BDS Centre of Excellence Student work

Designed by Rachel Diumano

Theme: Fall

Prop Material: Paper

The window display created at Seneca was inspired by Gucci. The original Gucci window display that inspired this autumn’s display was Alessandro Michele’s Surrealistic Window Display in 2015. It consists of a large bee carrying a handbag from the collection at the time. The Gucci display was a way to create a new era for the brand to help expand the company.

I was inspired by the look and feel of this display and thought of a concept for my first project of the semester. As it was a fall-themed display, I created a design concept of a large bird carrying a handbag in one window, and a big feather for the bag to rest on top of, with the intention of using paper materials. The materials used in this display are coloured Bristol board and Foam core. We created a variety of different coloured feathers in different sizes for the two windows. We completed the display by suspending the paper props and handbags.