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Urban Institute: Utilizing fabricated letters, custom aluminum, and digital print.

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National Grid

Client: National Grid

Other Involved Parties: FORM Architects

When FORM Architects contacted SUI for graphic design collaboration for National Grid’s offices, it seemed at first a modest project with a few graphic elements to brand the space. However, as the project progressed it expanded to include custom string art and a hand-painted mural. How it evolved:

Mural The Phone Room is a small triangular area that serves mainly as a walkway between spaces. National Grid wanted to add an element of interest to the almost 18’ long wall with a digitally printed graphic reproduced from an antique photograph.

Unfortunately, the photo’s resolution was too low to produce a large scale print of quality but rather would create unattractive artifacts visible to the viewers. Besides, the square photo would have to be reformatted to create a rectangular graphic but that would have introduced unwanted distortions.

SUI proposed a hand-painted mural that would elegantly span the entire wall with no resolution issues and a pleasant viewing experience even at close proximity.

Following approval, we worked on mock-ups to show how the wall could be filled by extending the tank behind the sign. The tank’s appearance was dark and heavy in an area with little natural light. To compensate for the darkness and ease National Grid’s concerns, we added period-appropriate advertisements that brought more white to the mural. The end result was “incredible.”

String Art The wall string art in the Boardroom is the showpiece of the office. The Boardroom features floor to ceiling glass, an elongated wood conference table, and a dramatic blue diamond painted on a white wall. This blank expanse became the “canvas” for a nail and string art piece.

Initially, it was conceived of as an outline of the city’s skyline. As the installation progressed, it was apparent the white “canvas” background was overpowering the design and dramatic impact was lost. Our artist determined by filling in the skyline and clustering certain areas with more nails and string it would create more depth and achieve the desired effect. In the end, he weaved a dramatic “showstopper.”

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Capitol Tax Partners – Artistic Painting Package

Client: Capitol Tax Partners

Other Involved Parties: HYL Architects

For Capitol Tax Partners, HYL Architects collaborated with SUI Creative to bring history into today. Together they created an established sense of space that abounds with trust and honesty.

Capitol Tax Partners is situated on Constitution Avenue and is surrounded by historic real estate that evokes an air of establishment and dignity. HYL created beautiful new spaces inside but brought in elements of the history through SUI Creative’s graphic work and paintings.

When entering Capitol Tax Partners’ space there is a long corridor that leads you to the reception desk. Rather than having blank walls and carpeting tunneling you to the desk, there was an opportunity to make the corridor unique and each step interesting along the way. SUI Creative’s in-house artist, Bob Mayhew, developed custom paintings based on historical photos of DC landmarks. Certain photos showed DC on a dreary day or a blank sky based on the age, but our artist was able to liven it up by adding clouds and realistic shadows based on where the sun would be in the sky, accurately, on that time of day. A photo that may have been drab was transformed to be bristling with life!

In the Capitol Tax Partners project, you can see the wide range of disciplines and talents employed at SUI. Do you have a project with unique challenges? Spaces you’re not sure what to do with? SUI Creative’s team of artist and designers are excited to customize your space to something unique and one-of-kind for your company.

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