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Streetology by Facet Studio
Suspended vending machines dispense plastic tubes containing coloured T-shirts in this Sydney shop by Facet Studio of Sydney and Osaka.
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The tubes are arranged by colour, with a sample T-shirt on a hanger below each dispenser.
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Up to 15 tubes can be stored in each dispenser, allowing up to 2,550 to be on display.
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Named Streetology, the shop is situated next to shoe store Sneakerology (see our earlier story).
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Photography is by Katherine Lu.
The following information was provided by Facet Studio:
Streetology
Within plastic tubes of standardised 100mm diameter, tee shirts are stored and merchandised. Within dispensers of standardised 100mm wide by 1500mm high, a maximum of 15 plastic tubes are stored and displayed. Then by repeating the dispensers by 170 times, we are now able to display a maximum of 2,550 tee shirts. If we sell one tee shirt, one plastic tube disappears from the dispenser. We designed a system of dispensers and tubes to visualize commerciality; although on its own, the stock quantity of the tee shirts fluctuates vertically within the individual dispenser unit, however after 170 repeats this fluctuation forms a “pattern” horizontally across the dispensers. There is no such field of study called “Streetology”; but this shop is a visual reflection of the street trend. It creates excitement by drawing a parallel between the shopping experience, and the act of flipping through pages of magazine asking oneself, “I wonder what is popular now on the streets!”
Project Data
Program: Commercial fitout: retail
Project Team: Olivia Shih, Yoshihito Kashiwagi
Location: Sydney, Australia
Main Material: Plywood, Aluminium plate
Area: 30 m2
Built: 2011
Photo: Katherine Lu
Mural: Babekühl
Structure: Simpson Design Associates
Lighting: Electrolight