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Today’s Urban Design Observation: Snazzy Xmas Window Display. How Do You Think They Made It?

On the daily pre-dawn morning dogwalk I passed this store in SoHo. Their window display caught my eye. From the side it just looks like a bunch of large-scale Christmas ornaments.

But from the front you can see they’ve sliced them in half and are displaying their wares inside.

Some of the inside surfaces are lined with glitter, others with an iridescent finish.

How do you think the fabricator made these? My first thought was that the half-spheres are vacuum-formed, then painted, then fitted with the rims. My guess is that the rims are painted MDF that has been edge-banded with gilt strips.

I looked at these as close as I could through the glass and the workmanship appears to be incredible. There are no visible seams where the rims meet the hemispheres.

I also don’t know how you get those patterns painted onto a sphere unless it’s hand-done.

Any guesses?

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