1. What's the story behind Hoop Dream Studios? How did it come to life?
Hoop Dream Studios came to life during my time in undergrad at Loyola Marymount University where I majored in Fine Arts. I had an assignment for a design class (Concept to Form) and that's when I decided to create a basketball hoop to submit. But, in reality, it was so I could take it home and ball out in the apartment with my roommates.
After crafting the first one and many intense games of indoor horse, my friends started asking me to commission custom hoops for them, so I started to take it a bit more serious.