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Carmel Mission Inn, 2000
Business Image Group provided Best Western with a single-source solution for this project from custom photographic artwork to the elegant picture framing that was used for the final artwork for the individual guest rooms. Images Framing was responsible for the framing.
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Century Plaza Hotel, 1997-99
BIG created exhibits for the Century Plaza Hotel’s celebrating their first 30 years with exhibits chronicling a period beginning with the 1926 construction of 20th Century Fox’s “Talking Studios,” through the present. The exhibits showcase the glamour of Fox films and its stars, the development of Century City and the remarkable history of the Hotel itself. BIG compiled images from six Presidential libraries, the White House, NASA, 20th Century Fox, the Century City Chamber of Commerce and independent photographers. The project culminated with BIG transforming the penthouse of the Tower building into the Ronald Reagan Suite.
Each image was framed in top quality moldings, silk wrap matting and hand-painted bevel bottom mats to complement the hand-tinted or color images. The central display on celebrity guests is done in Flexframe style display cases fabricated to hold up to 15 images each with a 4” water guilded molding from La Marche.
Framing Details - Ronald Reagan Suite:
IF used primary 24kt water guilded gold framing and filets with 100% silk matting throughout a precisely designed display. Prints were carefully grouped into sections that depicted different aspects of President Reagan’s life and career.
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South Hallway in Ronald Reagan Suite,
Century Plaza Hotel
Nancy Reagan touring the
Ronald Reagen Suite exhibits
during its opening reception
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Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., 1991-92
BIG designed, specified, sourced and then produced, framed and shipped artwork to fill over 50 branches of the brokerage throughout the US and the UK. Images included historical 1880 Wall Street, contemporary NYSE views, the American Exchange, Pacific Coast Stock Exchange, action shots from the brokerage industry, and local community shots related to individual branches. These programs were expressive of the industry of which Charles Schwab is part and communicated their involvement in the local area through the history image of their area.
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Pacific Coast Stock Exchange
Photograph by Bennett Hall © 1992
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Chemical Waste Management
BIG exhibits for Chemical Waste Management combine images of the company’s facilities and human resources, historical images drawn from their client base and landscape photography. The landscapes reinforce the firm’s environmental mission, the “day in the life” approach for displaying CWM’s facilities provide recognition for their achievements and showcase for their visiting clientele. Images are “floated” on innovative brushed stainless steel backgrounds in a contemporary look appropriate for this national leader in toxic waste disposal.
Case Study for CWM
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Del Webb Corporation
For Del Webb's retirement center's main entertainment area developed in Las Vegas, IF created an exhibit of black and white movie star portraits covering 1930-1975, including Judy Garland, Frank Senatra, Raquel Welch, Bing Crosby, and Jerry Lewis.
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This community based hospital retained us to create exhibits expressing their local area and the history of their institution. These exhibits included modern photography of the area with children at play for the birthing area, as well as the 4 cities in the immediate areas history.
Case Study for El Camino Hospital
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| Eureka Bank
BIG produced an art program for three floors of the executive offices of Eureka Bank in the Redwood Shores area.
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Fog City Diner
When Fog City Diner expanded into Las Vegas, Chicago and Japan, BIG created artwork that express the "Fog City" theme for each of their expansion restaraunts.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
BIG created an art program for this hospital which depicts the history of the Los Gatos/Campell area that it serves.
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Hills Bros. Coffee Co. / ShorensteinCo. 1996
Commissioned by the developer, BIG designed, sourced and authored an interpretive history exhibit on the Hills Bros. Coffee Company, permanently installing it in the lobby of 2 Harrison Street, San Francisco.
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Hyatt Regency Monterey, 1991
BIG produced 1,200 hand-tinted historical images for the Hyatt Regency, Monterey built on the historic Del Norte Golf Course. The images were created from vintage glass plate negatives, hand-tinted, reproduced, and framed by IF to match the decor of the guest rooms. These new images have brought rave reviews from guests and staff alike, for their appealing, nostalgic expression of the area’s history.
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Family touring Pacific Grove
Hand-tinted by Bennett Hall
for Hyatt Regency, Monterey
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Life Chiropractic College 1995 - current:
BIG has produced hundreds of framed pictures, signs and displays for the college, including the design and production of a historical timeline mural on the history of the Chiropractic Profession (25' x 4').
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The Lurie Company
BIG was retained to design the art program for the Lurie Company's executive office. Framing was custom milled at IF's studio from an exotic hardwood, Jatoba, and presented with deep float images and hand-painted and silkd mat details. Each image was photographed by Bennett Hall covering the many properties owned by the Lurie Company.
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The Mark Hopkins Hotel,
Lurie Co.
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Marimba
Working with CEO and founder Kim Polese, BIG created art programs and flexframe exhibits throughout the 100,000 sq foot Marimba Campus (see www.marimba.com - the team who created the Java programming language for Sun). Each area was themed to provide an inspiration as well as a fun environment for the staff. In 2001, BIG designed and produced the company's employee cafe, named "Cafe' Marimba with an elegant Tuscan theme, including paint finishes, furniture, lighting and accessories.
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FlexFrame display, Marimba
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MoMo's San Francisco Grill
At Momo's trendy restaurant facing Pac Bell Park, Images Framing framed and installed numerous original historical photographs of San Francisco, beveled mirrors. Contemporary shots of Beux Arts Materpiece, the City Hall were used for the Mayor's room, in private dining area. We have just recently redesigned their main banquet room with a similar SF historical theme, completed in time for the World Series, 2002.
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Private Banquet Room
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Nestle Beverage Company 1993-97:
BIG organized, reproduced, restored and also framed and installed photography and graphics specific to the companies owned by Nestle Beverage Company. The total area of office space covered by the exhibits was approximately 200,000 sq ft in the Harrison Street headquarters, including hundreds of framed prints, photographs and flexframe content display systems.
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NewCon Construction Company
This Fremont based company moved into its newly built owned premises in December 2001, requiring framed artwork to be installed throughout its entire facility. Artwork used consisted of a combination of poster art, historical photographs of the local community, local Fremont landscape photography by Bennett Hall, and custom photography to display major projects, by Bennett Hall. These latter photographs were displayed in a FlexFrame exhibit so that they could be interchanged as newer projects occurred. All frames were maple or of similar appearance. The project was managed by BIG.
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Olympic Club - Lakeside Country Club
The Lakeside Country Club has been home to several memorable US Opens, including the 1955, 1966, 1987 and 1998. Throughout the Club, BIG’S exhibits showcase these events and the Olympic Club’s tradition of excellence. BIG provided services in content development, exhibit design, photographic printing, framing and installation.
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Omni Hotel
In 2001 BIG was contracted to design and produce an exhibit of historical photographs of San Francisco for the Omni Hotel. IF produced the framing for the exhibit, which is now hanging in the main restaurant, Bob's Steak and Chop House (click to view a virtual tour).
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Pacific Bell
Over the course of 10 years, BIG produced exhibit programs for three main facilities and 5 Executive Communication Centers. (ECC) Principal exhibits were historical images of the telephone company combined with the local area history of the each facility - Fresno, Sacramento and San Francisco. The ECC's were done with high tech wide metical style frames with contemporary digital abract images.
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Pankow
Creating the Ideal Marketing Environment
Pankow Development hired BIG to strategically design their leasing office in Oakland to demonstrate the diversity and quality of their projects. To solve a design problem caused by inconsistent photo styles, BIG produced an exhibit of hand tinted photographs resulting in an aesthetically unified style. Materials boards, hypothetical floor plans and other displays were combined and the client credited BIG with creating “The ideal marketing environment.”
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Material Boards and Hypothetical floor plans for 2101 Webster Street building
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Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur California
Post Ranch Inn, one of the world's premier resorts, used BIG to create room art that identified colorful individuals from Big Sur History with each of its exclusive guest rooms. BIG also created the artwork for its restaurant and bar area.
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San Francisco Bay Club
Throughout the San Francisco Bay Club, BIG installed hand-tinted historical views of the Club’s neighborhood alongside modern San Francisco images. FlexFrame® Systems are used for information displays that change constantly to promote club programs and events. The overall environment blends contemporary and traditional styles. The artworks’ content is compelling, relevant and most important, the Club members and their guests LOVE the work.These exhibits were also the basis of style for the parent company, Western Athletic Club’s, other San Francisco facilities, the Golden Gate Tennis Club and the Bay Club Bank of America.
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Court Cafe, San Francisco Bay Club
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The Palace Hotel, 1991
BIG organized the archives of the Palace Hotel back to 1876 and produced approximately 200 framed photographic prints showcasing their history. BIG also sourced and designed the memorabilia display cases in the main hallway.
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The Main Corrider of the Palace Hotel features four ornate brass vitrines that display historical artifacts and photographs of the Palace Hotel.
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TriStar Pictures 1994:
"So I Married an Axe Murderer" opens in the Roads Cafe, a mythical beat hang-out in San Francisco's North Beach. The set artwork was produced by BIG by blowing up an ordinary Rand-McNally map of the United States to enormous (70' x 34') proportions. The project, created from eighteen separate negatives, was executed in less than a week. Detail showed precision to the smallest towns and roadways.
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Roads Cafe, for "So I married an Axe Murderer"
Giant US Map licensed courtesy of Rand McNally
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United States District Courts, 2003
Business Image Group assisted the US District Courts, San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland by producing exhibit programs using the history of the local communities served by the Courts. Historical photographs were installed in the public corridors outside the court rooms, as well as the jury rooms and chambers. A total of about 500 framed pieces were produced.
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Ceremonial Wall Exhibit, 19th Floor
Federal Building, 450 Golden Gate
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University of California Rowing Center, 2004-05
- T. GARY ROGERS BOATHOUSE
Business Image Group produced exhibits throughout the Rowing Center depicting the history and story of the California Rowing Crew. Most of the content was scanned so as to create high resolution 'legacy' files, and digitally mastered for select pieces used in feature exhibits. We refined the caption information that accompanied the presentations, produced the final prints and framed the work in our facility, Images framing. Installation was also handled by our crew.
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Veterans Administration, 2000, Palo Alto
BIG procured custom exhibits for the VA Hospital in Palo Alto for the main lobby of its new facility. These exhibits, custom-built by Images Framing, show the history of the original Palo Alto VA, and displays honor the Veteran from the time of the Civil War through the Vietnam War.
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Washington Hospital, Fremont 1997-2005
Business Image Group was awarded a contract to source and create new content, design and produce exhibit programs throughout approximately 400,000 square feet of space operated by the Hospital. It included a new facility of 300,000 sq. feet, which was opened in 1998. The project combined historical images from the community, the history of the Hospital, and contemporary landscape photography shot by Bennett Hall throughout the local area served by the Hospital. The entire exhibit was installed by Images Framing.
The next expansion phase of the project for the 2500 wing is currently underway, and will be completed in late 2005. It includes another 100 images of framed images of community history.
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Washington Hospital - hand-sculpted emblem
The centerpiece of the Washington Hospital's main lobby features this hand-sculpted emblem that was produced at IF. Made to simulate a cast metal sign, this 54Ó diameter piece, features 3-D sculptural elements formed in cast bondo and hand-cut letters, custom-painted to coordinate with the lobby design. The design was based on the the clients' 1948 logo design. The emblem was created using traditional techniques, simulating how it would have been made in 1948 when the hospital district was first established.
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Williams Sonoma
contract framing for 500 framed and 2500 matted prints for
Williams Sonoma.
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