Welcome to Matthews Studio Equipment

Matthews Visual - an Overview

Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc. has been the leading manufacturer of grip equipment serving the motion picture, television and still photographic industry for over thirty years.  Our innovative designs and production expertise have resulted in numerous technical achievement awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and the American Society of Lighting Directors among others.


Matthews Visual Merchandising represents the complete integration of our technology, applying the industrial aesthetic to create machine age modern design solutions for the retail industry.


Our modular approach affords designers an opportunity to totally customize our functional systems from a simple graphic unit to identify a product or department; to a comprehensive total environment incorporating shelving, hangrods, faceouts and other elements to present an entire designer or lifestyle merchandise statement; becoming an integral part of the retail architecture.


All of our components are available in any of our standard finish options, from basic black to custom color powder coating, further expanding the creative options available to create unlimited individual expressions to suit any style of visual presentation.


We have created custom concept fixturing for major department stores including: federated divisions of Bloomingdales, Macy's West, Burdines and Rich's; May company divisions of Robinsons May, Foley's and Kaufmanns as well as Belk, Levi's, Dockers, Nautica, Joe Boxer and Warnaco.


Our specialty store custom projects include: Neiman Marcus, Warner Brothers Studio Stores, Aaron Brothers, Footlocker and Natural Wonders.


By incorporating our catalog items and adapting and expanding all our designs, Matthews Visual Merchandising is equipped to create customized, functional multi-purpose fixturing solutions to meet the creative requirements of any retailer, searching for modern alternative solutions to visual merchandising and presentation.


Manufactured in Burbank, California, surrounded by most of the major film studios of Hollywood, our 75,000 square foot facility allows us total control of our manufacturing, from catalog items to custom fixturing programs for today's retail leaders.  Custom sizes, finishes and adaptations are available on all Matthews Visual Merchandising Elements.  Please contact your Matthews Visual Representative to inquire about availability and pricing.


All designs shown are exclusive property of Matthews Studio Equipment, Inc. and may not be duplicated without authorized written permission.