Welcome to another installment of our “Featured Projects” series. This series reveals the stories behind our completed custom design projects, and helps you get to know all that came together to make them possible. Enjoy! This client had just purchased their home on Keawakapu Beach and wanted to remodel the grand entrance to the home, adding a main gate and … Read More
Featured Materials – Brass & Bronze
New on the Padilla Designs blog is a series called “Featured Materials”, dedicated to sharing what we love about the fascinating raw materials that come through our studio on a regular basis. We regularly work with copper, brass, bronze, stainless steel, aluminum, cor-ten steel, a variety of high-end hardwoods, and enjoy teaching our clients about the wonders of these natural … Read More
Featured Project – South Maui Estate Design
Welcome to another installment of our “Featured Projects” series. This series reveals the stories behind our completed custom design projects, and helps you get to know all that came together to make them possible. Enjoy! You may remember a recent post (from the “In the Studio” blog series) featuring a South Maui estate design project in progress. Well, we are happy to report that … Read More
Featured Project – Resurrecting a Demi-god at Andaz Maui at Wailea
This blog entry marks the beginning of our “Featured Projects” series. This series reveals the stories behind our completed custom design projects, and helps you get to know all that came together to make them possible. Enjoy! In late summer of 2013, Padilla Designs was asked to assist in reviving a weathered, deteriorated sculpture of the Hawaiian demi-god Maui, who is credited with raising the … Read More
In the Studio – New Custom Estate Design in South Maui
With a new addition to our blog, this post begins a series dedicated to sharing “behind the scenes” peeks into our studio. “In the Studio” reveals how much we love what we do, the pride we take in our family’s craftsmanship and the fun we have with the creative process. Join us! Right now in the studio, the Padilla Designs team is hard at … Read More
Featured Materials – Copper
New on the Padilla Designs blog is a series called “Featured Materials”, dedicated to sharing what we love about the fascinating raw materials that come through our studio on a regular basis. We regularly work with copper, brass, bronze, stainless steel, aluminum, cor-ten steel, a variety of high-end hardwoods, and enjoy teaching our clients about the wonders of these natural … Read More
Padilla Designs Nominated for “Torch Award” for Ethics
Our design team was very excited to find out that we were an official nominee of the Better Business Bureau (BBB)’s Torch Awards for Ethics this year. According to the BBB, each year these awards allow the public to acknowledge businesses in Hawaii that embody high standards of trust, performance, and integrity. Through their annual Torch Awards program, the BBB … Read More
Padilla Designs Founder Larry Padilla Featured in Pacific Business News
Padilla Designs’ founder and owner Larry Padilla was interviewed for Pacific Business News’ “Small Business Features” section recently, and the article has been published. Thanks to reporter Katie Murar for taking the time to get to know Larry and the work of Padilla Designs! Have a read, and enjoy getting to know Larry’s story here.
Padilla Designs Makes Pacific Business News’ “Fastest Growing 50” List
Since 1995, Pacific Business News has celebrated the speed of small business with its Hawaii’s Fastest 50 awards luncheon. The Padilla Designs team is honored to be recognized in the top fifty of Hawaii’s fastest-growing local companies for 2016. To view our spot on the list and to browse through the “Fastest 50” for 2016, click here.
Padilla Designs featured in HGTV’s “Modern Masters” Series
When Home and Garden Television (HGTV) reached out about featuring the Padilla family on their “Modern Masters” series, we seized the chance to share our story and our studio with the world. They were interested in our beautiful Hawaiian flower custom metal fire “tiki” torches, and next thing you know, we’re on national television.