Ice Breaker

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Auckland International Airport, New Zealand

The aim is that the shopping environment will be interesting, memorable and evocative of New Zealand’s unique environment, so that customers will seek the brand out in their local markets or online.

Icebreaker’s flagship store is located in the International terminal at Auckland Airport. This particular store is aimed directly at departing tourists and serves to not only showcase latest icebreaker product but also to do this in the context of a very New Zealand environment.

Materials are all natural: New Zealand pine or ply for fixtures and ceiling beams, natural timber floor, semi-random stone tiles to replicate South Island schist and real barn wood, sourced from Canada. Walls are painted in cementitious paint while the back wall is clad and in real New Zealand moss. The shopfront is also deliberately barn-like and open to allow customers to easily fall into the otherwise narrow store.

The aim is that the shopping environment will be interesting, memorable and evocative of New Zealand’s unique environment, so that customers will seek the brand out in their local markets or online. As such the store is as much a billboard for New Zealand as it is a retail outlet, and from the sales and customer feedback points of view, it is working very well.

Project

Client: Ice Breaker

Location: Auckland International Airport, Landside

Status: Completed