Starmark
Bookstore Chain
Client: Starmark, a bookstore chain owned by Emami Group, India
Industry: Retail/ Books
Location: Bengaluru & Kolkata, India
Our role: Section signage graphics, Interior art direction
Design: Tulja Bhavani Reddy, Pramit Raval, Kruti Raval
Management & Coordination: Tulja Bhavani Reddy, Pramit Raval
Website: starmark.in
Instagram: starmarkindia
Overview: Poster series and in-store art direction to give Starmark outlets a playful, reader-friendly identity.
Overview
Starmark is a bookstore and leisure retail chain in eastern India, part of the Emami Group. Its stores offer books, stationery, toys, gifts, movies and music. We created the interior art direction for two of its branches, designing a dedicated poster for each area of the store.
Challenge
The brief was open. Starmark asked for interior posters that were truly creative, with no fixed style to follow. The difficulty was variety: a store like this holds many different products and customers, and one look could not serve them all. Our first insight was that each area needed its own personality, while the store as a whole still had to feel like one place.
Approach
We treated each area as its own creative task and designed every poster around what that part of the store offers. The same approach was then carried across both branches, so customers get a consistent experience wherever they shop.
Outcome
The full set of posters was completed for both branches. The project went smoothly.