
Saks Fifth Avenue is a landmark. Tourists and locals descend on Fifth Ave between 49th and 50th Streets via cab, car and limo; pedicab, bike and scooter; heels, flats and flip-flops. The 2010-2011 campaign visualized all the crazy ways that people get to Saks, then went one step further to include, among others, horseback, sailboat, Segway and skateboards. At the core of the campaign was a network of arrows that were applied to all retail collateral from shopping bags to displays to catalog covers. Advertising was arrow-driven as was the online presence. Everyone and everything was going to Saks.
Design: Michael Bierut and Jennifer Kinon, Pentagram
2010-2011 Campaign, Catalog, Packaging
and Retail Graphics
Saks Fifth Avenue

2010-2011 Icon
Going To


Saks on Three,
Designer Collections
Debut Invitation
Saks on Three houses the designer collections at Saks. The floor also features works by Michele Oka Doner. The organic gestures of Oka Doner's work recall the thick/thins of the Saks script, so we worked to construct a bespoke Saks "3" from the contributing designers' names. The identity system allowed for each individual designer to be called out when appropriate.

Design: Michael Bierut and Jennifer Kinon, Pentagram

The Spring 2010 Season at Saks was rollouted with a new, more gentle, promotional campaign. Fashion-friendly folks will recognize that the theme recalls legendary fashion editor Diana Vreeland's "Why Don't You..." column for Harper's Bazaar. It just so happened that the spring series of catalogs numbered ten, as did the letters in "Think About..." We used collections of small silhouettes to build individual letters, then used the collection of catalogs to spell out the campaign name. The catalogs were mailed in order from A to T..., then the assorted letters were used in Spring 2010 advertising and the silhouettes appeared throughout in-store displays.

Design: Michael Bierut
and Jennifer Kinon
with Jesse Reed, Pentagram
Spring 2010 Campaign, Catalog and Retail Graphics
Think About ...

Saks Shopping Bags, Boxes and Identity System
Brand Guidelines