Ha, I finally found some photos of another skateshop’s interior that come fairly close to what I’m envisioning for Sublimited’s first location. The shop is Lockwood Skateshop in Antwerp (or Antwerpen), Belgium.
Here’s what I like about the look and feel of this place:
1. White walls.
2. Wood floors (or at least floors that have the appearance of being wood–they’re probably laminate).
3. Lots of decks.
4. Nothing crowding the middle of the floor. The one complaint I’ve heard more than anything else from kids about shops is how crowded they generally are, making it hard to walk through them. This place has a nice, open feeling.
5. Plenty of product, in addition to decks.
6. Tasteful lighting.
7. Specifically with this shop I like the schoolyard table ala Lockwood school in Los Angeles. These guys picked a good name in my opinion, even if Lockwood isn’t what it once was in the videos.
Simple, clean, no fuss, but it looks nice. Yeah, I could go for something that matches advertising by Zero or something, but that’s just not my style.
There are also some things I would probably change.
1. T-shirts are arranged so you can’t see them. I like how this saves space, but I would have them be more on display somehow.
2. Lack of a lounge area. Maybe it’s there and you just can’t see it in these photos, but I would have some sort of sofa or maybe set up that picnic table with a big flatscreen so that kids could watch skate videos.
3. Taller ceilings and maybe a little wider. It probably just wasn’t an option for them based on the building, but if I had my druthers I’d have high ceilings to give it a larger feel. The location we’re looking at for Sublimited will probably only be a little wider than this space but the ceilings will definitely be higher.
4. Part of the floor isn’t the wood stuff, it’s a solid black. I kind of like that, but I’d prefer wood. Wood gives it a living feeling, even though the wood is dead.
But what do you think?
looks fresh, but expensive
yeah, it does seem kinda cramped. I would have something that is simmaler to what your talking about, but i’d want it to be like a school cafetirea, more square shaped than a slim rectangle. If it were my desicion, i’d have carpet, IDK why, but i would. But its yours, so hey, if woods your thing, then wood it is. I also like the idea of having things in a glass case that would be the counter, you could put the shirts in there, or trucks and wheels and bearings or whatever. its just a thought, but you might even put a miniramp next to or in the lounge area, or outside or something. Thats about all i got for a shop, but almost anything works.
Another place that I would not shop. Looks like everything would cost at least five more dollars than it should. It also reminds me of the design at the local trendy neo-lounge type bar.
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Certainly looks like an expensive design to make a reality but at the same time it works really well for the type of store that it is. I would certainly feel that little more “invited” or maybe “welcome” plus as a designer for the boards and shoes i would feel almost like my work was being “exhibition-ed”
It does look impressive but also expensive, might put people off going in.
We’ve not done a skate shop, but we seem to get a lot of skaters who want our work. We started putting things together for music videos back in the early 90′s for bands like The Prodigy, and kept going.
Check out the “Illegal Grill” interior for the Oslo old school….
http://tiny.cc/coulsondesign
Hi,
I think the symetry and the order of the shop looks really sharp. it just looks stylish having it that way not to mention feels like you can find what you want quickly