Why You Should Order Lockers From the Team That Designs Them / by D1 Design Group

Locker room design, custom athletic lockers, sports facility design, college locker rooms, and athletic branding are all pieces of a larger puzzle—but when they’re not developed together, things can fall apart fast. One of the most common—and costly—mistakes athletic programs make is sourcing their lockers from one company and their design from another. At D1 Design Group, we eliminate that risk by doing it all: we design, fabricate, and install your lockers in-house, with precision and purpose.

Because when the team designing your facility is also the team building your lockers, the end result isn’t just good—it’s seamless.

Design Without Compromise

Every locker we build is part of a larger sports facility design strategy. We’re not just focused on the locker itself—we’re focused on the entire environment around it. How the branding flows across the walls, how the lighting interacts with finishes, how athletes move through the space—all of it influences how we design your lockers.

When you order lockers through a company that didn’t design the space, you risk sacrificing flow, fit, or cohesion. Dimensions may not align perfectly. Branding elements may clash. Functionality might suffer. But when lockers are designed by the same team that conceptualized your space, every measurement, material, and detail is intentional.

Customization That Makes a Difference

Our custom athletic lockers are just that—custom. We tailor every element to your sport, your athletes, and your goals. Need charging stations? Built-in ventilation? LED-lit nameplates? Storage for gear bags or cleats? We’ve done it. Because we’re also designing your locker room layout and visual identity, we make sure those functional details match the aesthetic and flow of the entire room.

No pre-fab solutions. No communication breakdowns between third-party vendors. Just cohesive, high-impact design from start to finish.

Attention to Detail: Where Good Becomes Great

At D1, we believe the small things make a big difference. From the angle of a bench edge to the finish of a metal vent, our in-house team sweats the details others overlook. Because our design team works directly with our fabrication and install crews, we’re constantly fine-tuning every project in real time. We don’t just hand off drawings—we collaborate through every phase to ensure that what we deliver is exactly what your team envisioned.

That level of attention is impossible when your lockers come from one company and your designs from another. We don’t just build lockers—we craft performance spaces.

Conclusion: Form Meets Function, All Under One Roof

If your lockers aren’t designed in context, they’re just boxes with doors. But when they’re designed by the same team crafting your locker room design, visual identity, and brand experience, they become part of something much bigger.

At D1 Design Group, we don’t outsource the most important pieces—we build them ourselves. That’s how we deliver custom athletic lockers that fit perfectly, function flawlessly, and look like they were always meant to be there—because they were.

Ready to build lockers that elevate your entire facility? Let’s design it right.