Both Abertay and Dundee universities have been working with computer programmers, a sound designer and solar physics scientists to create the massive visual display.
The following year Korean department stores Lotte and Galleria came to the pair asking them to open what is called a "shop-n-shop"--the designer pays the department stores rent and manages the inventory and display (versus the U.S., where department stores buy stock of the brands they carry).
Maria Gabriela Brito is an accomplished interior designer, tastemaker and authority on why, where, when and how to display and mix contemporary art and interior design in any environment.
"It is operated by a single push button and could not be more simple: one push to display the time, two for the calendar day and three for the seconds, " says designer Marco Biegert.