March. 2019, SLATE Custom Studio was invited to design and produce the storage cabinets for the new Serena Williams building in Beaverton, Oregon at the Nike Campus, competing with Vitra a Germany Company, Mash Studios, Made By Pair and many others, finally SLATE won the project.
As the Lead Industrial Designer at SLATE I was responsible for the design, engineering and production of 6,000 + steel rolling cabinets, all distributed in 3 different sizes and configurations.
The cabinets are constructed of steel with a custom powder coat finish, have seamless body construction and the front doors are self-closing with mitered edges. The finger pull is also mitered.
Production started in November 2019 and concluded in April 2021.
Prototyping and Developing was completed in California, 60 % of the Production was completed in China sending two containers every other week to Seattle, and the other 40% of fabrication was done in Southern California with our network of steel manufacturers.
