Curved wood fin column on a terrazzo base, specialty millwork by Calico

Specialty & Themed Fabrication for Hospitality, Retail & Entertainment

Hero pieces for restaurants, retail and studios: built in our East LA shop, hand-finished in our North Hollywood studio, then delivered finished, ready for your crew on site.

The people who finished for Walt Disney Imagineering, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, HBO and Warner Bros., now on permanent work in Los Angeles. Behind every piece are 15+ years of industrial design, CNC programming and technical design: we read design intent, catch the problems before they reach the floor, and build what you meant.

We build for restaurant and hotel groups, cinemas and theaters, retail and fashion brands, studios and brand showrooms, and the designers and architects behind them: feature walls, bar fronts, display cases, sculptural elements and gilded signage. Every piece is built and hand-finished by one team and arrives ready for your crew on site. For one-off commissions, showroom models and brand pieces, see Bespoke Objects & Brand Commissions.

The people who finished for Walt Disney Imagineering, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, HBO and Warner Bros., now on permanent work in Los Angeles. Behind every piece are 15+ years of industrial design, CNC programming and technical design: we read design intent, catch the problems before they reach the floor, and build what you meant.

We build for restaurant and hotel groups, cinemas and theaters, retail and fashion brands, studios and brand showrooms, and the designers and architects behind them: feature walls, bar fronts, display cases, sculptural elements and gilded signage. Every piece is built and hand-finished by one team and arrives ready for your crew on site. For one-off commissions, showroom models and brand pieces, see Bespoke Objects & Brand Commissions.

Themed & Sculptural Elements

The pieces a room is designed around, built for permanent display and finished in our own studio.

  • Feature walls and sculpted relief for restaurants, bars and lobbies
  • Themed facades and scenic elements, built to public-grade durability
  • CNC-carved sculpture, scenic-matched to the finishes around it
  • Faux stone and bronze, gilding, and aged patinas

Specialty Millwork

The millwork that carries a finish. Built and finished by the same hands, so nothing is lost between shops.

  • Carved, curved and inlaid millwork details
  • Bar fronts, back-bar displays and host stands
  • Decorative panels with gilded or églomisé glass inserts
  • Finished in-studio: gilding, metallic, patina and paint

Display Cases & Retail Fixtures

Permanent fixtures built to brand standard for retail, hospitality and studio spaces.

  • Display cases and vitrines
  • Branded retail fixtures, plinths and display walls
  • Multi-material work across wood, acrylic, composites and metal
  • A finish sample for sign-off before the build

Technical Design

3D modeling, shop drawings and finish samples, priced as line items and credited against the project.

  • An approach memo within 72 hours of your enquiry
  • Rhino, SolidWorks and Fusion 360
  • Accepts SketchUp, Revit, AutoCAD and most common formats
  • Napkin sketch to buildable drawing. We handle the translation

Have a set of drawings? Let's build them.

Send drawings or a rough concept. We reply within 24 hours and send an approach memo within 72.

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Tell us about your project — scope, timeline, budget, and any files you'd like to share. Drawings, renderings, mood boards, 3D models — whatever you have, we'll work with it. We'll review everything and get back to you with questions and a preliminary approach, typically within two business days. If an NDA is required, we're happy to sign yours.

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