While Matt was in Green Bay last week, he drove to nearby De Pere, Wisconsin, to check out a mobile he provided to St. Norbert's College three years ago. These iPhone snapshots don't do it justice (you can see a professional image here), but rest assured, Matt was pleased to see the mobile hanging in person. He especially enjoyed seeing how visible the mobile was from outside the building!
Matt spent Monday installing this mobile in the lobby of Foth, a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based engineering firm. He thoroughly enjoyed working with fellow detail-oriented engineers, and the collaboration resulted in a last-minute length-change to ensure the mobile lined up properly with the second-story mezzanine and the lobby's air vents (to ensure maximum movement). Once some replacement cable was procured, the installation went swimmingly!
It's always exciting to see a project make huge progress, and it's double—no triple—exciting to see two projects make significant progress. For example, we just received these laser-cut shapes for this mobile:
And this mobile is finished up and en route to Green Bay, Wisconsin!
Over the next couple of weeks, these humble materials:
will be transformed into this 10-foot-tall by 15-foot-wide mobile:
The final piece will hang in the commons area of a Green Bay, Wisconsin-based engineering firm.
We're juggling a couple of fun projects right now, and here's a graphic rendering of one that's in the queue:
This colorful mobile will hang in the lobby of an Atlanta-based hospital. Installation is scheduled for early 2014. Stay tuned for updates!
We just sent off this fun glass mobile to some folks in Texas for their modern home. It hangs 5 feet wide by 3 feet tall, and we were lucky enough to collaborate once again with the fantastic glass artist, Leah Pellegrini.
Matt and Ben spent the week in Rhode Island installing this mobile in a local YMCA. For logistical purposes, they worked at night and slept during the day—and compared to past installations, the sleeping-during-the-day part was a real treat! All in all, the installation went smoothly, and the final piece looks lovely.
The piece incorporates 55 individual mobiles (out of 300 total shapes) strung together to span 25 feet in the YMCA's lobby area.
A quick little Ekko Workshop update: The folks at Fab.com were pretty darn happy with the Ekko Workshop flash sale they held this summer, so they've asked to carry them on their website for the entire holiday season.
So, in case you were wondering, here's what a pile of inventory for Fab looks like!
And here are a few other fine establishments carrying Ekko Workshop mobiles:
SFMOMA Museum Store
The Baltimore Museum of Art
The Honolulu Museum of Art
The Indianpolis Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
ShopOne² at Rochester Institute of Technology
We've doubled our shop space, which is requiring some serious renovations, and my goodness, has it been a slow and steady undertaking.
Here is the new space, which is adjacent to our existing shop. As you can see, we're already getting good use out of it to store ladders, packaging materials, bicycles, bike trailers, and whatnot. You can also see, way in the background, where we've started ripping out a wall to connect the new and existing spaces.
And here, Matt is outlining his grand vision for this particular nook.
If you have four minutes to spare, grab some popcorn and settle in for a little film about Ekko Mobiles!
Many thanks to Chris and Mara and Voxity Video Productions, the fantastic producers of this film!
