industrial | marquardt + gridwerk

new product section on our website

By: m+gwa

Dec 12 2012

Not only do we create environments, we also custom design products to go in them. We are not afraid of a little industrial and product design! Just added to our website is our product section. Check back often for updates, because almost every environment we have ever designed includes custom furniture, storage, and more! Below is a little teaser of what has been added.

custom chandelier for Maya Romanoff New York

custom identity pillows for ESI Ergonomic Solutions Inc

LED lighting fixture concepts for Artemide

custom counter stools for CF Stinson

So head over to the product section to see everything new we’ve added, including the wreath and menorah we featured on the blog previously!

It’s a major award!

By: m+gwa

Dec 07 2012

industrial, our work

Our lovely wreath, S. Fernando, won Honorable Mention last night at Steelcase’s Wreath and Menorah Charity Auction! We’re number two!

In all seriousness, the creation did manage to raise $330 for The Children’s Place Association, and our beautiful scientific menorah raised $130!

We had a great time at the event and can’t wait for next year! Tom and Lauren even won raffle prizes!

And for a little extra Christmas cheer [and for those who didn’t get the joke]:

Steelcase Wreath and Menorah Charity Auction

By: m+gwa

Dec 06 2012

industrial, our work, things and stuff

It was hard for us to decide whether we wanted to create a wreath or a menorah for this year’s 13th Annual Steelcase Wreath and Menorah Charity Auction, so we decided to design both! Each design is unique and offers a completely different aesthetic.

For the wreath, we utilized off-cuts of acrylic samples graciously donated by 3form. Christmas colors are layered to create a mid-century modern wreath, pin-mounted to a beautiful walnut panel, which was donated by Greatlakes Architectural Millworks. Working together, the materials make a fun, colorful wreath that harkens back to a classic wreath, but with a modern twist! The name, S. Fernando, is a reference to the mid-century modern movement that was so prevalent in the San Fernando Valley.

For the menorah, we wanted an elegant yet slightly quirky design that utilizes olive oil lamps, like the original menorah. Our creation is made from test tubes, an Erlenmeyer flask, and a simple bent steel plate, which was welded by our own Andres Lemus.

Check out the website for more images and process of the wreath and menorah!

Sneak Peek: Romanoff New York Signage

By: m+gwa

Aug 31 2012

environmental graphics, industrial, interiors, our work

Quick! Before it ships to Manhattan to be installed in the fabulous Maya Romanoff New York Showroom, here is a sneak peek at the corridor identity/display signage column – designed by marquardt+. It is custom-formed metal with stand off metal letterforms backlit over Romanoff Bedazzled Geode Flexible Glass Bead Wallcovering in “Scotch N Soda”.

The face of the column is designed so that Romanoff can periodically recover the surface in other products, updating the sign with new product introductions, colors and/or styles. This creates a flexible hallway product display unit out of what is normally just an identity sign. Illumination comes from newly released Environmental Lighting Dimmable LED Side View Strips (Soft White). This is LED tape that actually edge lights off the edge of the tape, not the face like typical LED tape lights, so it is perfect for dimensional letterforms and other tight lighting conditions traditionally un-lightable!

See more of the showroom on our website!

new product section on our website

It’s a major award!

Steelcase Wreath and Menorah Charity Auction

Sneak Peek: Romanoff New York Signage

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