Case Studies
Purdue University “The Flame” Artistic Forge
This 10-foot-tall art piece at the north end of Mackey Arena is intended to be a gathering place for students. The concept behind it was “the energy behind ideas.” The original pencil sketch envisioned a boiler with rivets exploding. We modified the design slightly and also adjusted the scale so that there wouldn’t be sharp […]
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Copper Moon Coffee
You might recognize these coffee kiosks from your neighborhood Marsh store. Copper Moon came to us and said they wanted a sign with their logo elements – a moon and a tree. We created the center globe of the moon using two halves of Styrofoam, covered it in putty to create the undulations of the […]
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The Crane Light
When bo-mar was approached by Purdue University with just a rendering and architectural drawing for the interior of its Purdue Polytechnics building at Anderson, details for actually building the desired crane-inspired lighting feature hadn’t yet been considered. Without direction beyond an initial concept rendering, the designers and engineers at bo-mar took the idea to the […]
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