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Dispensaries: The New Trend-Setters of the Design World
Funky, sleek, and elevated interiors abound in the cannabis storefronts of today.
2022
Design Masters
Nowadays, cannabis dispensaries and retailers are more than just stores — they’re brands.
2022
Marijuana retailers should consider volume, customer experience when designing sales floor
Adopting the right design can make a cannabis store feel more comfortable for shoppers.
2021
Cannabis Dispensaries Usher in a New Era of Retail Design
The industry’s aesthetics have shifted from headshop to high end.
2021
Retail Trends Showcase
Design is the unsung hero of cannabis's path toward normalization.
2021
Inside 12 of the Country’s Most Stylish Cannabis Dispensaries
Take a peek inside 12 of the most elegant dispensaries that will make you want to kick back and light up.
2021
Dispensary Design Trends for 2021
High Road Design Studio was the first to bring elevated retail architecture to dispensaries beginning a couple of cannabis eras ago in 2013.
2021
Higher Ground
It was about departing from the stereotypical dispensary impressions and creating a bold new experience that stands out from the competition.
2020
Navigating the New Normal of This Essential Business
Like many retailers, the cannabis industry is adapting day by day to COVID-19 circumstances.
2020
A Redesign With a Purpose
Since their creation, other competitors, and the extensive flooding of the cannabis accessory market, have made it necessary for our packaging to jump off the shelf.
2020
How Designers Are Giving Cannabis a Sleek New Look
Our job is to be storytellers, to design spaces that fully envelop you in the brand experience that the brand wants to have.
2020
First Mover Status: How Pot Dispensaries Are a Retail Experiment
The brand informs a lot of the store’s aesthetic look, as well as its space planning, merchandising layout and its program.
2020
Trulieve is on a Mission to Maintain Brand Identity
Because creating a scalable, brand-centric standards package represented a challenge, Rivers and her team turned to The High Road Design Studio.
2020
How to Keep Your Project Running Smoothly
A lot of things can go wrong in construction, but a lot of things can also be avoided with proper planning and communication.
2020
Synchronicity Holistic: An Elevated Dispensary Catering to Senior Women
Nobody was trying to enhance the customer’s experience or introduce new patients that might be intimidated,” she said. “I wanted to do things completely differently.
2020
Store Designs Help Create Buzz for Cannabis Retailers
You see brands that run the spectrum from your cozy mom-and-pop shop... to something that feels more like traditional cannabis culture
2020
Insider Reveals How To Design a Cannabis Dispensary That Customers Flock To
I would have to say that the two most important things that any retailer should focus on first, especially if you can only really choose two things or your resources are limited, is your brand and your space plan.
2020
Marijuana retailers consider volume, customer experience when designing sales floor
Marijuana still carries a stigma in many communities. Adopting the right design can make a cannabis store feel more comfortable for shoppers.
2020
Keyva King: Bringing Cannabis to the Rodeo Drive of the Desert
It fits right along side the Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Saks 5th Avenue and Tesla storefronts it shares the neighborhood with.
2019
Meet Megan Stone of High Road Design Studio in Scottsdale
I am honored to say that High Road’s work has helped usher cannabis on Main Street and into the mainstream.
2019
Five Questions With Royal Highness Cannabis Boutique Founders
We want people to see our store and connect with it, whether they have used cannabis before or not.
2019
Configuring Cannabis
Cannabis dispensaries sell a product that, for many people, is incredibly important but has also been historically demonized. That’s starkly different from an average retail store.
2019
Store Development Leaders Help to Navigate Industry Transformation
Stone drew upon her industry to suggest ways that retailers can widen their customer base, as well as connect to a deeper sense of purpose.
2019
2019 Shop! International Visual Competition
High Road & ZenGenius received an Honorable Mention for the Visual Display Achievements of Limited Shelf Life for Maitri Uniontown.
2019
2019 Shop! Design Award Winners
High Road’s design of the Maitri store has received the Silver Award for Specialty Food and Consumables Retailer.
2019
Meet Megan Stone of the High Road Design Studio
The past five years have taught me that predicting anything five months out in this industry is a fool’s errand.
2019
Design's New Leaf
While she avoids stoner clichés, Ms. Stone does try to "blow minds," usually with an eye-popping design feature.
2019
Do We Really Need an “Apple Store of Weed”?
Everyone in the cannabis space says they want to create the Apple Store of weed – but is that actually a good thing?
2019
Check Up: Dispensaries
The handcrafted nature of this space not only resonates with the core culture of cannabis users, it makes the store comfortable and approachable for new customers.
2019
Coda Magazine: Transformative Walls V
This focal art wall reinforces a sense of community by bringing the brand, mission and history of the area to life in an impactful way.
2019
Cannabis Puts Best Face Forward With Stylish Interior Design
The expansion of the industry has led to some relaxation with these regulations, so design in 2019 is just able to go further.
2019
What's The Future of Weed? Industry Leaders Share at SWSX
We put cannabis on Main Street to present a completely different image than anybody had ever thought.
2019
Form & Function Meet the Needs of a Diverse Population
The goal was to create a space in which patients immediately felt relaxed and comforted by their surroundings.
2019
Better by Design: The Extraordinary Evolution of the Cannabis Dispensary
A well-positioned brand and a well-executed retail experience are sellable assets.
2019
Dope Design: The Emerging Dispensary Design Sector
The marijuana dispensary of tomorrow is a far cry from yesterday’s head shops.
2019
The Key to Success in Cannabis Retail? A Carefully Considered Brand
Your brand is the foundation for the retail design process, and a fundamental element of any successful retail business.
2018
Design Firms of the Year
We live to elevate the perception of cannabis and cannabis users through bespoke retail design and branding services.
2018
Taking the High Road
Now a force in design, Stone and Schutte have created a niche in the cannabis industry, taking dispensaries to a new level that would rival any cutting-edge retail space.
2018
Five Marijuana Dispensaries Tap Into High Design
Design can be a powerful tool in changing the negative perceptions of cannabis.
2018
Go Big or Go Gnome
We wanted to make it approachable, especially for the local people who had never had dispensaries in their town before.
2018
Designing for the New Culture of Cannabis
Say goodbye to drab, institutional interiors and trippy accoutrements—top-tier designers are making the face of marijuana more beautiful, smart, and inviting.
2018
Design High
Stone is fully committed to using design to elevate the cannabis retail experience.
2018
Farm-to-Label Craftsman Style
From a successful farm to a leading retail shop, Gnome Grown has carved out a unique space in Oregon.
2018
Taking the High Road With Designer Megan Stone
A headstrong, business minded, alpha-female with a razor sharp eye for detail.
2018
Her Royal Highness
The Queen of Dispensary Design expands her kingdom, tackling the dream project: Her own store.
2018
How Can Dispensaries Appeal to Female Customers?
Stone helps design dispensaries with accessibility and inclusion in mind.
2018
Marijuana Shops Are Trying to Look Like the Apple Store
The future of this industry is geared toward a demographic that looks like mainstream society.
2017
How Design Fuels the Cannabis Industry's “Green Rush”
I was always surprised with how little thought was put into the experience people were having.
2016
Designing Dispensaries With Megan Stone
It’s still a proclamation in a way. People are still shocked sometimes when women talk about loving to smoke.
2016
9 Business Ideas for People Looking to Cash in on the Marijuana Boom
I want to have my cake and eat it too.
2016
How Weed Went From High Times to High Class
Naturally, you want to be part of something you love and appreciate, and for me and many women, that thing is cannabis.
2016
Making Over Marijuana: How Pot Shops Are Getting a Smokin' New Look
The reality is that someday soon cannabis will be normal retail next to Starbucks or a yogurt shop.
2014
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