Chicago Office Walls

300 South Riverside Plaza Murals

Newark element14 is an electronics distributor company that has been in business for 84 years. Newark has operations in the US, Canada, and Mexico, and now it is part of Avnet – ranked #128 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list according to fortune.com.

I started working at Newark 10 years ago when it was located at the corner of Ravenswood and W Lawrence. A few years ago, Newark’s office was relocated to downtown Chicago, and I had great opportunity to conceptualize and design all the office walls. Before designing the walls I created a story, or at least a theme on which I could grow upon. The idea was to create a portrait of our clients, the electronic and industrial engineers, thought the things they work with.

To be continued…