WILDCAT BOOKSTORE

Diamond Phillips

 

Weber State University
University Bookstore
Ogden, Utah | 2014

Design Team: John Diamond (Lead), Jeremy Larsen, Dan Lyman & Morgan Williams

Photography by Morgan Williams

2014 Utah Design Award Recipient

The Wildcat Store is a satellite campus store for Weber State University located in a historic storefront in downtown Ogden. Diamond Phillips was commissioned to provide interiors, furniture, displays, and branding for the Apple Store, cafe, and university retail areas. Our design goal was to join the spirit of WSU to downtown Ogden while also using Ogden’s history to create a contemporary platform for new technology and Weber State’s future. The design constantly refers to the history of the building and the region, through the layout, material usage, and furniture choices. The design showcased what makes the building unique by exposing the brick of the original structure and cleaning up the wood frame of the building's original structure. To build a sense of place throughout the building, there are historic photos from WSU’s archive designed into the merchandise display racks. The merchandise tables and Apple store displays are constructed from antique railroad carts which had been restored and retrofitted to meet Apple’s strict requirements while still showing their original character. They act as a way to integrate clean modern design while showing Ogden’s roots as a railroad city.