Video: Building David Stark's West Elm Pop-Up Shop

Michael O'Connell

May 19, 2010

On Wednesday, May 12, designer David Stark opened the doors to his latest partnership with West Elm, the "Purely Paper Flower Shoppe," with a preview for members of the media and the event and design communities that doubled as a party for Stark's new book, David Stark Design. The store-within-a-store was only open for two days, and construction needed to be completed in an even tighter time frame. Stark filmed a stop-motion video of the entire process, so you can see how quickly all of the build-out and design elements came together.

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