Trophy by Frederik Gustav for Palmes

To many, a tennis ball basket is merely a tool; an effect that one carries out onto the court prior to practice, be it solo serve training or practicing volleys, drop shots and backhands with a friend.

Though often overlooked and taken for granted, we find that the ball basket is so much more than that. It’s a catalyst for, and testament to, improvement; a sculpture infused by inherent function; a poetic companion that is with us throughout the endless hours, hours and hours that we find ourselves grinding away, forehand to backhand and backhand to forehand, on the tennis court.

As an accolade the tennis ball basket, we asked close friends of the Palmes Tennis Society, Copenhagen-based design-duo Frederik Gustav to approach its typology as that which is is — an architectural hallmark. From that came Trophy. With their abstraction being made by hand in stained oak and designed to have the basket in either top or bottom, the structure of Trophy fuses together that of its original shape with the sentiment of a trophy; serving as an practical yet informal testimony to the archetypal ball basket.

Trophy by Frederik Gustav for Palmes is available exclusively through Palmes.co at a retail price of EUR3,000 / DKK22.000. Trophy is made- to-order in a limited edition of 12 pieces.

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About Frederik Gustav

Frederik Gustav is a Danish design duo, based in Copenhagen and founded by Frederik Weber and Gustav Dupont. Their practice is based on practical experimentation and often involves studies in a static principle or a tectonic system, which they explore both artistically and functionally. Whether they work with product design, spatial design or small scale archi- tecture, their work always forms a tribute to construction and craftsmanship. Their works are part of the permanent collection of Design Museum Denmark.

Photography by Benjamin Lund Nielsen.