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An upholstery project on a 1948 Ford to make your eyes pop
May 1st, 2024
As car show season gears up in North America, here’s a look at a 1948 Ford Popular delivery van overhaul that’s making the rounds Down Under—and even in Hot Rod New Zealand magazine in 2023. The Ford Pop interior was previously all metal and hard surfaces—no fabrics on the floor, doors, walls, ceiling, anywhere. It […]
A 2023 OFPANZ Awards for Excellence Winner
April 1st, 2024
After having a previous outdoor canvas dining canopy for 40 years, folks at the Whangarei Deep Sea Anglers Club in Tutukaka, New Zealand, decided that it was time for a change. The club called on Baytex, of Mount Maunganui, for a solution. That canopy upgrade turned into a 2023 Awards for Excellence Winner in the […]
Conjoined canopies create year-round outdoor play space
August 31st, 2023
A preschool now can make the most of its space after Fresco Shades replaced some old shade sails with conjoined canopies on the school’s L-shaped deck. Children get to play and learn outside even on rainy days. “We have come across some complicated designs before, but none quite this quirky. To say it was a challenge […]
Outdoor canopy build is true collaboration
May 1st, 2022
A seemingly simple job can sometimes create many challenges but still result in a great finished project. A case in point is the canopy built for a homeowner’s outdoor space by Fresco Shades, of Auckland, New Zealand. The homeowner had provided a CAD drawing of the desired space and even visited the designer’s office to discuss […]
Whakatane Pool Enclosure
March 1st, 2022
In a city where the temperature typically varies from a low of 45°F to a high of 76°F, the owners of the Whakatane Aquatic and Fitness Centre in Whakatane, New Zealand, wanted to maximize usage of its secondary outdoor pool throughout the year. They engaged New Zealand’s Fabric Structures Ltd. to build a cover for […]
Te Nukuao
February 1st, 2022
For most of its history the America’s Cup yacht race took place on offshore courses far from the viewing public, but recent race organizers wanted to transform it into a spectator sport. When the 36th America’s Cup took place in New Zealand last March, visitors could, for the first time, watch the race from viewing […]
Biolumen Lab
December 1st, 2021
It may look like an alien life form, but Biolumen Lab is indeed a classroom—an inflatable, cell-based one at that—for secondary school students to experience a week of science-based learning, generating curiosity and promoting science as a potential career path. “Biolumen Lab is an experience, an environment and a place to learn and try out […]
Napier Auto Upholstery restores a sentimental treasure
February 1st, 2021
Ford Consul Mk1 restoration When a client brought the first vehicle he had ever owned—a 1955 Ford Consul Mk1—to Napier Auto Upholstery of Napier, New Zealand, the motor trimmer and upholstery specialists knew they had a sentimental treasure on their hands, as well as a research project. With the proper rebuild, the vehicle “still had […]
Byond Disaster Relief New Zealand and OFPANZ work together when disaster hits
February 1st, 2020
by Laurie Junker Hardly a month goes by without news of a catastrophic weather event somewhere in the world. Whether it’s a hurricane, tsunami, flood or wildfire, the scenes have become distressingly familiar—homes and businesses destroyed, vegetation laid bare and hundreds if not thousands of displaced people seeking the basic necessities of fresh water, food […]
2018 OFPANZ Awards for Excellence winners
December 1st, 2018
Twelve projects were recognized as winners of the 2018 Awards for Excellence competition hosted by The Outdoor Fabric Products Association of New Zealand (OFPANZ). The Awards for Excellence offers OFPANZ members a chance to showcase design excellence, technical skills and innovation to other members and the industry. Entries are judged by appearance/workmanship, complexity, design/innovation, and […]