Creative Lighting is getting a mural makeover by Chank Diesel
Mural concepts for the Creative Lighting building by Chank
Most natives of the Twin Cities are familiar with the Creative Lighting building. It is a bright beacon of a box located off the Snelling exit on 94E in Saint Paul with a painted mural for a facade. In the past the storefront has sported gophers in a homage to the University of Minnesota, but since 2002 it has proudly displayed a mural by Minneapolis based font designer Chank Diesel.
Current Creative Lighting mural by Chank in 2002
As with all buildings, the Creative Lighting building needs maintenance too, and after eight years it’s time for a fresh coat of paint. We see this as an opportunity to create a great piece of public art and asked our good friend Chank Diesel to make another mural for us. He said yes and we couldn’t be more excited about watching him transform our exterior.
Detail of current Creative Lighting mural by Chank in 2002
The pressure washing of the exterior of the building started today and Chank will start painting the building with the new mural sometime this week. The painting will probably take about three weeks. We will be documenting the process here on the blog, taking pictures as the new mural comes to life and talking to Chank about his vision for the building. Please comment to us here on the blog or on our Twitter account at @createlighting. Chank Diesel can also be found on Twitter @chankfonts and on his “chankblog“.
Chank Diesil's signature on the Creative Lighting building
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Comment by Laurie Bukalo
This is great! Loved the old one, but what the world needs now is more CHANK art!
Thank you for this public display of art .
Posted on September 21, 2010 at 12:06 am
Comment by Lori
Looking forward to see the finished masterpiece! Not sure how he can top the old one!
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 4:30 pm
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[...] Last week we announced that our building was going to be getting a makeover. This week the makeover is well underway. Local font designer Chank Diesel and local artist Adam Turman have been hard at work creating amazing murals on all sides of our building. [...]
Posted on September 30, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Comment by lily
chank is amazing! love that you’re featuring a font designer (and generally cool cat) in such a bold way. smart move CL, smart move.
Posted on October 16, 2010 at 3:21 pm