by Rosie Schulz | Jul 30, 2018 | Visual Merchandising, VM Training |
One Thursday in June, the team of marketing managers from DEXUS joined us in The Prop House Showroom for a morning of visual merchandising to learn the theory and hands on approach to styling and visual merchandising display design. Our course instructor Mark, started off the morning with a lecture on the principles of design and how to implement them into various areas such as fashion and homeware displays. The group of 12 marketing managers then split into 3 teams and had their own chance to put their newly learnt theory into practice. Split into three categories, Christmas, homewares and fashion, the teams were asked to select items from a variety of props to create their own display worthy of a store front in 10 minutes. The Christmas colour task required the team to pick from glitter and matte baubles, colourful monstera leaves, gold sequin flowers, rainbow swirls and red poinsettias. Each team worked with a green Christmas tree on a bright orange background, leaving the team to decide on complimentary colours and work with the situation. During the fashion exercise, teams learnt how to dress a mannequin, select complimentary outfits, position mannequins and choose elements to surround the mannequins to tell a story. The homewares challenge allowed teams to select items such as cushions, foliage, glassware, crockery and cutlery to design a consistent display. Teams had to choose a colour story based on the items and use the elements of design such as repetition, the rule of three, the pyramid principle and recognising balance (and that less is sometimes more). The exercises not only challenged design skills, but...
by Rosie Schulz | May 31, 2018 | Visual Merchandising, VM Training, Window dressing |
Start Your Career in Visual Merchandising It’s time to develop creative confidence. Whether you’re looking for a career change, creative outlet or have a keen business mind and looking to enhance customer engagement and sales, our VM course will provide skills to keep you up to date with the retail industry. WHY STUDY VM? If you have a creative bone waiting to dance, an eye for detail and mind full of imagination… We think you’re ready to join our visual merchandising course! We see people from all walks of life stroll through our doors – whether you’re ready to start your creative career, looking to enhance your retail business, or want to increase customer engagement as they walk past your market stall or window display. Learn all the theory behind visual merchandising but also how to apply these theories to tangible displays, tell a story and increase sales. – Attention store managers, marketing managers, shop assistants & creative business owners. Up-skill, add VM to your CV and bring brand-new skills, current trends and knowledge back into your shopping precinct. – Learn about the elements of design and implement them into your own displays – Get ready for a career change in design – Enjoy visual merchandising for a creative outlet – Learn hands-on skills and problem solve – Increase sales on your merchandise – Increase customer engagement, evoke emotion and customer store duration – Style and construct your own displays and arrangements from an collection of provided props and materials – Become a competitor with different and explosive eye-catching displays – Learn to understand your consumer, tell a story through...
by Rosie Schulz | Jun 5, 2015 | Shopping Centre, Trends, Visual Merchandising, Visual Presentation, VM Training, Window dressing |
Spring Summer 2015/16 is on its way and with it comes new visual merchandising trends! This year bold patterns and colours are a must and effective on trend displays will be popping up all around Australia. Primary Colours// Going back to basics with primary colours will create bold visual merchandising displays. The classic yellow, blue and red will be used as props and backgrounds to contrast with monochrome fashion items. Conversely, mannequins will be dressed in these stand-out colours and paired with subtle toned props and items to create an eye catching and visually appealing display. Pastel Tropical// Flamingos, pineapples, palm trees and pinks! This tropical trend is fun and fresh- perfect for an Australian summer. Gorgeous bright pink flamingos will seen printed on fashion items and paired with aqua and lime green and subtle toned colours. Pineapples and palm trees will accompany garments to produce fun and vibrant VM displays. Stay tuned for more exciting SS15/16 Visual Merchandising trends! Contact our stylist on 3217 4500 to see how we can incorporate this seasons trends into your...
by Rosie Schulz | Mar 12, 2015 | Visual Merchandising, Visual Presentation, VM Training, Window dressing |
Ever wanted to learn our art? We offer two courses that will give you the skills and creative background needed to succeed as a Visual Merchandiser! Our courses are designed for students, retailers, store owners and mature aged students with a desire to create. Give yourself the competitive edge when gaining employment in the retail sector. VM training provides invaluable skills in design, merchandising, signage and layout. Learn how to create impact with practical and creative display techniques that attract and inspire customers AND increase sales. Our courses are held on Tuesday and Wednesday nights and run for four or five weeks dependent on the course. We offer VM1 – an Introduction to Visual Merchandising which is held two nights a week for four weeks. For more advanced students, we have VM2- Advanced Visual Merchandising, which is held two nights a week for five weeks. Our fabulous students of our current VM1 course created our latest window display for Autumn. Incorporating autumn leaves and vintage props, together they set up this fantastic display after only three weeks of taking our course! Another fabulous display create by our students! For more information on our Visual Merchandising training courses contact us on 3555 8660 or visit our facebook...
by Jano | May 8, 2014 | VM Training |
If you are looking for an exciting new career or wanting to polish up on your window dressing skills, why not consider the Visual Merchandising Training Courses offered by VM specialist company VMPlus? The intro course runs for 4 weeks and is designed to provide you with the knowledge and skills that will allow you to create impact with display techniques, attract customers, increase sales and/or just learn about design and have some fun! The course is run by one of our expert Visual Merchandisers, Mark Reese who has over 25 years experience in dressing windows and shop interiors. The Prop House is a prime location for our VM students to showcase their skills during the course. We have a large display window visible from Leopard Street and Vulture Street where they can practice Visual Merchandising skills. For more information or to download a course overview, see our training page. If you still have questions, or to book a place on the next VM Training Course, email info@vmplus.com.au or call us on...
by Jano | Sep 19, 2013 | Visual Presentation, VM Training, Window dressing |
It’s that time of year again where we celebrate our beautiful Brisbane with a programme overflowing with captivating dance, theatre, opera, classical music, circus, sideshow and contemporary music; that’s right is Brisbane Festival! To join in the festivities running from the 7th to 28th September our latest graduating VM+ course students have designed and created a visual merchandising wonder in The Prop House/VM+ display window! Reflecting Brisbane’s most recognisable icons like City Hall, the Wheel of Brisbane and the Story Bridge’s signature lights and reflection on the Brisbane River. Our visual merchandising graduates have incorporated all that the festival embodies: colour, fun, bright lights and Fireworks! To learn how to create captivating, eye-catching visual merchandising displays that attract, inspire and increase sales, VM+ offers intensive courses for all ages, demographic and skill level. Places are already filling up fast for our next course starting, so to stop traffic and start creating, become a stylist with visual merchandising training, contact VM+ via phone: 07 3217 4500, email:...
