Tokyo’s Fabulous Art Deco Department Store Elevator by Rene Prou

Few design styles are as widely recognized and appreciated as Art Deco. The iconic movement made an incredible mark on all fields of design, culture and commerce throughout the 1920s and ’30s. During that period, department stores grew into grand palaces of commerce celebrating society’s growing wealth in extravagant, ornamental and luxurious ways. This week we are going to look closer at Japanese Department Stores that celebrated Art Deco’s industrialization aesthetics with streamlined elegance and high quality craftsmanship.

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Entering Restoration Hardwares massive New York store, guests will discover a soaring central atrium with a high-speed glass elevator as the central showpiece that transports visitors up to the skylit rooftop park. “It wasn’t the internet that killed retail stores; it was a lack of imagination and investment,” explains CEO Gary Friedman.

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Elevator design is not something many people think of. Even professional architects, urban planners and designers overlook their significance to modern buildings and cities as a whole. Over the past decade our team of vertical transportation specialists has worked to elevate the narrative around these little spaces in a big way.