We recently shipped a Flight in various shades of green to Chris, a fellow who told us the mobile will go in his newly constructed modern prefab cabin in West Virginia.
Check it out on his blog, A PreFab Project.
The cabin will be featured in Dwell Magazine’s February 2009 issue–and the mobile arrived just in time for the photo shoot. We’re hoping it makes the cut!
A client in Houston recently approached us with a challenge: she had a blah corner in her living room that needed a little love. Love in the form of a mobile. She wanted something that would fill the corner, ceiling to floor, without getting in the way.
We took those tight constraints and ran with it, using the SemiSwing design (see June 10, 2008) for inspiration. We tweaked the original design by shortening the rods, making the components more compact, and limiting the mobile’s range of motion. And instead of multiple colors, we gave it a brushed metal finish.
Here’s the final version. We can’t wait to see how lovely it looks in her corner (instead of ours)!
Matt’s been on the road, where he just installed a mobile at Mahtomedi Middle School near Minneapolis.
Since the school’s curriculum emphasizes engineering, the administrators wanted a little something that brought together the arts and the sciences.
The solution? A Calder-inspired mobile, designed just for them by our own resident engineer-turned-artist.
The 12-foot-by-12-foot mobile hangs from the 30-foot ceiling of the school’s atrium-style entryway. We hope it inspires plenty of creativity in the students!
Here's a mobile we made recently for Cool-de-Sac, a kid's cafe/entertainment center in Miami. Although you can't really see the mobile in the context of the play area, you can see how we accomplished their request for bright sorbet-like colors:
Spindle, our newest desktop design, is finally available to the masses! Check it out in our shop.
We can also make Spindle in larger sizes. Contact us if you're interested!
Here’s a great example of a custom piece that required some very specific color matching. The interior designer we worked with sent a fabric swatch that contained several interwoven greens, blues, and turquoise hues. We found some great colors that highlighted the various shades, and–voila!–here’s the result:
A few years back, Balance was featured in The Week magazine. Due to various circumstances beyond our control, we didn’t get our hands on a copy of it. Until now. Check it out!
And an up close and personal version:
Many thanks to the kind folks at The Week for digging through the archives to find this!
Sorry for the brief absence. We’ve been busy working, playing, enjoying summer…and brainstorming a few new mobile ideas. Here’s a little sneak preview:
It’s not everyday that Matt, our head mobile designer, gets to see his pieces in their element. But here he his with a Hidalgo made for a friend’s newborn. It goes great with that painting, eh?
For more modern baby mobiles and nursery mobiles, check out our friends at Hanging Mobile Gallery.
One of our favorite things to do around here is promotional mobiles. We love seeing all the clever ways to incorporate mobiles into a marketing plan, event, press kit, or whatever.
When we work with clients on promotional mobiles here are a few things we’ll discuss with you up front:
Quantity. How many pieces are you going to need? Ten? Or ten thousand?
Timeframe. Are you going to need your mobiles in two weeks or two months?
Design. Did you have a design in mind? Or do you need us to design your mobile?
Budget. We’ve made promotional mobiles for just about every budget–from a couple bucks apiece to a couple thousand bucks apiece. We’ll work with your budget to determine materials, design complexity, packaging, and turnaround time.
If you’re cooking up a fun way to use some promotional mobiles, let us know! Contact us at info@ekkomobiles.com or 877.278.3199.
