Slop Design - The 60min Acadia Commercial

So we're down to the final seven designers; Goil, Matt, The Anti-Christ, Michael, She Who's Name We Do Not Speak, Andrea, and little Erik...as the beaver.

This week the designers met one of LA's many impoverished families. These poor souls have been forced to exist without suitable garage facilities for far too long. They've had to make due without a home office, theatre stage, and vehicle housing. Their poor dog, Mac, has even had to endure the hardships of sleeping on the floor. But by golly, that's all about to change.

The Bell's have miraculously acquired no less than a brand new, 2007 GMC Acadia. The Acadia tops Car And Driver Magazine's list of needy, attention-hungry SUVs. The designers must not only transform the Bell's garage into a cozy alcove for this attention-whore of an SUV, they must also accommodate each and every capricious whim the family can dream of. In short, the new garage must contain office space, dog bed, ample storage, and a stage with costume storage for the kids to put on plays. Seems reasonable enough.


In keeping with Bravo's fine commitment to real-life scenarios, the designers were allotted two-hours in which to construct a 3D model and three minutes in which to pitch it to the family. In the end, Andrea's superb architectural background allowed her to produce a truly outstanding model; simple yet practical but with that extra je ne sais quoi.


Andrea wasted no time in delegating responsibilities. Goil was to construct a dog bed which naturally ended up on wheels, Michael and Erik were in charge of fabrics, Ryan would handle artistic flair, She Who's Name We Do Not Speak was in charge of office space while Matt organized. The team now had the enviable task of transforming this into a camera-ready, showroom garage.

The team worked hard but as always, they did their best to infuse some much-needed levity into their arduous work.

The Bell family was blown away by the finished product but someone still had to go. It came down to Ryan for not painting whimsical tire tracks on the walls and ceiling, She Who's Name We Do Not Speak for supposedly slacking off in the adjacent shack-turned-office and Michael for loving the color purple more than Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg combined.
In the end, Ryan had to pack-up his skateboard and go home. Sorry, Ry. Guess you're just too artistic and socio-political (read belligerent) for the judges.