BNIM Builds Set for Kansas City West 18th Street Fashion Show

June 14, 2021

BNIM Builds Set for Kansas City West 18th Street Fashion Show

For the 21st year of the West 18th Street Fashion Show, BNIM was chosen among six other local architecture firms to create a backdrop that reflects the theme for this year’s show.

BNIM in collaboration with AL Huber, helped to design and fabricate a backdrop for local fashion designer, Craig Rohner, for this year’s West 18th Street Fashion Show. This year’s theme, “Summer Tableau” is based around the 1960s counterculture movement, recognized by group centric behavior, drug use and inexpensive psychedelic iconography. BNIM’s design for the backdrop was inspired by the psychedelic patchwork-clad geodesic domes of the Drop City commune in Colorado. The patchwork was created by using recycled billboard vinyl to be able to resist weather and wind while also reusing material to create a more sustainable backdrop.

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The 2011 National Architecture Firm Award Winner, BNIM is an employee-owned design company and an innovative leader in designing high performance environments. Through an integrated process of collaborative discovery, we create transformative, living design that leads to vital and healthy organizations and communities.

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