aarn/secondworlddesign/askdesignbuild: custom snowboard rack for concepts [retail.furn]
zack (second world design), TJ (ask design/build), and i designed these snowboard racks for the concepts shop in harvard square. the racks were delivered in time for the newest video premier for burton snowboards, this last friday. the tour included an in-store appearance by some of the sponsored riders from burton, which took place at concepts.
the racks are laser cut 0.125-inch thick 1018 steel, which was then bent into shape and painted. radii matched the geometry of the architectural millwork that already exists in the shop. two versions of the rack were delivered, one holds seven boards and is approximately five feet in length, and the other holds five boards and is just under four feet in length.
i did a very quick rendering of the rack to send to the client a few days before we sent out the drawings for manufacturing (shown at the top of this post). all of the design and manufacturing of these racks was completed within a week, so we had to use materials and processes which we could rely on and were not particularly labor intensive. as always, it was exciting to work on a project where the turn-around and brainstorming was quick and intense.
there is a possibility that these might be for sale at some point, so if anyone is interested, i could send you a quote on what it would cost to make one or more for a shop, and they can be made in any size pretty much.
