworthy. First of all are the wood floors with a tiled pattern created with stencils and different colored stains that gives the space a one of a kind feel. Next is the re-purposing of old doors for clothing displays and finally are the use of metal pipes and screw bases used to support glass shelving.

The Poole Shop

The Poole Shop is not at all what it sounds to be; it is of course a clothing store.  The layout of the space is a doughnut which I found unique, with the dressing room in the center.  The bottom half of the walls were covered in horizontal wood paneling painted white, while the tops were yellow and the center structure with a funky wallpaper (shown in the last photo along with my mother haha).  Lighting was a strong design aspect of this store with the metallic globe lighting at the front entrance, but there was also a fun red chandelier in the back of the space, and yet another entirely different fixture in the dressing room.