StudiosOur StoryPhiladelphia

Built from frustration. Made for the wall.

A designer, a runner, and a medal that sat on a shelf doing nothing. Here’s what happened next.

Philly Distance Run race panel with medal, stats and 3D course map hanging on a wall

P22 Evan running or finishing the D&L Marathon

01 How it started

A runner who never planned to be one

I’m Evan Faucher, a designer and engineer from Colorado, now based in Philadelphia. Growing up in Colorado means you’re outside constantly: hiking, mountain biking, snowboarding. That shaped how I think about products. Things should be well made, purposeful, and earn the space they take up.

I started running in college when a family friend invited me to do a marathon. I’d never run distance, but I said yes. Running stuck in a way I didn’t expect. It cleared my head and gave me space to think.

After moving to Philadelphia, I trained properly for the first time. Four runs a week, real preparation. I ran the D&L Marathon, crossed the line, and felt good about the time. Months of early mornings had led to something that genuinely mattered.

P21 A finisher medal hanging off a shelf or sitting in a drawer

02 The problem

The medal on the shelf

The medal ended up on a shelf, and that bothered me. Not for the recognition, but because the race meant something, and nothing in my home reflected that.

So I looked at what was out there. Shadow boxes. Flat map prints. Medal hooks. All of it generic, and none of it treated the race as the specific, earned experience it was.

Map of a race route traced from a GPX file

03 The idea

A map is a story

When I look at a map of a run, my eyes follow the route and I remember the race. The climbs. The hard miles. What I was thinking at certain points on the course.

A map is a story. A medal is proof you showed up. So why was everything flat?

A 3D printed race course relief held in one hand

04 What I built

The race, back in your hands

So I built it myself. A metal frame, a 3D printed relief made from the GPX data of your race, and a minimal stat sheet with the numbers that matter.

When I hung the first one, I knew it was right. My eyes followed the route, the race came back to me, and the light caught the relief. More than that, it made me want to add another.

One race. One panel. Start the wall.

Evan Faucher, founder

Three Bonk Studios race panels side by side

How it’s made

Made one at a time in Philadelphia

01
Your course, checked

We clean up the route file and check it against the course before anything prints.
02
Printed and built by hand

The relief prints on our own printer. Then the panel is assembled by hand, one at a time.
03
Proofed, then shipped

You approve a digital proof first. Your panel ships in 2 weeks, ready to hang.