Updated September 2026

Carroll Shelby International came to us about four months before its annual car show at the Gardena site, and they wanted the store open for it.

The show date was the only date that mattered, so we raced the build-out to it.

Filling a Shelby store with product was the easy part. The name is on so many things. The hard part was the build, so all the planning went there.

It was a race. We had the build-out done in 60 days, start to finish, before the show.

When the client's date is set by an event, the schedule is the product, and every decision sits behind the date.

About this story

Whenabout 2013 to 2014
Kind of storyHigh-stakes save
The workCarroll Shelby International, Gardena
Told byJesse Fowler, in his own voice
Full recordThe story in Jesse Fowler's own record
CreditCreated by Common Ground