So, at the completion of my job with ADP I was asked to bid another job that was very interesting to me.  It was based on an idea of their general manager, Roger Sybrowski.  He was eager to emphasize the importance of each individual member of their large team at each location and had always liked the imagery of a puzzle; each piece representing a person.  Just as in a puzzle if a single person was missing the missing piece leaves a very big hole.... you get the idea.

      I liked the idea and immediately began putting together photoshopped mach-ups for Roger, to see if we were on the same page.  Here are a few examples of what I imagined he was talking about.  

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The text at the top reads: "Every Person Counts"

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I tried it with different complimentary colors.

Anyway, in the end he really like an idea I added at the last minute that was a little more contemporary, making the point that ADP was a modern company that necessitated modern design.

The reason for the round shape was to hint at ADP's global presence.  

    This was just a rough idea, so after he chose to go with this idea I went back to the studio and refined it quite a bit.  I redesigned the entire thing on a carefully measured grid with a forced perspective to emphasize  a globe shape.  I then contacted several fabrication companies about the cost of some of the design elements I didn't want to mess with, like the electrical, (it will be lit with LED's because they don't get hot) and the neon which goes around the perimeter to add a very space-age finish to the whole thing and hides the wiring inside.  Approximately 56 portraits will be rendered on the individual white puzzle pieces.  I would love to see this in real life and think that anyone would be astounded as they passed such a collection of portraits.

This was the piece I think sold the idea to Roger at ADP
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Final proposed design in it's proposed place at the main employee entrance.

It's the nature of the business to have invested a ton of time into a proposal and bid, and while I think they liked the design at ADP it's hard to say whether or not they will finally order the project, so for the present time the project is shelved till further notice and I'm going to work on a couple of personal "spec" pieces.