Merit Award
Pacific Design Center
Location
West Hollywood, CA
Design Firm
Selbert Perkins Design Collaborative, Playa del Rey, CA
Design Team
Robin Perkins (Principal in Charge), Nick Groh, Erin Carney
Fabrication
Carlon & Co., TFN
Client
Pacific Design Center
Photographer
Andy Davey
Exterior sculptures and a comprehensive interior and exterior wayfinding system were designed to enhance the famous Pacific Design Center complex, Los Angeles' premier designer showcase center. Twenty-five-foot tall, stainless steel sculptures – a lamp and a chair – symbolize the nature of the home furnishings design industry and dramatically reinforce the design center's landmark status. In addition, a clean, modern building identity and wayfinding system was created to streamline pedestrian and vehicular circulation around and within the building. Steel, glass, paint, and vinyl materials were used.
Jury Comment
"Affectionately dubbed The Blue Whale, the Pacific Design Center is a great example of a building that serves as its own sign. The designers here have cleverly tackled this dilemma with their upgrade of the building's identity. Using over-scaled and artistically abstracted furniture, they convey the building's contemporary design vocabulary as well as the products showcased within. The design of the lamp and chair are at once iconic and witty. They represent the best of wordless graphic identity at a scale commensurate with the context."