The Art of
Display
Every day you are surrounded by displays. There are so many
types of displays, some that may not even come to mind when you
think of the word “display”.
While strolling through the mall you are bombarded by window
displays of the latest fashions, accessories or must haves.
When walking down the streets of any city, you can become
mesmerized by the window displays that you pass. Some people
even entertain themselves by “window shopping” or checking what
is on display. There are people that make special trips to see
what is on display.
There is the public display of affection. This often has
various affects on people. If you pass by two people making out
right out in the public forum you could have a couple of
reactions. Maybe you’re angered, disgusted, jealous, happy to
see two people in love or maybe you completely ignore it. If
that’s the case it couldn’t have been that much of a display in
the first place.
During the holidays we often see many types of light
displays. Most, I would say, are tasteful while others are
obscene. I have been witness to a holiday display that had
every symbolic figure displayed on his lawn and in his yard. It
was actually quite atrocious to look at – but that is
definitely a display that gets a lot of attention. It’s a good
thing too, because people give him donations when they come to
view his holiday display and this gentleman gives it all to
charity. 'Tis the season giving!
There are also displays on phones, treadmills, televisions
and computer monitors. These displays have different letters to
describe them. For example, there’s LCD, which is liquid
crystal displays and there are LEDs or light emitting diodes.
I’m not sure which one is better, but they’re both the
preferred method of television and electronics displays.
Stores need to purchase displays to put all of their
merchandise on. Think about a Hallmark store and their
displays. They probably have glass display cases and shelves,
cute picket fence displays, greeting card displays and stuffed
animal displays. There are wind chime displays and candle
displays. And of course don’t forget the candy displays. There
isn’t a general merchandise store around that would be complete
without a candy display.
Sale items are always on display at the ends of every isle
in grocery stores, variety stores or hardware stores. It is a
silent calling to the consumer saying, “check me out, I’m on
sale and I’m on display. Buy me, buy me.”
We put people, animals and objects on display. Any museum is
a perfect example of this. There are art museums, aquariums,
and botanical gardens. There are circuses, theatrical plays,
and the covers of magazines even that put people on display.
Sometimes we even like to put ourselves on display for others.
Men and women’s magazines make huge profits from men and women
putting their bodies on display. The same goes for Victoria’s
Secret. They have made huge profits from women putting their
bodies and their lingerie on display.
Displays are always trying to get us to buy something, try
something or be something. Window displays want us to buy the
entire outfit, the treadmill displays want us to push ourselves
to do something we haven’t accomplished before, end caps in
stores want us to spend more money too. Museums and tourist
attractions want us to enjoy something. Whether it be displays
of affection, clothing, animals or holiday lights they are all
works of art and somebody has put some time and effort into
making their display attractive.
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