Savo Conference Rooms Get New Signs

For the last few months I have been contracting at a place called The Savo Group. Recently, my daily duties of being a CSS Monkey for the web 2.0 sales enablement site were interrupted by the request for new conference room signs. The rooms are named after the US Presidents and were previously clad by pictures of these “dead presidents”. The idea presented to me was to do something more fun - such as an image of Marlyn Monroe for the Monroe room and perhaps using the Addams Family for Adams.

After struggling to come up with a character for Washington and Quincy, I decided to take another look at coming up with a more interesting solution. The name Washington reminded me of a computer game I played on my Grandparent’s computer with the cousins. This PC game - designed to be just like NBC’s longest running gameshow - Concentration - had what are called rebus’s or phrase puzzles made up from images. Immediately I knew this would be a great way to tie in one of Savo’s slogans “I See Smart People” with the culture of the office.

Coming up with the correct images to create the names wasn’t the easiest part, but once I got them down… I added a candy shell to tie in Savo’s branding, mounted them on foamboard and put them up. The feedback from my coworkers showed that it was a success. The only flack I got was that there were a few people could not think that creatively. Luckily I factored that into the solution and was sure to print the name clearly below for those in a hurry or those who may need to spend a little more time with the puzzle.

See them all on my flickr.

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