Store Displays for Lamp-In-A-Box

These are some modular store display fixtures we designed and produced for pop-culture lamp company Lamp-In-A-Box.  Because different sized stores require different sized displays, the varnished MDF pieces can be assembled to fit the necessary configurations.

WB Game Stop, San Antonio, Texas

We just got back from setting up our WB Game Stop booth in San Antonio.  Here are some photos of the graphics being raised.  The X-shaped truss below is having lighting installed and signage suspended prior to it being flown in the air.

Eventmakers Ice Sculpture

We never know what we'll be designing next!  Eventmakers asked us to create a ice sculpture/floral centerpiece for their company party.

New Balance Popup Booth

For the Golden Globe Awards, New Balance had us create a small popup booth so that Celebrities could try on the new products and receive promotional gifts.

Pax Booth 2009 for THQ

Booth for Eventmakers at Pax Gaming Convention in Seattle.  In the center, THQ had visitors attempt to ride a mechanical bull in the form of Ruin from their soon to release Darksiders game.

Comic Con Booth 2009 for THQ

This is another recent booth that we designed and built for Eventmakers.  This smaller booth for THQ was brought to Comic-Con San Diego to feature a few of their latest games featuring comic themes like Marvel.  The build consisted of modular lit wall panels, gaming kiosks, check in desk, storage tower and hanging signage.

Art Center Lighting Studio - Braden Graeber's Project

UDEM University Lighting Workshop

We just finished teaching a really fun lighting workshop with a group of 15 students from UDEM in Monterrey, Mexico.  Here is a photo of their final projects.

New NONdesigns Website Goes Live

We're so happy to have a new website.  Design by baovocreative.

E3 Temporary Meeting Rooms

The objective of this project was to divide a reception hall into five private meeting spaces.  The construction needed to ship in a small crate and be assembled in two hours.  Corrugated Lexan panels, vinyl graphics and sliding track doors created a simple and user-friendly system.

E3 Coming Together

All of the displays have arrived in the booth and are awaiting the carpet installation before they can be dropped into position.


The theater walls are being put up and the scrim and lighting is about to be hoisted up 25 feet by the riggers.

Spring is here.

We know because our plants outside the studio are going crazy - especially the tomatoes.

OUR BRAND NEW CNC MACHINE ARRIVES

Our brand new Haas SR-100 CNC router arrived today.  It's so big that we had to remove our entire facade and door frame to get it inside.  They dropped it inside the studio with 40 foot boom and then rolled it into the shop. 


Miao gave it a hug upon arrival.

Apertures of Nature in Progress

Our public art installation in West Hollywood is almost done - just have to cover the footings with soil and remove the caution tape on opening day.

Happy Chinese New Year

China is definitely the best place to celebrate Chinese New Year!  Tons of fireworks, decorations, people, food and giant lit ice sculptures.

Elephant in the Brewery

There was an elephant named Suzy walking around the parking lot today.  She was part of a photo shoot with a bunch of German models that sat all over her.

TOPO table at the Pasadena Museum of California Art

the TOPO table was exhibited at the Pasadena Museum of California Art for the CA Design Biennial.  This time it's full of Sage, Cilantro and Moss.

AIA Honor Award

We received an Honor Award (First Prize) from the American Institute of Architects - AIA|LA for the Bubbles Installation.  Here is a photo from the Gala.

Bubbles Proposal Selected for Exhibit

We submitted our final design for Bubbles, an interactive exhibit in Silver Lake, CA.  Eight pairs of fabric spheres will inflate and deflate in response to visitor presence.  The space will start out filled until visitors push their way in and cause it to transform into an overhead canopy.  Here is the animation that we created to demonstrate the concept.

the Syllabus

One of our first projects was to design the renovation of a 1964 Crown school bus into a traveling book store called the Syllabus.  The design won first prize at the Scientistic Invitational Design Competition for the mobility category.  The design was confidential at the time so we created these mixed-media pieces for the exhibit.

the FLEEP - here's one from the student days at Art Center.

The FLEEP is part sheep, part flea, part Moby Dick.  In other words, it’s a cute, cuddly parasite that you can live inside of.  Its function is one of play and fun for both children, and adults who still haven’t fully grown up.  “Anything can happen inside a FLEEP.”  You can have a sleepover in it, camp in it, or drink martinis in it.  It rolls up into a suitcase-sized package that rolls around on a leash.  It is the new man’s and woman’s best friend, attacking the diamond and dog markets from out of nowhere.  Simply unroll it, turn on the small quiet fan and the walls of the FLEEP inflate in under three minutes.  Its mouth is a zip-open door, its eyes are zip-open mesh filled windows, its six legs are tethers, and its insides are filled with white loose cushioning that is used as furniture.