HPA International Centre in Shah Alam - Islamic Bookstore Design

We started with a theme, concept and visual image of how the bookstore would look...



Our advertising associate then came up with the graphics...







And we incorporated the new graphics into the design...



Inside we customised all its shelving for stationery and books to fit with its one of a kind, concept...

Shelving for stationary and small items designed as such...



Ready to be used to display...





Shelving for books...







Even shelving for magazines...



Overlooking out into the main Mall area...



The overall design view...



Here it is, for real...



Come see it at the HPA International Centre, Lot 1065, Phase 19, Laman Seri Business Park, Seksyen 13, Shah Alam.

Halal Mall in Shah Alam - The Pavilion

The first of its kind, a mall with all halal products, produce, with some distributed through a local multi level marketing company called HPA. The Client recently bought this 12 storey building at Section 13, Shah Alam, and FZLD was engaged to design and manage the creation of this new Mall solely to sell their products to their over 600,000 members, as well as serve as a retail outlet.



The main feature of the Mall is the Pavilion, which not only provides shelving and storage for the main products of HPA -- jawi medicinal herbs and Muslimah cosmetics and skincare, solely owned and manufactured by HPA. The Pavilion also is a gallery which provides information regarding traditional medicine and the uses for herbs for personal health and well being.

The design of the Pavilion...



This is the overall view of the design of the Pavilion to be situation at the main entrance of the Mall to showcase the main products of HPA.



The middle section would serve as an information counter as well as a consultancy desk, to provide advice regarding the products and its use.



The left side of the information counter provides shelving for herbal products as well as a gallery regarding the synergy of herbs with individual well being, inside the dome area.



The right side of the information counter provides shelving for cosmetics and skincare, manufactured by HPA to ensure that halal ingredients are only used in their products.



Another view of the Pavilion showing the information counter and a display panel for all the logos of HPA products to be displayed.



Here's is where it all began...



The completed JawiMedHerb product area...



View of the completed Information Counter at the Pavilion...



View of the completed area for cosmetics and skincare products...



Now, with its frosted windows with an organic motive carved out...



More shelving for cosmetics and skincare behind...



Behind the Pavilion is a History Wall depicting the beginnings of HPA from the owner's kampung house to the now, 12 storey building called the HPA International Centre...



View of the completed Information Counter with a wall for the display of HPA product logos...



Inside the dome is information about herbs and its use. This side is a wall of herbs on display with a giant tongkat ali in the forefront.





More about the HPA International Center Mall coming soon. There is also a boutique, bookstore and HPA's very own halal mart.

When is a Wall, Not a Wall?

When it divides a room into two different zones.




At the FZLD office suite, what we have done here is to divide the room into two different sections: the office and the guest lounge.



On one side is the designer's office, equipped with all the tools of the trade -- with storage for drawings, plans, paper, samples and much more, neatly tucked away in the custom built desk and work station from our "zary collections", designed by our designer himself.



On the other side, is an area for meeting with clients: to sit back, browse through catalogs and magazines whilst discussing the concept which best suits the clients' personal lifestyle.

When is a wall, not a wall? When it is the back of a cupboard.



The cupboard is a built storage cabinet with a white board made from frosted glass.



The other side is cladded with square shaped mdf panels.

And therefore, there are no bounds or limits for creativity....

Small Scale Selling -- How About a Kiosk?



People love eating out... and the best way to get fast food, cheap, yet making a brisk business, to the customer is to set up a stall directly in their path, or I might say along the path of which most people would go by.

In Malaysia, we are famous for our stalls. The 'pasar malam' or night market is everywhere and sells a variety of products and food.

Many business organisations have taken this concept further and have used stalls or kiosks to set up shop at locations where traffic is at its most, rent is small and customers who already know the product, feel that it is a convenient way of getting that product quickly.

It has also become a successful franchise business, where small entrepreneurs without a large capital may begin a small business without the high overhead and renovation costs of setting up business in a shoplot. The brand is usually well known, and the product is popular; for example, burgers (being the most popular.)



Even large corporations are setting up shop using kiosks; in shopping complexes, where rental is cheaper than renting an actual shop lot. Again, the kiosk is usually set right in the middle of traffic where people can immediately stop, browse and buy quickly.

Here's Bijoux...





And the popular Starbucks...



We have gone a long way, moving from this...



To this...



Our recent project proposal for a kiosk business for a popular herbal product. The idea is to have a kiosk at every outlet for fast selling products. The kiosk not only serves to sell F&B products, it would also provide the necessary attraction to those who are not familiar with the product, enticing them to try and taste. It would not intimidate since the customer need not walk into the shop or have to spend for a whole packet of the product.

Here are the details of the kiosk front and back...





Other kiosks designed by FZLD as seen here...













So, if you are thinking of an alternative to setting up business in a shoplot, why not consider a kiosk? Let FZLD design one for you and your business today.