The mobile we made for the New Hampshire hospital is ready for its 3,000 mile cross-country journey. To ensure safe travels, each ring is wrapped in foam padding, and the shapes are bundled together and secured together and protected with bubble wrap. It may not be a glamorous way to travel, but it should be effective!
Triple-Decker
Right now, we're working on mobile for a hospital in New Hampshire. This mobile will hangs 25 feet tall and 6 feet wide and will incorporate 275 polished circular shapes, distributed among three tiers. Ok, let's be honest, it's more of a chandelier than a mobile!
Andrea's Restaurant
About 18 months ago, we provided 7 sleek white mobiles to a new Las Vegas restaurant: Andrea's at the Encore Resort at Wynn Las Vegas. The mobiles were designed to hang above alcove dining booths, surrounded by beautiful lighting.
We never saw photos of the final space until just recently. Turns out, the interior design firm we worked with, TAL Studio, received an award for their work on the restaurant! Scroll through the images to check out the amazing space—and to see more photos of our mobiles!
Pterodactyl Mobile Materials
In a few weeks, we head to Kansas to install this Pterodactyl Mobile at the new Museum of Prariefire. We've nailed down most of the details and acquired/created most of the materials we'll need. Another company is creating the dinosaurs, but here are a few of the mobile's other components:
The motor
The crossbar (with a random bucket to show scale)
The counterbalance (with Matt to show scale)
Forest of Mobiles
Here's a snapshot of the mobile we recently completed for a private residence in Florida. All the shapes, movement, and color make it seem like a thick forest of mobiles.
Oooooklahoma! (Part 2)
Remember those mobiles we're creating for the elementary school in Oklahoma City? Well our clients came across some walls that need artwork, so we're also creating wall murals to go along with the rain-inspired theme. The murals will be made of acrylic shapes, and each one will hang 10 feet wide by 5 feet tall.
A Design Challenge
We are putting some finishing touches on a fun mobile that posed a bit of a design challenge. The fellow who commissioned it wanted a mobile to hang in the main room of this Jacksonville, Florida home. The space the mobile will fill is wide, but not very tall. Normally when we're making a wide, short mobile, we default to horizontal shapes (like this and this), but our client requested we incorporate vertical shapes and create something with a lot of visual interest and complexity.
The only way to meet the size and shape constraints was to create a mobile that used many smaller elements. After several brainstorming sessions, we developed a mobile that consists of several individual mobiles that work together to create a larger overall form. The entire mobile spans 13 feet and hangs 3 feet tall. Each individual mobile will have its own look, feel, and color, and overall piece will move freely.
Here are sketches of the mobile at various points of movement. We can't wait to see the final product!
Paulding Hospital Mobile Photos
Here are some prettier photos of the mobile we installed last week in the new WellStar Paulding Hospital. We're so happy with how it looks in that beautiful sunny lobby!
WellStar Paulding Hospital Mobile
Yesterday, Matt and Ben traveled to Atlanta to install this mobile in the brand-new Paulding Hospital. (The trip was rescheduled last minute to avoid the nasty weather that hit Atlanta last week!)
At 9:04 this morning, a text came through with the message, "We are done," along with this image:
Even accounting for the three-hour time difference, it's safe to say that was a quick and smooth installation!
Pterodactyl Mobile
My goodness, we have some fun projects in the queue right now! Here's a graphic rendering of a mobile that we've started working on for the Museum at Prariefire in Overland Park, Kansas. It will include two pterodactyls, one with a 20-foot wingspan, and a second with an 8-foot wingspan. The entire thing will be motorized for continual movement. The mobile will be part of the museum's "World's Largest Dinosaurs" exhibit, so our crew of children might want to join us for this installation!
