inspire design: architecture, graphics and retail design

Etsy is opening it’s doors in Brooklyn (bit too far for me for a few months) on 1st Feb. So that’s a Web 2.0 business with a huge global community opening a bricks & mortar store, is this High St 2.0, (I know that’s a bit clumsy at the moment but it might just work), is this the reinvigoration of the High Street or is it the Internet killing the High Street or is it just a business using another channel to market? Hopefully we’ll be off to NY soon for a poke around so that’s one definitely worth a look.