Top Design: Window Display

Posted by Kristin Abraham Sep 18, 2008

What's with the mirrors? The remaining designers on Top Design are paired up and then they get a Project Runway alum as their client. The challenge is to create a window display to feature one design by the clothing designers.

Personally, I don't like it when there are team challenges or pairs in this sort of competition because you're not really getting the full aesthetic sense of what these professionals can do. I'd rather they went back to the white boxes and had to decorate one with a theme every time. It's just a better representation of what the individual can do. This particular episode is a specific example of this as a stronger and more talented decorator was sent home while a weaker and less talented one stayed because he was not the project leader.

I think the top two designs were okay, but I just couldn't figure out why everyone seemed to think mirrors were the way to go. Of course mirrors make small spaces look larger BUT when you've got a display the mirror mainly reflects the audience back to themselves. The focus moves away from what's on display to the busy street behind and leads to passers by checking out themselves, not the garment. Bad idea decorators.