Harvey Nichols Windows, London

These windows are probably the best and certainly the most fun windows currently in London. These are the windows of Harvey Nichols - produced under the direction of the Creative Director Janet Wardley, who incidentally is also probably one of the nicest people in the industry.

I was quite mesmerised at this eclectic mix of flying pigs, out sized glittery lips, wooden dog toys, mannequins riding Bananas, inflatables, just about every angle of perspective view considered and cartoon-like narratives with huge doses of humour. It was also a pleasure to see the likes of Rootsteins Diane Brill make an appearance next to more contemporary collections of Mannequins. The quality of presentation was extremely sharp. I cannot under estimate the amount of work that has gone into these windows and after a tiring day, on seeing this, I felt quite uplifted - I also felt the urge to share more images than I normally would, I hope they do the windows justice.

Mulberry, London

Mulberry have installed an interesting concept into their Bond Street store, although I found myself wondering what the idea is here as it wasn't immediately apparent, to me at least.

On further investigation, of course it is based on the new book by Chris Craymer, Romance: A Beautiful Look Book on Love.

What they have done here is to take one of the images within the book (the bit where it says Love You, made up of scrabble pieces) and created these larger than life scrabble pieces as props. After seeing a lot of the images from the book, I felt perhaps that more could have been teased out from the images to create a much fuller window as it doesnt quite capture the sense of romance that the book does so well through its beautiful images?

Diesel Windows

Another great concept from Diesel along Bond Street. I particularly enjoy that retailers are once again coming 'outside' the windows which is extremely exciting, and this is no exception. Diesel have been producing some really interesting concepts for a while now, and although this is undoubtedly high maintenance, it really is however, so refreshing to see.

Windows pasted with music sheets and sprayed Black mannequins placed in front of microphones, creating a clear focal point to the product. My only negative thought here (I recognise it is easy to criticise when you don't have to come up with a solution) is that it is difficult to see the product itself - I'm thinking as a 24 hour shopper here and often I do look at stores in the middle of the night. However, this may be deliberate as it does ensure that you focus in between the music sheets themselves and almost 'seek out' the product itself.

Our kitchen - window installation

Just along Lower Marsh (behind Waterloo station), South London I came across this window installation produced by adults with learning disabilities
The Inspiration for 'Our kitchen' was produced from the students unique drawing abilities of using line, form, and perspective. Working with artist Prodeepta Okill, she asked the students to reflect these qualities in 3D form. The theme was chosen as each student was able to offer their knowledge and experience of a kitchen. First she introduced the students to the work of Patrick Caulfield and then took her students to the Imperial War Museum's 1940's house to find inspiration before asking them to design a kitchen of their own. The students then worked with Madeleine Ross to create the objects in Plaster and Paint.