Every year since I have arrived at the RA, we have planned to re-do the shop.   But every year it has fallen victim to budget cuts.   Now, we have finally done it in a deliberately lightweight and experimental way, looking as much like a gallery as a shop, which is, of course, what the space once was.   It has been designed by Debby Kuypers of RFK Architects, who has designed exhibitions, including Americans in Paris, as well as working in retail, so has provided an environment which deliberately crosses the frontiers between a shop and a gallery. I hope it encourages more people to enjoy what the shop offers:-